Conducted strategy development, planning, governance, initiative implementation, analysis, and business development for venerable utility transforming into new energy technology leader providing renewable and innovative energy solutions to Washington, DC area customers. • Strategy. Developed comprehensive short, medium and long-term strategies, priorities and value drivers • Planning. Created forward-looking corporate wide plans and identify success measures• Governance. Built corporate performance reports with decision recommendations • Implementation. Planned and executed high-priority initiatives to advance strategic goals• Analysis. Provided insight to inform leadership decision-making, strategy development and budgeting • Business Development. Supported and mentored team new to the renewable natural gas (RNG) space to develop, win and implement commercial opportunities in current and emerging markets Notable wins:• Built Strategy and Business Plan. Collaboratively drove utilities group strategy and business plan development to achieve first-ever fully traceable tactical-to-strategic level integrated system-wide view. Joined with colleagues from throughout the two companies and external consultants to bring this game-changing system to fruition ahead of schedule. • Led Capital Investment Portfolio Analysis Toolset Rollout. Took charge of game-changing Copperleaf solution development to rapidly analyze a wide variety of forward-leaning renewable energy and new-business project CapEx options. Delivered ahead of schedule, dramatically increasing visibility into risks, dependencies and opportunities. • Spearheaded Strategic Program Overview Platform Implementation. Forged ahead with utilities group adoption of Amplify solution. Deployed ahead schedule to provide leadership full drill-down visibility into performance and risks associated with current and planned strategic initiatives across all business units.

Crafted and implemented rapid smart growth strategy while maximizing organizational effectiveness and efficiency for non-profit team providing innovative canine assisted therapy and top-tier service dogs to America’s military veterans and service members.• Developed smart growth strategy and brought it to life to change the lives of thousands of injured Warriors - Forged relationships with VA, DOD and other military community support partners throughout the USA - Led acquisition & renovation of five new 10,000 square foot state-of-art facilities across America - Grew canine therapy programs by 750%; from 6 in 2016 to 51 in 2022 serving Warriors across the USA - Increased individuals receiving proprietary therapy by 2,018%; from 61 in 2016 to 1,292 by the end of 2021 - Boosted annual proprietary therapy session attendance by 912%; from 842 in 2016 to 8,521 in 2021 • Strengthened financial health – boosted donation revenue while instituting spending frugality - Took over fundraising in 2021; earned $4.9MM, 40% above projected, and 34% above $3.6MM raised in 2020 - Developed fiscal analysis and feedback practices; spent $1MM under budget each year; $1.8MM NCF in 2021 - Rebuilt marketing and fundraising, resulting in record grants ($150k) and online contributions ($531k) in 2021 - Personally applied for and won largest grants/gifts in organization’s history; totaling over $1.3MM awarded• Built high-performance nation-wide organizational administrative and information infrastructure - Created and fostered culture of collaboration and learning by well-integrated teams across the continent - Configured & implemented dynamic social media & eMarketing tool set including Salesforce & Google Ads - Built paperless virtual work environment to support all stakeholders leveraging cutting edge tools and practices - Improved core business processes and best practice knowledge management using lean expertise & creativity

Responsible for all aspects of the business serving hydrocarbon, mining and general industrial clients in Appalachia. Led, managed and mentored multidisciplinary team of engineers, scientists, field service technicians, business developers and admin staff during strategy development, planning and daily operations. My group led the field and became the model for overall company operations. Highlights: • Achieved Business Top- and Bottom-line Results. Grew revenue 36% and achieved 81% team utilization during year in which severe downturns occurred in client industries (oil & gas industry average revenues down 50%; coal utilization for power down 20%) by diversifying base (new industries) and by shifting focus to more active segments (e.g., gas midstream). Improved Profitability, increasing Contribution Margin from 39% to 63% during tenure. • Boosted Enterprise Efficiency. Introduced world class operations best practices, including Centralized Action Item Tracking, Customer Contact Management, Marketing Analysis, Target Industry and Client Strategic Planning, Established Business Operations Rhythms, and Structured Professional Development Planning. Result: model adopted by entire company. • Ensured Safe Operations. Implemented proactive safety program. Results: Zero OSHA reportables and recordables.Clients and Partners included Antero Resources, EQT, CNX / Consol Energy, Crestwood Midstream Partners, Energy Transfer Partners, Exterran, M3 Midstream, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, MarkWest Energy Partners, MEC Construction, Noble Energy, Northeast Natural Energy, SDI Gas, Southwestern Energy, Tug Hill Operating, Valerus, Williams and XTO Energy.

Provided comprehensive strategic to tactical level planning, implementation and operations management and optimization services as independent contractor, improving growth and profitability by leveraging development opportunities and by improving ongoing business processes. Example engagements: • Natural Gas / Power Generation. Led full life-cycle coal bed methane (CBM) project planning and reporting effort as part of select group of top-tier energy industry players. Result: the first large (13 MW) commercially viable electric utility power station in the U.S. utilizing renewable CBM resources to produce electricity. Clients and Partners included Hoosier Energy, Hite Coal Bed Methane Operating, Target Drilling and Nabors Drilling.• Oil & Gas Equipment Product Development. Mentored European offshore material handling safety device manufacturer in supply chain, manufacturing quality and marketing best practices; integrated them with the supply chains of large multinationals in the Energy, Manufacturing and Logistics industries; improved operations using collaboration tools, life-cycle performance measurement and optimized quality control and logistics processes. Result: investment by major multinational oil companies. Partners included Shell, Statoil and Conoco Phillips. • Veteran Care. Led multi-disciplinary, cross-organizational team to develop and implement detailed "fit gap analysis" and plan for the Department of Defense to push forward a stalled program intended to improve wounded service member care and support access while reducing cost. Result: Improved military service member access to health and human services care by revitalizing the Recovery Coordination Program Support Solution (RCP-SS) program. Clients and Partners included the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Office of Wounded Warrior Care & Transition Policy, Armed Forces Services Corporation (AFSC) and InfoReliance Corporation.

Led regional lean / process improvement initiatives, compression manufacturing quality programs and large plant operations. Highlights: • Quality & Continuous Improvement. Selected by name to lead Marcellus Shale / Appalachian region quality and continuous improvement effort, including the implementation of first local northeast region compressor package assembly effort. Mentored project management and shop staff while developing quality management system benefiting not only the manufacturing effort, but also the entire enterprise. Results: successful delivery of large (CAT 3616 / Ariel KBZ) compressor packages of superlative quality under budget and ahead of schedule. Clients and Partners included EQT, Valerus Field Solutions, Ariel, Caterpillar, Starr Manufacturing and a host of system and service suppliers. • Natural Gas Processing Plant Operations. Led turnaround of company’s single largest profit generation site; a large contract operated processing and compression plant. Results: Safety climbed - Zero OSHA recordable incidents, compliance improved - 2 successful 3rd party OSHA caliber audits with no significant findings, production climbed - from 60 MMcfd to 150 MMcfd, downtime fell from 8% to 2%, and profitability was boosted from 20% to 60%. Clients and Partners included CNX / Consol Energy, Noble Drilling, USA Compression, Valerus and Exterran.

Served worldwide in multiple leadership roles, including unit Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, Aviation System Development Program Manager, Global Strategy Development Staff Officer, Operations Center Manager, Regional Command Senior Watch Officer and Multinational Operations Subject Matter Expert. Retired at the rank of Commander (O-5). Example accomplishments: • Contributed to the development of the maritime element of U.S. national military strategy while assigned to OPNAV N513 at the Pentagon, where I ensured focus on emerging regional threats. • Led 200-member 12-nation multi-national (and multi-cultural) operations center conducting collaborative anti-piracy and anti-terrorism rescue and patrol missions in Ukraine. • Improved multinational operations performance by developing strategy and also by building and conducting training exercises for several Atlantic Fleet and European Command units. • Led rapid design, manufacture and deployment of advanced unmanned aerial vehicles to meet urgent combat needs. Team included commercial manufacturers, the academic community, major defense industry systems providers, and multiple field and support organizations from several military branches and other government agencies.• Commanded 50-member base security force responsible to protect world’s largest naval base at Norfolk, VA and the fleet special weapons depot in Yorktown, VA.

Built & operated successful non-profit service organization delivering financial literacy education to low-income youths. Example accomplishments: • Established and led operations for innovative 8-week course delivery program at three Washington, DC high schools, improving the consumer finance skills of over 400 students as indicated by post-course test metrics I helped to develop. • Developed and implemented customized training program using best-of-breed curricula. • Configured and managed the financial planning, accounting and reporting. • Developed and managed employee performance assessment, pay and benefit programs. • Crafted corporate strategy as Member of the Board of Directors.

Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Project Development. Actively led global project teams and advised leadership to rapidly grow the organization by implementing a diverse portfolio of natural gas projects around the world as independent contractor via Hozik & Lawson, LLC. Projects included: - Coal Mine Methane (US & China) - Landfill Gas (US, N. Africa & E. Europe) - Wastewater Gas - Starch & Palm Oil (S.E. Asia) - Animal Waste Gas - Dairy Cattle and Swine Farm (US) - Biomass Fuel - Municipal Waste (Middle East) Example accomplishments: • Coordinated global teams to evaluate, build, operate & assess projects; achieved approval of 25 animal waste, coal bed, landfill, wastewater, & biomass energy projects with ave. projected pretax IRR of 28%. • Led cross-functional investment analysis team that included engineers and small- and medium-scale farmers to develop and deploy GPS-aided equipment to improve crop yield while improving soil sustainability and local water quality. • Coordinated multinational interdisciplinary teams to plan, build, and integrate 7 starch factory wastewater gas projects for Southeast Asian enterprises; developed project evaluation tools & metrics. • Led geographically-distributed team including business developers, engineers, and livestock specialists to build and logistically support dairy cattle and swine waste gas projects producing fuel, feed-stock, fertilizer and bedding for medium-sized farms in the USA. • Restructured & organized business processes, creating online collaboration, metrics, analysis and logistics processes and systems to build growth capacity, resulting in increased project quantity.Clients included AES Corporation and General Electric.

Operations Director & Deputy Director, Aviation Programs, Deepwater Program (2005-2006). Ensured successful joint enterprise operations encompassing five major aerospace manufacturing and logistics programs. Ensured cost, schedule and quality performance of contracts worth over $675M involving distributed, matrixed team of over 150 people from various organizations, both internal and external. Example accomplishments: • Built KM, collaboration, process efficiency and assessment metrics initiatives, reducing enterprise costs by $20M/yr • Established and led two multi-stakeholder helicopter hardware and software modernization programs worth over $200M Program Director, Total Ownership Cost (TOC) & Financial Analysis (2002-2005). Established 25-person joint industry-government team and the analytical and assessment systems and processes to manage one of two primary areas by which program success was judged. Projected program TOC as of 2002: $78B.Example accomplishments: • Designed and implemented integrated cost management system reducing projected TOC by $300M • Proactively employed “Lean Six Sigma” process improvement & training to reduce cost analysis cycle time by 60%

Competitively selected to lead several Tier-1 Telecommunications Operations Support System (OSS) Testing Program initiatives. Successfully managed delivery and client relations in high-visibility program involving multiple state public utility commissions and small and major local and long-distance telecommunications companies (Program Gross: $150M/yr). Example accomplishments• Directed 50-person performance metrics assessment effort operations, exceeding schedule and cost goals (AI: $6M/yr)• Founded, established and led 45-member start-up Test Competitive Local Exchange Carrier company (AI: $4M/yr)

- Land-based All-weather Attack Jet Pilot - Flew low- and high-altitude penetration strike, armed reconnaissance and close air support combat missions in the formidable Tornado GR-1B multi-role fighter-bomber. - Operations Manager (70 aircraft, 1,000 staff & 160 aircrew) - Managed fast-paced air base operations in highly dynamic peacetime and combat conditions, achieving very high rates of readiness and mission completion with a perfect safety record. - Aerial Refueling Flight Instructor and Training Officer - Trained squadron and air wing pilots to achieve high levels of aerial refueling proficiency which was critical to long-range mission success.- Safety and Flight Watch Officer - Managed ongoing squadron operations in peacetime and combat, achieving very high rates of readiness and mission completion, and a perfect safety record. - Schedules Officer - Optimized squadron productivity and ensured our aircrews made tangible contributions to multinational combat operations by crafting schedules that ensured mission accomplishment. - Guided Munitions Subject Matter Expert - Provided subject matter expertise and experience to help familiarize squadron crews with new and emerging weapons systems. - NOTE: Dates modified due to operational security considerations

- Carrier-based All-weather Attack Jet Pilot - Flew low- and high-altitude penetration strike, close air support, armed reconnaissance combat missions and occasional night aerial refueling missions for the air wing deployed at sea in the legendary carrier-based A-6E Intruder all-weather attack jet. - Work Center Manager - Managed 30-member work center aboard an aircraft carrier conducting aircraft structural repairs & maintenance.- Safety and Flight Watch Officer - Provided subject matter expertise support to the Air Operations "Boss" (Officer in Charge) during day and night peacetime and combat aircraft carrier operations. - Public Affairs Officer - Composed a record number of articles, press releases and other multimedia features to chronicle squadron activities while deployed and ashore. Worked actively with the press to handle inquiries and optimize community relations. - Officer Fund Manager - Built squadron morale by raising unprecedented levels of funds through the sale of creative patches and other memorabilia I designed and commissioned to commemorate our squadron history and air wing. Also built large-scale snack store aboard ship that improved morale for all hands and raised even more funds. At the end of my tour the squadron donated the excess funds to charity. - NOTE: Dates modified due to operational security considerations