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Washington Reagan National Airport

• Served as a Public Relations Officer for Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA) and the 24 million passengers facilitated annually.• Served as a senior advisor and strategic business partner to C-suite executives, managers, and employees to align, plan, and facilitate the company’s activities with workforce planning, employee relations, and community interactions.• Facilitated the integration of safety and security technology solutions with Dulles International Airport leadership. • Serve as DCA's Operations and Airport Manager, assuming leadership of both managers during executive absences, empowered with complete autonomous decision-making authority.

Washington Dc

• Created and managed over 30 program working groups collaborating with external partners, subject matter experts, policymakers, financial advisors, and technology engineers on both legacy and newly acquired programs.• Served as the O-6 decision-maker on policy and strategy development, strategic initiatives, portfolio oversight, technological and organizational innovation, and strategic partnerships across the DoD and other governmental agencies.• Analyzed, created, and supervised multi-year strategic plan implementations resulting in an 18% increased efficiency of the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) portfolio, resulting in a $180 million savings by phasing out obsolete programs and reallocating funds in new technologies.• Managed the acquisition team responsible for negotiating the deliberate procurement of over $300 million in rapid acquisition funding in support of Marine Corps initiatives around the globe.• Led strategic review of JIDO's $3-4 billion program portfolio, selecting innovative programs in support of service priorities, resulting in the facilitation (fund-raising) of approximately $1 billion in additional program management funding over a 3-year period.• Served as the chief spokesman/negotiator during enterprise meetings, external funding conferences, and new program acquisitions while managing new programs from inception to delivery ensuring all budgetary milestones and production timelines were strictly adhered to. Maintained a TS/SCI clearance.

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, Ca

• Managed the team responsible for the daily operations of the largest aviation command in the Marine Corps, consisting of over 350 aircraft and approximately 15,000 employees.• Served as Chief advisor to the CEO on the operational status of the largest aviation command in the US Marine Corps, along with the development of short and long-term goals. • Directed internal operational policy and strategy development having global implications due to service personnel being assigned to multiple locations around the world.• Developed metrics to ensure asset efficiency, ensuring quality assurance procedures were enforced at lower levels, and guiding operational efficiency through defined processes and hand-selected intermediate-level managers.

National Military Command Center, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington Dc

• Served as a chief advisor to the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense for the Operational C2 of OPLAN 8010.• Served as an operations expert during the hostage crisis aboard the MRSK Alabama (2009), the 130+ day earthquake crisis in Haiti (2009-2010), and the Deep-Water Horizon oil spill (2010).• Served as the primary trainer of the Operational Teams, while creating standardized emergency action-based training programs, implemented across all five (5) operational teams and their 250 members.• Managed and oversaw the actions of the Chairman’s Operational Teams while coordinating with outside offices/agencies, including the White House Military Office and the Presidential Emergency Operations Center.

• Currently possess over 30 years of (Military/Civilian) aviation and leadership experience as Pilot in Command (PIC), Strategic Operations, Fixed-wing asset management, complex campaign planning & execution, Data/Metric Analysis, Program Management, and Aviation logistics• Conducted Day/Night combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF).• Proven combat leader with Aerial Combat missions during OIF, earning 8 Strike/Flight awards in support of ground combat operations.• Managed aviation allocation operations in multiple theaters around the world simultaneously (Atlantic, Pacific, Asiatic, and Central America).• Served as the Operations Officer, Senior Marine, and Senior Flight Instructor successfully training over 200 Naval Aviators.

Masters - Business Administration (Mba)

Masters - Business

Joint Qualification Designated, International Relations And Affairs

Joint military strategies, Multi-Cultural Team building, DoD Strategic Operations, Diplomacy and Ambassador Staff management, Global.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mass Communication/Media Studies

- Multi-Media Communication techniques - Athletic Scholarship recipient

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science And Technology, General

- Aeronautical Studies and Aviation Management - Athletic Scholarship Recipient