David Arnold Email & Phone Number

Professional ProfileIn the D.C area continuing to focus on national security space and strategy. I’m a dynamic leader with a proven track record in nuclear and satellite operations, space policy and strategy development, and executing financial management. I have over 25 years of practical experience leading diverse teams and delivering superb results in cost-constrained environments. I have consistently been identified as the top officer in operational leadership, organizational management and executive support positions in both the DoD and the IC. Summary of QualificationsLeadership ~ Policy and Strategy Development ~ Financial Management and BudgetInteragency Coordination ~ Written and Oral Communications• Authored a book in space history: Spying from Space (Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2005), multiple articles in space history and space policy, including “SpaceCRAF: A Civil Reserve Air Fleet for Space-based Capabilities,” with Peter L. Hays, in Joint Force Quarterly, 64 (winter 2012): 30-39. http://www.tamupress.com/product/Spying-from-Space,785.aspxhttp://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/jfq/jfq-64.pdf• Developed, negotiated, coordinated and implemented agreements, policies, strategies and other significant issues internal to the US Government or as part of foreign delegations. Author of interagency National Space Policy report to the White House.• Developed and implemented fiscally-relevant policies, strategies and planning mechanisms, promoted meaningful international cooperation, and drove commercial space capabilities in the national security space sector. • Experience successfully leading small teams and large divisions assigned with difficult tasks, in time-sensitive and resource-limited environments. • Managed a portfolio of programs and facilities within cost and schedule constraints. Developed and justified planning, programming, and budgeting documents for organizational requirements.

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