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Fire For Effect Strategies delivers marketing and communication advisory services from concept to tactics for business. We are your Chief Communications / Marketing Officer in a box. We take pride in delivering results, not noise.

Carlsbad, Ca, Us

Develops and oversees execution of strategic communications and public relations strategies to build awareness for Viasat as a leader in the New Space industry. Serves with the CEO and Chairman of the Board as the “on-the-record” representative for the organization with emphasis on communicating with national and targeted regional media organizations. Advises Viasat senior staff on all matters concerning the media, public relations, and crisis communications.M&A and Integration management leader during Inmarsat acquisition and other divestitures.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Leads a team of in-house and agency members to deliver strategic marketing, media relations, and communication efforts for a $5B business. Responsible for development of go-to market strategies and strategic positioning for a B2B and B2G technology-based space systems, space superiority and geospatial, missile warning and defense, intelligence and cyber capabilities, advanced mission avionics and electronic warfare. Leads overall public relations, thought leadership development and crisis communications. Champions executive communications, employee communications, tradeshow execution and management, digital and social media, brand management, and a full-service creative services team. Supports community and government relations activities across 90 locations worldwide.Member of the Integration Management Team during M&A activities. Led brand activation and Day 1 communication efforts for second-largest merger in aerospace and defense industry between L3 and Harris.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Leads a team of 10 individuals to deliver strategic marketing, media relations, and communication efforts for a $2.2B business. Includes oversight of crisis communications planning, executive communication, tradeshows, social media, brand management, and digital content. Supports community and government relations activities across the US and international locations.

Washington, Dc, Us

Executive Service. Head of FAA Corporate Communications. Responsible for the corporate voice of FAA, as well as the internal and external web presence for the agency. Directed staff of 50+ and was responsible for an annual operating budget of $7M. Led the creation of FAA’s employee communications products, including the FAA employee news website, the Daily Broadcast email message sent to 60,000 users daily, MyFAA Mobile, internal and external social media, video and multimedia production, and led the FAA’s corporate branding program. Led FAA’s web experience and user experience across all platforms and devices, with over 200 million digital impressions a year. The FAA Web Program includes the FAA’s public web presence, FAA.gov, FAA.gov Mobile, the agency’s employee website, MyFAA (employees.faa.gov), and the DOT IdeaHub Program, where the program leveraged social media tools to enable FAA employees to build, rate and comment on ideas that improve the FAA and US DOT.

Washington, Dc, Us

Benevolent social engineer, trusted advisor, and honest broker for variety of stakeholders at FAA and USDOT. Enterprise Social Network Evangelist; gatekeeper with a twist of maven. Led efforts to improve lagging Best Places to Work scores for USDOT and FAA. Results: Partnership for Public Service recognized USDOT most improved organization in 2013; FAA noted Top 5 most improved subcomponent in 2013, moving from second-to-last place to the top third in just four years time.Responsible for IdeaHub program management and effectiveness as employee engagement initiative. Directs prioritization of site improvements. Managed staff office of four, geographically distributed team of 50+, and execution of $1M+ budget. Managed stakeholder relations including operational activities, legal reviews, and labor organizations implications. Directly coordinated with FAA Chief of Staff, FAA & DOT Innovation Council, senior political appointees and other FAA executives on matters for action, decision & communication. Senior advisor for DOT IdeaHub Community of Practice (COP) & active member of White House Ideation COP

Washington, Dc, Us

Responsible for execution and accountability for 1.4M operational budget. Ensured five managers accurately expend funding available for division. Responsible for reallocating funds for priority programs within division. Establishes business process and recommends improvements throughout five separate divisions to improve project completion and mission accomplishment. Reviews major programs for maturity and capability assessments, and uses findings to implement change management recommendations and obtain resources.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Supporting Staff Officer for Headquarters, United States Air Force (USAF), Directorate of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, Air Force Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Program

Quantico, Va, Us

Led strategic planning efforts for global organization conducting criminal investigations, counterintelligence efforts and specialized investigative missions. Monitored performance of 100+ personnel and performance of 13 law enforcement and counterintelligence units across Europe. Developed deployment plans for Special Agents into Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa in support of real-world crises. Deployed to Sub Saharan Africa in support of USAF-led operations, site surveys and exercises. Developed threat assessments for General Officers on significant threats within area of operations. Conducted liaison with European and African host nation security and intelligence agencies.Conducted felony level criminal and counterintelligence investigations. Identified and recruited sources of information. Performed protective service operations for President Bush on 9/11.

Bachelors Of Science, Communications, Communication And Media Studies

Masters Of Arts, National Security Policy Studies

Executive Development Program, Business Administration And Management, General

Master Of Arts - I/O Psychology, Industrial And Organizational Psychology