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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

- Directs system engineering for development and integration of next generation software and architecture in support of satellite command and control and space domain awareness systems, onboarding new capabilities in support of DoD Space Operations- Manages POAM, budgeting/testing/fielding for diverse portfolio of Space Command and Control systems in.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

• Directs talent management, training and development for 750 personnel comprised of 26 career specialties, providing support to the installation as well as 22 base agencies, 16 worldwide location and 8,000 personnel
• Advises on $14M annual budget; coordinates and prioritizes spend requests; monitors budget execution
• Oversaw on-time execution of 134 projects for 20 stakeholders affecting $1.1B infrastructure
• Provides advice and counsel as the senior advisor to the Key Stakeholder to plan, develop and coordinate base growth, mutual aid and engagement with higher headquarters, city, county, state and federal officials
• Plans, organizes, assigns work, and communicates effectively, both orally and in writing in order to lead effectively and present, advocate and/or advise on processes actions, and decision impacting the organization.
• Performs a wide range of supervisory responsibilities to include assigning work to subordinates and providing technical oversight; developing performance plans; identifying training and development needs of employees.

Ramstein Air Base Germany

- Director-level position; served as Principal advisor to the senior stakeholder on all staff issues, including readiness, training, and professional development of 380 multi-service personnel- Led Air Force's largest tactical communications unit; mentored 348 personnel from 11 communications specialties and deployed 188members--provided command, control.

Ramstein AB, Germany

- Directed Operations planning for 361 members from 23 different occupational specialties--led team during highest operations workload in 10 years- Coordinated with four different nations as well as NATO, European Command, and Central Command staffs to plan and execute 45 missions- Managed special projects including network-related hardware installation.

Ramstein Air Base, Germany

- Led 51-member section; managed and maintained 15 deployable network systems & 42 servers valued at $14.7M- Provided combat communications in support of contingency operations/exercises throughout Europe, Asia & Africa- Directed master training plan rebuild; developed roadmap for 578 training tasks--cut average qualification time from 6 to 4 months.

Ramstein Air Base, German

- Handpicked to lead largest, most diverse division on Inspector General Team comprised of 12 personnel spanning 10 different occupationalspecialties- Led Communications Security evaluations for three nuclear surety inspections; uncovered/corrected erroneous destruction methods--cut 3-hrprocess to 10 minutes- Synchronized inspection efforts for two.

Ramstein Air Base, Germany

- Served as lead communications security and policy compliance inspector for 2.4K members at 35 units executing ops & support of $1.4B worthof command assets- Analyzed quality of life, leadership, and organizational effectiveness for nine organizations and 39K personnel- Led deficiency program overhaul; improved process for 15 units--slashed open findings.

Ramstein Air Base, Germany

- Oversaw monitoring, situational awareness and directed compliance for 33.5K communications systems across nine operating bases- Analyzed cyber threats and coordinated resolution; supported 42K users with 99.3% compliance rate--4% over required standard- Directed communications support for 10 geographically separated locations- Led Communications and.

Osan Air Base, Kor

- Led 37 members to manage server and network administration for intelligence support communications for $595M Distributed GroundIntelligence system- Directed 24-hour secure message communications support for 38 units across the Republic of Korea- Maintained three classified server suites and 11 critical intelligence systems/900 users--ensured compliance.

Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina

- Served as principle Information Assurance and Communications Security Manager- Managed $12.7M installation Communications Security Program; directed 32 personnel/12 sub-accts--guarded 7K+ pieces equipment with zerocompromise--aced annual inspection with zero discrepancies- Directed Cryptographic Access Program; managed training for 173 members and user.

Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii

- Installed, configured and maintained servers and systems in support of Major and Combatant Commands- Managed 24 hour, 7 day a week, 365 days a year Tier 2 Help Desk- Performed technical evaluations of system architectures, database formatting, and software performance testing- Responsible for new system testing and on-boarding- Engineered, tested and.

Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

- Managed computer software, hardware and network resources worth $3M- Planned, procured, installed, and maintained computer systems for the entire installation- 8K personnel- Performed server and systems administration for 500 Local Area Network (LAN) users- Maintained, troubleshot, and configured system hardware for LAN, and wireless LAN- Configuration.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Information Technology Project Management

Associate Of Science - As, Military Information Systems Technology