• Prior-enlisted Lieutenant Commander (1989-97: enlisted submariner and Navy diver).• Current Top Secret (SCI eligible) clearance. • Three tours as Combat Systems Officer; two tours at Afloat Training Group. Thorough understanding of combat systems and preparing warships for overseas deployment.• Dynamic mentor and teacher. Fifteen years experience counseling officers and enlisted personnel with career-enhancement decisions, educational goals and post-career plans. Six years as a classroom and shipboard instructor/evaluator. • Prepared and conducted flag-level briefs.• Coalition operational experience.• Excellent project management, coordination, personnel management and communication skills. Known as a “people person.”• Qualified: Tactical Action Officer, Surface Warfare Officer, Officer of the Deck Underway and Engineering Officer of the Watch. Certified as an Afloat Training Specialist.