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I am passionate about competent leadership and coaching others to become the leaders they need to be to achieve their goals for themselves and their organizations. True leaders lead from the front. True leaders hold themselves to the highest of standards. It is always about setting and enforcing the standard; of being truly out front, being legal, moral.

My purpose is selfless service. Leadership is my DNA. I use my past experience, education, and insights to be a coach. I use a variety of assessments to assist you in self-discovery and self-learning. I help you draft your core purpose statement and your individual leadership development plan. I help you become a better you; I help your team become a.

New Albany, OH, US

• Duties and Responsibilities: Responsible for a professional staff of seven and 250 U.S. Hires (USHs) and Local National Linguists (LNLs) in support of TAAC-S and TAAC-W operations. Primary headquarters at KAF with five.
• Maintains 100% accountability of all assigned linguist personnel. Ensures each linguist’s individual information in USH and LNL data bases is current and accurate.
• Maintains 100% accountability of all equipment assigned to the AOR and to individual staff members, to include four vehicles and all institutional and corporate property.
• Assists in the training and development, training and mentorship of Site Coordinator, Movement Manager and Assistant Site Managers and Specialists.
• Establishes rapport and maintains frequent personal contact with Military Linguist Points of Contact (POCs) and Senior Linguist Coordinating Officers (SLCOs).
• Makes frequent and coordinated site visits to subordinate camps, Forward Operating Bases (FOBs), and Combat Outposts (COBS).

• Vice President, U.S. Business Development for Emergency Warning Systems (EMS). Responsible for all product introduction programs to introduce EMS and Radiolert product to the U.S. market. Develops marketing.
• Wrote and obtained management approval for the EWS business development plan for the North American and Canadian markets.
• Provide strategic direction and wrote the execution plan for the corporate approach to achieve FCC certification for the product.
• Engaged key distribution and user partners for critical pilot/beta testing of the unique emergency warning capability required for FCC approval and certification.

Reston, Virginia, US

- Worked as a Senior Planner and Advisor to U.S. and Coalition Military Information Support Operations (MISO / Psyop) and Information Operation (IO) Officers under Resolute Support (RS) Headquarters- Assisted in long-term and short-term planning of MISO and IO that supported USG strategic objectives- Provided research and insight to support target audience.

• Reports to and provides Civil-Military expertise to the ECJ9 Director (SES) and the Combatant Command. Supports the Deputy Director, Directorate Members and USG representatives for 12 agencies nested in the.
• Increased Reserve Component (RC) Civil Affairs presence for EUCOM mission and exercise support by over 300% in FY16 and for FY17 operations.
• Finalized creation and implementation of the Civil Partnering Division under the Ukraine Ministry of Defense (MoD).
• Secured additional $250K funding for EUCOM Army Reserve Element (ARE) staff augmentation, exercise support and annual training.
• Awarded Defense Meritorious Service (DMSM) award for 179 day tour.

Operations Officer (Colonel) for a Civil Affairs Command providing direct Civil Affairs / Civil Military Operations support to U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command. Communicates, coordinates, plans and executes CA/CMO missions and exercises in support of two high demand, high OPTEMPO Combatant Commands. Plans and executes CA/CMO missions in.

• Responsible for all in-theater intelligence, administration, life support and security for over 350 Task Force military, civilian and contractor personnel. Chief Liaison to Department of State, USAID, the International.
• Completed $30M rehabilitation project for natural gas pipeline and transitioned capabilities to public/private entity
• Orchestrated multiple senior-level U.S. business executive trips for public/private partnership collaboration for all issues related to economic and business development, resulting in over $1M of capital injection for.
• Managed foreign corporate oversight for Arianna national airline, resulting in the first year ever of profitability
• Directed the TFBSO deactivation activities; closed seven facilities and accounted/turned in organizational and excess property of over $5M of U.S. government property; transitioned key projects to USG Agencies or host.

• Conducted independent research, analysis, and product development expressly focused on generating innovative concepts for land forces in support of the CSA directed theme of “Mobility and Maneuver in the Evolving.
• Researched and wrote the Maneuver and Mobility Concept Team positions on the future use of Adaptive Manufacturing (3D Printing), full spectrum sensing, intra-theater airlift, UAV logistical/medical support and.
• Provided multiple written and oral recommendations to the CSA to prepare the Army to meet its long-term challenges. Three Concept Team recommendations were accepted by the CSA for immediate implementation and budget.
• Independently authored and published a study on “Regionally Aligned Forces – Unanswered Questions and Unforeseen Possibilities,” to address gaps and shortfalls in the year old program. RAF study included in the final.
• Impact: Nominated for a follow-on Active Duty assignment as a Reserve Component Army Strategist

• Managed and expended annual Reserve Components budgets of over $7M. Provided trained and ready Army Reservists to DA J-7, Joint Staff (South) for mission and exercise support.
• Requested by Rear Admiral Scott Stearney to be dual-hatted as J-9 due to wealth of Joint and Reserve experience
• Procured and managed training and deployment budgets for five services for validation and rapid mobilization
• Provided macro management for Army Reservists for training scenario writing and Annual Training deployments;
• Wrote action plan for restructuring and realignment of the ARE excepted and executed by the LTG Jeffery Talley, Chief of the Army Reserve (CAR)
• Impact: Deployed trained reserved service members and small units with exercise knowledge and expertise to 40+ exercises/contingency operations in over 20 countries on four continents

• Selected by the Army Reserve to fill the vacant position of Liaison. Responsible for representing EUCOM development issues for 51 European countries to USAID; facilitated collaborative planning ensuring EUCOM.
• Wrote and implemented the EUCOM/USAID joint planning framework for annual strategic/operational planning; this format adopted for future use by all Combatant Command Liaisons at USAID for their future planning model
• Re-started the long dormant civ-mil working group coordination meetings between EUCOM J-3, Plans and Operations and J-9 Interagency Partnerships, with the USAID Europe and Eurasian Bureau for four pilot development.
• Represented EUCOM and AFRICOM Humanitarian Assistance / Disaster Response interests for the Libya and Syrian Crisis Actions Groups; received the USAID Meritorious Service Award for performance on the CAG
• Ensured planning activities and operations of EUCOM were integrated with other USG agencies to include Departments of State, Homeland Security, Energy, Commerce, Treasury and National Defense University

US

• VP of an installation/servicing company of industrial power generation to large corporate clients (IBM, AT&T, Bloomberg, etc.) and sales and servicing of residential and small business generator systems and.
• Wrote annual business plan and created uniform business processes for corporate and residential clients, annual budgets, all governing business policies and procedures, and marketing initiatives; conducted quarterly.
• Established and maintained relationships with major manufacturers (Cummins, Baldor, Briggs & Stratton) for sales, delivery, installation coordination and repair parts. Reduced spare parts inventory by 50% using next.
• Initiated and maintained relationships and coordinated schedules with major suppliers and local vendors for fuel, oil, filters, electrical parts, and switchgear for the entirety of New York, Massachusetts, and New.
• Improved profitability by 25% in one year by optimizing scheduling, the supply chain, outsourcing of costly in-house fabrication, and focused cost management. Reduced number of vendors to 50% thus enabling ability to.
• Impact: Revived and restored a family owned small business to profitability in 1 year

• Commanded one of four Airborne CA Battalions out of 37 total Battalions. Continuously trained, equipped, and deployed Reserve specific Civil Affairs units and individual enablers for combat deployments to Iraq and.
• Rebuilt and reorganized a dysfunctional and ineffective Battalion decimated by a high operational tempo
• Trained and deployed over 400 CA personnel in required CA skills to prepare them for customized scenarios under numerous Major Commands and Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs), in two theaters of operations
• As Battalion Commander, selected by MG Morris as Team Chief, Civil Affairs Planning Team, Ramadi, Iraq. Served 6 months as the Economic Team Chief for the Ramadi PRT; directed all CA activities in Anbar Province. SME.
• Provided leadership and sustainment training that re-certified the Battalion for airborne operations

• Selected as the DCO to stand-up a unique Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Training Brigade. Trained, equipped, deployed and redeployed six Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Brigades for support of.
• Formed compound Battalions from non-qualified RC personnel for CA/Psyop training and mission execution; established chains of command and executed theater specific training requirements for new composite units.
• Supervised the training, equipping, education and doctrinal focus to ensure the success of Battalions/Brigades when deployed and attached to new leadership. Tracked and assured deployment requirements of each individual.
• Wrote and continuously updated Brigade training plans, methodologies, and Standard Operating Procedures to reflect changing conditions and priorities in multiple areas of operations.
• Impact: Preserved critical Civil Affairs and Psychological capabilities to warfighting Combatant Commanders.

• Selected as a Reserve Component Officer to fill the vacant position of Executive Officer. Directed the Brigade Staff in supporting 20,000+ combat, combat support and combat service support Coalition and Joint personnel.
• Moved the XVIII Corps operational assets from Ft. Bragg, NC to the Iraqi theater of operations via rail, sea, and air movements, with 100% accountability; conducted reverse retrograde and redeployment to Ft. Bragg.
• Commanded the Base Defense Operations Center with command and control over four Brigade Combat Teams; Conducted daily liaison with 3rd Infantry Division Deputy Commanding General (M) for all issues of base defense.
• Responsible for coordinating all life support and infrastructure issues with the Theater Sustainment Brigade and Base Commandant for nine subordinate base camps housing over 31,000 coalition and contractor personnel.

• Served under the operational control 3/5 Marine Regiment as Commander of the Government Support Team.
• Re-built the entire Provincial ration warehouse/distribution system in Diwaniya Province following hostilities.
• Re-built the Provincial banking system and re-established the Pension Bank for monthly monetary distributions
• Commander the Diwaniya pay site; distributed over $38M to ex-Iraqi military personnel for three Iraqi Provinces, reducing the immediate threat to security and stability from unemployed military aged males
• Established a financial aid distribution system for Diwaniya citizens through local Imans resulting in August 2003 Friday Call to Prayer from four Diwaniya Mosques: “Major Hope is a friend to Muslims and will not be.

St. Louis, MO, US

• Investment Representative, SEC 63 and 7 Licensed, providing financial advice, products, and services Investment Representative & Branch Manager
• Established a new branch office with zero book; grew branch book to over $30M in less than three years
• Established unique niche market with educational accounts, churches and charities accounting for 50% of branch book
• Selected as a trainer for new Investment Representatives to ensure their branch office success
• Received Regional Manager Award for being in the top 10% of performers for new office profitability contributors

• Responsible for managing, planning, designing and executing corporate strategic plans and programs for Stevens Office Interiors, a Steelcase Office Environment Dealership.
• Directed and managed sales, marketing, design and product installation services; P&L of $13M in FY 1998
• Developed and executed business plan for launch of a comprehensive line of interior architectural products resulting in $1M increase over traditional sales and allowing earlier entry into the traditional sales process
• Re-built firm design capabilities to included CAD and AUTOCAD; increased design/project management revenues by 30%;led and orchestrated futures study for streamlined inventory order and tracking systems reducing lost.

• Managed sales, design and marketing initiatives for a $30M Steelcase Office Environment DealershipVice President of Sales and Marketing
• Increased sales of products and design and installations services from $19M to $30M in three years
• Wrote and executed Annual Sales and Marketing Plans
• Voted Employee of the Year by all Forrer employees for the calendar year 1995
• Attended and passed comprehensive Steelcase dealer assessment program to qualify for future dealership ownership

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

• Wood Division Marketing Manager for 7 Regional offices in the Midwest Division. Led training, sales and marketing initiatives that resulted in 20% sales increase over traditional systems, desks and filing business over.
• District Manger for Steelcase Worldwide Accounts Division; primary account responsibility globally for United Airlines; Regional responsibility for Worldwide accounts of AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Kodak, Xerox and.
• District Manager for Major Dealer, Office Equipment Company, Chicago, IL, in the top 10% of Steelcase dealers with sales more than $50M annually. Contributed to 10% growth in sales per year by winning projects with.
• District Sales Representative, for Corporate Accounts, Small Dealers and Education and Institutional accounts

Bs, Engineering

Fellow, Military Strategic Studies, General

Masters Of The Arts (Ma), Military History

Masters Of The Arts (Ma), Strategic Studies

Certificate Program, Icf Performance Coaching