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Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Responsible for identifying, evaluating, negotiating, and executing investment and M&A activities in support of ADS executive team’s strategic vision.Managing director of company's corporate venture capital initiative to attract, vet, and invest in early stage defense focused startups.

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Led all business development and project management efforts for government markets at rapidly growing geospatial tech startup. Responsibilities included: growth strategy; solicitation management, contract negotiation, product development, public sector P&L, and client account management.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

• Founder of consulting firm that provides expert, forward-looking solutions to DoD clients and translates customer needs to software engineers to ensure final product exceeds navy requirements.
• Serve as primary subject matter expert for Perceptronics Solutions, a contractor designing an innovative software package intended to optimize navy flight training.
• Perform competitor analysis, project valuation, and market research for Matrix International, a small defense firm that is exploring possible expansion opportunities in commercial markets.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Develop and implement go-to-market strategy for new digital products as part of emerging technology team. Serve as bridge between sales team and software developers to ensure product-market fit for high priority business initiatives.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

• Manage seven-person team responsible for day-to-day operations of tactical jet squadron that provides critical training to navy units prior to combat deployments.
• Determine most efficient and effective allocation of squadron assets, including 17 F/A-18 aircraft, a multi-million-dollar budget of annual flight hours, 20 pilots, and more than 150 enlisted personnel.
• Strategically coordinate with various stakeholders, including supply chain personnel, senior level navy leadership, and DoD contractors to ensure customer receives unmatched tactical training.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

• Oversaw team of five officers in training department tasked with ensuring combat readiness of 18 squadron pilots. Played critical role in selecting appropriate tactics and weapons to prosecute ISIL targets in Iraq and.
• Forecasted, managed and allocated the use of an average of $6M worth of flight hours each month to ensure the squadron met Navy mandated readiness standards for a variety of mission sets.
• Guided 11 junior pilots through a rigorous two year training syllabus, resulting in more than 30 crucial qualifications earned on or ahead of schedule in a budget constrained environment.
• Increased the available training opportunities by 50% during a busy combat deployment by identifying and correcting inefficiencies in aircraft carrier’s daily flight schedule.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

• Selected by a board of peers to attend competitive training program known as TOPGUN based on recognition as an exemplary leader and elite tactician in the fighter pilot community.
• As the navy’s east coast expert on F/A-18 air-to-ground warfare, conferred with DoD contractors and other stakeholders to develop and improve weapons delivery software, hardware and tactics.
• Routinely delivered four-hour tactics lectures to audiences of more than 150 officers preparing for combat deployments. Ranked number 1 of 21 tactical instructors by commanding officer.

Fresno, California Area

• Led an avionics and armament division composed of 25 mid-level technicians responsible for aircraft weapons systems. As assistant operations manager oversaw three junior officers on daily production of flight schedule.
• Provided regional stability in the pacific theater during two deployments to Japan (2010, 2011).
• Earned Navy Commendation Medal for outstanding management of an international military exercise requiring 72 hours of continuous flight operations in proximity to the politically sensitive Korean border. Ranked number.

Various Locations

• Volunteered for U.S. Navy Officer Candidate School and rapidly progressed through all phases of rigorous tactical flight training, culminating with night aircraft carrier qualification.
• Graduated number 1 of 40 students in Aviation Preflight Indoctrination course, earning a merit-based transition from navigator to coveted pilot designation.
• Selected to fly tactical jet aircraft due to exemplary performance in basic flight training.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Briefed U.S. House Speaker regularly on content of congressionally approved bills requiring his signature. Developed and implemented policy to control access to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Eensured congressional adherence to sensitive protocol measures.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Beta Theta Pi Fraternity; Diamondback Student Newspaper