Practitioner, Scholar, Entrepreneur. Diverse and adaptive leadership skills combined with over 30 years of experience in all aspects of large-scale project/program management including: strategic planning, process mapping, force structure development, contingency and crisis action planning, career management, policy development, and higher education program and instruction assessment. Long history of working with military forces around the world to include establishment of the Afghan National Army, Joint Combined Exercises for Training, Joint Chiefs of Staff exercises, and State Partnership Program EUCOM, CENTCOM, and PACOM. Experienced planner and field operations in support of homeland security, security management, and disaster responses at the national, state, and local level. Unique balance of experienced practitioner and life-long academic. Superior communicator, readily distills complex materials into easily-understood, compelling presentations. Strong background in Special Operations with emphasis in foreign internal defense, counterinsurgency, and unconventional warfare. Core competencies include: -National Security-National Security -Emergency Management -Crisis Action Planning -Budget Development & Oversight -Course Development -Curriculum Design -Fiscal Management-Faculty Development -Higher Education Leadership -Higher Education Management-Institutional Evaluation -Organizational Transformation -Planning & Operations -Program Administration-Program Assessment -Special Operations