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St Louis, Missouri, United States

Senior advisor to the district commander in all areas of management and administration and Congressional & Strategic Partner Liaison for a complex team of 650 employees and annual operating budget of $660M. • Developed and maintained open and strong relationships with 12 Congressional offices resulting in the ability to quickly address over 20 congressional related matters, including 4 high visibility projects.• Planned over 60 congressional engagements to communicate program and project status, answer specific member questions, and address member concerns.• Coordinated over 100 strategic partner engagements with district senior leaders that resulted in increased awareness of program execution and development of solutions for complex obstacles in our area of operation.• Integrated multiple organizational functions to include corporate communications during the response to the Jana Elementary School event from October 2022 to May 2023; performed Chief of Staff functions.• Assisted in the development of communication products for the Mississippi River Low Water Events, in 2022 and 2023, to ensure internal and external audiences understood the entirety of the situation.• Maintained comprehensive knowledge of the organizations primary program areas related to navigation, ecosystem restoration, and flood risk management to advised and recommend solutions to senior leadership.• Coordinated actions between 10+ organizational elements on a regular basis to plan and execute special assignments requiring senior level point of view.• Accomplished more than 15 high level special assignments focused on sensitive and/or complex issues.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Operational leader of a diverse and complex team of ~650 employees with a max annual operating budget of $660M.• Key Focus Areas. Human Resources, Strategic Communications, Security, Emergency Management,Logistics/Maintenance, Safety and Occupational Health, Resource Management, Contracting/Small Business Acquisitions, Public/Partner Relationships, Diversity/Equity/Inclusion, Information Technology and Employee Training and Development.• Serve as the second in command. Advise the District Engineer and civilian leadership on issues concerning executive direction of the organization and provides oversight of administrative and managerial aspects of the day-to-day operations of the organization. Speaks with authority and represents the District Engineer on organizational matters with governmental and nongovernmental agencies.• Developed and managed excellent relationships between the operational and support divisions of the district resulting in effective execution of district wide initiatives.• Advised organizational leadership on effective solutions to complex/unique problems that directly impacted the agencies program(s).• Initiated a strategic communications working group between Public Affairs, the Executive Liaison, and the Strategic Planning Coordinator to synchronize messaging and improve message responsiveness to the organization's strategic partners on the District's programs.• Refocused the Public Affairs Office priorities from producing media intended for internal organizational consumption to producing media focused on external and partner consumption.• Provided direct/indirect support to Hurricanes Laura & Delta; 2019 Mississippi Flood; and COVID-19 disasters.• Served as the USACE liaison to IEMA’s Director and Deputy Director and advised them during the COVID-19 response in identifying, assessing, and resourcing $160M for COVID-19 Alternate Care Facilities.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Led an 11-employee resource management team responsible for the finance, accounting, budgeting, and manpower management for an organization with a $660M annual budget.• Key Focus Areas: budget development, finance and accounting, manpower management, and team building.• Supervised the development of the FY21 $660M mid-year operating budget update.• Implemented required manpower policy changes with recommendations to limit the negative impact on the organization's hiring process.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Multi-site leader of 32 employees and 30+ contractors providing engineering and facility solutions to the Afghanistan military and government.• Key Focus Areas: project management, project oversight, project delivery, facility management, logistics, safety, quality control, quality assurance, site security, team building, partnership development, and partnership communication.• Refocused and delivered a $750k Afghanistan Clinic Renovation that was behind schedule, out of scope, and above budget in a combat zone.• Upgraded facilities and equipment to accommodate an additional 15 employees across two sites to provide increased customer service to our partners.• Safely planned and conducted over 50 construction site visits in a combat zone without incident.

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

Operational leader of a diverse and complex team of ~350 employees with a max annual operating budget of$500M.• Key Focus Areas. Human Resources, Strategic Communications, Security, Emergency Management, Logistics/Maintenance, Safety and Occupational Health, Resource Management, Contracting/Small Business Acquisitions, Public/Partner Relationships, Diversity/Equity/Inclusion, Information Technology and Employee Training and Development.• Serve as the second in command. Advise the District Engineer and civilian leadership on issues concerning executive direction of the organization and provides oversight of administrative and managerial aspects of the day-to-day operations of the organization. • Advised organizational leadership on effective solutions to complex/unique problems that directly impacted the agencies program(s).• Provided direct and indirect support to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria; and the 2017 California Wildfires.• Organized and oversaw the initial debris removal response for the 2017 CA Wildfires for 5000+ properties; valued at $1.2 billion.• Integrated FEMA practices into organizational procedures improving communication, partnership and collaboration with FEMA and CAL OES. • Organized and oversaw multiple site visits by the Director of Homeland Security, the California Governor, numerous Congressional Delegations, and other VIPs to the 2017 CA Wildfire affected areas.• Reviewed and approved daily USACE strategic communication plans that messaged USACE’s progress during the 2017 CA Wildfire response to the public and partner agencies.• Energized and delivered to execution a failing $11M corporate office lease renewal and renovation project that was 8 years behind schedule.• Improved the employee hiring process by reducing the time to hire by 40 days and increased the 1st choice hire by 35%: a $2000+ cost savings per employee.

Joint Multi-National Readiness Center - Hohenfels, Germany

Coached, taught, and mentored over 1000 US and multinational leaders on how best to operate and succeed in highly contested and complex environments while operating under extreme stress and resource limitations resulting in of 50k soldiers, sailors, and airmen trained.• Key Focus Areas: Planning, Partner Relationships, Resource Management, Logistics, Safety, Scenario Design, Exercise Control, After Action Reviews, Multinational Team Building.• Assembled and directed a 40-solider multinational team from 12 countries that coached and trained Ukrainian/NATO military units from 15+countries for Rapid Trident 14 and 15. Recognized by US and Ukrainian leaders for excellence.• Planned and facilitated 24+ national level capstone training exercise for U.S. and Multinational military units; facilitated 100+ after action reviews.• Guest Instructor at the NATO Military Engineer Center of Excellence on Combat Engineering Lessons Learned.• Selected to lead a 5-member assessment team to Poland and Romania to provide senior leaders feedback on training, logistics, and force projection capabilities.• Provides world class training, assessment, and evaluation of military engineering doctrine and best practices for United States Army, NATO, and European Partner nations military engineer officers and commands.

11Th Engineer Battalion - Fort Benning, Ga

• Key Focus Areas. Human Resources, Strategic Communications, Security, Emergency Management, Logistics/Maintenance, Safety and Occupational Health, Resource Management, Contracting/Small Business Acquisitions, Public/Partner Relationships, Information Technology and Employee Training and Development.• Serve as the second in command. Advise the commander on issues concerning executive direction of the organization and provides oversight of administrative and managerial aspects of the day-to-day operations of the organization. Speaks with authority and represents the commander on organizational matters with governmental and nongovernmental agencies.• Reviewed, edited, made recommendations to, and distributed routine and strategic corporate correspondence to public and private partner agencies.• Advised organizational leadership on effective solutions to complex/unique problems that directly impacted the agencies program(s).

Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Exceled as an Army Officer at the U.S. Naval War College earning a Masters of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies and graduating with distinction on the Commandant's List.

National Training Center - Fort Irwin, Ca

Coached, taught, and mentored over 500 US and multinational leaders on how best to operate and succeed in highly contested and complex environments while operating under extreme stress and resource limitations resulting in of 50k soldiers, sailors, and airmen trained.• Key Focus Areas: Planning, Partner Relationships, Resource Management, Logistics, Safety, Scenario Design, Exercise Control, After Action Reviews, Multinational Team Building.• Planned and initiated a $11M urban live fire training complex project for the National Training Center.• Managed a $2M annual operating budget for NTC’s live fire ranges; acquired new target simulation devices that reduced maintenance costs and improved safety.

111Th Engineer Company - Fort Riley, Ks

Led a team of 120 Soldiers during and return from an Iraq combat deployment hunting IEDs.• Key Focus Areas: project management, safety, combat operations, communications/reporting, logistics, maintenance, training, information management, partner development/relationships, and predictive/pattern analysis.• Developed and executed an aggressive IED search plan that decreased IED attacks on organizations passing through my area of operation by 75%by being involved in 95% of all IED incidents.• Successfully maintained and accounted for $50 million worth of equipment.• Explosively removed an aging water tower for the Tulsa USACE District saving the agency $10k+.

Various Locations

Key Focus Areas: project management, safety, combat operations, communications/reporting, logistics, maintenance, training, information management, partner development/relationships, and predictive/pattern analysis.• Developed and built the security infrastructure for a forward operating base in Iraq, with a 14km perimeter, designed to prevent theft of munitions for IED use.• Successfully orchestrated the deployment of 650+ Soldiers and $100M of equipment to Iraq.

Master’S Degree, Energetic Concepts, 3.47

Energetics is a branch of the physical science of mechanics, which deals primarily with energy and its transformations. Energetics.

Master’S Degree, National Security And Strategic Studies, 3.65

Areas of Emphasis: - Joint Maritime Operations - Strategy and Warfare - Theater Security Decision Making

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering