Six heat and mass balances at four Cemex cement plants. Completed numerous root cause analysis for system failures in the plant to prevent repeat kiln shutdowns. Inspected employees, contractors, and the workplace for safe behaviors and safe conditions. Covered for the production manager in his absence for over three months. Planned and supervised completion of K2 2017 annual outage, including refractory replacement, metalwork, inleak reduction, scaffolding management, SMED, and safety management.

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Managed a staff of four direct report operations officers (in a position ordinarily held by a Major) to oversee the battalion’s deployment of 850 soldiers to a major training exercise in 06/2013 to Fort Irwin, CA. Controlled all operational tasks in this process, including equipment shipping, equipment receiving, status reporting, planning processes, movements in the field, security, targeting, individual training tasks, and communication systems management. Mentored staff to use task leveling to reduce operations center establishment times from twelve hours to less than six.

Commanded a multi-functional headquarters company with over 200 soldiers, 60 vehicles, a company staff of 10, and four direct report platoon leaders. Enforced proper maintenance, security, and user accountability for military equipment valued at a total of $85 million. Operations included mission reorganization of over 130 soldiers, 12 armored combat vehicles, and a base complex in Western Afghanistan. The company completed this reorganization with flawless equipment and personnel accountability. Subsequent operations included reorganization and doctrinal change management to support the U.S. Army's transition to "decisive action" doctrine. Mentored direct reports and line managers to maintain a positive attitude about doctrinal changes and adapt their procedures to a more mobile combat environment. Coached direct reports to contribute to a detailed bottom-up operations management system more appropriate for a multi-functional company. Mentored the company’s logistics element in 2013 to maintain direct links with customers, anticipate requirements in real time, and allow for a more “pull” oriented distribution system in the field.

Responsible for all combat training and operations for a platoon of 4 tanks and 16 crew members. The tanks and other government equipment were valued at over $20 million. Operations included fixed site security, convoy escorts, urban search support, route security, and high value asset escort missions. The platoon performed these operations over a year deployment to Iraq from January 2005 to December 2005.