Providing technical expertise and strategic and policy guidance on critical defense industrial base issues. Facilitating connections between the government and industry to accelerate the identification and adoption of industry capabilities supporting the National Security Strategy.

Strategy and Change Consulting, Business Development, Team Development, and Trainer.

Design, implement, and evaluate human capital programs as a consultant to a federal government agency. Apply functional expertise in human capital areas, including workforce planning, recruitment and retention, organizational assessment, organization design, HR business process design, program evaluation, training design and development, leadership development, change management, employee communications, career development, survey research, and human capital strategic planning. Apply strong consultative skills, including designing or executing complex data collection methodologies, performing quantitative and qualitative data analyses. Consult on identifying and capitalizing on opportunities to improve client performance and achieve human capital goals and mission objectives.

Blending strategy, vision, ideation, business case development, technology brokering, and intrapreneurship to guide leadership teams towards transformation. Apply knowledge of emerging technology trends to analyze potential technology solutions, user needs, usability, and compatibility with client architecture and work–flows and assess expected value of proposed investment efforts. Assist clients in devising and implementing their innovation strategy. Apply technical, engineering, and management expertise to shape the program's decisions for the pursuit of innovation that boosts organizational performance. Help shape technology enhancement ideas, pilot programs, and concepts of operations that address client mission needs.

Management Consulting: Change Management, Org Design, Planning & Performance Management, Leadership Development, Baldrige, Lean Six Sigma, Collaboration, Web 2.0, User Engagement, CRM

Retiree after 20yrs of Service. Space operations, R&D, and acquisition.

Directed human resource planning, legislative affairs, executive staff, facilities, knowledge management, and policy implementation for worldwide, 400 member, joint program office. Oversaw several enterprise transformation and process improvement efforts. Shifted organization construct from acquisition focus to operational focus. Eliminated delays and provided additional support during new employee orientation. Ensured interoperability between weapon control element, command and control system, and Navy radar platform.

Implemented strategic management approach for agency Director to clarify enterprise goals and priorities, allocate resources, and evaluate and report performance. Facilitated senior executive “Change Sponsors” sessions to champion enterprise transformation efforts. Reviewed and assessed Federal, IC, and DoD strategies and plans to ensure agency alignment with stakeholders. Instigated culture change through worldwide employee climate survey and leadership/workforce feedback. Employed Balanced Scorecard to track and report agency performance.

Led govt and contractor team in development of the national systems component for a DoD federation of training & exercise simulation systems

Space Vehicle Experiments:Balanced personnel, fiscal resources, and technology to meet warfighter R&D requirements. Oversaw portfolio process from innovative concept to system demonstration.Program Manager, MightySat-1Led spacecraft development and payload integration for experiment platform. Pioneered in-house integration and testing leading to successful deployment from Shuttle and on-orbit operations.Commander’s Executive OfficerOperated command section, principle liaison to headquarters and 10 geographically separated directorates. Participated in BPR teams to adjust Laboratory organization and activities in response to a multiyear budget and personnel reduction. Led revamp of corporate measurement program. Facilitated Lab strategic planning council. Drafted Lab strategic plan and engaged with directorates to refine. Commanded ops crew in the mission planning, operations, and anomaly resolution activities for on-orbit electro-optical spacecraft.

Missile warning spacecraft constellation state-of-health, IR sensor optimization, anomaly resolution, early orbit check-out.