Eric Musgrave Email & Phone Number

Tampa, Fl

NIS is a veteran owned small business designed to provide bespoke solutions to markets such as defense, storage, and infrastructure/construction. Currently, our focus is on selling refurbished US Army UH60L Black Hawk helicopters. BHs are available for delivery now. Logistics, parts, and pilot training packages are also available.

Tarpon Springs, Florida, United States

Founder and President of TSVF. TSVF partners with local business owners, residents, and veterans in Tarpon Springs to raise funds for US veterans and assist them where needed.Built, marketed, and managed ‘Pennies for Patriots’, a TSVF fundraiser, which raised and donated thousands of USD to vets in need. Supporters pledged one penny for every mile TSVF members rode while on their epic 13000-mile motorcycle trip from Key West, FL to Anchorage, AK and back.

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Senior Army Officer serving US Special Operations at the operational and strategic levels responsible for engineering the post-Afghanistan focus in Central Asia directly increasing international engagement and shaping future military and diplomatic relationships. • Managed and led 75 Special Forces operators in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan resulting in eight different Joint Combined Exchange Training engagements and over 300 foreign soldiers trained directly increasing security in the region and the US against violent terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS-Khorasan.• Assisted in the evacuation of 164 Afghan and U.S. citizens from combat zones in fall of 2021 to U.S. safe havens during the U.S.’s most publicized civilian and military evacuation since WWII.• Managed three 6,000 sq ft buildings, a fleet of 11 vehicles, 8 contractors, 16 government employees and 1,500 sq ft of office space with a budget of over $2million annually in an austere and constrained combat environment. Reduced costs and improved processes increasing work production by 18% saving nearly $25,000 in less than three months. • Briefed U.S. Ambassadors and multiple general officers weekly on developments in counterterrorism, reconnaissance, military intelligence, and security cooperation in competition with Russia and China, dramatically recalibrating U.S. strategic focus toward Central Asia resulting in two long-term strategic military plans sent to the Secretary of Defense for approval.

Intern then senior executive leading the business development department of a multi-million-dollar construction company, charged with providing management and support for new business pipeline development, in consultation with VPs and board of directors.

Manama, Capital Governorate, Bahrain

Senior Army Officer serving Department of Defense interests at the operational and strategic level ranging from embassies in the Arabian Gulf to the President of the United States; specializing in the Middle East as a proficient Arab speaker and regional expert. Attachés are part of an elite corps with four main responsibilities: Representing the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the forces of the United States abroad. Serving as military advisors to the U.S. Ambassador, the personal representative of the United States.• Planned and executed operations throughout 15 Middle East countries; produced and delivered 1500+ reports at the tactical, operational, and strategic level of defense and national policy• Led, produced, and briefed hundreds of finished intelligence products for multiple US Presidents to combat ISIS. Presidents used bespoke intel tools daily to make US policy decisions. • Managed, organized, and led over 500 Intel and operational professionals over 9 years• Responsible for the direction of multi-billion-dollar DoD budget to increase security cooperation and foreign military sales across the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia• Integral member in the creation, execution, and preservation of the Abraham Accords leading to the first ever partnership of Arab countries with Israel.

Manama, Capital Governorate, Bahrain

Senior director of operations and management of over 200 Middle East intelligence analysts, program managers, and briefers for the military's premier strategic intelligence agency. • Provided weekly briefs and products to the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the CJCS and the President exponentially enhancing their ability to make informed decisions - multiple requests for follow-up briefs and products. Provided in-depth and timely analysis to seniors supporting strategic decision making enabling them to counter extremism from groups like Al Qaeda, Iran, and ISIS.

Manama, Capital Governorate, Bahrain

Managed, led, hired, and developed over 120 analysts in a Top Secret environment over two years devoted to fighting ISIS. Analytical products were viewed daily by over 20 thousand members of the intelligence community eventually leading to stability in Iraq and the Arabian Gulf.

Tunis, Tunisia

Military diplomat providing consultation, reporting, and operational support, with special emphasis on the Middle East, based in Tunis, Tunisia. Regional and language expertise directly supported Department of State, Department of Defense, and intelligence agency operations in 11 embassies, ranging from Morocco to Oman, which increased senior policy and decision maker understanding of the region. Front-line observer and political first responder to multiple crisis in the Middle East: Ambassador assassination in Libya, evacuation of embassy in Tunis, In Amenas Algeria hostage crisis, and Egyptian presidential shuffle.

Ft. Polk, Louisiana

Led, trained, and developed over 700 soldiers, sailors, airmen - enlisted and commissioned - for follow on deployments to Operations Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. The thousands of man hours spent training the service men and women directly contributed to the security and stability in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2010 to 2012.• First company grade officer in the unit to lead a team to train over 200 hundred service members in under 60 days.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Director of US Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) line-officer and Nurse Operations recruiting, training, and commissioning 5% of the US Army’s nurses in the 2008 – 2009 school year using modern analytic and marketing methods. • Increased Los Angeles California ROTC recruiting in 2006 by 300% in under nine months by using incentive-based sales and tailored program consultation for top tier academic institutions.• Increased the ROTC Nursing enrollment in California’s Inland Empire over 1600% from 2006 to 2009 using innovative and sound recruiting methods taken to scale: recruit the recruiters to recruit by presenting common grounds for incentive.• Managed and directed over $8.1 million of scholarship funds in three years that funded over 60 full-time scholarships spread over 11 southern Californian universities and colleges.

Killeen, Texas, United States; Baghdad, Iraq

Director of US civil-military relations for 1st Brigade 1st CAV while deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom II. Responsible for coordinating with civil authorities to facilitate and support combat missions. Assisted senior leadership with planning and oversight of all civil-military affairs, area assessments, military support to emergency civic projects, and cultural awareness. Responsible for the unit's civil-military economic development program and agricultural development program.Responsible for planning, developing, training, operations, and deployment management for a heavy brigade combat team with thousands of pieces of equipment and over 3,500 soldiers. Developed and synchronized operations orders for the commander, monitored the execution of brigade operations and provided real-time reporting to ensure proper command and control reducing execution time and cost nearly 20%.

Killeen, Texas, United States

Leader and trainer of over 45 combat soldiers and 18 military platforms worth over $31 million USD designed for heavy infantry, armor, and reconnaissance missions.• Platoon leader of a light ground cavalry scout platoon in a CENTCOM deployed Force XXI Brigade Reconnaissance Troop; responsible to the Troop and Brigade Commander for answering directed information requirements and obtaining battlefield intelligence, responsible for the morale, welfare, discipline and training of 18 soldiers, 6 M1025 HMMWVs, and associated equipment valued in excess of $4 million. • In 2004, successfully completed over 500 combat patrols in under eight months of combat in and around Baghdad, Iraq's toughest neighborhood, Sadr City. Led reconnaissance, attack, and evacuation operations in the Battle of Sadr City in April 2004 saving numerous civilians and soldiers. • Led planning and execution of Iraq’s first free election on 30 January 2005. Personally planned and organized over a dozen polling stations allowing the safe voting for 1000s of Iraqis. • Organized and planned for sales and distribution of thousands of pieces of farm equipment worth millions of dollars used to outfit the first historic Iraqi agricultural co-op. • Analyzed, designed, and implemented unorthodox and unheard-of methods to counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) to defend civilians and soldiers in Iraq’s most notorious “IED alley.” Saved 100s of lives and preserved 1000s of pieces of US equipment.• Leader of a M1A2 Abrams Tank platoon with world-wide deployability comprised of four tanks and associated equipment worth in excess of $16 million. Responsible for the health, welfare, and professional development of 15 enlisted soldiers and families.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business And Systems Engineering

Master'S Degree, International Relations And Affairs; Middle East