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Senior educator, leader, and subject matter expert in: + Healthcare readiness and preparedness. + Crew Resource Management (aviation-based leadership, teamwork, and collaboration skills) education for organizations to improve communication, decision making, and leadership capabilities.

Houston, Tx, Us

Strategic leader of the emergency management, business continuity, and preparedness training/exercise programs for 17,000 employees, three medical campuses, and numerous clinics across the Houston and Austin area. Responsible for all education and training for emergency management and business continuity, as well as executive decision support in readiness and response. Compliance manager for requirements and standards of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and The Joint Commission. Chair of the Texas Children's Emergency Management Committee. 5 direct reports.+ Incident leader for Hurricane Nicholas (Sept 2021), the Kronos timekeeping system outage (Dec 2021 - Feb 2022), and other operationally disruptive events - cybersecurity, mass casualty, HAZMAT, facilities/infrastructure incidents - that required organizational-level leadership and problem solving. + Led the development and implementation of first-ever organization-wide active shooter and workplace violence training in anticipation of newly-delineated Joint Commission workplace violence regulatory requirements for health care organizations. Planned, organized, and executed 137 active shooter training events across the organization.+ Established operational partnership with TCH Simulation Center to examine and refine business continuity practices and processes for numerous hospital service lines through practical exercises.+ Critical partner to cybersecurity leadership - member of the Information Security and Privacy Incident Response (cyber incident) leadership team. + Creator and leader of first-ever deployment of executive education for incident leadership. + Emergency Management program cited as a "Standout" effort by a Joint Commission consultant team in January 2023.+ Organizational Committee Membership: Regulatory Readiness, Patient Care Coordination, IT Risk Management, and Anti-Workplace Violence Training and Policies.

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Human resources, organizational development, risk analysis, organizational and leadership skills development leader for 700+ employees in the Harris County Engineering Department. Supplemental responsibilities as organizational trainer / leadership instructor for Engineering Department employees and for department representatives to the Harris County Emergency Operations Center. 5 direct reports.+ Rewrote and published a new edition of the department personnel regulations; this was a project that had languished for 14 years.+ Drafted and published job descriptions for 600+ employees to facilitate the implementation of new human resources management software for the department.+ Started the department's first-ever recruiting program, to include social media development and local college outreach.+ Principal member of the county continuity of operations (COOP) and continuity of government (COG) team during COVID-19 response and recovery efforts. Member of authorship team that wrote an updated COOP plan for county government operations during emergency response efforts.

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Creator and leader of the first-ever comprehensive facilities safety, business continuity, and employee wellness program for more than 200 employees who maintain 149 facilities – 10.7 million square feet of space – over an 1,800-square-mile region. Responsible for the safeguard of the division, its employees, the community, and the environment in and around Harris County facilities. Designated division emergency/disaster response/business continuity representative to the Harris County Emergency Operations Center during times of crisis - served in this capacity during Hurricane Harvey. 1 direct report.Accomplishments:+ Authored first division safety policy and employee safety handbook.+ 60 percent reduction in the Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR). + 98 percent reduction in lost work days per incident.+ 96 percent reduction in workers' compensation injury payments.

Led 10 office division heads of a 200-person staff and managed organizational development and human resources while heading an operations team in the business development of the Marine Corps’ worldwide information analysis (marketing/market research for military operations) program. 10 direct reports.Accomplishments:+ Established first strategic operations priorities to optimize a budget of over $800,000 and expand company operations into Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and South America to meet growing demand for information analysis.+ Spearheaded a human resources overhaul of the Center’s adjunct staff – 40 reserve/part-time information analysis Marines – that included creation of standard procedures and an augmentation plan placing part-time Marines into full-time analysis teams; resulted in 20 adjunct members’ participation in operations in Latin America, Africa, Europe, Okinawa, and Iraq.+ Stood up a matrixed team and led the crafting of the first set of standard operating procedures in the 5-year history of the Center.+ Executed supplemental responsibilities as the organization's safety officer/emergency preparedness/crisis teamwork/business continuity training manager. Rewrote all emergency response and business continuity plans, and executed hazardous weather shelter drills, fire safety drills, casualty response drills, and active shooter exercises; handled all interdepartmental and interagency coordination for exercises and all post-drill human factors briefing and debriefing. + Executed supplemental responsibilities as organizational leadership development trainer for 30+ junior officers (company mid-level managers).+ Received formal training on the "information environment" - cultural protocols, foreign media, social media, indigenous customs, communications strategies, and other cognitive fundamentals of organizational operations.

Washington, Dc, Us

Collaborated with 10 contracts, budget, and operations experts in the development, improvement, and delivery of $100 million in drone aircraft to 6 separate 100-person organizations. Accomplishments:+ Lobbied and gained approval from Congress for a $16 million budget increase for more reliable drone aircraft engines – a manufacturing enhancement needed to make systems more compatible with customer needs.+ Successfully led the planning of the first deployment of the newest drones - $500,000 in equipment - to the Middle East as a critical proof-of-concept project for advanced unmanned aircraft to operate in dynamic and challenging environments.

Washington, Dc, Us

Performed high reliability leadership for all of Marine Corps Aviation: regulatory compliance audits, continuous process improvement, and safety management systems oversight to control risks for 8,000-plus pilots. Served as a lead safety/quality assurance/safety policy/human factors/emergency preparedness/crisis planning/business continuity advisor to the executive leadership of the Marine Corps.Accomplishments:+ Meticulously managed 12 different aviation safety, emergency preparedness/business continuity, aviation medicine, and aerospace physiology programs – to include Crew Resource Management and Operational Risk Management – that led to the lowest aircraft mishap rates in Marine Corps Aviation history.+ Performed perpetual mishap data trend analysis and made process improvement recommendations for policies and directives affecting 75 flying organizations, each with over 100 people.+ Executed crisis communications strategies for newsworthy aircraft mishaps, in concert with public affairs officials from the Marine Corps' lead public affairs office in Washington, DC.+ Planned, organized, coordinated, and led the first-ever summit between the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Marine Corps safety offices, which increased collaboration and information sharing on mishap trends, areas of mutual concern, and best safety practices among Department of Defense agencies.+ Published 3 times in the Marine Corps Gazette on the importance of the middle management on safety culture, on the dangerously static content of aircrew teamwork training, and on the lack of any feedback mechanisms for current safety programs.

Managed all operations and organizational development for a 200-person organization with $625 million in aircraft. Deployed to Afghanistan – senior organization liaison to all Afghanistan-based air operations. 6 direct reports.Accomplishments:+ Supervised mid and upper-level squadron managers on the quality and timeliness of training plans, operations schedules, performance reports, and operations budgeting. + Executed a comprehensive preparatory training plan for operations in Afghanistan in just 7 months due to a rapid change in Department of Defense overseas operations priorities. Training of this magnitude typically takes 12 months to complete. + Authored first-ever tactical and strategic intelligence reports for key stakeholders of company operations in Afghanistan.+ Executed supplemental responsibilities as the Senior Pilot/senior organization aviation leadership skills trainer for 30+ junior aviators. Received special designation as an aviation leadership skills evaluator, evaluating pilot proficiency and aviation-based decision making for other organizations.

Managed all high reliability operations programs, continuous process improvement efforts, company security and integrity of operations efforts, business continuity, facilities inspections, emergency response plans, safety training programs administration - aviation safety; human factors; aeromedical training; suicide prevention; health and well-being; industrial hygiene; first aid; hearing conservation; hazardous materials control; fire prevention - and unit health care administration for a 200-person organization. Deployed to Iraq. 5 direct reports.Accomplishments: + Supervised 5 mid-level managers, 1 physician, and 2 medical assistants in the execution of all ground and air safety programs, human factors training, employee safety education programs, emergency preparedness endeavors, Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiatives, and health care admin accomplishing the objectives of no mishaps and no lost workdays.+ Certified as an Operations Procedures Standardization and Crew Resource Management Instructor – executed 20 Procedures Standardization and Crew Resource Management certifications on organizational aviators.+ Coordinated all unit facilities security plans with base security agencies while deployed to Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. + Awarded 2 Navy Safety Awards for a superior safety record. Awarded the Marine Corps Achievement in Safety Award for ground safety excellence – a first for a Marine Corps aviation organization.

Supervised a team of 10 contracts, logistics, facilities engineering, security, and maintenance specialists in the development and delivery of $10 million in surveillance equipment that protected 1,500 people against improvised explosives in western Iraq.Accomplishments:+ Established the first single point of responsibility for project coordination after the effort had languished for over a year. Single-handedly formed the team of experts to identify customers for system utilization, revitalize and maintain inoperative systems, and contract and distribute additional systems to meet rising demand. + In 6 months, expanded footprint of systems from 1 to 27 over a 50,000-square-mile area of western Iraq.+ Prepared frequent project update deliverables, proactively monitored emerging trends, and delivered numerous threat briefings for the Marine Corps’ executive leadership in western Iraq to successfully facilitate a $12 million purchase of additional systems to expand this security program into locations of interest for organizational operations.

Led, mentored, and counseled 125 students in their professional development to become military leaders. 3 direct reports. Accomplishments:+ Instructed 2 3000-level university courses on the history of military conflict, utilizing personal initiative and creativity to build syllabi and teach over 50 students in a college classroom setting.+ Served as part of the instruction team that taught the 4000-level Leadership Capstone class to over 100 students.+ Led a group of 50 college students to a 98% completion rate during their summer leadership training regimen, which was a mentally and physically demanding program to earn designation as Marine Corps Officers.

Performed quality assurance, continuous process improvement of aviation operations, crisis planning/emergency preparedness, business continuity planning, facilities inspections, and management of human factors training and aviation-related medical programs for a 200-person organization. Deployed to Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Japan. 3 direct reports.Accomplishments:+ Selected by organizational leadership for, and successfully completed, the Aviation Safety Officer/Mishap Investigator course. Received designation as a safety program manager and risk management instructor.+ Scheduled and managed over 30 organizational pilots for annual physical exams and annual aeromedical training – night flying, neuro-sensory, and water survival education.+ Audited and updated the organization’s crisis management and emergency response plan – a month-long effort that involved outreach and procedures verification with 30+ external agencies. + Effectively managed all aviation safety and aviation medicine programs for the unit, resulting in no mishaps.

Master'S, Business Administration

Strategic Studies

Information Operations Practitioner Course, Analysis Of Information And Fundamental Problem Solving For The "Information Environment"

Staff Management And Resource Optimization

Aviation Safety Officer Course, Root Cause Analysis, Mishap Investigation, High Reliability Practices, And Risk Management

Designation As A Naval Aviator

Bachelor'S, American Politics