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Washington, Dc, Us

Reston, Virginia, Us

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Coordinate cross-functional efforts of over 900 globally-distributed personnel to ensure delivery of critical Top-Secret IT services to support strategic national security objectives at over 225 geographic locations.Directly supervise 52 personnel maintaining over $65 million in end user devices on 17 different networks.Oversee execution of $34 million annual contracts, guides and influences execution of another $300 million, providing IT support services to 16,000 personnel globally.Defined and implemented regional service delivery operating model, built relationships between personnel, positively changing organization and resulting in 98% positive customer feedback rating.

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Commander of Air Force ROTC Detachment 905. Department Chair and Professor at both Washington State University and the University of Idaho. Managed administration of training and education operations serving over 150 students annually.Supervised staff in recruitment, educating, training, and mentorship of junior executive candidates.Vetted character and academic suitability of 150 junior executive candidates annually.Trained and evaluated junior executive candidates on leadership and management principles and fundamentals.Established first-of-its-kind five-university regional virtual cyber security institute in cooperation with Department of Defense sponsoring graduate research and training 30 undergraduate STEM students annually.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Formulated and governed long-term IT strategy for Department of the Air Force’s $3 billion annual IT infrastructure portfolio spend supporting 845,000 global users.Led staff in development of policy and planning, programming, budgeting and execution for enterprise IT programs supporting data center, compute, and storage towers for the United States Air Force world-wide.Lead executive advocate for the Air Force and Department of Defense's first commercial enterprise cloud. Developed strategy and secured funding for $800 million multi-commercial cloud contract.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Delivered full-spectrum communication capabilities to 7,000 users at United States Air Force’s premier unmanned aerial vehicle training facility and in support of the nation’s largest restricted airspace.Led 130 personnel and managed $2.4 million operating budget and $8 million in equipment.Guided team to multiple awards:Air Combat Command Department of Defense Team of the YearAir Combat Command Category III Defense Information Switched Network facility of the Year12 Air Force Lt Gen Grant Small Communications Squadron of the Year12 Air Force Lt General Rawlings Team of the YearAwarded 12 Air Force Cyberspace Operations Field Grade Officer of the Year

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Oversaw daily tasks of 143 cyberspace operations testing personnel and supervised execution of 75 operational tests in one calendar yearDirected execution of first-ever operational cyberspace test during Air Force’s premier live warfighting exercise, RED FLAG, avoiding $725,000 cost.Developed process for dynamic "cyber fires." Guided organization to achieve recognition as Air Force Space Command’s “Test Team of the Year.”Awarded Combined Air and Space Operations Center Combat Operations Division Field Grade Officer of the Quarter

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Oversaw daily operations of 70-person team supporting the Air Force’s only operational cyberspace wing.Guided team’s preparation of parent organization compliance inspection resulting in dramatic improvement from “non-compliant” to “outstanding” in 18 months.Oversaw offensive cyber operations against over 2,000,000 targets.Shepherded fledgling cyberspace intelligence team to receive Air Force Space Command’s prestigious “Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Unit of the Year” awardSignificantly contributed to Wing's award of United States Strategic Command Omaha Trophy and Air Force Space Command Moorman Award for best operations wing

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Joint Staff J8 Chief of Global Force Management Data Initiative Technical Oversight Branch. Drafted and Staffed DOD policy. Led development and policy to meet Global Force Management objectives. Supervised team in strategy development, management, and oversight of distributed execution of DoD-wide data initiative program providing decision support directly to the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense.Informed and influenced Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior Department of Defense C-suite-level executives with respect to program status on a bi-weekly basis.Developed strategic resource map which resulted in securing DoD-level initial program funding of $110 million for distribution to military services and DoD components across the Future Years Defense Program.Awarded: J8 Action Officer of the Month

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Represented the Department of the Air Force to the Department of the Navy in selectively-manned exchange program as Professor of Computer Science and Information Technology.Developed course material, taught undergraduate courses in computer science fundamentals, object-oriented theory, database design, and software engineering.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Performed research in the National Security Agency’s Research and Development Directorate.Focused on massive micro-sensor networks and virtual machine security.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Full time student

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Supervised team of project managers and financial advisors providing communications support to 1,300 personnel.Oversaw long-term and implementation plans, agreements, budgets, financial management for all IT systems.

Menlo Park, California, Us

BreakLine is an education and hiring initiative designed to prepare high performers from all backgrounds for careers in technology. The program combines intensive, graduate-level classroom instruction with hands-on workshops and professional networking.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Developed project plan for piloting use of generative AI content in marketing campaign. Analyzed application of generative AI including process changes to best leverage capabilities of generative AI.

Master'S Degree, Software Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science