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Squadron commander of 859 Special Operations Squadron.

Led small teams of highly trained, culturally astute air advisors to deliver aviation capability and directly advise and train partner nation forces. Strategic Development• Authored 2 strategy policy handbooks on own initiative once gap in guidance detected; synthesized 10 years of advisor best practices; published Air Force wide. Organizational Leadership & Design• Hand-picked to build Central American flight ops for new regional mission from scratch; led 10 aircrew with 80 missions performed & 100% success rate. Awarded Air Commando Association Commander’s Leadership Award (<1% top performers in command).Mentorship & Problem Solving• Mentored & led 18 person team in Africa struggling with low morale & regulatory compliance in position two levels above pay grade. Provided vision, team design, and process improvements resulting in highest ops tempo in history of mission, 100% compliance, & team turnaround.Business Judgement & Evaluation• Developed and executed validation program of a critical $22.6M contract to secure future logistical air support with civilian contractors for continued Central African operations

Led and trained Special Operations aircrews in support of ground Special Operations forces. Global experience flying high risk missions on five continents; instructed 45 aircrew as valuable subject matter expert.Project Management• Effectively managed $210 million in aircraft in level above pay grade; responsible for the training of 100 aircrew & scheduling and maintenance of 20 aircraft- successfully streamlined operations process resulting in zero mission cancellations.Team Leadership• Directed 7 special operations officers in 3 career specialties; personally gave performance feedback, supervised training, & evaluated skill and career development in leadership position ahead of peers.Risk Management• Successfully flew high risk airdrop missions of critical supplies to isolated Special Ops teams in Afghanistan. 1300 flying hours with over 350 combat hours & 180 night-vision-goggles hours.

Led project teams to solve conceptual and analytical problems to drive distinctive impact. Examples of work include:Media, Entertainment, and Consumer Technology• Diagnosed player lifecycle management at leading video games developer, interviewed stakeholders across marketing, data science, game development, and commercial functions, identified gaps, and recommended creation of agile performance marketing team to increase acquisition and retention• Spearheaded advanced analytics effort at consumer technology company, built visitor profiles based on website and app behaviors and a strategy to target visitors based on specific needs, and launched a cross-functional agile team to translate insights into testable marketing ideas with 5-10% revenue growth• Managed enterprise-wide cost transformation at leading US video games publisher; launched central project office, tracked and implemented savings, and coordinated communications across company, saving over $200M • Designed procurement at leading US video games publisher, coordinating across live ops, IT, facilities, and finance to devise new policies and negotiate contracts, saving over $30M Executive Thought Partnership• Led COVID-19 crisis response for top 25 university, managed cross-functional cadence for day-to-day operations across all university stakeholders, conducted daily and weekly updates for President, and created and implemented reopen roadmap resulting in swift return of on-campus research and on-time launch of fall semester• Partnered with Assistant Secretary of the Air Force to develop new system of KPIs to increase transparency, resolve problems, and allocate capital effectively across multiple org silosStrategic Development• Designed strategy workshop for executive leadership at consumer tech company to leverage key capabilities to support the next decade of growth• Developed strategy to radically reinvent CPG company to leverage its strengths to grow outside its core business