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O'Fallon, Il, Us

Operate as company Chief Executive Officer for the world leader in gyronautics (the science of autorotative flight) with a strong focus on leading the development and delivery of sustainable aviation solutions for both first world and developing nations.Key Impacts/Responsibilities:• Spearheaded all aspects of the rebranding and relaunch of a once public company that has subsequently been privatized.• Serve in an integral role by co-leading company fundraising efforts and acting as a frequent presenter at Venture Capital and investor conferences.• Orchestrated recruitment efforts for expanded Board of Advisors that now includes the CEO of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness, the Former Director of Argonne Labs, and the Director of Defense Advanced Research Projects (DARPA), in addition to several other high-profile leaders in their respective fields.• Drove the effective development and execution of the company’s strategy to target its unique technology (which blends the vertical takeoff elements of helicopters with range and speed of traditional fixed wing aircraft) to emerging and developing nations (particularly Africa, Asia, India, and South America).

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In a time of ever accelerating technological change and business transformation, the Council on Competitiveness shapes policies and runs programs to jump-start productivity and grow America's economy. The Council's membership is diverse and nonpartisan, representing the major sectors of the economy – CEOs, university presidents, labor leaders and national lab directors.Together, we work to ensure U.S. prosperity by advancing a pro-growth policy agenda in Washington, DC, and then we take action ourselves convening program initiatives across the country aimed at creating public-private partnerships where new technologies are born. These member-led initiatives are shaped around the areas of innovation frontiers, CTO policy advocacy, advanced computing, and energy and manufacturing.

The Avalon Institute is an advisory services firm focusing on leadership, strategy, and innovation. Leveraging State-of-the-Art Assessments and other methodologies proven across a wide range of industries, Avalon assists individuals and organizations enhance effectiveness and improve performance by identifying and capitalizing on new sources of intrinsic and extrinsic value.

Brighton, Ma, Us

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Social Entrepreneur, Senior Curator and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at http://www.GeneralLeadership.comPassionate about positive change, education, learning and the opportunity to empower the next generation of leaders who will tackle some of the most complex challenges facing humanity.► Co-founded and developed a unique blog showcasing leadership topics such as character, integrity and resilience as a practitioner and intellectual. ► Articulated leadership advice from America's top military leaders to include high profile senior military active and retired general officers. ► Authored blog articles on and off-site focused on leadership topics. ► Co-hosted a monthly nationally-syndicated radio program on Sirius XM Channel 125 in cooperation with the David Webb Show highlighting leadership and character models throughout the military and civilian community.

Certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in transforming America's Most Vulnerable population into it's Most Valuable Passengers. VET2S leverages advanced technology to (1) organize local and national ADA compliant transportation providers in order to (2) deliver effective service to the Veterans Affairs (VA) Administration, Non-Emergency Medical Transport (NEMT) users as well as our nations elderly population. Nationally, VET2S has teamed with DemandTrans (www.DemandTrans.com), a leading provider of advanced mobility solutions as well as Big Star Transit (http://www.bigstartransit.com), a progressive paratransit provider with a proven track record of success in serving the Non-Emergency Medical Transport, VA, and ADA market.VET2S is committed to providing those with the greatest need for reliable and affordable ADA compliant transportation a solution they deserve...one ride at a time. Learn more about our company at www.VET2S.com or www.DemandTrans.com D.U.N.S. #: 080145856 CAGE Code: 7K9M8

Oakland, California, Us

For 25 years, Sharp Decisions has been providing strategic business and technology consulting services to a variety of sectors. This enables us to respond to the ever-changing needs of our clients effectively and efficiently by utilizing skills and combined expertise from specialists throughout our corporation. This versatility has enabled us to gain momentum and, as need for talent in the IT field has increased, we’ve filled the void with an innovative new service capability employing returning military veterans.Under our V.E.T.S.™ (Vocation, Education and Training for Service members) Program, we hire tech-savvy, post-9/11 U.S. armed forces veterans and train them in Quality Assurance, Software Testing, Business Analysis and Project Management, among other specialties. Our veterans are fully salaried/benefited employees while undergoing, boot camp-like, project oriented technology training. We operate our program without any government assistance and do not touch the veterans’ GI Bill benefits.

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The Center for American Values is the home of America's Medal of Honor (MoH) recipients. It's purpose is to connect with individuals and organizations at all socio-economic levels through our programs including: Honor, Integrity, Patriotism Educational Outreach, Portraits of Valor Exhibit, On Values Speaker Series, and American Values Narratives Project.

Dallas, Texas, Us

• Operated as a key member of the C-Suite and as Chief Strategist, futurist, and change agent for America’s largest privately held transportation company valued at $1.2B through employment of expertise.• Closely collaborated with and directly reported to the CEO across all operations to ensure maximum success.• Directed all elements of the M&A evaluation process for the company over the course of my operations.Key Impacts:• Served as the Architect of MV Transportation's comprehensive three-year (2016-2018) growth strategy to drive the company from $1.2B in annual revenue to $2B+.• Carried out the effective establishment of the MV Innovation and Initiatives Lab, a structured and disciplined framework to optimize and enhance business results and foster a culture of continual evaluation and improvement. • Searched for and identified over $120M in cost savings opportunities and oversaw the establishment of project flow to capture these savings over 3-year period. • Tasked with serving as MV’s Chief Inquiry Officer and methodology expert and facilitator for the most critical innovation teams across the company, providing support to people in continually “raising the bar” in delivering best-in-class services, products, and capabilities. • Supervised and directed all operations of a diverse team in providing over $5M in global transit and events management solutions to a wide array of international constituents, including the Olympic Committee, World Cup Federation, F1 Racing, and dozens of host governments. • Conducted the evaluation, assessment, and recommendation of merger and acquisition targets to the Board of Directors.

Kabul, Af

• Furnished leadership and guidance to the 800+ multi-national workforce from 14 nations in accomplishing an historic, precedent setting endeavor.• Effectively administered and allocated a $1.1B annual budget and $6.5B in assets across my operations.• Oversaw the safe and successful integration of seven diverse platforms through utilization of expertise.• Operated in a pivotal capacity by driving the development of strategy to accelerate program growth, reduce risk, and increase system resilience.Key Impacts:• Led the development and implementation of organizational requirements, messaging, and risk-adjusted financial plan that net 5-year savings of greater than $2.1B. • Carried out the optimization and enhancement of logistics accuracy by 150%, as well as reducing manpower requirements by 70% and improving operational mission performance by >200%. • Presided over and executed Organizational Restructuring, resulting in a 500% improvement in the underperforming maintenance system, a 175% increase in spare parts access, and the creation of an innovative centralized supply depot model.• Extensive leadership efforts and operations were recognized and commended with the 2014 Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence in Maintenance Training, Advice, and Assistance of Foreign Security Forces as the top nation building program in the world.• Navigated all elements of the establishment of the Afghan Air Force Academy to meet required institutional manpower capabilities. • Drove the creation and development of leadership development processes/programs for Afghan personnel in 12 career fields. • Conceptualized and developed a comprehensive program to maximize personnel performance of diverse, 14-national International advising team, the first-ever large-scale integration of Emotional Intelligenceprinciples in nation building in US government history.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

• Acted as lead strategist and chief change architect for the DOD’s $14B/year global manager of transportation & logistics.• Devised, developed, and administered the most extensive Command transformation effort in the 25-year history of the organization. Key Impacts:• Tasked with driving the most comprehensive strategy development and transformation effort in 25 years at one of the nation’s preeminent warfighting commands. Carried out the execution of change strategies that enabled rapid adoption of new structures, policies, and procedures while reducing negative change impacts.• Handled the establishment of significant new organizational adaptability/change capability, as well as personally directing the development and delivery of first every widespread Emotional Intelligence training to enhance individual and collective performance. • Devised, created, and developed a comprehensive governance methodology and metrics blueprint for the USTRANSCOM and components, which is now the backbone of command fiscal prioritization process. • Created and conducted the rigorous assessment of existing organizational processes and led the effective implementation of numerous innovative process changes, netting $700M in savings in 11 months. • Piloted the designed and execution of USTRANSCOM culture assessment and enhancement efforts. • Orchestrated the creation of a “customer service culture” by quantifying the value of customer retention, including initiating customer focus groups and exit interviews and involving all key external DoD and commercial industry stakeholders. • Demonstrated significant success with my efforts contributing to the USTC realizing single greatest improvement in 2013 Federal Government Best Workplaces in employee engagement/customer satisfaction in DoD.

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Served as senior mentor to hand-selected, high-performing officers designated by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force to broaden their experience and perspective in areas such as national military strategy, national defense policy and international relations. Worked with Program facilitators from the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) in developing strategic problem-solving skills, systems thinking and exploring organizational change strategies.

Led Strategic Planning efforts for directorate of 300 people responsible for global movement of goods and personnel for the United States military. Drafted strategic direction and business strategy documents for Commander (CEO) and briefed strategy priorities at the annual Board of Directors strategy review. Worked closely with senior leaders across the organization, members of the executive and senior leadership teams to outline how results of extensive data analysis informed recommended areas of emphasis/investment. Key responsibilities included:Formulate commands position related to business strategy and logistics movement priority by working cross-functionally with leaders in order to gain alignment and traction. Facilitated the development of the J5/$ annual logistics movement and distribution strategy outlining the various paths for growth and risks associated with each path. Developed enterprise-wide approach for performance management providing appropriate linkages to business Segment Plans and Operating Scorecards. Developed and maintained SWOT analysis using objective assessment data. Developed outline of how current portfolio of initiatives could benefit from, or be negatively impacted by, future technologies. Brought a business/entrepreneurial/product and customer-centric approach to all elements of the business.Worked closely with data analysis team to develop insights in order to identify trends, actions, future product policy/technical/technology needs. Translated market research data to identify customer, industry, and technology trends while assessing market prospects. Took an active role in national industry forums to ensure strong representation by the US Transportation Command Strategy and Logistics team.

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