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Chapel Hill, NC, US

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Member of the advisory board for a fantastic non-profit that helps transitioning service members enter the corporate environment.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Driver of Change and Communications in Global Export Control specifically focused on standardization and automation of current processes pertaining to international sanctions and risk mitigation.

Fort Liberty, NC

• Director of Training for a high-performing organization responsible for resourcing, equipping, and sourcing advanced technology for acquisition into Army Special Operations Aviation aircraft.
• Generated strategic themes and messaging to communicate value proposition to senior executives in the greater enterprise to influence decision making by distilling information into manageable and understandable briefs.
• Spearheaded a new initiative to educate 18 global executives on Special Operations Aviation by developing a three-day informational campaign with live demonstrations, simulations, and executive level panel discussions.
• Optimized organizational reporting through real-time analytics to inform executive leaders on personnel COVID metrics, accounting for HIPPA compliance and data privacy throughout process development.

Eglin Afb, Florida

• Specifically requested by CEO for the role. Responsible for the sourcing, integration, and operational management of all aviation enablers for a 4000-person organization.
• Orchestrated the use of critical assets throughout the United States and South America through a refined process to increase training ROI by 20%.
• Nurtured partnerships across multiple national enterprises to increase participation by 100% with no impact to budget during the first year.
• Created a program from ground up to standardize and monitor for compliance, the use of small unmanned aircraft within national airspace.

Fort Liberty, NC

• Provided the opportunity to completely change organizational structure and culture of a 500-person operational organization.
• Planned and executed regional operations throughout South Korea with strict adherence to imposed constraints, security requirements, budget execution, international law, and public affairs messaging.
• Spearheaded the transition of the organization through a complete restructure of equipment and personnel over the course of a year to modernize capabilities and meet military restructuring initiative objectives.
• Effectively managed an 80% personnel turnover and exchange of over $1 billion worth of equipment by developing a comprehensive plan, empowering subordinates, influencing upwards, goal setting, and prioritization.

Afghanistan

• Strategic planner in a Special Operations Joint Task Force made up of all US military services and international military partners. Able to apply and develop skills in long range planning, strategic messaging, and.
• Developed a strategic plan to meet future US Government objectives for US and foreign forces in Afghanistan which maintained the same capability, but reduced overhead by 30%, by reallocating resources and eliminating.
• Directed planning efforts between 10 multi-national forces organizations for the development of a security and governance model to enable the Afghan government to gain self-sufficiency.
• Resolved communications challenges between three major organizations throughout Afghanistan by implementing a shared communications strategy to ensure our stakeholder integration resulting in overall process improvement.

South Korea

• Operations manager for a small, but powerful, organization consisting of 36 personnel and 8 attack helicopters worth $230 million. Tasked with supporting real-world security requirements in South Korea. Critical.
• Rated as the top manager among peers due to the high rate of mission success, quality of customer deliveries, and ability to develop plans on short notice in an ambiguous environment.
• Strengthened the organization’s aircraft maintenance status by streamlining processes and procedures resulting in a readiness rate of 83%, well above the required rate of 75%.
• Built a strong organizational culture in which 100% of personnel volunteered to remain with the team by extending their overseas assignments, resulting in increased continuity and capability.

• Career development in various communication and aviation centric organizations in multiple locations across the globe, working in high-pressure environments with complex multi-functional teams.
• Planned, resourced, and built a fiber optic network, from outside plant to inside plant, to provide support to 3000+ users over 5 sq/km in a combat zone.
• Provided uninterrupted digital communications capability to a 500-person organization via satellite and RF across the globe with state-of-the-art equipment; some for the first time in the enterprise.

Morrisville, North Carolina, United States

Master Of Professional Studies In Cybersecurity Risk Management

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Management Information Systems