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Doha, Qatar

Shapes and synchronizes a wide range of Department of Defense doctrine and professional military education support to build institutional capacity across Qatar’s Ministry of Defense and military services. - Complements and supports ongoing and new defense concepts and doctrine capacity-building and security cooperation efforts by the U.S. Embassy in Doha, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), the Institute for Security Governance (ISG), and other U.S. programs and agencies. - Facilitates the delivery of advice by U.S. concepts, doctrine, and education experts from throughout the U.S. Department of Defense.

Carlisle Barracks, Pa

Senior Curriculum Developer for the Army Strategic Education Program. Responsible for creating and managing curriculum and the execution of the executive education for newly promoted General Officers and Senior Enlisted Leaders.

Carlisle Barracks, Pa

Advanced the U.S. Army War College's excellence as an educational institution through close coordination and planning with the senior executive leadership of the War College. Responsible for all academic governance and policies directly impacting the professional military education of senior executives and their advisors in the U.S. Army.

Carlisle Barracks, Pa

Developed the nation’s future strategic leaders through expert instruction and impactful mentoring and also served as the course director for the Theater Strategy and Campaigning course, educating all students on the skills needed to produce innovative and viable theater campaign plans that meet national security objectives.

Multiple Global

Leadership, Strategy Development, Operational Planning & Problem Design MethodologyAgile leader, strategic advisor, and adept learner with 30 years of experience working and excelling in complex multinational operations and exercises. Over 20 years of strategic and operational planning including being the lead operational planner during combat operations in Iraq and the principal strategic advisor to multinational commanders in Afghanistan and joint commanders in the continental United States. Experience with exercise construct to include Emergency Continuity of Operations Activities with the Department of Defense and the Department of State.• Strategic analysis and development• Leader of multinational teams• Academic Governance and Policy expert• Advisor to senior military leaders and skilled coordinator with action officers• Excellent communicator – superb briefing skills and public affairs and faculty experience• Excels in aligning long term projects with command objectives and strategic frameworks• Expert exercise, conference, and seminar planner and organizer• Media Relations• Strategic and Operational Planning in support of C/JFLCC and ASCC• Flexible and adaptable leader --- quick to learn in complex environments• Expert on NATO, Europe, and Middle East affairs• Leader of accreditation (audit) teams for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff• 12+ years’ experience living and working overseas• Over 25 years operating at the strategic/operational level

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Developed policies and long-term strategy directly impacting the professional, senior-executive education of military officers and the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. • Organized teams of highly experienced educators to perform a rigorous peer review of senior executive education programs and policies across the Department of Defense on behalf of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.• Served as the "Profession of Arms" Focus Area lead for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff resulting in the successful implementation of initiatives designed to enforce rigor in professional military education and reduce or eliminate toxic leadership across the Department of Defense. • Worked alongside the Secretary of Defense Special Advisor for Military Professionalism (OSD-SAMP) as the Joint Staff representative in presentations and coordination meetings with the National Security Council Staff at the White House and in preparing congressional testimony for General and Flag Officers. • Set the agenda for and managed the annual Military Education Coordination Councils, which were chaired by the Director of the Joint Staff (J7) and attended by the commandant's and presidents of all Service and Joint Professional Military Education schools.

2201 C Street Nw, Washington, D.C.

Advised the Director, Planning & Preparedness on an interagency strategic planning portfolio focused on delivering a unified federal response to domestic catastrophic scenarios. • Lead manager, planner and coordinator for the Department of State on the International Assistance Portfolio. • Coordinated with management officials within Department of State, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Defense, and the White House to help deliver international assistance, in the form of goods, services, and monies, to the American people in response to domestic catastrophes. • Served on the interagency task force responsible for the presidential policy directive addressing gun violence.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Served as the Chief of Future Operations and Plans (J35) in a rapidly deployable Joint Command HQ. • Created the organization’s 5-year Strategic Plan and Operational Approach that fundamentally shifted how the organization provided support to deployed units across the Department of Defense in response to national security threats.• Ensured immediate JECC support to Combined/ Joint Land Forces Component Command (C/JFLCC) and Combined/ Joint Task Force (C/JTF) activation and deployment as part of a Global Response Force.

Kabul Afghanistan

Senior Strategic Advisor to a UK Army Commanding General Officer (1-star, Brigadier) responsible for building and training the Afghan National Army during an operational deployment to Afghanistan. • Directly led and coordinated a staff of over 75 multi-national soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines to assist in the rebuilding of the Afghan National Army.• Led the plans team responsible for developing and implementing the strategy to expand the size and capabilities of the Afghan National Army to 195,000 and increase the capacity of the Afghan Army Training system, while remaining engaged in counter-insurgency operations. • Integrated planning efforts and advised the commander on the realignment of the functions across the NATO command to create and generate additional combat power for the ISAF Joint Command for counterinsurgency operations.• Prepared and provided input for the Programming, Planning, and Budget Execution resourcing documents for the Chief of Staff and the Deputy Commander for the Army (DCOM-A) in support of the build of the Afghan National Army.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Served as a Strategic Planner on the Joint Disestablishment Transition Planning Team; responsible for building the operational approach and conducting rehearsals for the disestablishment of the US Joint Forces Command. Worked closely with action officers on the Joint Staff and OSD.

Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Military Exchange Officer to the United Kingdom’s 1st Armoured Division stationed in Herford, Germany, responsible for all aspects of operational planning for the division. • Served as the Chief of Plans for the division as it trained and prepared for deployment to Afghanistan and in support of NATO operations in Europe. • Lead operational planner for Exercise Flying Rhino in Bydgosz, Poland where the Division exercised Joint and Combined Arms operations in a live-fire setting. • Lead the division’s planning and coordination effort to realign and restructure in support of the UK Army Force Structures initiatives.

Baghdad, Iraq And Fort Hood, Texas

Plans officer for Multi-National Division (Baghdad) and the 1st Cavalry Division• Lead planner for re-deployment planning from Baghdad/ Strategic Planner upon return to Home Station• Coordinated and led over 5 Operational Plans Teams responsible for the division’s redeployment from Iraq back to the continental United States, and the integration of forces used in counterinsurgency operations in support of the Multi National Corps in Baghdad. • Led the planning and implementation team responsible for the reintegration of Soldiers across the division as they transitioned from combat operations back into day-to-day family and societal responsibilities upon return from deployment to Iraq.

Al Muqdadiya, Diyālá, Iraq

Second in command of a 750 soldier Armored Reconnaissance Squadron stationed at Fort Hood Texas and ultimately deployed in support of counterinsurgency operations in the Diyala province of Iraq between Baqubah and Hamrin Dam encompassing the contentious Diyala River Valley. • While at home station in Fort Hood, conducted gunnery and maneuver training exercises and spearheaded significant maintenance and logistical operations, including a massive reorganization of unit structure from a Division Cavalry Squadron organization to a leaner and more mobile Armored Reconnaissance Squadron organization. • Conducted negotiations and implemented confidence-building measures with local political leaders. Organized, trained, and equipped local security force personnel, both Police and Iraqi Army. • Developed sources, gathered, analyzed, and acted upon intelligence. Conducted hundreds of combat operations. • Deployed the organization into combat.• Coordinated and conducted operations with multinational, Interagency, and joint forces (Iraqi, UK, CIA, and Special Operations) in support of combat operations in a contested area of responsibility.

Baghdad, Iraq

War Planner for a US Armored Corps conducting combat operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom in support of Multi-National Forces-Iraq. Developed, coordinated, and prepared operational level plans and orders for seven joint and multinational division-equivalent units. • Interacted with multiple interagency organizations across the Iraqi theater of operations• Led and coordinated multiple operational planning groups ranging in size from 15 to 50 representatives from across the Corps staff, subordinate commands and independent agencies.• Led the operational planning efforts for combat operations in Najaf (2nd major operation, Summer 2004), Samarra, Fallujah (2nd major operation, Fall 2004), and Baghdad (in support of 1st Cavalry Division in Sadr City).• Developed the joint and multinational plan for operations to secure the Iraqi borders with Syria and Iran and to reinforce the Iraqi Border Police. • Worked directly with and helped train the Polish Headquarters serving as the leadership for Multinational Division Center-South to prepare for their deployment into Iraq.

Grafenwöhr, Bavaria, Germany

Head of public affairs for the principal U.S. training command in Europe responsible for all media relations activities including media queries, interviews with international media, German public relations, and the development of command public affairs guidance and plans. Served as command spokesman. • Developed a new quarterly magazine for the command (The Training Journal) that won the prestigious Thomas Jefferson Award for the best Civil Enterprise publication in the Department of Defense.• Planned, organized, and hosted multiple foreign dignitaries’ visits and coordinated with the 100th Area Support Group Public Affairs and Protocol offices to manage distinguished visitor visits across the 7th ATC command area to include the Combat Maneuver Training Center in Hohenfels. • Managed international media queries in response to positive and negative events across the command.• Deployed to Sarajevo on a no-notice deployment immediately following the attacks of September 11th to help the SFOR public information office refine operations in support of counter-terrorism efforts with the Bosnian government.• Developed comprehensive concept plans for high visibility visits and events to showcase the 7th Army Training Command mission and contribute to interrelationships to other agencies, and foreign governments. • Created and prepared news information, feature stories, and other informational material for release to newspapers, radio, TV stations, and wire services.• Conducted research and interviews, wrote and edited news copy, and coordinated for photo and video coverage of events.• Served as the Acting Secretary General Staff (SGS), in addition to public affairs responsibilities, and advised the command group and staff on correct protocol procedures for briefings, meetings, ceremonies and official functions involving U.S. and foreign military and government officials.

Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Second in command of the Division’s public affairs operations, responsible for all media relations activities and the day to day oversight of public affairs specialists and soldiers assigned to the office. • Deployed to Tuzla, Bosnia Herzegovina as a Deputy PAO and managed over 100 media interviews and numerous media escort missions• Deployed to TF Hawk in Tirana, Albania as part of the NATO air war over Kosovo, as one of two principal PAOs sent to manage the international media relations (over 45 media agencies). • Expert management of several high-visibility media situations involving two separate helicopter crashes on the Albanian frontier. • Created and prepared news information and informational material for release to newspapers, radio, television, and wire services.• Conducted research and interviews, wrote and edited news copy, and coordinated for photo and video coverage of events.

Erlangen, Germany; Vilseck, Germany; Fort Knox, Ky

• Bde Headquarters Company Commander, HQ 1st Armored Training Brigade Responsible for over 340 Soldiers and 84 wheeled vehicles, $2.2 million in assigned property, and 172,000 square feet of billeting, office, and Motor Pool space• Cavalry Troop Commander, 5th Squadron, 15th U.S. Cavalry Responsible for Cavalry Fighting vehicles and wheeled vehicles worth over $14.3 million, and the training, health, well-being, discipline and morale of 180 cavalry troopers.• Company Executive Officer, D Co, 1-37 Armor, 3ID Vilseck, Germany Second in command of a forward-deployed armored tank company, responsible for all maintenance and training of the company in support of the European Command area of operations, and serving as the commander in his absence. • Company Executive Officer, 416th Support Battalion, Erlangen, Germany 1993-1994Responsible for assisting the Erlangen Community Commander in all community relations and liaison with the mayor of the city of Erlangen, Germany. Specific emphasis on the Brigade drawdown and the turnover of property to the German Government. • Tank Platoon Leader, 2-70 Armor Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, Erlangen, Germany 1992-1993Responsible for 4 M1A1 Tanks worth over $8 million and the training, health, well-being, discipline and morale of 15 armored soldiers.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Civil Engineering

Master Of Arts - Ma, Military Strategic Studies, General

Ma, Military Arts And Science

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