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Washington, DC

Serve as Vice President of Operations and Chief Scientist for service-disabled, veteran-owned, small business. Lead all ocean science, research, and technology contract activities with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and support company growth and development in ocean and ocean-related science and technology.

Washington, DC

Director of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Office providing program management, leadership, and delivery of all services in support of U.S. government agency efforts to promote the national goals of assuring national security, advancing economic development, protecting quality of life, ensuring environmental stewardship, and.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Provided strategic direction and management oversight for a consortium of the leading ocean science and technology institutions from academia, aquaria, and industry focused on advancing ocean research, innovation, education, and sound policy.

Silver Spring, MD

The Director of the Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) provides programmatic direction for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the field of ocean exploration, research, and advanced technology development and provides advice to the NOAA Assistant Administrator for Research and the Under Secretary.OER combines the.

Silver Spring, MD

Serves as an advisory for the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE, providing expert advice on geophysics, oceanography, engineering, seafloor mapping, underwater vehicles, and ocean business and advising XPRIZE on the scientific and technical details of the competition.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Serve as Principal Investigator on NOAA-­‐‑Google Cooperative Research and Development Agreement and as liaison between Google and the international oceanographic community, with a goal of collecting oceanographic dataset and making them more accessible to both the scientific community and the general public to help improve knowledge and understanding of.

Serve as adjunct undergraduate faculty member within Broward College Online. Responsibilities include teaching online undergraduate level courses.

Miami, FL

Responsible for overall management and execution of basic and applied ocean, coastal, meteorological and climate research to improve prediction and forecasting of severe storms, better utilization and management of marine resources, better factors controlling climate and affecting environmental quality, and improved ocean and weather services for the nation.

Miami, FL

Serve as Affiliate Member of the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing System Regional Association (SECOORA) and as member of the SECOORA Science Committee charged with defining the coastal ocean scientific issues facing the SECOORA region, developing a plan to meet SECOORA region science and observing goals, and providing oversight for instrumentation and.

Miami, FL

Serve as adjunct undergraduate faculty member within the Department of Natural Sciences. Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate level courses and serving as an undergraduate mentor.

Provide leadership in the establishment of broad policy and program direction for the Northern Gulf Institute (NGI), a NOAA Cooperative Institute that develops, operates, and maintains an increasingly integrated research and transition program focused on filling priority gaps and reducing limitations in current Northern Gulf of Mexico awareness.

New Orleans, LA

Serve on Executive Subcommittee, consisting of individuals representing the Conference sponsors, responsible for the organization and planning of the inaugural Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, a conference intended to provide a forum for the research community in the Gulf of Mexico to share their latest scientific results with state.

Harrisonburg, VA

Serve as adjunct graduate faculty member within the Department of Integrated Science and Technology. Responsibilities include teaching graduate level courses; serving on comprehensive assessment, thesis and dissertation committees; and supervising practica and internships.

Miami, FL

Under the auspices of the National Science and Technology Council’s Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (NSTC SOST), serve as chair of interagency committee responsible for planning, convening, and finalizing a report for a workshop held in October 2011 that brought together scientific investigators from academia, private research institutes, and.

Silver Spring, MD

Provide leadership, counsel and support to NOAA and OAR organizations on the direction, status, plans, and value of NOAA research in meeting NOAA’s mission, including research planning and evaluation, scientific policy development, executive decision support, and management of the transition of research to applications.

Silver Spring, MD

Provide Program leadership and cross-­‐‑NOAA coordination to continuously ensure program goals are being met; support NOAA Strategic Planning efforts through interactions with NOAA stakeholders and employees; support NOAA Budget planning and execution activities; monitor, evaluate and report annual program performance; and represent program as requested to.

Silver Spring, MD

Serving as Deputy Director of the Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation (PPE) within the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), provide scientific support to OAR senior leadership; represent OAR in NOAA’s strategic planning efforts; maintain and enhance laboratory liaison functions at the OAR headquarters level; and manage activities of PPE.

Silver Spring, MD

Provide science planning, science administration, and strategic planning support for atmospheric, oceanic, and air quality research within the NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research; coordinate science programs across multiple agencies and scientific subject areas; aid in the transition of scientific research to operations; assist in the.

Silver Spring, MD

Serve as Program Coordinator for NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Program and execute activities in support of NOS operations and the NOS Chief Scientist; coordinating responses from NOAA Line Offices to requests for information; and maintaining communication and cooperation between NOAA Line Offices and outside interested parties.

College Park, MD

Interannual and interdecadal variability studies using observational and model data sets; Global climate change implications; Coupled ocean-­‐‑land-­‐‑atmosphere interactions; Ocean general circulation modeling; Statistical and dynamical analyses of atmospheric and oceanic data; High performance computing.

Ph.D., Physical Oceanography

M.S., Physical Oceanography

B.S., Meteorology

Key Executive Leadership Certificate, Leadership For Public Policy Implementation

Participant in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) sponsored Key Executive Leadership Certificate Program, Leadership for.

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