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Greater St. Louis

Greater St. Louis

• Manages a 330-person headquarters staff in 7 divisions with a $2.5B budget. Provides policy, training, resourcing and support for 22K Air Force personnel at 50+ operating locations worldwide. Oversees the health and.
• Developed staff’s transition to COVID protocols; uninterrupted support to field operations.
• Established rapid, on-site COVID testing at 2 airports in 30 days; protected 9,200 travelers.

Scott AFB, IL

• Led 54 personnel managing aircraft maintenance policy, manning, training, quality, and repair networks for the Air Force’s worldwide mobility operations. Championed innovations to improve maintenance efficiency.
• Designed and fielded the Air Force’s 1st maintenance virtual reality training; improved student retention 35%, reduced class time 60%; saved $5M and returned 8.6K man-hours/year to operations.
• Grew parts library for additive manufacturing from 0 to 300; saved $1M by printing scarce parts.
• Led 10-person team to develop Air Force’s 1st competency-based training model; improved readiness and capability of 2K maintenance officers worldwide.

Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar

• Directed 1.1K maintenance personnel and a fleet of 50 aircraft executing 10K flights in support of U.S. operations in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan with 97% mission effectiveness. Managed 5 repair networks supplying 18.
• Repaired 20K parts for the region; saved $60M in transportation costs.
• Broke 45-yr-old record launching 834 bomber flights with 0 maintenance cancellations
• Built air refueling operation in Afghanistan in only 10 days; cut customer response time by 4 hours.

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ

• Led 1.4K logistics personnel, managed two aerial ports, and directed a fleet of 46 aircraft supporting United States Transportation Command’s worldwide operations. Managed a $13.2M annual operations budget and.
• Produced 30% of the airlift required for White House travel, the most of any Air Force organization.
• Moved 47K tons cargo/136K passengers with a 99% on-time rate; selected as Air Force's best port.
• Transitioned maintenance personnel off perpetual 12-hour shifts while maintaining effectiveness.

Pentagon

• Managed a team of 10 designing and controlling Joint Staff strategic exercises and DoD participation in National Level exercises. Facilitated Federal Interagency (IA) participation in DoD events.
• Designed Joint Staff participation/exercise control for 1st-ever 4-combatant commander exercise.
• Deployed 200 Joint Staff personnel off-site; validated Pentagon operational contingency plans.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar

• Led 1K expeditionary Airmen maintaining 60+ diverse aircraft and producing 17K combat sorties.
• Produced 24K combat flights with 97% mission effectiveness; achieved 99% munitions reliability.
• Built new aircraft pre-launch process; improved mission capability 10%, reduced air aborts 94%.

Pentagon

• Built and published the Air Force’s annual 5-year budget request. Created senior leader communications to advocate for and defend programs and budgets to the Defense Department, the Joint Staff, and Congress.
• Developed two annual Air Force budgets, integrating $1.2T across 12 Air Force core functions.
• Transformed corporate process to paperless operations; saved $100K/600 man-hours/year.

Pentagon

• Led team of 12 coordinating Deputy Chief of Staff’s strategic communications, policy development, and workflow.
• Coordinated 1,600 headquarters tasks with a 99.7% on-time rate.
• Guided staff of 300 through transition to new workflow tool; maintained 99% on-time rate.

Various

Developmental engineer, maintenance officer, Air Force Intern, and squadron commander.

Master Of Science (M.S.), National Resource Strategy (Supply Chain Management Concentration)

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science In Engineering, Mechanical Engineering And Material Science

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Military Operational Art And Science/Studies

Education record