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Hampton, Va, Us

Lead a team to provide critical support to Air Combat Command on Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaisance (ISR)-focused data governance & policy development, strategic planning, resource management, and interagency coordination. Provides expert advice and recommendations on data management strategies and operational enhancements. Performs administrative oversight and specifies guidance to ensure alignment with client requirements.

Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, United States

Guided 110 staff across 21 career fields while executing an annual $70 million budget to deliver data solutions, author policy, and drive innovation, modernizing how 17.8K intelligence professionals operate across the Air Force ISR Enterprise. Performed human resource functions including talent development, team-to-task alignment, and administrative management. Oversaw an ISR modernization program, ensuring $27M of funding is delivered across 30 projects to support automation. Identified and prioritized the Air Force ISR Enterprise's data-focused training needs and evaluated effectiveness. Provided data talent hiring and retention recommendations. Managed manpower resources for the Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program to recruit and develop data professionals supporting intelligence professionals and units in the field.

Combined Joint Task Force - Oir, Kuwait

Managed a 28-person team to provide intelligence support to 30 joint and coalition organizations and warfighting functions. Evaluated 2.7K sorties for ISR allocation effectiveness, resulting in an immediate improvement to tactics that increased ISR support 20%, despite a drawdown. Devised a system to automate mission processes, reallocating 500 planning hours and instituting a data-driven decision cycle. Filled Chief of Collection Requirements Management (O-4/Major) role during two-month manning gap.

Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, United States

Led 11-person team to provide Air Force intelligence data management policies and guidance supporting 17.8K intelligence professionals and mission partners. Supplied 35 large-scale organizations with governance and strategies to align data management practices with industry standards. Developed Air Combat Command's first data literacy training pilot program and drafted data literacy training requirements for enlisted intelligence training programs and pipelines. Orchestrated MAJCOM’s first ISR data inventory and assessment across 12 ISR wings, proliferating data management best practices across the enterprise.

Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, United States

Led a 26-person team to develop advanced geospatial intelligence products in support of worldwide exercises. Concurrently, managed a team of five to support budget and resource management functions for an organization of 115, and provided unit self-assessment program management to ensure compliance with Congressional, Department of Defense, and Air Force regulations - rated #1 of 4 units in inspection metrics.

Springfield, Virginia, United States

Senior intelligence agency representative tasked to align, integrate, and advance intelligence tradecraft, training, and professional development activities across the National System for GEOINT. Guided 34 large-scale organizations to create partnership agreements driving collaboration and integration. Developed requirement for first-ever GEOINT Basic Doctrine course and successfully transitioned course development to the National GEOINT College. Led AI, Automation, and Augmentation working groups to integrate advanced computing and analytic capabilities into tradecraft and training programs DoD-wide.

Springfield, Virginia, United States

Led a team of nine to draft partnership agreements promoting Department of Defense geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) sharing and strategies across the 30-member multi-nation Allied System for GEOINT. Led the formation of 17 advisory groups to establish curriculum standards for training, which were adopted and mandated by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security as baseline requirements across all Department of Defense and Intelligence Community organizations.

Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, United States

Managed standardization of geospatial intelligence exploitation tactics, techniques, and procedures for an organization of over 700 people. Conducted trend analysis to develop operational policies and procedures aligning intelligence product output to Air Force and Intelligence Community quality assurance programs. Developed tradecraft to improve data discoverability & reporting accuracy. Reviewed and validated mission training materials to ensure adherence to standards and provided subject matter expertise and oversight.

Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, United States

Led unit's largest section (36 analysts) to develop geospatial intelligence products supporting special operations forces during wartime operations. Directed exploitation of full-motion video collected by theater ISR aircraft spanning five combatant commands and four areas of responsibility. Responsible for quality assurance and team-to-task alignment and integration.

Macdill Afb, Florida, United Statess

Used all-source intelligence to exploit national-level imagery and created annotated graphics to support U.S. Central Command combat operations. Developed research methodologies to aid electronic target folder creation supporting counter-terrorism missions in the area or responsibility. First team outside of national agencies to incorporate Activity-Based Intelligence tradecraft.

Afghanistan

Deployed lead for a team of six supporting special operations missions by providing full-motion video intelligence capabilities. Maintained performance metrics utilized by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to aid strategic mission planning. Developed and instructed 3-week foreign liaison officer training program to drive partner integration.

Raf Molesworth, United Kingdom

Analyzed imagery from theater and national sources to provide indications and warning of potential threats to United States interests. Produced time-sensitive intelligence reports and graphics in response to priority intelligence requirements.

Foundations Of Artificial Intelligence

Joint Task Force Staff Course

Isr Operations Course

Certificate, Public Sector Data Governance Professional At The Mastery Level

Correspondence Course Certificate, Military And Strategic Leadership

Certificate, Management

Management/Networking

Certificate, Principles Of Supervision

Geospatial Intelligence Technical Training

Certificate, Law Enforcement