Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD) recently honored two standout team members as its latest Employees of the Quarter, recognizing their exceptional contributions to our mission of supporting America’s warfighters. Selected for their dedication, innovation, and commitment to excellence, the honorees exemplify the values that keep Team Tobyhanna and America’s Armed Forces ready, modern, and prepared.
The junior and senior recipients for the 2nd quarter of FY25 are Jolene Jensen of the Production Management directorate and John Wojciechowski of the Resource Management directorate respectively.
Jensen currently serves as a Management Assistant in the Regional Support Center (RSC) Management Division. She is being recognized for the pivotal role she plays in the execution of administrative matters across the division along with planning and leading the depot's Integrated Product Team for the implementation of the worldwide field support contract within the Logistics Management Program (LMP). Jensen also took on the sole administration role for the management Global Combat Support System (GCSS) Army across TYAD’s RSCs.
Jensen’s efforts have positioned the depot for the incorporation of over 400,000 labor hours across more than 120 separate programs into LMP. This significantly impacts TYAD’s productive yield and net operating revenue performance. Her leadership in administering GCSS Army has enabled the establishment of proper property book office accountability of all government material across seven separate RSC sites. She has also supported the completion of the complex reorganization of the division and its two associated moves.
Michael Monroe serves as Chief of the RSC Management Division. He said Jensen’s dedication to bolstering warfighter readiness made her more than deserving of this honor.
“Where others may concern themselves with daily weight of their assigned workload, Ms. Jensen has remained intensely focused on what needs to get done. She has stepped up to lead teams where she was the lowest grade employee. She did it with confidence and effectiveness, largely due to the professional reputation that she has established and maintained,” said Monroe. “It is her constant and continuous, selfless service that provides the foundation for the professional credibility and competence for which she is known. She doesn't seek the spotlight, but rather seeks the satisfaction of making the greatest possible impact and achieving excellence on behalf of the warfighter.”
Reflecting on the recognition, Jensen said it couldn’t have been achieved without the strong support system around her.
“Receiving Employee of the Quarter is such a massive honor – my heart swells with pride by the recognition. That said, the work I put in is only a reflection of the amazing team I work with and the example each of my RSC co-workers set on a daily basis. I am eternally grateful to have been granted the privilege of standing at the base of this mountain of knowledge and wisdom and learn from it every day,” said Jensen. “Though it should go without saying, I feel incredibly lucky to have leadership that recognizes our potential and pushes us to perform beyond what we thought ourselves capable.”
Wojciechowski serves as a Lead Budget Analyst within TYAD’s Budget Division. He is being recognized for developing over 300 new cost center rates within a three-week timeframe during a recent organizational restructuring, all of which were uploaded into LMP ensuring appropriate rates were available for customer charging the day the reorganization was implemented. He also reconfigured the labor-hour plan to reflect the new organizational structure, ensuring leadership can make informed decisions related to resource allocation. Additionally, he drafted information papers focusing on forward repair activity rate development and CECOM Civilian Human Resources Services Center costing that have been shared with senior leadership for policy and decision making consideration.
Wojciechowski created detailed worksheets that categorize the components of each cost center rate. This established a visible standardized structure that is easily understood and ensures rate development is comprehensive, accurate, and auditable during rate development. These complex spreadsheets ensure questions regarding rates are addressed in minutes instead of days. He also developed detailed guidance and instruction of cost center rate development to be used internally and externally to ensure transparency in costing data and confidence in pricing to customers.
Chief of the Program Budget & Execution Division Deana Haikes lauded Wojciechowski for bringing stability during an otherwise unstable time.
“John accepted the labor-hour planning, execution, and justification function during the reorganization. When it was determined this function was transferring to the Division, John assumed the role to ensure he understood it, the mission was performed properly, and he could develop guidance for his team of analysts to ensure they acquired the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully manage the workload. This quarter, John's willingness to improve processes, multitask a heavy workload, navigate additional stress, all while getting to know the new teammates brought to him during the reorganization proved to be the steady hand that was required for success.”
Wojciechowski said receiving the honor made him reflect on how every depot employee plays a role in supporting the joint warfighter.
“I was very surprised that I won employee of the quarter. I do not feel like I do anything extraordinary each day. I think I feel that way because I enjoy and take pride in what I do and realize the part we all play in supporting the warfighter,” said Wojciechowski. “I am fortunate to be surrounded by amazing coworkers and have had great mentors throughout my career at Tobyhanna.”
The Employee of the Quarter awards and other employee recognition programs align with Tobyhanna's long-range strategic plan, TOBY2035 - specifically the Investing in our People line of effort. The effort has four strategic focus areas: Investing in Our People, C5ISR Readiness, Shape the Future and Strategic Communications and aims to posture the organization for future success.
TYAD is a recognized leader in providing world-class logistics support for command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems across the Department of Defense. Tobyhanna’s Corporate Philosophy, dedicated work force and electronics expertise ensure the depot is the joint C5ISR provider of choice for all branches of the Armed Forces and industry partners.
Tobyhanna’s unparalleled capabilities include full-spectrum logistics support for sustainment, overhaul and repair, fabrication and manufacturing, engineering design and development, systems integration, cyber support, technology insertion, modification, foreign military sales and global field support to our joint warfighters.
About 3,100 personnel are employed by Tobyhanna. While the organization’s headquarters is located in the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania, Tobyhanna’s worldwide workforce includes employees in 43 fixed locations across the globe.
Tobyhanna Army Depot is part of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command. Headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, the command’s mission is to deliver integrated C5ISR weapon systems, business systems, and medical sustainment to enable full spectrum combat operations at the point of need.
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