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Stuttgart, Bw, De

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Antigua And Barbuda

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Served as a subject matter expert on strategic, tactical, and operational humanitarian planning. Charged with assisting in contingency planning efforts for anticipated crises in the Korean Peninsula and the effective management of budget and resources during relief operations. Oversaw data collection and incorporating accurate and relevant data into organization decision making. Tasked with coordinating planning by liaising between various organizations.• Established and populated an organization-wide data collection and management repository.• Drafted an organization operational planning framework for all program managers.• Architected a 5-day training curriculum intended to train 2,000 responders.• Devised standard operating procedures and a field manual for response teams.• Created a comprehensive emergency response plan to be utilized by 13 partner organizations.

Greater Denver Area

Responsible for coordinating the deployment of medical response teams in humanitarian operations. Charged with creating mechanisms for coordination and collaboration with large INGOs in the humanitarian space to help achieve more effective and comprehensive response initiatives. Tasked with planning field operations, coordinating logistics, and establishing the necessary organizational relationships necessary for operational success.• Planned, coordinated and led five international medical missions in coordination with host governments and treated over 3,000 patients with an average team size of 25 staff.• Developed an organizational security advisory board and published security assessments for 6 countries.• Created a team-leader manual and training course to establish protocols for an average of 24 trips annually.• Managed organizational logistic frameworks to procure, manage, and move adequate supplies for 5,126 patients.

Palmer Lake, Colorado

Responsible for deploying internationally on behalf of a small Colorado based NGO to manage crisis response and risk reduction operations ranging from aiding Syrian refugees in Lebanon to reconstruction following Typhoon Haiyan. Charged with creating local capacity through providing Community Based Disaster Management training for high-risk communities around the world. Tasked with facilitating collaboration and coordination by liaising between various organizations during emergency events to help achieve more effective and comprehensive response initiatives.•Led relief efforts on the ground by coordinating operations, conducting assessments, and establishing supply chains on the ground in Haiti, Indonesia, Lebanon, Pakistan and the Philippines resulting in the movement of nearly $20 million in goods and services. •Central in cultivating an international network devoted to responding to disasters with nearly 150 member organizations including the governments of Georgia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Somalia and the Philippines.•Created a crisis preparedness and management curriculum covering over 40 hours of classroom work and personally trained over 6000 people across nearly 30 countries in this curriculum.•Cultivated local capacity by helping to establish nearly 260 local emergency management centers in 3 dozen countries and tested those centers by designing and managing four international disaster management exercises

Served as an Operational Specialist on all emergency response related initiatives. Was responsible for designing and creating a Disaster Response Program for HISG. Designed a 2 day family disaster preparedness training session and assisted in instructing the training. Established comprehensive Standards and Guidelines for the SCW International Disaster Response Program. Designed a functional and realistic 14 hour training exercise for the SCW Global Operations Center simulating an Earthquake in the Kashmir Region of Pakistan. Wrote the SCW Global Operations Center Standard Operating Procedures. Deployed to Haiti and Pakistan to manage response efforts at these locations.

Fayetteville, North Carolina Area

In charge of immediately looking after the patient while obtaining the patient’s medical history and evaluating his or her present condition. Upon identifying the patient’s needs, responsible for the provision of proper emergency medical service adhering to proper rules, regulations and protocols and transporting the patient to the medical facility.•Responded to over 340 emergency calls and administered first-aid and life-support care to sick or injured.•Created an innovative database to manage dispatches and resources for the hospital’s EMS capability.•Coordinated with dozens of entities including fire, police, and military personnel during emergency calls.

Baghdad, Iraq

Responsible for the synchronization of combined operations between the Iraqi Military and our Brigade Combat Team to provide security for the northeast quadrant Baghdad including manning, equipping and critical infrastructure development for the Iraqi Military and Police. Tasked with maintaining accurate oversight of the Brigade transition teams working to train the Iraqi military, national police and local police to ensure that these forces were capable of providing security after the departure of Coalition Forces in Iraq. •Coordinated efforts with Iraqi military and police leadership to achieve a 30% decrease in attacks against US forces in support of the Baghdad Security Plan•Generated evaluation update reports for General Petraeus and the Coalition Forces Headquarters to provide an overall update on the security situation in northeast Baghdad as well as the status of preparing the Iraqi Forces for the transfer of responsibility allowing the Headquarters to make informed strategic decisions. •Analyzed and reported personnel data for 3,000 Iraqi Security volunteers through four separate Army Battalion Command Elements

In charge of managing night operations for a Tactical Operations Center that maintained close watch and situational awareness of all Brigade units in the combat sector and dispatched necessary relief or security forces to mitigate loss of combatant and non-combatant life during critical incidents ranging from firefights to suicide bombings. Responsible for gathering all incoming battle information, disseminating it to the responsible authorities and monitoring operations while reacting to these various emergencies. •Maintained oversight of 800 large scale operations involving 3,300 US Soldiers across 20% of Baghdad proper.•Liaised between the four different military branches and twelve Army specialties during operations, such as coordinating an airstrike between Naval Aviation Officers and Army Soldiers on the ground, to ensure effective resolutions were met. •Generated daily incident reports that for five different high level Army Commanders

As Commander, responsible for the training, maintenance, health, welfare, and discipline a 40-man Airborne Infantry Rifle Platoon. Planned and supervised individual and collective training and readiness to ensure that the Platoon was capable and ready to deploy anywhere in the world in 18 hours and successfully accomplish a variety of combat missions. Responsible for the mentorship and development of my subordinates through effective counseling and performance evaluation.•Planned, directed, and executed over 300 combat missions, ranging from routine searches to capturing militia leaders with a 95% mission success rate.•Developed security standards and awareness that resulted in zero casualties during these missions.•Personally developed an information network with hundreds of local nationals to identify potential threats and reduce attacks in our sector by 70%.

Master Of Arts - Ma, International Adminstration

Disaster Managers Training Course

Community Participation In Emergency Response

International Diploma, Humanitarian Assistance

Graduate Certificate, Community Preparedness And Disaster Management

Certification, Emergency Medical Technician

Education record

Education record

B.S., International Affairs

B.S. Minor, Business Management

Certificate, Global Health Affairs