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Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Austin, Texas, United States

• Execute time-sensitive synchronized operations and engagements in support of an Army major command and subordinate headquarters.
• Lead Director’s Initiative Group strategies including coordination of multi-functional staff of over 200 professionals, ensuring development and execution of the Army’s future Concept and Requirements development, and.
• Influences strategic leadership decisions by formulating recommendations on Army strategic investment in research, development, technology and prototyping with strategic national security objectives.
• Conducts organizational and strategic communications/engagements, across industry and the Department of Defense, to further Army Modernization priorities.

National Training Center & Fort Irwin, CA

• Directed military and civilian staff in performance of operations, planning, training, mobilization and security supporting capstone training events at the world’s largest and most sophisticated training center.
• Managed a workforce of over 280 military, civilian and contract personnel while creating/maintaining a working environment that ensured initiative and mission success; and a $100M annual budget.
• Planned, developed, resourced, implemented and managed rotational training for resident and visiting Army units.
• Developed major programs, policies and initiatives ensuring execution of Army senior leaders’ vision.

Fort Benning, GA

• Led an extremely diverse Army organization of over 1,600 Soldiers and Department of the Army Civilians that included the Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCoE)/Fort Benning, GA headquarters and staff, four Directorates.
• Executed supervisory oversight over 2,000 U.S. military officers/noncommissioned officer students and 500 international military students from 108 different countries.
• Implemented leadership program that inculcated organizational vision and workforce initiative resulting in achieving assigned missions, perfect equipment accountability, and personnel retention and medical readiness.
• Administered $1.3 Million combined budget across the organization, ensuring a balance of fiscal responsibility and mission accomplishment.
• Developed partnership programs with local county government, school district, Chamber of Congress, and non-profit organizations that resulted in over 6000 hours of Soldier-volunteer effort which improved esprit, U.S.

Fort Benning, GA

• Coordinated actions of senior military and civilian staff in performance of operations, human resources, budget development, financial management, logistics, public relations, legal, security, and risk management.
• Coordinated with multiple agencies across the Army enterprise in order to solve emerging dilemmas, guidance and policy shifts.
• Through leading multiple cross-functional teams, facilitated the implementation of updated installation regulation, safety and FOIA request policies, medical readiness guidance, budget and civilian workforce policy.
• Provided oversight of two major installation renovation projects ensuring timely execution
• Assessed/monitored organizational audit program ensuring quality feedback and process improvements

National Training Center And Fort Irwin, CA

• Directed military and civilian staff in performance of operations, exercise design, training and simulations in support of readiness training for over 56,000 personnel annually for world wide deployment in defense of.
• Supervised and mentored 4 senior managers with oversite of 36 military and 75 civilian employees supporting an organization of over 800 personnel.
• Supervised the planning/preparation for twelve training rotations, ensuring implementation/execution of Army and training unit objectives and senior leader guidance.
• Managed a complex organizational structure and diverse tasks list, maintaining the operational synchronization of over 15 observer/coaching teams
• Conducted organizational and strategic communications/engagements with over 60 international, national and regional military and civilian leaders, facilitating understanding of the organization’s mission and vision.

National Training Center And Fort Irwin, CA

• Observed, coached and trained 20 separate Army organization’s staff teams in military operations and planning in support of world-wide deployment and high-intensity training rotations.
• Synchronized the planning and execution of 20 training rotation scenarios ensuring accomplishment of training units’ training objectives; collectively trained over 112,000 Soldiers.
• Directly supervised over 7 military leaders in execution of their individually-assigned observer/coach teams’ operational objectives.
• Planned, prepared and executed after-action review and feedback activities which training and operational improvement-oriented trends and recommended process improvements were disseminated across the Army enterprise.

Fort Hood, TX And Iraq (OEF 2011)

• Directed the planning, resourcing, synchronization of training and operations of an Army organization consisting of over 930 Soldiers; both while stationed at Fort Hood, TX and through a high-tempo, operational.
• Strategically postured the organization for long-term accomplishment by developing two forward-focused annual training plans that took into account mission-essential tasks, resourcing and environmental turbulence.
• Directed the planning, resourcing, synchronization and supervision of the organization’s maintenance program ensuring on overall operational readiness rate above 99% of over 1300 pieces of equipment worth in excess of.
• Responsible for the planning and synchronization the organization’s leader development program, to include effective personnel placement and mentoring of over 80 officers.
• Exercised fiscal responsibility by initiating the identification and recycling/recapitalization of over 400 pieces of equipment, totaling over $1.1 million.

National Training Center And Fort Irwin, CA

• Observed, coached and trained 15 separate Army operational organizations and staffs in military operations and planning in support of world-wide deployment and high-intensity training rotations.

Fort Hood, TX And Iraq (OIF 1 And 05-07)

• Led two separate and distinct Army organizations, being responsible for training, readiness and operational employment of over a combined 720 Soldiers and in excess of $100 million of equipment; while stationed at Fort.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Strategic Studies, National Security Studies

Master Of Arts (Ma), Military Operational Art And Science

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Criminal Justice