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Center For Infrastructure Assurance And Security (CIAS)

Chief of staff for CIAS. Responsible for the back office support mission, developing contract and grant proposals, personnel, budget development & administration, and program development. Brief organizations on the CIAS mission and focus areas, plan VIP visits, and manage organizational activities. Serve as Director in the incumbent's absence.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Advise the Executive Officer (2-star Afghan General) to the Minister of Defense on a full-time basis. Establish, modernize, integrate, and align MOD and General Staff vertical/horizontal processes/systems to develop and improve decision making throughout the MOD. Provide training and systems development to the Executive Officer and staff under the.

Mentors senior Afghan government personnel on processes, techniques, and methods of developing governmental policies and processes. Coordinates policy approaches and document production with multinational military organizations; guide policy development processes for the Afghan Ministry of the Interior Policy Department. Advises Policy Department chief on.

Lead technical projects and meetings of groups with varied skill sets from layman to expert, in diverse environments such as community and private sector leadership, critical infrastructure, emergency response, government, military and IT industry across the nation. Present technically feasible cyber/physical/blended attacks across diverse communities and.

Developed concepts, architectures, and long-range plans envisioning development of new missions, proposed missions changes, organizational changes, resource management, and resource allocation. Anticipated future requirements affecting all mission and support areas, and evaluated management and mission considerations. Reviewed and prioritized.

Develop doctrinal concepts for aerospace power implementation of Psychological Operations (PSYOP). Develop counterpropaganda position papers enabling National Security Council (NSC) staff to preemptively address emerging or potential extremist messages in the Global War on Terror (GWOT). Command representative to JTF-CT Combating Terrorism program. Briefed.

HQ AF ISR Agency, TX

Recalled from retirement to active duty for the Global War on Terror. Served in the following positions:1. Chief, Space and Advanced Programs Division, HQ AIA, 2. Directorate of Operations, July 2005 – Sep 2007 3. Commander, 67th Network Warfare Group, 67th Network Warfare Wing, Lackland AFB, TX, June – Aug 20064. Vice-Commander, 67 Information Operations.

Returned to service from retirement status. Served in following capacities at Headquarters Air Intelligence Agency (later renamed to Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency): Director of Special ProgramsCommander, 67th Network Warfare GroupVice-Commander, 67th Network Warfare WingDeputy Director of Operations, HQ Air Intelligence.

Returned to service from retirement status. Served in following capacities at Headquarters Air Intelligence Agency (later renamed to Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency): Director of Special ProgramsCommander, 67th Network Warfare GroupVice-Commander, 67th Network Warfare WingDeputy Director of Operations, HQ Air Intelligence.

Ran 7-person branch responsible for all aspects of Defensive Counter Information counterintelligence support to 11 Information Warfare Flights supporting Unified, Joint, and Specified commands worldwide. Responsible for counterintelligence aspects of Homeland Security support. Provided staff studies on DCI considerations in overseas AORs to senior command.

Responsible for all aspects of a $3 million information technology service and support contract. Coordinated activities of 14 personnel in a matrixed, multi-task order environment. Provided database administration, Oracle development, technical writing, website development and maintenance, imaging support, and project technical support. Responsible for.

Directed 29-person team supporting $3.2+ Million/yr software support services contract. Project included reengineering and conversion of legacy systems into Oracle 8 applications, software development and maintenance, operations, and technical support services. Responsible for timeline management, budget development, administrative oversight of project.

Planned, coordinated, and directed a program which provided professional military education and extensive field studies for 32 foreign officers (colonel through general) selected by General Colin Powell and his successors to participate in the curriculum of the National War College and the Industrial College of The Armed Forces. Had frequent and direct.

Graduated magnum cum laude and received an M.S. in National Resource Strategy. Honor graduate of Class of 1995 and recipient of NDU President's Strategic Vision Award. Authored a 350-page book on information warfare as a graduation project.

Developed long-range plans to improve command, control, communications, and computer architectures to support the Air Force mission in war and peace. Coordinated intermediate and subordinate agencies’ activities to develop and disseminate policies and directives which implemented and governed these architectures. Responsible for developing, articulating.

Selected for inaugural class in postgraduate degree program in Airpower principles, doctrine, and war planning. Authored revolutionary concept for long-distance aerial cargo transport currently under research and development for the 21st century.

Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL, 1990 - 1991

Was deputy of a 56-person organization responsible for planning, programming, and implementing communications and computer systems in the Air Force’s major intelligence organization and at 76 subsidiary field sites worldwide. Total value of resources was over $200 million, and total annual budget was $20 million. Ensured expeditious evaluation and.

Responsible for total communications and computer support at the Air Force’s largest training installation. Also supported the largest hospital in the Air Force, Wilford Hall Medical Center. Ensured personnel, equipment, and supplies were available to maintain, repair, and/or replace installation communications and computer systems. Directed planning of.

Planned, scheduled, and conducted annual standards compliance inspections of communications and computer facilities at 13 different Air Force installations nationwide. Reviewed, tested, and evaluated their ability to support their installations’ information systems requirements including: logistics, air traffic services (to include control tower.

Performed executive duties for the vice-commander (Brigadier General) of 61,000 person Air Force MAJCOM with 447 installations worldwide. Assisted the vice-commander in every aspect of his duties in a sensitive, highly visible position in an organization and performed special projects as needed. Reviewed all executive-level correspondence, drafted.

Insured operational requirements were incorporated into space systems under design. Formulated organizational inputs to the Air Force Space Plan, the Air Force Space Systems Architecture, and the Air Force Satellite Control Architecture Study. Reviewed all Strategic Defense Initiative Battle Management documents and contractor architectural proposals.

Monitored and staffed the initial planning, programmatic changes, major subordinate organization involvement, and funding status for 130 major Air Force systems, with total asset value of $45 billion. Ensured logistics factors were considered and incorporated in system designs. Reported directly to senior management on issues affecting system.

Directed 32-person maintenance staff to ensure 7-day per week, 24 hours per day mission serviceability of over 1000 equipment end items and antennae arrays, with a total asset value of over $10 million. Mission supported highly classified military intelligence activities supporting national objectives. Worked with installation civil engineers to ensure.

Supervised a 50-person branch responsible for worldwide installation of sensitive electronic equipment supporting highly classified intelligence missions and national objectives. Responsible for over 600 equipment items, with a total asset value of over $4.5 million. Completed and deployed a multiyear program of 53 mobile intelligence mission modular vans.

Planned, organized, procured, and deployed all necessary project materiel to ensure speedy worldwide installation of sensitive electronic equipment supporting highly classified intelligence missions. Supervised 5 people, with annual budget of $600,000.

Enlisted Service, 47th Flying Training Wing, Laughlin AFB, TX, 1971 – 1977.Audio Visual technician (1971-75).Management Engineering Technician, Det 9, 3314th Management Engineering Squadron (1975-77).Air Force Twelve Outstanding Airmen recipient (1975)

Ms, National Economic Policy

Ms, Advanced Airpower Studies

Ms, Systems Management

Ma, Organizational Behavior

Bs, Mathematics

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