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Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Lead, direct, and manage project activities and personnel during proposal, design, commissioning, testing, and support periods for the design and installation of conveyor sorter and distribution systems for FedEx, UPS.
• In conjunction with sales and engineering, analyze market future needs and ensures the technical execution and staffing for assigned projects.
• Work with sales on budget allocations and propose technical descriptions and clarifications to ensure the successful bid and execution of multiple million dollar contracts annually
• Implement approved budgets and monitor actual expenses to ensure they fall within budgets, analyzing out-of-budget expenses and ensure projects close on-time and on-budget
• Create, monitor and manage cradle-to-grave project plans, project schedules, project schedule of values, change order logs, action item logs and other PM documents until completion of contracts
• Manage and minimize project risk

Cheyenne Mountain AFS, Colorado Springs, CO

• Managed and trained a five-member joint-service crew controlling a $1.8 Billion Integrated Theater Warning Attack Assessment (ITWAA) network of 20 world-wide space and ground based missile warning sensors.
• Integrates highly classified national resources into tactical warning operations protecting US forces worldwide
• Synchronized crew actions to rapidly respond to global missile events and provided timely and accurate missile launch assessments and analysis to the Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)

Yongsan AB, Republic Of Korea

• Provided joint planning expertise and leadership in the supervision of multi-service and civilian staff in the development, planning and execution of USFK joint strategy and operations utilizing the full spectrum of.
• Led special technical operations planning during multiple theater exercises, coordinated multi-national operations and provided robust framework for the JTF commander.
• Guided development and implementation of $6.4M prototype system into the Korean Theater of Operations (KTO)
• Provided training expertise and leadership in the supervision of multi-service and civilian staff in the development, planning and execution of US Forces Korea deliberate and crisis action planning utilizing the full.
• Integrated Courses of Action (COAs) and exercise inputs into multiple theater campaign training exercises supporting multi-national operations and the Joint Task Force commander
• Served as the Central Billet Access request (BAR) manager responsible for managing special Access program billets, IJSTO billet structure, BARs, program access requests (PARs), and related material managed by the Joint.

HQ US Special Operations Command, Ussocom, Macdill AFB, FL

• Led 3-person selectively manned section advising Navy SOCOM 4-star on space capabilities, investment plans, and science & technology needs of fielded theater special operations forces worldwide
• Program manager for a $845K exploitation system for special operations forces
• Managed critical equipment failure replacement; new $70K system in place on the other side of the world in 48 hours
• Established world-wide Blue Force Program of Record with $400K; met mission need on time and $600K under budget
• Trained SOCOM personnel on the function, operation, and maintenance of a deployed space operations system

Special Operations Task Force, Bagram, Afghanistan

• Responsible for training and integration of all Special Access Programs (SAPs) in support of a Theater Special Operations Task Force (TSOC)
• Integrated space, blue force tracking, personnel recovery, counter-space negation and classified tactical space capabilities into fielded Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Task Forces
• Secured and allocated $26M in Fiscal Year 10-15 Program Objective Memorandum (POM) funds to track deployed SOF forces

HQ US Special Operations Command, Macdill AFB, FL

• Responsible to plan, integrate, and synchronize full spectrum Information Operations (IO) and compartmentalized systems into Special Operations Command joint operational-level plans and conducted analysis of United.
• Analyzed ongoing world events in order to support future plan development and execution and meet leadership goals
• Advocate for critical system upgrade; met mission needs while saving $6.1M in program operating funds

National Security Space Institute, Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, CO

• Led 33 National, Joint military and contractor personnel in the development of space 200 & space 300 training, capstone space courses in Air Force Space command involving 92 instructors and 250+ lessons used to.
• Advised Military Contracting team on the requirements of a $35M facility for the future Space Professional School
• Responsible for all unclassified, classified, and higher-level classroom lessons and briefings

50th Operations Support Squadron, 50th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Col

• Directed 103 military, civilian and contractor personnel that managed and conducted combat readiness training for 530 people; Subject Matter Expert on principles of education and training theory
• Oversaw a $6.2 Million support contract and evaluated simulation development by 35 contractors within a nine-month period ensuring training supporting initial operational capacity.
• Authored the 50th Operations Group training plan of instruction, creating the game plan for 350 critical operational task for the command and control of various space systems, such as GPS & DSCS resulting in a single.
• Oversaw a $2.9M support contract and evaluated simulation development by 35 contractors within a nine-month period ensuring training supported initial operational capacity.
• Rebuilt the NATO satellite training course saving $475K in setup costs and $170K annually in training and personnel expenses

50th Operations Support Squadron, 50th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Col

• Led 87 military personnel in a highly selective position that provided mission ready training for 530 crewmembers in 20 distinct positions in four diverse space operations squadrons
• Standardized mission training for 5 squadrons for DoD satellite programs valued at over $46 Billion
• Built the training plan for a new $142M ground system; improved timeframe implementation while cutting costs by 33%
• Senior Instructor/Crew Commander, 4th Space Operations Squadron; Operated $31 Billion MILSTAR satellite communication system

392nd Training Squadron, 381st Training Group, Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc, Californi

• Planned and managed all training plan support requirements for personnel, equipment, budget, and facilities. Led 2 senior instructors, 6 element chiefs and 44 officers in the management of simulator training.

740th Missile Squadron, 91st Space Wing, Minot AFB, Minot, North Dakota

• Led five missile combat crews and personnel in the execution of peacetime and wartime Presidential national strategy. Responsible for all day-to-day operations, maintenance, and security for a missile launch control.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General, 3.87

Master Of Arts In National Security And Strategic Studies

Academic Accreditation New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Project Management Professional

Joint Information Operations Planner’S Course, Military Information Operations/Joint Information Operations

The mission of the Joint Information Operations Planners Course (JIOPC) is to establish a common level of understanding for IO planners.

Education record

Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management - ACQ 101 (2005) Intermediate Systems Acquisition - ACQ 201A (2011) Basic information.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Applied Physics, 2.4