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Quantico, VA, US

United States

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Quantico, VA

Quantico, VA

Leads a diverse team of military personnel, civilian PhDs, training/education specialists and administrators, in partnership with prestigious higher-learning institutions, to provide ethics and leadership development training/education to Marines and civilian employees of all ranks. Serves as director and lead facilitator for the Commandant’s required.

Quantico, VA

• Responsible to the Commanding General for all staff functions involving the development, coordination, resourcing, execution, and evaluation of all Marine Corps training and education concepts, policies, plans, and.
• Serves as the key staff integrator with executive management authority over 11,000 military, civil service, and contractor personnel, executing a $555M budget to providing training and education for 160,000 students.
• Ensures effective knowledge management to support senior leader decision-making and to enhance mission accomplishment.

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

• Led a diverse organization of over 1700 military and civilian personnel with a $277M budget to provide administrative, training, logistics, facilities, communication, medical, legal, and recreational support to.
• Coordinated facilities management, maintenance, safety, and security for 25% of the facilities on the Marine Corps’ largest amphibious training base, reducing costs by 25% by improving accountability.
• Aligned structure, processes, and procedures to produce a 20% increase in operational readiness, the highest levels since the conception of the organization.

Helmand Province, Afghanistan

• Led the development of Afghanistan’s Operations Coordination Centers to command and control international/interagency security operations in Afghanistan’s most violent and unstable areas during the withdrawal of.
• Served as the principle expert on the development of the previously failed Operations Coordination Centers and the lead negotiator between Afghan agencies at the presidential/4-star-level.
• Responsible for coordinating security operations between the five pillars of ANSF -- Afghan National Army, Afghan Uniformed Police, Afghan Border Police, Afghan National Civil Order Police, and the National Directorate.

Camp Lejuene, NC

• Responsible for the coordination of operations of the 62,000-strong II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) in support of global security requirements.
• Maintained the Commanding General's operational picture, facilitating resource decisions that maximized combat effectiveness and sustained force readiness.
• Responsible for II MEF's Mission Assurance Program, Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection Program, Strategic Engagement Program, and MEU Training and Deployment Program.
• Coordinated the planning and execution of Marine Expeditionary force training, exercises, and operations for strategic global response, crisis response/management, international humanitarian assistance, defense support.
• The Commanding General’s lead planner for aviation operations and US Navy Fleet Forces scheduling.
• Ran the II MEF Current Operations Center and re-wrote the Operations Procedures.

Omaha, Nebraska

• Led a team of senior strategic planners and analysists to develop and implement the command’s first Command Strategy, Campaign Plan, and International Engagement Strategy to integrate national defense across broad.
• Orchestrated and facilitated 4-star international engagements to negotiate strategic partnerships in global security.

• Oversaw operational risk management for 9 fixed-wing squadrons and 12 rotary-wing squadrons during a period of high operational tempo and combat deployments. Ensured the preservation of all assets and produced the.

Miramar, CA

• Organized, trained, and led an inexperienced F/A-18 squadron in combat operations in Iraq, flying four times the planned rate, far exceeding support provided by other squadrons, all without the loss of personnel or.
• Developed an intelligence sharing system that revolutionized flight operations in Al Anbar Province.
• Maintained the highest personnel retention and safety record in Third Marine Aircraft Wing.

• Second in command of the Marine Corps’ entry-level school responsible for the training, professional development, and career assignment of all newly commissioned officers.
• Developed the Marine Corps Mentoring Program for sustained professional development of all Marines.
• Led strategic planning and orchestrated staff planning for the rebuilding of the institution’s facilities.

Masters Of National Security And Strategic Studies

- Graduated with Highest Distinction. Received the Stephen Bleeker Luce Award for highest achievement. - MA Degree from Naval War College.

Masters Of Military Studies, Strategy And Policy

Activities and Societies: Graduated with distinction.Graduated with distinction.

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Hs, Gen

Valedictorian

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