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Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Led teams world-wide in support of joint training exercises and real-world operations at the Combatant Command and Service Component levels; provided customers expertise in joint planning, process improvement, and project acceleration.Routinely integrated into new teams which rapidly established relationships, oriented on the problem, and collaborated with the customer to identify root issues and develop viable solutions to meet mission requirements.Designed and facilitated multiple internal joint training events to increase organizational readiness and maintain the unit's ability to provide expert joint planning support to customers.

Tampa, Florida, United States

Branch Chief for a combined military & civilian intelligence plans team; synchronized intelligence asset allocation across the command's area of responsibility; supported continuous joint planning efforts for U.S. Central Command’s three active contingency operations.At NATO headquarters in Afghanistan, supported planning for the phased reduction of intelligence assets ahead of the 2021 withdraw and drove the revision of senior commander intelligence requirements to better-align diminishing collection resources against the evolving security environment.

Camp Humphreys, South Korea

Managed the synchronization of single-discipline intelligence reporting into a comprehensive intelligence picture; provided indications and warning of impending adversary activities to senior leaders; provided routine intelligence updates to maintain staff situational awareness.Developed relationships with intelligence professionals across Korea and the U.S. Intelligence Community to facilitate information and product sharing, maximizing the expertise and analysis of the collective group.

Camp Humphreys, South Korea

Adapted the intelligence section's process and equipment to operate from a mobile command post, fulfilling the commander’s vision of maintaining robust intelligence support during conflict while simultaneously increasing the headquarters’ combat survivability.Championed the development and organization-wide implementation of a progressive junior-analyst training program, increasing analyst depth of Korea-specific threat understanding and significantly reducing the time from onboarding to threat competency.

Camp Red Cloud, South Korea

Coached junior analysts to synthesize information from multiple sources into concise, informative briefings; resulted in increased analyst skill and confidence to address senior executives.

Seoul, South Korea

Developed and implemented processes to track, forecast, and communicate organizational training requirements and due dates, substantially increasing on-time completion rates and elevating unit mission-readiness in every measurable area.Planned and guided execution of transporting, billeting, and field feeding over 300 personnel during national-level training exercises, ensuring participants had the life support required to focus their effort on the training event and improve individual and unit readiness.

Seoul, Korea

Guided a new section through startup requirements and essential targeting tasks; built relationships with other fires elements at various echelons across Korea to integrate and strengthen theater deterrence.Established process to translate targeting data for over 2,500 targets; eliminated the language barrier and enabled more Korean targeting officers to use theater targeting systems, enhancing the bilateral alliance.

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va

Instructed and mentored 38 junior-year ROTC students in preparation for their national assessment event; 7 of 38 (18%) earned top-tier scores, exceeding the national rate by nearly double.Planned and executed a 4-university joint training event involving over 140 trainees; awarded by the regional director for best-run training event in 5 years.

Baghdad, Iraq

Advised an Iraqi Brigadier General at a national-level headquarters; Synchronized intelligence efforts between five regions, their subordinate elements, United States Forces-Iraq (USF-I) staff, and other government agencies to detect and reduce adversary illicit cross-border smuggling operations.

Fort Richardson, Ak

Planned and directed over 100 operations in high-risk environments over the course of 9 months in Iraq; established trust and built relationships with local citizens to stand up one of the first Iraqi neighborhood watch programs; increased Iraqi-led security capability.

Baghdad, Iraq

Directed the consolidation, loading, and shipment, and receiving of over 50 shipping containers and vehicles within a 48-hour period, facilitating rapid unit relocation between areas of operation in Iraq.Designed and implemented an organization best-practice for marking and arranging unit shipping / storage containers which increased monthly inventory efficiency and unit ability to locate required equipment.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Public Administration With A Concentration In Criminal Justice

> Distinguished Military Graduate, Top 20% of all Army ROTC Cadets in the U.S. > Minor in Military Science

Master Of Science - Ms, Public Administration