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Army Transformation Office, G-3/5/7 Operations; Pentagon, Virginia

Senior Strategic Planner within the Army Transformation Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7 for Headquarters, Department of the Army. Lead strategist and action officer responsible for coordination, development, and publication of the annual Army Campaign Plan as Section V of The Army Plan. Analyzes senior leader guidance, assesses strategic risk, formulates enterprise level concepts, and recommends solutions in support of creating the Army Campaign Plan. Advises G-3/5/7 leadership and informs a collaborative operational planning team representing 42 separate organizational staffs across the Army enterprise. Coordinates among HQDA staff proponents and with Army Commands, Army Service Component Commands, and Direct Reporting Units to synchronize Army Transformation efforts within the Army Campaign Plan governance process. Personally manages collaborative project efforts to author and staff the Army Campaign Plan document within Army Senior Leader intent.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

US Army Interagency Fellow at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) within the National Coordination Center (NCC) for Emergency Support Function #13 (ESF #13): Public Safety and Security. Reports directly to the National Coordinator as a Management and Program Analyst and technical advisor for Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) across multidisciplinary fields of law enforcement, public safety and security, protection of critical assets, crisis management, mission assurance activities, and emergency/command center operations. Performs duties as the lead planner and action officer responsible for strategy development, operational planning, coordination, and assessments of federal ESF #13 initiatives involving DSCA. Leads NCC planning efforts to integrate federal ESF #13 and DSCA preparedness activities in support of the National Response Federal Interagency Operation Plan (FIOP). Serves as an ESF #13 liaison officer during national emergency or major disaster declarations; coordinates and integrates ESF #13 federal response operations with FEMA, DoD, Joint Staff, National Guard Bureau, USNORTHCOM, and ARNORTH.

Pentagon, Virginia

• Headed strategy development and operational planning of the Army’s emerging Insider Threat Program influencing organizational change at the strategic level to an enduring cross-functional and protection-based program.• Created an Insider Threat as a System concept within 3 months that unified disparate program capabilities into a mission-oriented enterprise effort focused on identifying and reducing organizational risk across the Army.• Orchestrated the Army Insider Threat Working Group’s collaborative development of a formal concept plan resulting in Senior Leader approval to prioritize an additional $553 million for collective program capabilities.• Forged assessment of implementation plan metrics that set conditions to achieve initial program capability within 12 months and full operational capability within 2 years; exceeding national insider threat standards of E.O. 13587.• Recognized by the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations with the Meritorious Service Medal for influencing the Army Insider Threat Program to become widely accepted and emulated within the Department of Defense.

Bagram, Afghanistan

• Selected by senior leaders to a critical combat advisory position; assessed security risks that influenced decisions to improve protection efforts at 50+ bases and facilities exceeding a combined 33,000 population in 14 provinces.• Supervised all U.S and NATO Military Police operational security and functional support to 8 component level headquarters’ combat operations covering 120,000km2 of Regional Command-East.• Pioneered a regional level host-nation detention facility assessment program that was adopted as a strategic best practice and resulted in international certification of Afghan detention operations at 6 strategic facilities.• Awarded the Bronze Star Medal for exceptional meritorious service and leadership in planning security operations that enhanced tactical and operational protection capabilities supporting organizational mission success.

Ft. Campbell, Kentucky

• Spearheaded a staff integration concept into a headquarters planning process during 2 division level command post exercises that effectively enabled combined protection inputs across 3 distinct functional cells.• Restructured the Provost Marshal office’s facilities, staff organization, personnel responsibilities and processes that created efficiencies in functional support despite a 25% reduction of the organization’s headquarters.

Ft. Campbell, Kentucky

• Programmed the planning, resourcing, synchronization and risk management of operations for a multi-functional organization and its 5 subordinate units providing diverse protection capabilities to over 2000 personnel. • Improved the training management cycle of disparate unit training plans from 2 to 6 weeks that generated operational requirements well in advance and resulted in a 60-70% increased efficiency in forecasting resources.• Designed the strategic framework and composed the operational plan resulting in uninterrupted enabler support of protection capabilities for 7 complex training exercises and a 9 month combat mission in Afghanistan. • Devised a combined threat and protection effects-based planning process during a major field exercise replicating combat conditions that ensured critical information requirements supported the mission and senior leader intent.

Blacksburg, Virginia

• Oversaw the administration, recruiting and operations of the Army ROTC program at two separate universities resulting in the commissioning of over 160 Army Officers and execution of an annual $3 million scholarship budget. • Acquired an additional 18% in scholarship funding resulting in a 28% increase in recruitment and highest aggregate retention rate of 94% for the largest combined student enrollment in the past 30 years.• Mentored a student-led staff to plan, organize and resource a multifaceted joint field exercise involving 5 separate universities’ programs and over 500 students.• Awarded alumni membership in the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society for significant contributions to the development of the Virginia Tech Army ROTC program.

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Intermediate Level Education, Homeland Security Studies Track

Master Of Arts (Ma), Business And Organizational Security Managment

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), History

Activities and Societies: Concentration in Leadership, Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, Student Alumni Associates