Mary L. Cantrell
5702-H Woodlawn Green Circle
Alexandria, VA 22309
Mobile:  [Send email to request phone number] 28-1442   Home Phone:  [Send email to request phone number] 20-8267
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Work Experience

Awards Analyst
Serco Inc. 10/2005 – February 2008

•Defense contractor working onsite for the United States Army Human Resources
Command, Military Awards Branch. Hold a current Secret security clearance.
•Respond in writing to a large volume of daily correspondence from U.S. Army
Soldiers and Veterans inquiring about various awards.
•Determine authorizations of awards for current combat operations - as well as
previous era combat awards - based on interpretation of Army regulations, laws,
and historical military research.
•Subject Matter Expert on current combat awards and possessor of vast knowledge
of current combat operations due to daily examination of casualty/serious
incident reports, situation reports, and eyewitness statements.
•Founding member of the team organized to make award determinations on the
Army's recently created Combat Action Badge. From project conception; organized
and developed processing procedures and data storage solutions in order to
properly analyze requests in a timely and efficient manner.
•Conduct historical military research necessary for the accurate and timely
verification of U.S. Army Awards referred by Senior Level Military Officials, the
White House, and Members of Congress.
•Correspond via email, telephone and in person with active duty, Army reserve
and National Guard major commands.

Research Analyst 
Fu Associates Ltd 2/1999 – 6/2005

•Manager of the research and development of the Employment and Training
Administration's (ETA) Research Library. A 7,000 record Oracle database utilized
by ETA, providing numerous manuals and periodicals to assist its readers with
understanding the employment and distance learning industries.
•Assistant Editor for ETA's former bi-monthly electronic newsletter for the
workforce development community on America's Career Kit website series. 
•Creator and technical editor of several online managerial pages for the
Research Library database. Written in Active Server Pages, these pages allow the
staff to add, edit, and update the database online. 

Education and Training

George Mason University - Fairfax, Virginia 
December 1996 
Bachelor of Arts in History, specializing in United States History 

Computer Institute - Rockville, Maryland 
Web Development, January 1999 
Coursework in HTML, Active Server Pages, and SQL for website development and
database maintenance. 

References Available Upon Request