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Alexandria, VA

Led project teams, conducted research, authored knowledge products, spearheaded initiatives, and facilitated stakeholder engagements to help the United States (US) Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) manage its stakes in the US COLUMBIA Class and United Kingdom (UK) DREADNOUGHT Class submarine construction programs; completed the KM Institute's.

Norfolk, VA

Leveraged planning processes, knowledge management, critical thinking, and formal written communication to facilitate the admiral’s effective command and control of six warships, nearly 100 aircraft, and over 5000 sailors; completed Six Sigma Green Belt and CompTIA Project+ certifications.

Ft. Leavenworth, KS

Completed an in-resident graduate-level curriculum that cultivated critical thinking and writing and developed proficiency in the use of military planning processes in strategic-, operational-, and tactical-level applications; Master’s thesis identified institutional barriers to information sharing between the U.S. Navy and its Southeast Asia maritime.

Guam

Authored and instituted a resilient knowledge management program—with little prior individual or corporate knowledge—that enabled efficient and expeditionary command and control over rotational and disparately skilled naval forces deployed throughout Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.

Guam

Led a department of 68 multidisciplinary technical professionals—the largest cross-functional organization on the submarine—in the maintenance and safe operation of the ship’s nuclear propulsion and power generation plant, as well as 75% of the ship’s auxiliary control and support systems. Concurrently served as one of three senior tactical watchstanders.

Monterey, CA

Resident student:Completed an in-resident graduate-level physics curriculum that emphasized semiconductor theory, acoustics, sensor design, electromagnetic wave propagation, and quantum mechanics; Master’s thesis provided the Navy with improved understanding of the physical limitations of undersea optical communications.Exchange student, National.

Groton, CT

Led multiple, approximately 10-person divisions responsible for the maintenance and operation of a submarine’s electrical distribution and communication systems, as well as proper chemistry and radiological control of the ship’s nuclear power generation and propulsion plant; completed a six-month submarine deployment to the Indian Ocean, Arabian Gulf, and.

M.S., Applied Physics

Master Of Military Art And Science, General Studies

M.S., Defence Technology And Systems

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Graduated With Distinction

Professional Military Education, Graduated With Distinction

Professional Military Education, Command And General Staff Officers Course, Graduated With Honors