•Managed and counseled a squad of eight infantry personnel•Scheduled, demonstrated performance, and supervised preventative maintenance checks and services on individual and squad equipment including armored vehicles, secure communications and survival systems worth several hundred thousands of dollars.•Designed, scheduled, and lead missions with as many 30 soldiers for purposes ranging from presence patrols, logistical resupply, interdiction, humanitarian assistance and adverse weather response•Served as American liaison with Afghan civil authorities at Joint Provincial Coordination Center in downtown Mehtarlam city.•Deployed to Iraq in 2004 for OIFII and Afghanistan in 2007 for OEFVIII

Ensured that quality control standards were observed by subcontracted work crews at multiple job sites.Travelled throughout the Midwest to facilitate coordination between general contractors, subcontractors and final customers Tested substrates of worksites, verified blueprints for accuracy, and documented all work activity and communication for remote review by management in New Jersey

Worked with production managers to determine lead times for RFQs on new products.Interacted with customers to determine feasibility of design and performance requirements for those products.Crosschecked existing database with specifications on new parts to prevent work redundancy. Created the step-by-step process for handling sales of new parts that became company policy.