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Camp Murray

Manage the office of the Modernization Department coordinating the logistics and training of new equipment to over 30 departments and 6,000 personnel. • Analyze national guidance to states and recommend policy and force structure changes to executive and senior executive staff• Projected training costs, request and provide oversight of a $500,000 training budget• Supervised 6 training managers and provided oversight of over 50 training events annually• Liaise with Program Managers, and units to ensure logistics and training requirements are met for equipment fieldings • Extensive travel to National Guard Headquarters to interface with Program Managers regarding upcoming projects as well as lobby for new equipment and force structure• Maintain, track, and analyze, the authorized strength of the Washington Army National Guard, up to five years out• Developed state inspection program guidance for the Washington Army National Guard to ensure compliance with Department of the Army regulations• Review data quality, editing, creating, and analyzing reports from databases

Advised the Director of 4,000 personnel on capabilities, limitations, and employment of aviation assets to support the mission by coordinating joint fires and aviation units to manage airspace.• Established the multidiscipline collaborative team to provide both procedural planning and real-time direction for manned and unmanned aerial systems as well as integration of those systems into a ground traffic patterns• Integrated cross discipline expertise to account for effects over time of weather, environmental, and organizational requirements• Provided annual performance reviews of 3 personnel on leadership, self-development, team development, achievements and advise future assignments

Joint Base Lewis- Mcchord

Director, Aviation Department Developed a yearly training program for a 27-personnel aviation department while providing oversight of the aviation department’s safety program ensuring zero accidents with a 6 aircraft fleet flying over 25,000 hours.• Maintained property accountability of over 230 million dollars of equipment with zero loss of equipment• Provided annual performance reviews of 13 personnel on leadership, self-development, team development, achievements and recommend future assignments• Evaluated and counseled over 15 pilots on discipline, values, and performance

Greater Seattle Area

Coordinated between the Washington Army National Guard Operations Department, the Washington Army National Guard Homeland Response Force, FEMA Region X for regional exercises and evaluations.• Briefed upcoming Homeland Response Force training exercises to Washington Army National Guard Staff• Served as the Washington Army National Guard Liaison Officer to joint federal, state, tribal, and local government agencies during the 2014 Oso Mudslide• Conducted outreach events with Emergency Operations Centers and brief the Homeland Response Force capabilities• Participated in the Washington Army National Guard Cascadia Subduction Zone planning committee, working with local, state, and joint federal authorities on the response plan to a magnitude +9.0 earthquake• Serve as the POC for emergency support function (ESF) representatives• Establish interagency contacts, maintaining a list of assisting and supporting agencies• Identify current or potential interagency problems• Report limitations and capabilities of assisting and supporting agency resources on the incident• Participate in training events responding to disasters

Tacoma, Wa

Assisted the Operations Manager in determining a training program for over 500 personnel ensuring the Aviation team completed State and Federal missions. • Planned, coordinated and executed the yearly training program for 6 aviation departments totaling over 400 personnel and 19 aircraft• Compiled and tracked performance measures in medical readiness, equipment readiness, and training proficiency to identify trends, and address deficiencies improving overall mission readiness of the organization• Prepared, coordinated and published standard operating procedures and operations orders by providing guidance to subordinate departments

Maintained property accountability of over $230 million of equipment and executing the training, proficiency and safety of 32 aircrew.• Scheduled and coordinated multiple daily flights conducting composite risk management of crew experience, crew rest and mission requirements to mitigate risk and ensure mission success• Provided annual performance reviews of 15 personnel on leadership, self-development, team development, achievements and recommend future assignments.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba

Activities and Societies: Army ROTC

Army Aviator Badge, Aviation/Airway Management And Operations

Incident Command System

ICS 100, ICS 200, ICS 300, ICS 400, ICS 700, ICS 701, ICS 800