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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Provide direct support to Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS), G-8 in the scheduling and management of Army Requirements Oversight Council (AROC) events and correspondence. • Reengineered the process and information infrastructure the Army uses to adjudicate Emergent Operational Needs (EON) from Army Commands and Army Service Component Commands. • Manage the EON adjudication process on behalf of DCS, G-8. • Gained AROC approval for 19 discrete decision points to improve Warfighting Capabilities Determination.

Sanford, North Carolina

Goldsboro, North Carolina Area

Oversaw all operations at GTG, Inc., the leading local government GIS consulting company in the nation. Triple-hatted as COO, Chief Marketing Officer, and Chief Personnel Officer.

• I developed the management framework the Army uses to synchronize equipment modernization with unit availability per the new Sustainable Readiness Model. Project scope includes 5,000+ tactical units from Active and Reserve Components, 400+ hardware systems that are in active fielding, and management activities that are shared between the Department of the Army Staff, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, Forces Command, Army Materiel Command, Army National Guard, and United States Army Training and Doctrine Command. • I developed the management framework by which United States Army Forces Command participates in Department of the Army decision-making bodies to validate and resource new hardware systems on behalf of the operating force: Army Requirements Oversight Council, Army Rapid Capabilities Office, and Rapid Equipment Fielding.• On behalf of United States Army Forces Command, I managed two of the Army’s top six capability portfolios: Combat Vehicle Modernization and Mission Command Modernization. Project scope included investment strategy, modernization priorities, and fielding actions.• While assigned to Headquarters Department of the Army G-3/5/7 Force Management as the Force Integration Branch Chief, I managed the Force Management processes the Army employs to document requirements to build the President’s Budget and document authorizations to establish mission-ready units.• On behalf of United States Forces-Iraq, I established the management framework to transition materiel requirements from supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom to Operation New Dawn. This effort involved decreasing the amount of materiel in theater for common use items while increasing other systems to mitigate operational risk due to reductions in aggregate forces.• I was assigned to four distinct supervisory positions during this eight-year period, providing leadership to 19 direct reports and more than two dozen cross-functional teams.

• I organized and led the Future Combat System (FCS) Integrated Process Team to develop Army Chief of Staff decisions on FCS procurement and fielding; project scope included FCS “Spin Outs” which were systems developed in the context of the FCS program and available for near-term fielding. • I secured approval and resourcing to double the size of the Army Evaluation Task Force to support developmental activities oriented on the FCS program.• I led a process improvement initiative to develop business process and software tools to provide the Army with an automated means to develop new equipment fielding plans and build the President’s budget. The first software drop was deployed in 2006. The system remains in use to the current day.• I managed procurement, programming and budget execution for the Army’s suite of military decontamination and obscuration systems.

• Commander, Basic Training : I commanded a basic training unit at Fort Sill for 18 months and was the Fort Sill nominee for the General Douglas MacArthur leadership award.• Training Officer for Chemical Officer Basic Course: I developed and provided training for five iterations of the 19-week course the Army runs for newly commissioned CBRNE officers and international students.• Training Developer: I managed the program of instruction and developed lesson plans for the Chemical Officer Basic Course. I also ran two critical task selection boards that drove extensive changes to CBRNE professional education.• CBRNE Defense Officer: I managed training and logistics programs for operational units to build mission-essential capabilities for CBRNE defense.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Education record

Year-long, non-degree producing program that educates and trains mid-level leaders to solve problems and lead organizations in a range.

Education record

6-month long, resident course that provides learning activities that will further officer skills and knowledge in leadership, management.

Education record

6-month long, resident course that provides knowledge of radiation fundamentals; CBRN reconnaissance and decontamination operations.

Bachelor’S Degree, Microbiology, General

Activities and Societies: Cross Country Running, Track and Field (Varsity Letter), College Radio

High School, College Prep

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, Cross Country Running, Cross Country Skiing, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Drama, Foreign.