Performance Awards – Fall 2020
Employees of the Quarter
Kurt Busjahn and Lynne Fritz’s support to ensure future USS ST. LOUIS (LCS 19) and USS MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL (LCS 21) crews were properly trained while at the Marinette Marine, Wisconsin, building yard went well beyond normal performance. During a time of Covid pandemic environment as well as much colder and wetter spring and now much warmer early summer that made working in the shipyard more physically demanding. Kurt and Lynne truly worked as a team to “outfit LCS 19 and 21”. Lynne’s mastery of the outfitting systems determining what to order, get it ordered and delivered; and Kurt’s determination to load out the ships regardless of the personal hazards were amazing to observe. Kurt and Lynne managed Marinette Marine and the Pre-commissioning Crews’ transfer, receipt and stowage of all material and equipage necessary to operate each ship. This process included ordering, staging and load out of over 170 4x4x4ft tri-wall containers containing over 28,000 repairs parts valued at $27M, a 60 day load out of food provisions and consumables to sustain the crew; all medical and dental supplies, technical manuals and selected record drawings necessary to operate and maintain the ship, damage control equipment and ship’s force self -protection small arms, equipage and ammunition. On 20 June, Pre-commissioning Crew ST LOUIS manned LCS 19 and departed Marinette Marine into Lake Michigan to join the active U.S. Navy Fleet. LCS 21 is well on her way to casting lines off and heading to open seas, in large part because of Kurt Busjahn and Lynne Fritz.
Tom Dority, Dan Clague, Kurt Busjahn, Lynne Fritz
COO Excellence Award
Mr. Dave Kreischer, a Senior Combat System Engineer supporting PEO IWS 4.0 AEGIS Foreign Military Sales (FMS), has provided outstanding customer support and exceptional leadership within the TMB team that supports the program office. In support of PEO IWS 4.0 he is sought after by multiple case managers, combat system engineers, and PEO IWS 4.0 leadership to take on the most challenging tasks. Without hesitation, he takes on the additional workload and exceeds expectations. Recently he developed multiple white papers and Tri-Service Committee Briefs which led to the increased interoperability of the U.S. and Allied AEGIS Fleet in the 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR). He is dedicated to the mission of the program office and to all members of the TMB leadership team. His willingness to go the extra mile, put in additional hours supporting business development activities, and the time spent training TMB personnel is a testament to his integrity and commitment to others.
Ms. Jinny Koo-Irvine has earned the reputation of Subject Matter Expert for reconciliation due to her proactive steps to ensure each contract delivery order is actively reconciled while balancing financial systems. Her relentless efforts towards internal audits, troubleshooting, and corrective actions has resulted in contract mod closeouts and saved the government time and money. Through her commitment to research, she found very old or missed records requiring action and safe keeping. Her efforts resulted in over 300 contract closeouts within a 6-month timeframe. She worked directly with NAVSEA Comptroller’s Office, field activities and FMS case managers to perform extensive case reconciliation between all financial systems with a zero percent error rate. Her hard work has resulted in the successful closure of over 15 FMS cases, returning over $59M to PMS 326’s FMS cases/customers. Additionally, Jinny worked on a highly critical TMB corporate contract close project whose completion was necessary to allow work to be continued on our first IWS BFM omnibus contract.
Mr. Kobla Senaya, PMS 317 BFM Support, received the Q3 COO Excellence award for his outstanding performance which contributed to an Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) Fiscal Year 2019 Award. Several PMS 317 government analysts were recipients of an Assistant Secretary of the Navy (FM&C) Fiscal Year 2019 Award for their participation in a PEO wide initiative to create new settlement rules within NERP. Although not formally recognized with the government awardees, Mr. Kobla Senaya played an integral role in this effort. His proficiency and attention to detail have made him a highly valued BFM asset within PMS 317 and TMB.
Ms. Jacqueline Asmus was presented a TMB COO Excellence Award for her steadfast efforts to develop, edit and drive to completion TMB’s Employee Success Continuum and Culture of Learning Program. This 43-page document outlines TMB’s process to integrate and train all TMB employees in their functional areas. The program includes Buddy, Mentor, Entry Level, and SME Training elements. She developed the Buddy program on her own initiative. Working across the program she assembled and blended other program elements into one cogent, complete Employee Success Continuum Program document. Jacqueline’s impressive MS Office products skills are put on full display in the Program document.
Scott Szurovy, Paul Downey, Dave Kreischer, Dan Clague
Chris Wall, Dan Clague, Jinny Koo-Irvine
Tom Dority, Jake Trybulski, Kobla Senaya, Dan Clague
Tom Dority, Dan Clague, Jacqueline Asmus, Jacqueline’s son Wyatt, Felecia Chinn
Bravo Zulu
Deborah Celenza, Dan Clague, Chris Wall
Exceptional Support of PMS 326
Paul Downey, Dan Clague, Traci Sadler, Laura Ung, Felecia Chinn
Exceptional Support of the IWS 4.0 BFM
Richard Friends, Bakal Asrat (not pictured), Kerry Avila, Dan Clague
Exceptional Support of the BFM 1 Recon Tiger Team
Dan Clague, Asu Vasudevan, Paul Downey, Sean O’Connor, Steve Ferraro, Darryl Shawgo, Charlene Beaman, Felecia Chinn
Exceptional Support of the IWS BFM Training Team