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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Large Scale Events (LSE) Lead for Amazon Last Mile Operations.I lead a cross-functional, cross-organizational team that builds on existing procedures, sets new ones to anticipate areas of risk, sets preventative actions, and executes timely reactions if situations, events, or the environment around seemingly innocuous events escalate. Our procedures and policies concentrate on our driver safety agnostic of the business type and aligns actions, simplifies ambiguity, and keeps our drivers, transporters, and curriers safe from large scale weather, geopolitical, environmental events and incidences.

Doral, Florida, United States

• Led a 24-member team of directors to develop new standard business practices to reduce the planning and execution cycle time in drug interdictions. This increased maritime interdictions of illegal drug operations from South and Central America by 33%.• Trained a specialized team of 30 leaders to manage enterprise-level strategic goals across 40+ international and domestic locations. In conjunction, developed internal and third-party communication and control systems, reducing staff workload by 30%.• Piloted the creation and management of eight sophisticated training and operational portfolios. Led a team of 115 specially selected leaders to analyze natural disasters and mitigate human suffering across the Caribbean and Central America.

Doral, Florida, United States

• Directed long-term strategic growth and commanded 7 multi-functional teams for a 15,000-member organization. Strategic growth led to 300% increase in available US Navy, US Coast Guard, and US Department of Homeland Security assets.• Devised a 10-year strategy to combat illicit narcotics and human trafficking throughout Central and South America, the Caribbean Sea, and the Eastern Pacific and Western Atlantic Oceans. Strategy reduced narcotics (-5%) and trafficking (-10%) in first 2 years.

Newport, Ri

Master of Arts: National Security and Strategic Studies

Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain, Jordan, Uae

• Ensured the well-being of 2,400 team members across five nations. Managed 100+ operations, orchestrated team collaboration to meet 100% of customer requirements, and addressed high risk challenges at 8 austere sites and various pop-up locations.• Eliminated communication gaps between executive leadership, 4 senior directors, and 8 senior managers to promote accountability and set expectations. Project management effectiveness (complete and on time) increased by 67%. • Cultivated a team culture to promote problem-solving skills, initiative, and solution ownership. Built an organizational-wide employee recognition program, and over 40 individual performance awards and industry-wide commendations for innovation.• Administered and executed a $1B budget in specialized aviation and ground support assets and maintenance facilities to roll out large-scale operations in Middle East. Supervised over 10,000 flight hours in 6 months to ensure stability in the region.

San Diego Ca; Helmand Provence, Afghanistan

• Board-selected from top 7% of peer group to serve in a pivotal operational leadership role commanding a US Marine Corps squadron consisting of 400 expertly qualified personnel with 17 aircraft and support equipment valued at over $1B.• Provided strategic direction and guidance to a staff 15 direct reports to lead and supervise all operational requirements and workload prioritization in Afghanistan, Iraq and aerial fire-fighting in California. Conducted crucial cross training, provided aviation support to the President of the United States, and delivered resources to strategic US Marine Corps public relations programs.• Developed supply, acquisition, and repair initiatives to attain unprecedented readiness levels of 82%, a 17% improvement, while simultaneously supporting a 25% increase in demand with only 75% of normally allotted assets.

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, United States

Helmand Province, Afghanistan

Cherry Point, Nc

Cherry Point, Nc

Quantico, Virginia, United States

Masters of Military Studies, Military Studies and Strategic Planning

Master Of Arts - Ma, National Security And Strategic Studies

Master Of Military Studies, Military Studies And Strategic Planning

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

Activities and Societies: Lambda Chi Alpha - Upsilon 1937