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Colorado Springs, Co, Us

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 support of National Security Objectives- Reviews contract proposals, test plans, and future sustainment efforts in support of critical Space systems architecture- Leads integration efforts to ensure proper security requirements are met prior to fielding (Authority to Operate, etc.)- Documents test results to identify corrective actions for future development efforts.- Liaises with diverse development teams from multiple contracts to identify, refine and submit user requirements to meet mission needs.- Provides executive level out briefs to key stakeholders and principles regarding project status, integration efforts, and organizational strategic outcomes.- Tackles complex, multi-organizational issues handling cradle-to-grave effort from customer-facing requirements identification to development and sustainment of systems and capabilities.

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; providing for or arranging developmental assignments; and developing the organization's primary mission, goals and objectives.• Approves plans, develops and establishes strategy; delivers seamless support for Air Force and wing improvement programs for 250 senior leaders as the senior enlisted advisor

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, communications and computers for 18 missions- Advised on $2.3M budget, $120M equipment inventory, 119 vehicles, and 734-weapon armory - Led Business Process Improvement initiative to evaluate organizational readiness and training. Developed new training model which doubled unit productivity and cut training time 50%- Stood-up Cyber Mission Defense Team (MDT) to perform Functional Mission Analysis on deployed networks- Led team to Best Large Communications Unit in the Air Force Award for 2017- Led 1K member team from four military branches to conduct multi-national communications network standup

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 and cabling plans, LAN/WAN hardware/software deployments and system installation, backup, maintenance and troubleshooting- Directed $52M in-place network upgrade; revamped aging communications systems--ensured zero downtime for three deployed locations/425 personnel- Built gold-standard team that captured 57 awards including Air Force’s best Large Communications unit 2016- Led 270 personnel to complete 24 cradle-to-grave communications site stand-up projects

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- Forged new equipment maintenance program; set up rotation schedule/purged 3-month backlog--reduced average maintenance from 30 to 7days- Directed inventory of $1.4M network system account; turned in 18 excess assets--facilitated reutilization and saved AF $237K- Completed Cyberspace Superintendent Course- Deployed as communications chief for multi-national exercise

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 organizations; revamped 14 functions/cut 11 inspections--returned 52 man- days to organizations- Stood-up self inspection program for 9 units; trained 19K personnel on new process--benchmarked across entire Air Force- Graduated NATO inspector's course--gained critical host nation engagement and evaluation knowledge- Drafted policy, guidance and instructions for new Air Force inspection strategy- Provided Executive Decision support

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 from 4K to 1.1K- Performed six-sigma lean event on inspection report process; implemented 25% new process innovations--cut 60 day process down to only 15- Directed equipment tracking upgrade; enforced high dollar item accountability--secured 133 items worth $7.1K- Led inspection on five major organizational specialties--bested 125 peers/won "Best Inspector" award- Distinguished Graduate from Senior Manager's Leadership Academy-top 10%- Created new inspection system blueprint adopted by entire Air Force- Led largest change since 1975- Led continuous improvement initiative that reduced average inspection team size from 175 members to 45- Won "Best Inspector" award for two years in a row

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 logistics support for Libyan conflict, Identified as Top Performer by 4-star General- Managed cyber network defense education, training, and guidance development; coordinated multi-agency mitigation actions- Stood-up 1st online network security training; certified 23 Senior Leaders remotely--saved $30K travel costs- Handpicked to perform command, control, communications and computer evaluation for partner nation- Drove 382 USCYBERCOM orders; safeguarded assets at 19 bases--bolstered cyber posture on $4.5B network- Led effort to identify and eradicate network virus; isolated in mins/led 35K system remediation--mitigated threat/protected $168M enterprise- Created new section operating procedures/action checklist products--cut task time 75%/reduced redundancy by 50%- Authored classified message incident tactics, techniques and procedures; slashed 5-day resolution to 2 days

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 with National Security Agency,Department of Defense and Air Force policies- Directed National Security Agency security scans; eliminated 23 credible cyber threats to national security- Led National Security Agency network upgrade project; developed plan of action and milestones--ensured on-time execution of $2.5M project- Directed continuous process improvement review on intelligence network suite; provided key lessons learned and updated policies--led unit towin Air Force's Best Lessons Learned and Innovation Award for 2010- Identified as top 1% of organization's Senior Level managers

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 access for entire installation/30 organizations- Completed Communications Security Manager training; maintained 100% average- Stood-up secure video teleconferencing capability for executive leaders; afforded remote meeting capability--saved 140 travel days/$600K- Won Mid-level manager of the Year for the entire Installation--beat out 3K members- Distinguished Graduate from Mid-Level management academy- Directed user training and education on Communications Security and Information Assurance policies and regulations- Performed annual audits and inspections on all facets of Information Assurance, Communications Security, Information Security and SecurityManager functions- Engaged with higher headquarters and program management office concerning policy guidance and interpretation- Ensured strict adherence to Information Assurance and Communications Security laws, Air Force and Department of Defense policies, guidanceand instructions- Responsible for procurement, configuration, patching and distributing data processing equipment installation-wide- Managed 150 personnel for the 100% accountability of $12.7M in assets- Led effort to identify excess equipment; turned-in 833 assets--garnered $174K in savings- Led 25 volunteers on community outreach project--delivered 10K toys to underprivileged children- Devised $1.2M equipment technical refresh plan; distributed 2K assets 6 weeks ahead of schedule- Authored new procedures and operating instruction on identifying and eliminating excess equipment--reduced processing time 50%

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 optimized network architectures and topologies- Completed CISCO router configuration, testing and fielding- Developed and tested new software systems and wrote support and user manuals- Led Air Force-wide software test and evaluation; eliminated 49 critical faults--ensured $7M system fielded on-time- Tested, debugged and fielded critical software patches- Performed Data recovery- Performed all aspects of Configuration control- Oracle database migration and testing- Developed training plans and documentation- Troubleshot system and network components (routers, switches, hubs, wireless)- Administered Domain Name System server- Coordinated with System Program Office (SPO) and Program Management Office (PMO)- Executed Software and Hardware configuration- Served as lead system technician during major communications exercise--resolved 3 year system latency issue--reduced latency from 30 minsto 1 sec- Tested and fielded security and antivirus patches- Evaluated, debugged and fielded new server suite to nine installations- Led deployed command and control system helpdesk; supported downrange commanders/36 convoys/6K combat missions- Administered Network Operations and Engineering for 1.1K systems supporting 3K users and 250K military missions- Developed system for tracking network compliance patching--reduced overhead from 20 hours a week to 2- Named Unit Communications and Information Mid-Level Manager of Year for 2005- Automated database upgrade process; provided uninterrupted data access during process--saved 400 man hours for 9 organizations

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 Management- Managed Help Desk- Executed network planning, topology design, deployment and hardening- Performed remote and in-person trouble calls supporting users- Performed Security Manager duties- Implemented Customer Satisfaction Quality Assurance program--decreased trouble calls by over 25%- Designed and implemented software license accountability program--drove 100% by-law compliance- Engineered, coordinated and installed 150 network drops and computer systems--increased processing speed and capabilities by 20%- Performed routing configurations to support LAN operation- Handled acquisition, configuration and deployment of computer systems- Performed Domain Name System Administration- Executed Server and system back-ups- Performed administration on Exchange Server- Performed Information Assurance duties including virus prevention, eradication and user awareness training- Selected as top 1% in rank and selected for early "Below-the-Zone" promotion- Devised solution to protect wireless network--saved $8K replacement costs- Computer Security (COMPUSEC) Manager- Administered file servers and 45K critical personnel records- Performed email administration- Pinpointed contractor installation fault in $9M project--saved $10K fix cost/kept project on-time-saved $50K in delays- Received "Excellence in Leadership" Award from Professional Military Education- Received Distinguished Graduate Award from Professional Military Education- Information Assurance and COMPUSEC programs rated "Outstanding" during Inspector General inspection- Won Squadron Airman of the Year

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Information Technology Project Management

Associate Of Science - As, Military Information Systems Technology