Scott Welch Email & Phone Number

Germany

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

AC J5

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Posture, Basing and Infrastructure

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Contingency Planning

Stuttgart, Germany

Strategic Plans / Basing Support and Posture

Dayton, Ohio Area

Foreign Affairs / POL-MIL USAF interactions with certain key Allies-Partners (e.g., Great Britain, Sweden, Australia, France)

Ramstein Ab, Germany

MAJCOM international affairs strategist in support of US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Building Partnership (BP) and Building Partner Capacity (BPC) programs. These programs focus on training deployments, military to military engagements and events in the Partnership for Peace Program. Develops and supports USAFE's military engagement plans to enhance interoperability with allies and partner nations, to include NATO and SHAPE, in Europe and Eurasia. Use of expertise in US foreign and security… Show more MAJCOM international affairs strategist in support of US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Building Partnership (BP) and Building Partner Capacity (BPC) programs. These programs focus on training deployments, military to military engagements and events in the Partnership for Peace Program. Develops and supports USAFE's military engagement plans to enhance interoperability with allies and partner nations, to include NATO and SHAPE, in Europe and Eurasia. Use of expertise in US foreign and security policy in writing these plans. Coordinates funding and priorities for USAFE's Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) events in support of USAFE and EUCOM plans. Writes and edits general officer strategic memos and plans for coordination with EUCOM and the Air Force. Authors theater level strategy documents, regional cooperation plans and country campaign plans. Coordinates on Air Force and Joint doctrine. Program development, management and execution in support of USAFE and AFAFRICA’s Building Partnership (BP), Building Partner Capacity (BPC) and Theater Security Cooperation (TSC), Theater Commander (TCA) and Military to Military (M2M) programs / activities. Thorough knowledge, experience and analytical consideration of DoD, USAFE / AFAFRICA and COCOMs’ strategic plans and security engagements in the EUCOM, CENTCOM and AFRICOM AORs. In depth comprehension and current employment of US strategic military planning documents that form the basis of AFRICOM and EUCOM’s Theater Security and Posture plans as well as USAFE’s Theater Security Cooperation Plan. For example, these national level documents include:- Global Employment of the Force (2010 and 2012)- National Security Strategy of the United States of America (May 2010)- EUCOM Commander’s strategic planning guidance (Jan 2012). Extensive skill in coordinating USAF, EUCOM / AFRICOM and host-country equities in the development and finalization of Component and (or) 103 Country Cooperation Plans. Show less

Wing Historian for the 39 Air Base Wing. Compiles data and conducts research in order to write the Wing's Annual Classified History. Conducts oral and end of tour interviews of 39 ABW Senior Leadership as needed. Executes special and original analyses resulting in written products / unique studies. Supports United States Air Forces in Europe historical activities. Addresses both internal and external historical inquiries. Combines daily open source intelligence with historical data for… Show more Wing Historian for the 39 Air Base Wing. Compiles data and conducts research in order to write the Wing's Annual Classified History. Conducts oral and end of tour interviews of 39 ABW Senior Leadership as needed. Executes special and original analyses resulting in written products / unique studies. Supports United States Air Forces in Europe historical activities. Addresses both internal and external historical inquiries. Combines daily open source intelligence with historical data for quick-turnaround analysis to 39 ABW Snr Leadership and ODC (EUCOM, Ankara) on events in Turkey, the Middle East and USAFE/EUCOM. Focus: Anti-Terrorism and Force Protection. Interim AFSO21 Program Manager (July-Sep 08). E-E civilian. Deployed to Qatar in support of real-world contingency operations as a uniformed DoD civilian (Sep 08 to Jan 09). Show less

Wing Historian for the 325th Fighter Wing. Compiled data and conducted research to write the Wing's Annual History. Conducted oral historical interviews as needed. Special and original analyses resulting in written products / studies. Supported Air Force's Air Education and Training Command.

Tracked key U.S. government themes and messages for DoD in relation to overall U.S. Strategic Communications and Public Diplomacy initiatives. Conducted media analysis and captured media metrics for real world operations.Supported and coordinated with senior DoD Public Affairs officers in the establishment and utilization of a Collaborative Information Environments (CIE) that included Info Workspace (IWS). Supported development and finalization of Knowledge Management portal and… Show more Tracked key U.S. government themes and messages for DoD in relation to overall U.S. Strategic Communications and Public Diplomacy initiatives. Conducted media analysis and captured media metrics for real world operations.Supported and coordinated with senior DoD Public Affairs officers in the establishment and utilization of a Collaborative Information Environments (CIE) that included Info Workspace (IWS). Supported development and finalization of Knowledge Management portal and SharePoint (2001 and 2003) web spaces. Knowledge and use of Black Light.Professional development and analysis in Public Affairs (PA), Public Diplomacy (PD), Information Operations (IO), Public Information Operations (PI), Military Support to Public Diplomacy (MSPD) and Strategic Communications. Conducted, analyzed and catalogued lessons learned in these areas. Show less

VariousSOUTHCOM: 1) Project coordinator for developing and implementing Biological and Disease Response Simulation model for SOUTHCOM Joint Analytical Support Program (Office of Modeling, Simulation and Analysis) and the Joint Staff. 2) Analyses, data collection, data input for a deployable socio-economic model termed the Deployable Exercise System (DEXES). 3) Use of Consequence Management modeling tools (CATS and HPAC) models in support of SOUTHCOM exercises and execution. Overall… Show more VariousSOUTHCOM: 1) Project coordinator for developing and implementing Biological and Disease Response Simulation model for SOUTHCOM Joint Analytical Support Program (Office of Modeling, Simulation and Analysis) and the Joint Staff. 2) Analyses, data collection, data input for a deployable socio-economic model termed the Deployable Exercise System (DEXES). 3) Use of Consequence Management modeling tools (CATS and HPAC) models in support of SOUTHCOM exercises and execution. Overall employment and cognizance of modeling and simulations for scenario development. 4) Collaboration and interaction with various South and Latin American militaries and civil defense organizations. Pentagon-U.S Army: 5) Co-program manager in support of the United States Army's Transformation Directorate at the Pentagon. Supported VIP liaison, model development, Senior Army leadership briefings and produced Army-related Transformation analytical products. Coordinated, synchronized and implemented draft doctrine with various Army commands (e.g., TRADOC) as well as with various Army directorates (May 2000 - June 2001). Pentagon: 6) Research, original database development and analysis on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operations concerning U.S. and coalition military forces during 1990s-2000. Identified appropriate data and conducted analyses on NGO/IO/PVO interactions with Joint and Combined coalition forces in Kosovo (January 2000 - May 2000). 9) Assisted in developing web-based information architecture concurrent with integration of non-traditional military operations, indications and warnings, force design and lessons identified. This architecture supported the Joint Staff and the Unified Combatant Commands (January 2000 - May 2000). Show less

One year paid research consultancy to identify and analyze both pre- and post- Hurricane Mitch disaster response capabilities and relationships (e.g., between regional CIV-MIL organizations, SOUTHCOM and U.S. interagency stakeholders) in Latin American countries. Concurrently, conducted an analytical assessment of the effectiveness of various Central American nation's communication and coordination mechanisms in planning for future natural disasters and operational responses. Field research… Show more One year paid research consultancy to identify and analyze both pre- and post- Hurricane Mitch disaster response capabilities and relationships (e.g., between regional CIV-MIL organizations, SOUTHCOM and U.S. interagency stakeholders) in Latin American countries. Concurrently, conducted an analytical assessment of the effectiveness of various Central American nation's communication and coordination mechanisms in planning for future natural disasters and operational responses. Field research was part of the consultancy's research strategy. Note: OFDA-LAC, Florida International University, CEPREDENAC and SOUTHCOM professionally supported this research. Show less

Based Research, ViennaDuties: Analyst in support of the Department of Defense's Command and Control Research Program. Assessment and analysis on U.S. Pacific Command's HA/DR Virtual Information Center (VIC). Editor of a book on civil-military relationships during 1990 US-led Complex Humanitarian Emergency operations. Original research and written analyses on the U.S's disaster relief response to Hurricane Mitch for comparative analysis and historical examination (in relation to… Show more Based Research, ViennaDuties: Analyst in support of the Department of Defense's Command and Control Research Program. Assessment and analysis on U.S. Pacific Command's HA/DR Virtual Information Center (VIC). Editor of a book on civil-military relationships during 1990 US-led Complex Humanitarian Emergency operations. Original research and written analyses on the U.S's disaster relief response to Hurricane Mitch for comparative analysis and historical examination (in relation to previous inactive U.S. military combatant commands (e.g., LANTCOM, CARIBCOM) of natural disaster operations in the greater South American region. Show less

Historian assigned to a special historical project with a high public profile created at the direction of the Secretary of the Army and Congress. Executed research tasks as part of a team of historians in a time-constrained environment. The team reviewed all relevant documents and oral materials pertaining to U.S. Army WW-II-era Distinguished Service Crosses awarded to Asian Americans. Primary researcher on Japanese-Americans. Extensive interactions as well as public relations support to… Show more Historian assigned to a special historical project with a high public profile created at the direction of the Secretary of the Army and Congress. Executed research tasks as part of a team of historians in a time-constrained environment. The team reviewed all relevant documents and oral materials pertaining to U.S. Army WW-II-era Distinguished Service Crosses awarded to Asian Americans. Primary researcher on Japanese-Americans. Extensive interactions as well as public relations support to members of Congress, the U.S. Army and veterans organizations. Developed and launched the project’s media publicity campaign. Primary point of contact for media inquires and interest in the project. Developed, launched and maintained the project’s website. Project’s contracting official (budget of $455k). Extensive travel to conduct primary research and oral interviews. Officially represented the U.S. Army at public ceremonies and testimonials. Show less

Organized and supported grant research and proposals targeted at philanthropic and non-profit organizations. Independent research. Involved in the development and planning of the Streisand Center for Environmental Studies.

Verified, processed and approved all Museum invoices under $150,000. Other responsibilities included vendor account reconciliation, budget development, approval of consultant contracts and the reconciliation of all 19 departmental budgets of the Museum. Interacted on a daily basis with The J. Paul Getty Trust's central accounting department in vendor reimbursement and foreign currency conversion. Member of Museum committees with foci on 1) Museum's move to the Brentwood site, 2) Art object… Show more Verified, processed and approved all Museum invoices under $150,000. Other responsibilities included vendor account reconciliation, budget development, approval of consultant contracts and the reconciliation of all 19 departmental budgets of the Museum. Interacted on a daily basis with The J. Paul Getty Trust's central accounting department in vendor reimbursement and foreign currency conversion. Member of Museum committees with foci on 1) Museum's move to the Brentwood site, 2) Art object preservation during objects movement to Brentwood and, 3) Budgetary issues. Show less

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Security Studies

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