Christopher Cichy Email & Phone Number

The Principal AI Analyst serves as a subject matter expert in research and development rapid prototyping with knowledge of Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition strategy and technology transfer of Science and Technology (S&T) solutions for Marine Corps Combat Development and Integration (CD&I) applications. They will leverage expertise to assist with managing relationships across commercial vendors and military environments and assist with capture and solutioning with teammates, vendors, and internal partners. The CANA Principal AI Analyst will be a proven leader in research and development capability assessments for military application. They will translate information of current and future strategic, operational, and tactical challenges facing diverse Marine Corps systems to business development initiatives. The Principal AI Analyst uses leadership skills to solve problems and enable the ability to architect future technological solutions to create products and services to increase technology opportunities. They will provide ethically derived analytical results to support high-impact decisions by CANA clients.

Quantico, Va

● Managed requirements development, sustainment, and technology integration for $22.6 M/FY Program of Record● Represented the Command by preparing technology and budgetary briefings; testimonypreparation for the Service Chief, to the CJCS, HAC-D, HASC, and SASC regardingIrregular Warfare, Great Power Competition, MA-DOSS and Artificial Intelligence (AI)enabled Force Protection.● Contributing author for the "Tentative Manual for EABO", and served as a lead planner forMarine Corps Force Design on the Anti-Ship Fires planning team.● Provided service response and inputs to the Joint Concept for Competition.● Led the Irregular Warfare requirements team through the development of theImplementation Plan to the Irregular Warfare Annex (IWIP) of the 2018 NationalDefense Strategy (NDS).● Visionary catalyst behind development and implementation of the Mobile All-Domain Observation and Sensing System (MA-DOSS)modernization concept, authoring the Concept of Employment and the CapabilitiesDevelopment Document.

● Developed Annual Campaign Plans to include: long range planning for budgeting,training, execution of operations, and continuous process improvement.● Managed multiple large scale (22K+ people, $10M+ budget) operations and exercisesfrom inception through execution across multiple countries and three continents.● Researched, coordinated, and implemented the messaging campaign for the organizationin 26 host nations’: local media markets; international media; and US major and localmedia, to achieve organizational goals.● Developed a network of international partners and coordinated the development ofstrategic partnerships through the Department of State, to enhance organizational valueand effectiveness.● Successfully managed and led simultaneous operations in multiple countries, with amulti-national temporarily organized staff, speaking several languages.

Nc

● Trained, organized, and led a 125 person Artillery organization.● Developed process improvement controls which led to an 80% increase in maintenancereadiness within six months of assuming command.● Initiated a mentor led, “Personal Growth and Optimization” program which resulted in anincreased retention of 40%, increased physical fitness scores of 15%, a decrease innumber of mental health and sick-call visits by 80% within the Fiscal Year it wasimplemented.● Planned the successful training, deployment, operation, and redeployment from NorthCarolina to Japan and Korea.● Organized and participated in volunteer public relations events to include: DisasterResponse to Hurricane Florence, English instruction at Japanese and Korean ElementarySchools, and assistance to rice farming collaborative planting events with Republic ofKorea Marine Corps.

Fort Sill, Ok

● Responsible for instructor training, evaluation, quality control, and curriculumdevelopment for Army and Marine Corps Fire Support Instruction.● Authored complete rewrite of all officer fire support curriculum for both Marine andArmy students.● Senior Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) for the Joint Fires Observer Course andoverall JTAC program manager/Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI).● Developed accredited curriculum, and organized a staff of: contractors; Active Army andMarine Corps instructors, to successfully initiate the US Army Joint Fires ObserverCourse.● Developed future capability requirements for Joint Fires equipment and training for bothArmy and Marine Capabilities Development.● Coordinated Joint Service Memorandum of Agreement to conduct inter-service crosstraining, between the Fires Instruction Branch, and the US Air Force Weapons andTactics Instructor Course at Nellis, AFB.● Served as doctrine writer/editor for Joint Close Air Support, Joint Fire Support, and numerous Marine and Army Fire Support publications

Afghanistan

Camp Pendleton South, California, United States

Camp Pendleton South, California, United States

Twentynine Palms, California, United States

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Molecular Biology

Expeditionary Warfare School, Amphibious Operations

Activities and Societies: Selected as a Non-Traditional Research Fellow to Marine Corps University. While on the fellowship, conducted.

Wti

Targeting, Coordinate Mensuration, Collateral Damage Estimation, Joint Weaponeering System Analyst

High School Diploma

Command And General Staff College