Ed Carson Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, United States

Served as a Global Director in Applied’s corporate physical security organization. Responsible for the leadership and development of teams, products, and services within the Global Physical Security team with specialized functional expertise in security systems and technology; additionally responsible for the development of strategic enterprise programs & processes associated with the global portfolio of security systems, technology, vendor management, and procurement as well as the accountability, training, and professional development of 6 direct reports; performed duties of the Head of Security in his absence.• Architected an ROI-capable, $15.5 Million, next-generation access control system upgrade with enhanced Identity and Access Management capability onto new infrastructure design.• Built a $46 Million, brand-enabling global security technology modernization plan to standardize enterprise-level capability, while reducing over 6,000 vulnerabilities on network devices.• Deployed the organization’s first ever automated enterprise visitor management solution; provided global consistency to the visitor experience, as well as management and audit support for visitor identities, credentials, and clearances.• Expert in system engineering and design, personally developed and implemented global security systems standards in capability and capacity that provided consistency in application of enterprise solutions.• Generated 5-year security services and technology roadmap that captured budgetary and change management requirements for currently deployed systems as well as onboarding innovative solutions aligned with the organization’s strategic initiatives.• Strategically restructured the global security technology team organization to improve lifecycle management and solutions delivery; generated enterprise-capable Project Management Office with approved capital budget and expense.

Fort Eustis

Served as Program Director for the Army Capabilities Integration Centers (ARCIC) Human Dimension (HD) Division; established and built relationships at the senior level of the Army with respect to all HD initiatives and mission; analyzed, interpreted, and contributed to capability development for future and ambiguous operating environments; worked in hand with academia, industry, and joint force decision makers in determining warfighter capability gaps and solutions; additionally assisted in synchronizing efforts of the HD Community of Practice (CoP); additionally responsible for the accountability, training, and professional development of 8 direct reports; performed duties of the HD Division Chief in his absence.• Integral thought leader of human capital concepts, contributing to the designing and shaping of military human capital for future military operations.• Key contributor in the development of future environments and human capacity data for future armed conflict modelling and simulation efforts that led to the identification of 33 human performance gaps by year 2035.• Spearheaded the generation and analysis efforts for the Army's future human capability requirements which informed multiple strategic publications and joint concepts, including the Army Campaign Plan.• Built influential relationships by establishing rapport and network channels among executive leaders, communicating future human performance requirements, resulting in five new multiservice strategic partners.• Personally selected by the NATO Allied Transformation Command to represent human performance in the Urbanization project; resulted in a new international concept for urban combat operations in "Megacities".• Fostered a collaborative environment to identify performance requirements among subject-matter-experts to align funding for science and technology efforts.

Texas

Served as the Battalion Operations Sergeant Major of a Combined Arms Battalion in a Armored Brigade Combat Team; responsible for providing tactical and technical guidance and professional support to subordinate units; makes recommendations to superiors in the accomplishment of their duties in support of mission accomplishment; responsible for the accountability, health, morale, training and development of eight NCOs, 12 Soldiers and the welfare of their Families within the Battalion operations section; plans, coordinates and supervises activities pertaining to organization, training and combat operations.• Championed the oversight of 10 direct reports, overseeing the planning, operations and reporting for an organization of over 800 personnel.• Orchestrated the preparation of budgets, resources, training of that organization through a realignment and reorganization operation.• Generated standing operating procedures for planning that reduced the orders production process which, on average, added 12 additional hours to subordinate organizations planning cycles.• Implemented new logistics and resource procedures which reduced resource accountability delinquencies by 95% and saved the organization over $100k annually.• Pioneered the organization's training and maintenance programs; surpassed organizational expectations in the successful completion of five inspections and two audits.• Conveyed direct level mentorship and career advice for seniors, peers, and subordinates; resulted in 40+ early promotions and three early director selections.

Colorado

• Recipient of high accolades for maintaining a strict adherence to policy and procedure, held multiple leadership and managerial roles which culminated with the promotion to the highest enlisted grade in the United States Army.• Tactically advised the organization's executives and managed the day to day operations of a functionally diverse, 420+ personnel organization.• Commanded a cross-function multinational team that planned, resourced, and coordinated lift assets, security, escort, lodging, meetings, and meals for 90+ VIPs visiting Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.• Trained and evaluated 7,000+ National Guardsmen over nine 90-day training cycles in ground combat during the mobilization phase of their deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.• Evaluated and managed 300+ documents with SECRET caveats in combined, joint and international environments with no violations or disclosure.

Fort Knox, Ky

• Trained and evaluated 7,000+ National Guardsmen over 12 90-day training cycles in ground combat during the mobilization phase of their deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.• Mentored three senior managers to pass the rigorous master trainer program.• Developed and executed a truck gunnery training program, adopted by higher headquarters, which increased mobilizing National Guard gunnery scores an average of 92 points.• Instituted streamlined processes for the execution of realistic training events that allowed for 25 deploying National Guard organizations to receive two-tiered ground assault convoy training.

Certificate, Project Management

Bachelor Of Science - B.S., Computer/Information Technology Administration And Management

Education record

Associate Of Arts And Sciences - A.A.S., Information Technology