A. Dwight Davis Email & Phone Number

Pensacola, Florida, United States

Pensacola, Florida Area

Executive leader, mentor, and manager for The Rockhill Group's Operations Directorate executing Defense Department, Federal Aviation Administration, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration services contracts across 37 sites nationwide.

Key West, Florida

Oversees and manages a 570-member staff and coordinates all activities of a two-star command group, that includes 14 direct reports and a $58M operational budget. Principle advisor, assistant, and leader of a joint military, interagency, and international staff; approves all hiring and performance bonuses. Leads a logistics and contracting effort that includes ship and aircraft support throughout the Caribbean and Central/South America. Provides management and oversight of an extensive information technology and communications infrastructure both in Key West and various CONUS and OCONUS locations.➣ Streamlined hiring process by creating job fairs, establishing internships to attract younger talent, recruiting college grads in niche industries, improving clearance approvals, and shrinking the overall hiring time frame of getting a candidate hired by several months.➣ Spearheaded successful effort to get DOD approval to increase out years budget by $15M; resulting in increased operational capacity in newer and more efficient technology investments.➣ Initiated, developed and implemented a complete re-organization of staff to reduce redundancy; resulting in a 30% increase of manpower efficiency and a doubling of staff output.

Kirtland Afb, Nm

Operational leader of 1,480 military, civilian, and contract personnel in eight squadrons across three disparate geographical locations; included 17 direct reports accountable for a $3.5M+ operational budget. Oversaw the execution of a 20,000+ annual flying hour program and a 34,000+ hour simulator program that utilized 70 aircraft. Tasked with turning brand new aviators into a combat ready air crew.➣ Led the ground and flight training of over 2,800 special operations, combat search and rescue, homeland defense, and distinguished visitor airlift aircrew as part of a $129M programmed flight training plan; represented over 40% of the entire U.S. Air Force flying training syllabus inventory.➣ Championed a $6.7M runway improvement project that netted a 50% increase in training efficiency by moving all air training to a less-traffic area; resulted in significantly lower training costs and air crews completing training program in less time. ➣ Directed training device improvements and contracts valued at $173M+; provided flawless oversight of a $16.5M in rotary wing maintenance contracts.➣ Managed a $1.2B training contract with Lockheed Martin.

Air Force Hq, Wash, Dc

Oversaw and managed a team of six direct reports that held full budget approval authority for both Special Operations and Combat Search and Rescue. Led oversight of aircrew management, flight training, assessment activities and the development of all policies and procedures. ➣ Successfully validated the acquisition of a multi-year aircraft re-capitalization that was facing a $600M deficit; formed and led a team the defended the program within multiple levels of the DOD, resulting in the program staying intact. ➣ Authored policy documents and led reviews of programming and budget activities for six programs responsible for training/equipping special operations and combat search and recovery operations.

Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Ca

A National Defense Fellow for Special Operations within the Defense Analysis Department; Senior Mentor for 150+ joint/international officers. Department lecturer on topics that included counter-insurgency and airpower in small wars. Selected to present at Brookings Institute’s Federal Executive Fellows Symposium. ➣ Built and led a team of 18 inter-disciplinary postgraduate students to research organizing, resourcing, and training a special operations air warfare center for NATO. ➣ Nominated by the Defense Analysis Department for The Hamming Interdisciplinary Faculty Award.➣ Won The Military Officers Association of America Naval Postgraduate School Faculty Award in 2012, the first Fellow ever to win this award.

Cannon Afb, New Mexico

Commanded the Air Force Special Operations Command’s western Formal Training Unit; accountable for a $3M annual operating budget. Transitioned the unit from a detachment of 43 active duty and civilian personnel to a squadron of 200+ flight and ground training instructors within a three-year period. ➣ Led the expansion of Special Operations to a new location. Developed entire facility from scratch, acquired equipment and created all training content, while increasing staff exponentially.➣ Designed and executed a $45M simulator and led the acquisition of $55M of training devices.➣ Oversaw a 1380% increase in flying training hours and a 320% growth in overall training. ➣ Created and executed 356 programmed flying training courses across eight weapon systems. ➣ Conceptualized, designed and implemented five new training programs.➣ Awarded an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award in 2010➣ Awarded Squadron of the Year for the Special Operations Training Center in 2010

Pentagon, Washington D.C.

Hand selected as the Personal Assistant for the Vice Director / Director of Operations, General Joseph Dunford, the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Led a team of five deputy executive officers in support of the largest Joint Staff directorate. ➣ Spearheaded weekly sensitive operations briefings to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs; helped lead the Joint Chief’s input on Presidential speeches and the Chairman’s Congressional testimony.➣ Accountable for preparing highly-sensitive briefs for senior military and civilian leadership; tasked with briefing Congress and the Joint Chiefs. ➣ Recognized by the Chairman as “the very best EA in 26 years of service”; rated as #1 out of 140 Lt. Colonels on the operations directorate staff.➣ Reviewed, fact checked and edited all executive correspondence for the Joint Chiefs

Pentagon, Washington D.C.

Hurlburt Field, Fl

Hurlburt Field, Fl

Ac-130H Gunship

Hurlburt Field, Fl

Hurlburt Field, Fl

Davis-Monthan Afb, Az

Davis-Monthan Afb, Az

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Operations Management And Supervision

National Defense Fellow, Special Operations And Low Intensity Conflict

One of only 48 board-selected Air Force Fellows for the 2011-2012 academic year. Assigned as the National Defense Fellow for Special.

Master'S Degree, Aviation/Airway Management And Operations, 4.0