Thought leader with strong track record in developing strategies, defining long-range growth opportunities, leading high-performing teams, leveraging capabilities in innovation and advanced technologies, risks management, and executing complex programs. Laser-focused on customer missions while achieving or exceeding company financial targets within challenging global business environment. Proficient in developing strategic global technology and business partnerships, international JV's, and industrial collaborations. Display executive leadership and presence using unique and strong set of interpersonal and communication skills to gain customer trust and intimacy rapidly. Managing programs to deliver airlift capabilities to international customers. Directing managers on various program in manufacturing, upgrades, and sustainment for C-130 platform with P&L responsibility. Continue to develop business growth strategies to meet customer missions while consistently achieving exceptional financial metrics. Successfully executed complex and challenging production life-cycle reduction of C-130J aircraft to meet customer requirements using innovation, team leadership, production optimization, and re-engineering. Managed multiple challenging international contract negotiations during pandemic resulting in favorable contractual and financial outcomes. Increased business portfolio from $30M in 2016 to current value of +1.5$B. Developed strategic long-term international business partnerships through joint research projects using IRAD and CRAD funds. Successfully leveraged company’s capabilities to facilitate international industrial collaborations to support long-range pursuits. Establishment Center for Innovation and Security in UAE and managed its operation, staffing, and capability growth in Ops Analysis, Digital Transformation, Modeling and Sim, R&D, and STEM initiatives. Represented LM as Industry Advisory Board Member at KAUST. Supported development of strategic technology roadmaps for Corporate Engineering.Managed team of +27 SMEs to develop Battle Command and Mission Execution System for US Army to include software requirements, architecture design, and testing while applying stringent EVMS. Managed international capture managers and won multiple AFATDS Fires C2 opportunities. Guided international partners for organic capability growth in torpedo maintenance, shipbuilding, etc. Developed win strategies and managed BD and CM teams on multiple pursuits in AMD, C4IRS, etc. resulting in multiple international contract awards valued at $1.7B. *** LION ***