Greg Strong Email & Phone Number

Rockledge, FL, US

Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States

• Program manager for weather support to Department of Defense and commercial enterprise launches from the eastern range
• Guides strategic plans for unique program requirements to ensure operational support functions meet customer needs
• Produces operational planning products to optimize key stake-holders ability to make informed risk-based decisions
• Collaborates with multi-agency teams to assure seamless communication during high-stress launch operations

Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, United States

• Led 8-person staff overseeing Eglin’s innovation program and the Emerald Spark Cell
• Managed and executes over $1M innovation budget to fund state-of-the-art projects for agencies across the installation
• Aligned innovation projects with strategic objectives and coordinates joint partnerships with DoD and small business agencies
• Led mentoring and coaching of senior leaders and their teams to develop value-added solutions to complex problems

Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, United States

• Senior manager for 60+ person unit providing support to the Air Force’s largest installation
• Leads and assures the protection of $20 billion in Department of Defense assets for 9 large organizations and 80,000 personnel
• Responsible for human resource and talent management of military, government civilian, and contract employees
• Oversees the integration of critical weather intelligence into the test and evaluation of Department of Defense weapon systems and advises senior stake holders on key risk-based decision making for $1 billion in joint.
• Manages $350K overall budget and devises long-term strategic planning for mission execution and resource allocation

Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, United States

• Senior manager for 5-person staff and 120 inspectors supporting 49 organizations across 16 states
• Developed strategy, managed complaint resolution matters, ensured the integration of governing processes into over 7,000 programs and ensured the overall readiness for over 1,700 total personnel
• Coordinated with higher level headquarters and advised 25 senior staff directors on strategic-level compliance standards, resource utilization, personnel related matters, and comprehensive unit health

Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, United States

• Directed 45 personnel providing 24/7 operational support across 16 airfields and 121,000 square mile land and water ranges
• Operational manager delivering 25,000 tailored products to multiple Department of Defense and Federal Aviation Administration agencies, including advising on tropical weather impacts for the busiest Atlantic hurricane.
• Innovated direct mission-integrated support by embedding weather technicians directly into 11 operational units

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, United States

• Air Command and Staff College academic instructor and advisor for master’s degree program teaching US and International military officers and inter-agency civilians to develop, employ, and command joint operational.
• Department of Leadership faculty member; taught core leadership philosophy course, guided faculty development, and selected as deputy course director for popular elective
• Led 57-person team to deliver Air Universities’ largest leadership conference; managed $75K budget and collaborated with 11 agencies to bring 19 high-powered speakers to 1K person event

Air Force Academy, Colorado, United States

• Academic instructor of physics and meteorology teaching the nation’s top military academy students fundamental physics and two advanced meteorology courses, including the graduating meteorology major’s capstone course
• Energetic course director for upper-level undergraduate course; developed syllabus and curriculum for institutions sole aviation meteorology program
• Advisor to 50 new students annually, providing mentorship and guidance for placement into major degree programs
• Deputy lead for USAFA graduation ceremony, guiding 150-person committee for 30K-person event attended by POTUS

Scott AFB, Illinois, United States

• Operational manager leading 250 personnel providing 24/7 support to over 320 Department of Defense sites across 24 states
• Led team of 11 instructors conducting training and certification of over 100 weather forecasters annually and managed the Air Force’s largest operational weather simulator
• Directed research for critical mission-impacting processes, delivering real-world products and tools to operational forces

Monterey, California, United States

• Competitively selected for in-residence Air Force Institute of Technology master’s degree program
• Authored 130-page research document and developed operational tool to aid launch weather teams in mitigating rocket-triggered lightning from launches at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Kennedy Space Center

Patrick AFB, Florida, United States

• Led team of 25 personnel providing support to all space launch operations for 15 million square mile range, to include coordinating risk-based decisions for the $3.5 billion space shuttle cross-country ferry flight
• Managed 24/7 support to flying operations across 4 airfields, assuring the safety of 25K personnel and protection of $20 billion in launch assets

Various

• Weather forecaster in support of operations for joint and multi-national forces in CONUS and overseas deployed locations
• Selected to join prestigious Special Operations Weather Team, directly integrating with US Army Special Forces worldwide

Masters Of Military Operational Art And Sciences

Master Of Science - Ms, Meteorology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Meteorology

Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Associate Of Applied Science, Instructor Of Technology And Military Science

Associate Of Applied Sciences, Meteorology