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Arlington, Virginia, United States

Providing contractor support to the DOD's Joint Requirements Office as it relates to Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear (CBRN) protection requirements for personnel and equipment.

Joint Base Langley Eustis, Va

Principal staff officer, assistant, and advisor to a Two-Star General Joint Force Commander. Coordinate and direct the work of 11 joint staff directorates and a total force of 150 full-time personnel composed of Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine service members, and Dept of Air Force Civilians. Provide advice and guidance to the commander to develop command resource requirements and has approval authority for allocation and execution of appropriated funds. Conducts ongoing analysis of the commander’s tasks and priorities to identify and ensure adequate mission execution. Second in the chain of command and is responsible for the main command post during operations. Manages the organization's talent management program by hiring qualified personnel capable of performing mission command functions during emergency response incidents in the homeland. Requires an expert-level understanding of interagency coordination, the National Incident Management System (NIMS), and Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA).• Supervised 11 directors in an organization with 150 full-time personnel during the DoD COVID response with over 60 medical teams in 30 states from Aug 21 to present.

Joint Base Langley Eustis, Va

Plans, coordinates, and integrates operations for a national level Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear (CBRN) catastrophic incident and/or all-hazards Defense Support to Civil Support (DSCA) response. Establishes requirements for and conducts Joint exercises to maintain operational readiness for the Joint Task Force headquarters and Defense CBRN Response Force (DCRF) comprised of 4 Task Forces with over 5200 personnel. Works specifically with US Army North, US Northern Command, and Service component operations officers and staff. Coordinates with DHS, FEMA, HHS, CDC, and other inter-agency mission partners in order to achieve unity of effort. Also responsible for maintaining readiness of the JTF-CS headquarters and tracking readiness for the DCRF. • Directed operations for COVID medical response in New York and New Jersey with more than 3,000 medical, mortuary affairs, and support personnel in 4 alternate care facilities & 11 NY hospitals (3/21-6/21)• Managed DoD response to whole of government COVID vaccinations consisting of over 2500 personnel in 15 states from resulting in 1.9M vaccinations provided to U.S. citizens (2/21-7/21)

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Unit commander of the 85th WMD-CST responsible for a specialized hazardous materials response team consisting of 22 Army and Air Force personnel. All team members are hazardous material technician certified. Team responds to known and unknown hazardous materials incidents in support of civilian authorities. Responded to over 20 real-world requests for assistance from local, state, and federal agencies including fire, police, DEA, FBI, DOE, HSI, EPA. Routinely trained and exercised with other WMD-CSTs and interagency partners in order to sustain proficiency and build key relationships prior to responding to incidents.• Completed the [8-week, resident] Civil Support Skills Course; hazardous materials technician certified; confined space rescue familiarization• Responded to 20 real-world requests for assistance, supporting local fire, law enforcement, and bomb squad departments; responded with federal agencies including FBI, DEA, and EPA; team identified unknown chemical & biological hazards • Supervised the exercise design, development, and evaluation for 15 WMD-CSTs and local first responder agencies; included chemical, biological, radiological, dispersal device, explosive, high-angle rope rescue, and confined space rope rescue scenarios. • Provided hazard identification support to special events such as: university sporting events, the Sundance Film Festival, Country Jam Concert Series, Stadium of Fire; provided mutual aid to other WMD-CSTs/States for events such as Super Bowl, Boston Marathon, PGA Pro-Am, and others.

Washington Dc

The U.S. Army Interagency Fellowship Program is a career-broadening, educational opportunity for field grade officers. The program, which falls under U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command’s Combined Arms Center, increases the Army’s understanding of integrating and collaborating with federal government interagency partners in future operations. Gained a comprehensive understanding of the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and US Border Patrol (USBP) strategic vision, goals, and objectives,. Leveraged skills learned in military problem solving, planning, and operations to support the Strategic Plans and Analysis and Foreign Operations divisions.• Worked on the doctrine development team; coordinated interagency training for USBP agents to attend doctrine-writing courses at the Army Publishing Directorate (Ft. Belvoir VA) and the Army Combined Arms Sustainment Command (Ft. Lee VA); resulted in the publishing of the first official USBP publication.• Conducted comprehensive country assessments for the USBP Foreign Operations division; assessments used to make decisions on placing USBP agents in partner nations; leveraged experience and relationships with the National Guard's State Partnership Program to improve product development and relationships in the USBP/CBP.• Participated in two border assessments, one in the Tuscon sector and one on the Northern border in Canada (Victoria, Vancouver) and Washington and Montana; provided military perspectives and insights on security, friendly force tracking, and surveillance. • Attended FEMA's Incident Command System (ICS) Level 400 training at the Customs & Border Protection Advanced Training Center (Harpers Ferry WV); received ICS-400 certification.

Cedar City, Utah, United States

Commander of a self-propelled field artillery battalion consisting of over 400 US Army personnel. Responsible for the training, readiness, administration, logistics, and equipment accountability and maintenance for the unit. Conducts artillery training and live-fire exercises in preparation for overseas combat operations (federal mission) and responds to disasters/emergencies when directed by the Governor (state mission). While assigned to this position, the unit responded to a wide-area search and rescue mission in response to a flash flooding incident in southeastern Utah.• Leveraged key relationships with Salt Lake County Emergency Management to conduct professional development training in the Emergency Operations Center for my battalion staff; resulted in bridging the gap between understanding military response to a crisis and civilian response to disasters.• Responsible for the project management planning and execution of six live-fire artillery exercises requiring extensive logistical, administrative, interagency coordination, and safety aspects; included one large scale out-of-state live-fire exercise required many logistical and operational tasks.

Bluffdale, Utah, United States

The executive officer for a Field Artillery Brigade with multiple artillery battalions, brigade support battalion, signal company, target acquisition battery. Manages the brigade commander's priorities and completion of objectives to prepare the brigade for combat. Responsible for hiring qualified staff and daily supervision of 60 full-time personnel and over 1,000 traditional National Guard service members. Participated in multi-national (NATO), joint, and combined arms training while assigned to this position.• Assigned as brigade operations officer (S3) during the execution of NATO exercise Rochambeau in France with over 12 partner nations; same assignment for a US Navy Fleet Forces Sustainment Training - Joint (FST-J) working with US Navy, US Marine Corps forces (Coronado Island CA).• Supervised the day-to-day human resources, logistics, pay, disciplinary, operations, maintenance, communications, and other functions for a field artillery brigade.• Served in the Deputy to the Commander position in Exercise Vigilant Guard, a full-scale UT Division of Emergency Management catastrophic earthquake exercise.

Draper, Utah, United States

Executive Officer for the Utah National Guard's 97th Troop Command. The senior full-time representative of the Brigade Commander responsible for managing the full-time force who runs day-to-day operations in support of administrative, logistics, training, and operations needs for all traditional National Guardsmen in the brigade. Units consisted of military public affairs detachment, special troops company, maintenance company, civil support team, army band, contracting team, & trial defense legal team. • Supervised 45 full-time personnel and approximately 800 traditional National Guard service members.• Project manager and lead planner for 13 multi-national engagements with the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces & Civil Emergency Response Authorities; leveraged relationships with UT Division of Emergency Management, Utah Fire Authority, FEMA Urban Search & Rescue UT Task Force 1, Utah Public Health, and Salt Lake County Emergency Management - taking both civilian partners and military leadership to Morocco eleven times to engage with the Moroccan military and government in gaining a shared understanding of emergency response concepts and procedures; provided classes/seminars on National Incident Management System (NIMS), Incident Command System (ICS), search and rescue, venue evacuation, emergency operations center management, digital common operating picture, homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation Program (HSEEP), and CBRN response; planned & executed multiple table-top exercises, and functional exercises over a three-year period.• Served on board of directors (3-year term) and elected as President of the National Guard Association of Utah; conducted a congressional visit in Washington D.C. with the UT Adjutant General to champion initiatives for retaining an Army Attack Aviation Battalion in the Utah Guard and support for new KC-135 refueling jets for the UT Air National Guard.

Draper, Utah, United States

Commander of a CBRN Emergency Response Force Package for the FEMA Region VIII Homeland Response Force. The ~300 personnel task force consisted of one company-sized mass casualty decontamination unit, one company-sized search and rescue unit, one company-sized US Air Force medical unit, and a company-sized general-purpose force. Led task force in multiple interagency training exercises with local fire departments, emergency managers, and federal FEMA Urban Search & Rescue teams.• Let the task force through an intense, interagency, full-scale exercise and formal certification evaluation; resulted in perfect evaluation ratings and successful certification of the task force.• Participated in Exercises Vigilant Guard in Denver CO with CBRN Task Force; worked alongside other military CBRN Task Forces/Teams and interagency partners such as city hospitals, military & civilian ground, and air ambulance resources, FEMA Search and Rescue teams, and local fire departments.• Led Task Force in participation of interagency full-scale exercise in Las Vegas NV with Clark County Fire Department. • Participated with Salt Lake City (SLC) Fire Dept in cold-weather mass decontamination and medical triage exercise at the SLC Veterans Administration Hospital with temperatures below 30 degrees.

Draper, Utah, United States

The primary military liaison to the State of Utah Division of Emergency Management, FEMA Region VIII Defense Coordinating Element, and all interagency stakeholders who come together for the common goal of planning for, responding to, and recovering from disasters. Assessed all local, state, tribal, and federal requests for military assistance to emergencies to make ceratin they met Cost, Appropriateness, Risk, Readiness, Legality, and Lethality (CARRLL) criteria before making recommendations to the Adjutant General and Director of Emergency Management for deployment and employment of National Guard capabilities. • Primary liaison between the military and Utah Division of Emergency Management; military representative, UT State Emergency Response Team; responded to a catastrophic wildland fire (2010); spring flooding requiring military aviation support (2011); severe wind event requiring military debris removal & route clearance (2011)• Supervisor responsible for 16 military and 2 civilian personnel.• Immediate supervisor for the Utah National Guard emergency operations center.• Primary military representative for emergency planning efforts; lead facilitator and project officer for the development of the State of Utah emergency air operations plan; represented UT National Guard on catastrophic earthquake planning

Cedar City, Utah, United States

The Officer in Charge at Southern Utah University's Army ROTC program. Assistant to the Professor of Military Science at Brigham Young University. Department Chair for the Military Science Department within the School of Business. Professor responsible for instructing the Military Science level IV (MS-IV) students who were typically seniors preparing to graduate from college and accept a commission in the US Army. Responsible for planning and maintaining the course syllabus, teaching weekly classes, running weekly labs, and preparing grades. Overseas the ROTC Club and supervises the annual capstone event for seniors attending a "staff ride" at Gettysburg National Battlefield. Manages the military science department's annual budget and hiring of staff. Supervises three additional teaching cadre and administrative, logistics, and recruiting personnel.

Cedar City, Utah, United States

Battalion Operations Officer (S3) and the senior full-time manager assigned to a field artillery battalion with approximately 500 service members. Full-time supervisor of 27 personnel responsible for planning training and providing for the administrative, logistics, and equipment maintenance in the battalion.• Managed the hiring of the full-time force; the commander's primary representative for supervision of all day-to-day operations.• Planned and executed an out-of-state field artillery live-fire exercise (Camp Guernsey, WY) requiring extensive project management planning for such tasks as the development of the 2-week training plan, heavy equipment transportation from Utah to Wyoming including 18 self-propelled howitzers and ammunition carriers, coordination for lodging, meals, vehicle maintenance, medical support, and range operations.

Cedar City, Utah, United States

Full-time training officer for a US Army field artillery battalion and served as the commander of an artillery battery during Operation Noble Eagle mobilization. As commander, responsible for the training, administration, and logistics functions for 105 service members. In January 2005 I transitioned to deputy operations officer when my artillery battalion deployed to Western Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While deployed for 18 months, I was responsible for building over 100 operational plans & orders, preparing and presenting dozens of key leader briefings, and conducting dozens of tactical operations - each of which required extensive planning and coordination with other stakeholders and multi-national partners.• Led the coordination for increased force protection measures (barriers, local law enforcement security patrols, conducting vulnerability assessments) for four military facilities following the 9/11 attack on America. • Operations officer for the 2002 Winter Olympics (Salt Lake City UT) in which the entire Utah National Guard was deployed.• Planned and executed an out-of-state field artillery live-fire exercise (Fort Stewart GA) requiring extensive project management planning for such tasks as the development of the 2-week training plan, equipment transportation from Utah to Georgia, coordination of a large equipment exchange between like units, coordinating commercial charter aircraft and bus transportation for 400 personnel, coordination for lodging, meals, vehicle maintenance, medical support, and range operations.• Officer in charge of military funeral honors team; conducted more than 25 military funerals for veterans.

Military Joint Operations Planning And Strategy

The Joint & Combined Warfighter School (JCWS) qualifies as Joint Professional Military Education Level II and adds the additional skill.

Civil Support Skills Course Hazmat Technician

The US Army's Civil Support Skills Course is a demanding course designed to establish the baseline for Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil.

Advanced Operations Course, Advanced Military And Operational Studies

Develops military professionals adept at making repetitive discretionary judgments and skilled in problem-solving under lethal.

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa

Bachelor'S Degree, Engineering Technology