• Manages the strategy, total cost and supplier relationships of plastic resin and chemical commodities, including managing and understanding the total risk associated with the supply chain.• Serves as a subject matter expert in the commodity, including the technology, materials, negotiation, market, and competition.• Works in tandem with R&D, marketing, operations and manufacturing specialists to take new products from concept to completion.

• Coached and mentored Afghan national leadership, aligning national priorities and structuring initiatives within cost and scheduling constraints while remaining a good steward of $5+ billion in donor contributions • As part of the executive committee, provided direction to a matrix organization of 1000+ and supervised a multinational cross-functional staff that conducted planning, operations, and legal compliance• Conducted daily written and verbal strategic communication with international and US officials informing them on current operations, expressing future concepts, and achieving mutual understanding

• Led a team of 100+ military and civil service union civilians that optimized monthly accession quantities, training production leveling, and personnel distribution supporting scheduled deployment metrics for 140,000+ Soldiers • Enterprise wide program director for strategic level organizational structure development impacting talent acquisition, development, distribution, and retention leveraging government developed workflow software • Selected as a strategic advisor for new Commander to assist his development of a vision and mission statement then drove awareness across the workforce

• Conducted failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) of North Korea facilities as part of strategic planning that detailed employment of resources under a constrained timeline• Led program management efforts across a multinational team that mitigated a global supply chain, had in-transit visibility of critical resources, scheduled to achieve critical milestones, and conducted an aggressive training program • Received awards from both the US and Republic of Korea for leading national level programs managing peninsula wide coalition training programs that strengthened strategic partnerships

• Commanded a field artillery battalion, accountable for 450+ Soldiers and $100 million in resources • Developed a program stressing collaboration, metrics, continuous evaluation, training efficiency, and improved technical proficiency that resulted in a team transformation, winning the Gruber Award as best Artillery unit• Met OSHA, quality, and safety standards during a fleet readiness improvement program that increased serviceability rating from 19% to above 90% while revamping warehouse and inventory management

• Commanded a battalion of 88 senior training cadre that traveled internationally partnering with reserve component and coalition forces to ensure they met specific performance data and requirements• Evaluated as the best of six Battalion Commanders and selected for the rare privilege of a second command reserved for only the top 1% of commanders across the entire Army

• Strategic advisor to General Mattis, responsible for training all US and NATO forces worldwide • Advised General Mattis daily on strategic planning and key stakeholder interactions in the areas of special operations, Middle East operations, and doctrine• Traveled extensively across the globe to determine problems in training and doctrine, assess the root cause, design adapting solutions, and test the solutions at training centers prior to combat operations

• Traveled worldwide to train senior military leaders and their staffs from all services on lean practices and methodologies that flatten organizations and speed decision-making • Selected to a small change management team that traveled to combat theaters that assisted in defining strategic objectives, assessing programs, monitoring metrics, and developing solutions for non-conforming areas • Served as lesson developer and instructor for general officer executive leadership education courses that stressed a plan-do-check-assess model, similar to Hoshin principles