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United States

Led a department of 100+ personnel, coordinating the activities between MCIA Command, MCIA IMA Det, and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Joint Reserve Intelligence Program (JRIP).• Prepared administrative guidance, information systems administration, training and facilities support for reserve intelligence personnel and other IC members utilizing the JRIP, resulting in zero man-hours lost• Served as the principal advisor to the program directors on all reserve matters• Maintained continuous operability of the JRIC infrastructure by coordinating the maintenance and installation of equipment upgrades, asset replacements and required security totaling over $3.6M dollars

Directed and supervised the training and professional development of the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) and Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Section.• Oversaw the production, quality control, and dissemination of over 5,000 GEOINT products for crisis response exercises and operations, and general intelligence operations; ensured all products followed all established guidelines, directives, policies and safety protocols• Ensured all GEOINT requests for information and support were completed and disseminated in accordance with SOPs and customer requirements, resulting in 100% satisfaction rate• Administered direct mentorship, leading training instruction to junior analysts within the GEOINT team, improving efficiency by 30% and saving over 480 man-hours annually

Served as the principal advisor to the Senior Defense Official/ Defense Attaché, directing and coordinating operations for the Defense Attaché Office (DAO) at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Directly administered foreign national employees and managed a $500K budget, serving as the program manager for disbursement of funds.• Produced, processed, tracked and distributed over 450 sensitive reports to the U.S. government/ interagency community; received laudatory comments from the U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia• Liaised on-site for the U.S. President, cabinet members, congressional delegations, and 15+ military VIP visits• Coordinated all on-site counterintelligence, personnel, information, and security programs, managing force protection responsibilities and noncombatant evacuation operations• Managed operational, financial, administrative and logistical support for DAO operations and stayed consistently under budget• Supervised all overflight/ landing clearances for U.S. Government aircraft and ground movements of U.S. Government property in Ethiopia, resulting in zero safety violations and fines

Represented the Marine Corps as the Departmental Requirements Officer (DRO) at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).• Interfaced with MCIA Geospatial Intelligence Directorate (GID) staff and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency key components to conduct program advocacy, systems engineering of operational GEOINT architectures, and AGI training/ education of analysts, operators, and managers• Provided technical assistance to MCIA GID in establishing relationships with National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG) functional managers to promote service-specific GEOINT requirements and resolve shortfall impacts to MCIA GEOINT operations, saving 150 man-hours per month• Served as the SME providing inputs to programs and organizations on necessary software/ hardware solutions designed to enable MCIA GID to support Advanced Geospatial Intelligence (AGI) analysis and production operations• Assessed the feasibility and affordability of integrating new GEOINT sources for various providers including National Technical Means, foreign, commercial, and airborne programs into the MCIA GID enterprise, increasing productivity by 30%• Developed training seminars and materials to improve the competency of military and civilian analysts in applying advanced remote sensing techniques, improving capability by 30%

Performed as an Imagery analysis team leader supervising seven analysts in the production and dissemination of the first phase imagery intelligence reports and secondary imagery transmissions.• Produced over 250 customized imagery products in support of exercises during Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225 Unit Deployment Plan (UDP) to Japan• Applied advanced softcopy exploitation analysis techniques to imagery from national reconnaissance systems in a time sensitive, current intelligence environment• Initiated tasking and re tasking of national systems, and authored sensitive intelligence reports• Processed raw imagery data from various sensor platforms and sources to develop tailored, focused, and time-sensitive products for a variety of users• Demonstrated technical proficiency in various imagery source products to include synthetic aperture RADAR (SAR), thermal electro-optical (EO), non-imaging infrared, and motion sensor video• Developed and executed higher echelon policy changes, short to long-range plans, and projects to support both internal and external requirement; performed quality control of final AGI/GEO-INT products