Professional communicator leading public affairs, audiovisual and corporate historian team.

Manage public affairs for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. Responsible for coordinating a diverse messaging program, media outreach and responses for aircraft development and acquisition. The position involves extensive work and coordination with industry, U.S. Military services, foreign military sales countries and international partners.

Public Affairs Officer for NAVAIR Program Executive Office (A) [Rotary wing and special mission Navy and Marine Corps aircraft].

Deputy Public Affairs Officer for Joint Region that includes Navy, Air Force, Marine, Army and Coast Guard units. Manage administrative, staffing and budget coordination for Department of Defense public affairs operations on Guam and throughout the Common Wealth of Northern Marianas.Coordinate operational and exercise public affairs for joint military operations.Work closely with Guam Homeland Security and local governments to ensure coordinated communications throughout the region.

Public Affairs Specialist for internal cooperate communications, including website development, speechwriting and emergency communications planning and message development.

Manager for public affairs at Naval Air Facility Atsugi in Japan, supporting Carrier Air Wing FIVE and 24 tenant commands. This position is challenging because it is airbase with military tactical jets located in the greater Tokyo and Yokohama metropolitan area which have a combined population of over 23 million people.

Navy Lieutenant Commander and Public Affairs Officer for Carrier Strike Group 5 and Task Force 70, responsible for all aspects of public affairs guidance and coordination for ten forward deployed ships, Carrier Airwing 5, DESRON 15, visiting Carrier Strike Groups, cruisers and destroyers deployed throughout the 7th Fleet.

Public Affairs Officer for Submarine Group SEVEN, Task Force 74, Task Force 54 and the Naval Area Command Communication Center (NACCC), directly responsible for all aspects of public affairs guidance for Naval nuclear power programs, three forward deployed submarines, a submarine tender and all submarines deployed in 7th and 5th Fleet; an area comprising nearly 48% of the world’s oceans.

USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) - Manager for public affairs, protocol, photography, video, shipboard television studio services and print shop supporting the 7th Fleet Flag ship.

Officer in Charge of Detachment providing facility, billeting and administrative support for Navy personnel attending training in the Public Affairs and Visual Information occupational fields.

Department Director and instructor for Multimedia Training Department. Oversaw instruction in the fields of Digital Multimedia software, military art and intermediate photojournalism.

During the four years on Nimitz I served as Photographic Officer, Assistant Operations Officer and Operations Department Head.

Photographic Division Officer