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Veteran-Owned Small Business. Providing World Leading Technology solutions (from across industry, academia, and government) directly to C-Level and senior government executives. Providing corporate strategy, business strategy, operating models, product development planning and execution, change management, etc.

Led advanced security technology initiatives and expanded strategic partnerships across the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, Law Enforcement, and Industry. Built new partnerships, VAR agreements, and new product lines in the physical security, and intelligence/surveillance/reconnaissance network sectors.

Provided Subject Matter Expertise for advanced technology initiatives at the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).Principal author of the future Joint Operating Environment; a forecast out to 2050 describing major developments in technology, policy, trade, demographics, politics, etc. that will drive the future needs of the US Southern Command.Authored the Concept of Operations for the All Partners Access Network (APAN); the principle medium for operational military communications throughout all of the Americas and the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility. The concept embodies the latest advances in social networking theory and practice to optimize military mission success.

Technology Advisor to the Assistance Secretary of Defense/Homeland Defense. Initiated, led, and pioneered several technology solutions and international initiatives including Maritime Defense, IT, and Biometrics. • Principal writer of the first National Strategy for Homeland Security and Defense signed by the President in 2004. Technology Advisor to the Director, Rapid Reaction Technology Office and Counter Terrorism Technology Task Force, and the Director, Joint Capability Technology Demonstration Program. Provide frequent updates to Defense staff members on new and disruptive emerging technologies. • Discovered and applied leading-edge commercial technology solutions to meet urgent Defense challenges and special programs critical to ongoing US Defense operations.Oversight Executive for the Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration of Homeland Security/Defense Command and Control sponsored by the DUSD/AS&C. • Helped provide the single, surviving critical communication lifeline during Hurricane Katrina.Provided critical recommendations annually, personally and directly, to the DUSD/AS&C on over 70 technology programs worth $1B each fiscal year. • Recommended optimized investment strategies contributing to an 80% transition rate of new technology now in use in the War on Terror and Homeland Defense.Recommended and implemented commercial software system options for a new Navy-wide Human Resource, records management, information system. • Saved an estimated $125M in development costs.GTO Clients Assistant Secretary of Defense/Homeland Defense, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense/Advanced Systems and Concepts; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Electronic Warfare, and Space; Director of the Defense Rapid Reaction Technology Office/Combating Terrorism Technology Task Force; and the Director of the Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) Program.

Strategic Advisor on applications and markets of advanced multi-media and wireless technologies

Directed development and expansion of global e-commerce markets; US, Europe, AsiaHelped lead expansion from single product company to offering approximately 20 products from 10 manufacturers as CIO and COO during start-up phase.

Veteran-Owned-Small-Business. Provided technology-business consulting directly to large commercial and major government agencies including Fortune Top 10.Services included strategic planning for Boards of Directors, revenue and profit modeling, financial analysis, product development, client relations, sales and marketing strategies, and business process optimization. Clients included 3M, Boeing, Sarnoff Corporation (formerly RCA Labs), E-Systems, Inc., CoreTech Consulting Group, Inc., Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), National Media Laboratory (NML), National Information Display Laboratory (NIDL), National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), and National Technology Alliance (NTA).Global engagements included USA, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Turkey, Bosnia, Kosovo, Israel, Central Africa, Australia, UK, Germany, and Italy, for US Intelligence/Defense Agencies.Co-founded and developed the National Technology Alliance congressionally supported program; a consortium of world leaders in commercial technology, US government agencies, and academic centers. Formed multiple corporate partnerships and joint ventures to leverage and apply advanced IT R&D. Generated new consumer products and provided parallel products for government application. Grew from inception to over $70M annually.Led the development and personally supervised operations of an innovative commercial technology suite in Africa within 48 hours of Joint Chiefs of Staff request. This technology solution collected and relayed critical information to President Clinton. National Security Advisor, Anthony Lake, confirmed that the President’s decision not to deploy US troops to the region was based primarily upon the accuracy and timeliness of the intelligence provided from that system. • Recognized by White House and Defense Officials for having “…saved the lives of thousands of men, women, and children…” during the humanitarian crisis in Africa.

• Identified the customer, organized the start-up, and managed a perennial $15M, one-hundred-person, three location, system engineering and integration, classified program for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Managed large scale, systems engineering tasks for commercial and government (NRO and DoD) satellite-based information systems

• Developed navigation and targeting systems for Tomahawk Cruise Missiles• Performed the first analysis, modeling, and simulation for next generation aircraft including tilt-rotor aircraft now in full production (V-22 Osprey) for commercial and Marine Corps military use• Contributed to multiple technology efforts for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

US Naval Academy Graduate; Selected by Peers to be a member of the Honor BoardNaval Post Graduate School; Aviation Safety/Accident InvestigatorNaval Aviator; A-6, A-4 Jet PilotPersonnel Reliability Program (Nuclear Weapons)Marine Corps Leadership InstructorWeapons and Tactics Instructor: Marine Corps equivalent to the Navy’s “Top Gun”