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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.

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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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