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Springfield, Virginia, United States

• Senior Financial Management Analyst for Axiologic Solutions at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for the Director of Financial Management Resources, Capabilities.
• Provide senior-level financial and business management support services primarily focused on programming but across the planning, programming, and budgeting cycles for NGA’s Director of Financial Management Resources.
• Assist government leads with activities associated with interpreting and applying Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community planning and programming guidance.
• Manage the Capabilities program build development process by conducting a year over year analysis of Investment and divestment decisions matching NGA program expenditures to budget accounts.
• Plan, coordinate and formulate the annual spend plan and Intelligence Presidents Budget Submission (IPBS) for the agencies largest Key Component.
• Provide timely and accurate answers to Congressional requests for information on Agency spend plan submissions, IPBS submissions and Congressional Budget Justification Book (CBJB) and Congressional Justification Book.

The Pentagon

• Financial Management Inspector in the Department of the Army's Inspector General Intelligence Oversight Division
• Advised senior staff on proposals and issues which involve exceptional controversy, intensive outside interest, or significant long-range effects on other organizations.
• Provided oversight for specific Army programs worth approximately $900 million dollars in research, development and procurement.
• Conducted comprehensive quantitative evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of highly complex Army-wide classified research, development and operational projects.
• Developed recommendations to Army staff and proponents on policy changes and best practices.

Fort Bragg, NC

• Division Chief for the Comptroller, U.S. Army Special Operations Command Sensitive Activities Division
• Effective distributed and provided oversight on the utilization of over $314M in appropriated funds for some of the Nation’s most effective Special Operations Forces in the United States Army
• Provided expert guidance to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Internal Review team and Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Special Review Office on the interpretation of regulatory guidance as it pertained.

Camp Arifjan, Kuwait

• Comptroller for a multi-national special operations joint task force for Operation Inherent Resolve
• Funded $1.1B of special operations in the middle east resulting in the de-escalation of hostilities and regional stabilization
• Funded $80M in humanitarian supplies and heavy equipment to relieve the suffering of internally displaced persons in Syria
• Provided the CENTCOM Commanding General key analysis to justify $155M in requirements to the Senate and House Appropriations Committee for Defense, resulting in full program funding
• Authored the FY19 justification for the appropriation known as Counter ISIS Train and Equip Fund (CTEF) in the Justification Book to Congress for operational planning efforts associated with defeat of ISIS; facilitated.
• Capitalized on $38M to support Joint Special Operations funding shortfalls in support of Operation Inherent Resolve resulting in increased warfighting capabilities and capacity

Arlington National Cemetery

• Comptroller and project manager for Headquarters, Department of the Army, Army National Military Cemeteries
• Revitalized a program and increased its annual funding program by 108%
• Project Manager for the return of 181 Native American Remains from an Army cemetery to include Tribal engagements, archeological studies and site surveys
• Team lead for the Memorial Avenue maintenance negotiations with the National Parks Service and Arlington National Cemetery

The Pentagon

• Program Integrator in the Program Analysis and Evaluation Directorate responsible for assisting with the planning, developing, coordinating and defending the Army's Program Objective Memorandum and the Army's Future.
• Planned, resourced and conducted the Secretary of the Army’s annual meeting to formulate and complete the Army’s Program Objective Memorandum
• As the contracting representative for the RAND Arroyo Center, exceeded by the previous year’s contract funding execution by $11M executing a total of $45.5M supporting 93 research and study projects
• As the RAND Contracting Officers Representative, created a savings of 582 work hours annually through the successful elimination of a sponsor provided Service Contract Approval Form and requirement for an Operational.

Fort Bragg, NC

• Managed the execution and accounting of $174M in Operations and Maintenance funding for the 82nd Airborne Division
• Implemented the use of an acquisitions system to support multi-national exercises in the United States and Europe
• Established cash operations for the Global Response Force through coordination with multiple department of defense agencies
• Developed and implemented the sequestration readiness plan for the 82nd Airborne Division in order to maintain a high state of readiness during times of fiscal uncertainty.
• Lead the establishment of disbursing operations for the Global Response Force by coordinating the efforts of the Department of Treasury and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service

Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Fort Bragg, NC

• Army Central Command theater banking officer responsible for Army banking operations and implementation of defense eCommerce systems in the middle east
• Established three banks for the Afghan National Police and Army through a coordinated effort involving the OSD Expeditionary Business Office, the Afghan Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Defense, CSTC-A and New Kabul Bank
• Recovered $1.5M in frozen funds from the Alwarka Depository Account in Iraq by coordinating a multi-agency effort that included the US Embassy, Treasury Attaché, Bank of Baghdad and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
• Used advanced analytics to reduce the overall cash holdings in Afghan depository accounts by over $9M in excessive account balances
• Denied insurgents access to $60M US dollars by converting all Bagram ATMs to dispense only Afghan currency
• Directly facilitated the fielding of the Eagle Cash Agent Card

Fort Bragg, NC

• Implemented effective control measure for a two-star command budget of $300M spanning four countries in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Task Force Sinai
• Developed a dashboard reporting system to keep all TSC leaders aware of their obligations and unsettled travel vouchers

Fort Bragg, NC And Afghanistan

• Managed a $90M budget that included special operations unique funding, Afghan Security Forces funds and Commander’s Emergency Response Program to support Army Special Operations, Navy Special Operations, Air Force.
• Streamlined the Commanders Emergency Relief Program funding process for all Combined Joint Special Operations Forces for Afghanistan (CJSOTF-A) Special Operations Forces assets
• Established the first standalone Special Operations Resource Management Office that included the establishment of a new Allotment Station Number

Served in the following positions:Budget Analyst, US Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, NCExecutive Officer, 126th Financial Management Company (Airborne), Iraq and Fort Bragg, NCOperations Officer, 126th Finance Battalion (Airborne), Fort BraggDetachment Commander, 18th Personnel Services Battalion (Airborne), Fort Bragg, NCDetachment Commander.