

Hunter Consulting and Training
Ernest Hunter Bio Summary
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Introduction:
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Independent facilities management consultant and computer application instructor delivering expert facilities management consulting to Higher Education, and providing quality computer application training for facilities professionals
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Experienced manager, senior executive and instructor with 26 years serving as a naval officer in the Navy Civil Engineer Corp retiring at the rank of Captain (O-6)
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Served in the position of Commanding Officer of a large facilities engineering organization
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Served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy, acting as CEO of the government oil and gas business running the tenth largest oil and gas field in the nation
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Retired after eight years from The University of Texas at Austin:
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Two years as Associate Director of Support Service
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Six years as Director of Physical Plant and Director of Facilities Services leading a 1000-person workforce
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Providing facilities management ​consulting service for colleges and universities since 2007
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Specializes in, and is certified by Microsoft at the Master Level to teach the Microsoft Office suite applications and he teaches other Microsoft products​
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Over 20 years of personally using and developing computer applications to leverage information technology to improve operations and management of the organizations he has led.
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Mr. Hunter attributes a good deal of his highly successful two careers to his personal expertise in computer applications
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Co-founder of the Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF) program which has been providing opportunities for under-represented and minority students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields since 1995.
Education:
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BS and ME, Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University
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Emerging Executive Program, Pennsylvania State University (business management)
Program for Executives, Carnegie Mellon Graduate School of Industrial Administration (Senior Executive business management) -
MS, National Resources Strategy (Telecommunication & Information Systems Industry), Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C.
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Graduate, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA (staff, administration & management education)
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Completed Certified CompTIA Training-the-Training (CTT+) course
Certifications/Qualifications:
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Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.), Texas.
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Graduate of the APPA Facilities Management Institute
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DAWIA Level III Contracting Officer Warrant. Highest level in Federal Government
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CEM – Certified Energy Manager, The Association of Energy Engineers.
Certified Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) at the Master Level. Passed following exams:
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Microsoft Access 2003
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Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Core
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Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Expert
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Microsoft Office Word 2003 Core
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Microsoft Office Word 2003 Expert
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Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
Proficient in and can deliver training in:
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Microsoft Office Access 2003/2007
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Microsoft Office Excel 2003/2007
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Microsoft Office Excel 2003/2007 VBA
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Microsoft Office Word 2003/2007
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Microsoft Office Word 2003/2007 VBA
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Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003/2007
Other Certificates:
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Registered Associated Computer Professional (ACP), Institute for the Certification of Computer Professional (ICCP).
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Registered A+ certification by the Computer Technology Industry Association (CompTIA)
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Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.), Texas.
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DAWIA Level III Contracting Officer Warrant. Highest level in Federal Government
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CEM – Certified Energy Manager, The Association of Energy Engineers
Awards and Recognition:
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While serving in the Navy
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Legion of Merit
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Meritorious Service Medal (three awards)
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Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two awards)
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Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal (two Awards)
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Navy Expeditionary Medal
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National Defense Service Medal
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Navy Expert Rifleman Medal
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While assigned to the Department of Energy
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Secretary's Gold Award (The award is the Energy Department's highest honorary award)
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Fort Valley University Platinum Achievement Award (The Cooperative Developmental Energy Program highest honor given to those who have achieved high level positions in the field of energy or education)
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While assigned to the University of Texas at Austin
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The Eyes of Texas Excellence Award (Student members of the organization select honorees who have made an outstanding contribution to student life at The University of Texas)
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Vice President of Employee and Campus Services SLICE award (for serving a model for the organization's core values of Service, Leadership, Innovation, Creativity and Excellence)
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Custodial Services earned the 2006 OS1 Best Pioneer Award for implementing a more effective and ergonomic cleaning system
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Building Maintenance - earned National Air Filtration Association 2005 Clean Air Award
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Landscape Services – earned Grand Award in University and College Grounds, 2004 Professional Grounds Management Society
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Landscape Services earned Top Ten Outstanding Grounds Operations, July 2004 Landscape Management magazine
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Custodial Services – earned 2004 Best OS1 Custodial Program Award, National OS1 Custodial Program
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Personally earned the 2007 OS1 Milestone Award for leading the OS1 cleaning industry in strategic improvement in the cleaning function
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Landscape Services earned Grand Award in University and College Grounds, 2007 Professional Grounds Management Society
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2008 Texas Association of Physical Plant Administrator (TAPPA) Emeritus Award for distinguished services and dedication to TAPPA and the Facilities Management industry.
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Custodial Guidelines/CleanOpsStaff-3ed Software Package (A764-P)
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Grounds Guidelines/GroundsOpsStaff-2ed Software Package (A765-P)
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Maintenance Guidelines/MainOpsStaff Package (A766-P)
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