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Orlando, Florida, United States

Primary Duties: Responsible for the successful definition and timely delivery of the IT infrastructure components that make up the wider deployment of Brambles digital solutions. Key Contributions: • Defines and maintains the overall program roadmap for delivering IT solutions, including the scope of each project or workstream.• Delivers the IT solution objectives within the digital solutions of Continuous/Targeted Diagnostics and Serialization Plus Programs, to time, cost, and quality. • Directly manages seven employees, including IT project managers, business analysts, and engineers. • Anticipates program needs and plans to deliver consistently on a timely basis.• Identifies appropriate program controls (e.g., RAID) and proactively manages risk.• Defines and establishes ongoing maintenance and support activities of the overall solution for existing and new implementations.• A pivotal contributor to developing repeatable and sustainable models for deployment, maintenance, and support of the infrastructure components of these solutions.

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Primary Duties: Responsible for providing clients with strategic advice and expertise on utilizing technology best to achieve their business objectives. Key Contributions:• Works with client organizations to assist with managing their technology and defining their IT strategies.• Assist with comprehensive cost/benefits analysis and preparation of business cases for technology investments.• Participate in delivering strategic IT consulting engagements to include national security clients such as the Department of Defense, Department of Defense Fourth Estate Agencies, and Federal Contracting Companies.

Pentagon, Arlington, Va

Primary Duties: Responsible for managing the IT infrastructure and operations of the Pentagon and the National Capital Region Defense organizations. Provided IT services to over 50,000 customers across 80 locations, acting as an interface between the tactical edge and strategic leaders. Oversaw the development of complex DoD projects and conducted budget portfolio and contract management activities for the directorate. Managed 13 direct reports and oversaw 518 Federal Government Employees. Key Contributions:• Managed a portfolio budget and equipment valued at over $1 billion and IT contracts valued at $795 million. • Provided unparalleled leadership, vision, and direction to modernize and transform to meet future challenges and be postured to take advantage of emerging technology in a highly contested cyber environment. • Enhanced the cyber defensive posture by reducing cyber risks and blockage of millions of events to maintain security as the system owner for the Pentagon backbone networks. • Oversaw the management of more than 1,000 high-caliber IT solutions and executed $243 million in complex IT projects.• Enabled global crisis response and combined operations by providing expedited critical IT support. • Led the effort to increase the teleworking capacity of thousands of customers on all networks across the National Capital Region to support the IT culture change during the COVID-19 Pandemic.• Supported national crisis requirements for the President of the United States directed Task Force Operation by ensuring that secure mobile communication kits were configured and deployed to the Department of Health and Human Services. • Directed and managed voice and data network optimization to increase call sessions and teleconferencing capacity and enhanced remote network access connection and stability for JSP customers.

Fort Gordon, Georgia

Primary Duties: Developed practical and operational cyber experiments and assessments for defensive/offensive cyber, information operations, electronic warfare (EW), and information technology concepts and technologies to improve the Army and DoD's cyber and networking capabilities. Designed experiments to support the warfighter and provide valuable insights into the requirements for multi-domain operations, cross-functional teams, and acquisition communities, supervised a team of 74 Federal Government Employees. Key Contributions: • Scoped, resourced, and managed a program with a budget of $1M that included industry, academia, and government organizations showcasing their emerging cyber, electronic warfare, intelligence, and information technology. • Overcame many challenges, including significant resource constraints, lack of an experiment blueprint, and competing requirements, and produced superior results that surpassed the General Officers' and Senior executives’ expectations. • Established and deployed IT services and support for Army Integrated Experiments and 15 other experimentations and assessments that helped rapidly inform future requirements and capabilities for cross-functional and acquisition teams.

Mali, Africa

Primary Duties: Planned, coordinated, and synchronized Information Operations (IO) campaigns for significant operations in support of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), comprised of 48 International Partners and thousands of UN Civilians and Military Members in a highly complex Multinational UN environment. Key Contributions: • Planned, coordinated, and synchronized IO campaigns for ten major operations comprised of 400 UN civilians, 48 international partners, and 341 local Malian workers to establish a cohesive IO campaign contributing to a successful scheme of direct support to maneuver units, including thousands of police, security forces and troops in Sector East Region. • Advised C-level leaders on all aspects of Information Operations (IO) and delivered executive-level briefs on Information-Related capabilities, communication strategies, and targeted themes and messages supporting the C-level objectives.

Fort Gordon, Georgia

Primary Duties: Planned, coordinated, and synchronized Information Operations (IO) campaigns for significant operations in support of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), comprised of 48 International Partners and thousands of UN Civilians and Military Members in a highly complex Multinational UN environment. Key Contributions: • Planned, coordinated, and synchronized IO campaigns for ten major operations comprised of 400 UN civilians, 48 international partners, and 341 local Malian workers to establish a cohesive IO campaign contributing to a successful scheme of direct support to maneuver units, including thousands of police, security forces and troops in Sector East Region. • Advised C-level leaders on all aspects of Information Operations (IO) and delivered executive-level briefs on Information-Related capabilities, communication strategies, and targeted themes and messages supporting the C-level objectives.

Fort Gordon, Georgia

Primary Duties: Oversaw and planned information technology training, operations, projects, certifications, and security for 5,000 students, cadre, and Army Civilians across four organizations and three states. Led a team of 41 Federal Government Employees. Key Contributions: • Planned and executed major departure operations, safely deploying over 1,900 Soldiers through the departure nodes. • Provided critical insight into cadre development; oversaw training certification for 36 military personnel, ensuring a 95% training rate for nine training categories. • Restructured the operations section to overcome experience gaps that improved mission support and efficient operations for 1,641 Soldiers and Civilians.

Heidelberg, Germany (Campbell Barracks)

• Planned and executed 22 major Inspector General (IG) inspections throughout five countries and 11 Army communities.• Lead command and European theater wide inspections that changed systemic problems that affected 40,000 Military, Civilians and Family Members within U.S. Army Europe. • Planned and coordinated 23 DoD and Department of the Army IG Inspections. • Served as the Branch Chief for Inspection Branch for a five-month period, creating countless 4-star level staff products, inspection reports and briefs. • Supervised 12 Federal Employees (Military and Civilians).

Heidelburg, Germany (Campbell Barracks)

• Company Commander for 332 Federal Employees responsible for providing direct communication’s support to the Commanding General, US Army in Europe and other major military and federal agency customers • Served as the Operations Officer for a strategic Battalion providing C4 infrastructure in support of strategic, deployable and reachback communications for US Army Europe, US Central Command, 5th Signal Battalion, and 21st Theater Support Command, 5th Corps and other organizations in Europe and CENTCOM area of responsibility. Responsible for strategic level management of the battalion network comprised of copper, fiber optic, microwave, and satellite communication circuit providing secure and non-secure data and voice services to customers.• Managed operations and training for a Battalion consisting of over 275 Soldiers, Civilians, and Host Nation employees. Created efficiencies and streamlined processes despite the challenges of restructure and transformation across the theater. • Provided a responsive portion of the Theater Information Grid, Information Assurance, Information Services and Theater-Level COMSEC logistical support to Army, Joint and Multinational operations. • Transformed 33 Army bases and three garrison commands to Single Directorate of Information Management (DOIM) and synchronized the full spectrum of requirements in support of a 4-Star Headquarters.

Fort Gordon, Georgia / Kuwait & Iraq

• Human Resource Officer responsible for all human resource and personnel readiness of a forward deployed tactical contingency signal battalion consisting of 1,500 Soldiers during Operation Iraqi Freedom III, spread across ten companies supporting Forces Command, Network Enterprise Technology Command, JTF-CS in support of Homeland Defense, Coalition Forces Land Component Command, and other contingency communications requirements.• Executive Officer of a 154 Echelons-Above-Corps Tactical Area Signal Company responsible for the operational readiness and deployment of tactical vehicles and communication assemblages worth $30,000,000; increased the combat efficiency of unit by planning several important maintenance and communications stand down cycles. Successfully prepared the unit for movement operations in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM III.• Platoon Leader responsible for deploying and providing critical command and control communications support for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of the Army, Forces Command and a theater Army Component Command worldwide contingency requirements.

Daegu, South Korea

• Executive Officer for a forward deployed signal company consisting of 100 personnel. • Coordinated the operation, logistics and maintenance of five communication facilities geographically dispersed over two installations in South Korea. • Provided 24/7 communications and information systems support to joint and combined elements of the Combined Forces Command (CFC), United States Forces Korea (USFK) and Eighth U.S. Army. • Provided superb support for the company during the Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration (RSO&I) 2003. • Orchestrated the mission critical Global Command and Control System (GCCS) Korea training to support the warfighter participant.

Education record

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Engineering

Activities and Societies: Army ROTC, Residence Hall Association

Master Of Arts - Ma, Management Information Systems, General