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10 SOPS, Point Mugu, CA

• Manage the 10th Space Operations Squadron (10 SOPS) Satellite Prime Contract serving as Program Manager for Satellite Operations, Maintenance, and Support Services (SOMSS)
• Supervise a staff of 33 personnel across 4 geographical locations, to include 18 direct reports
• Implement and execute Quality Assurance Program for headquarters and detachments
• Research and develop ground systems solutions, repairs, upgrades, and installations for Communications Security (COMSEC), Networking equipment, Baseband, and Radio Frequency, and antenna hardware
• Coordinate work and collaborate with Department Heads and/or Detachment Officer in Charge (OICs) on technical and contract-related business
• Quality Control (QC) Manager in charge of the development and maintenance of the QC plan, creating and carrying out inspections and spot-checks for Operations, Maintenance, and Support Services

Point Mugu, CA

• Served as a Key Management Infrastructure (KMI) Operating Account Manager (KOAM)
• Managed over 800-line items of controlled and classified keying material/transmission security
• Provided guidance to Local Element (LE) users for proper protection and safeguarding of COMSEC material
• Applied Systems Operability and Maintenance and Material Management (3M) program on satellite ground systems equipment to maintain equipment readiness of 95%
• Advised and shared my experience and superior qualifications in the Electronic Key Management System (EKMS) with 15 plus years of related skills

Naval Expeditionary Combat Command Pacific (NECCPAC), Port Hueneme, CA

• Telecommunications Support Subject Matter Expert (SME)/Specialist for NECCPAC, Expeditionary Service Support Center (ESSC), Port Hueneme
• Served as their Project Manager providing direction for networking interconnections through secure voice/data switching and routing equipment, and cryptographic equipment
• Provide 24/7 SATCOM support and troubleshooting techniques of radiofrequency (RF) paths to a headquarters element and (3) subordinate units
• Afforded expert recommendation for frequency management and satellite circuits to subordinates when submitting Satellite & Gateway Access Request (SAR/GAR) through satellite control centers
• Coordinated with Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), multiple Satellite Tactical Entry Point (STEP) sites, and commercial circuit providers to ensure most effective satellite links are established
• Improved quality assurance by 98% with regards to communication systems implementation, program management, and application processing, while maintaining all tactical nodes of communications

East Coast, West Coast, Overseas

• Trained over 200 Marine communicators and developed Program Managers to leverage their full range of expertise and capabilities in the satellite communications environment
• Supervised a staff of 29 Marine Communication Instructors with a throughput of over 200 students and eight iterations of classes annually, accumulated over 200 hours of academic instructions
• Communications Advisor for a Marine Transition Team during a successful 7-month deployment to Al Anbar province, Iraq; established uninterrupted communications node
• Trained Iraqi Commanders and Border Policemen from 5th Brigade, 2d Region Department of Border Enforcement (DBE), Iraq; assessed 14 border forts during 45 combat patrols, to promote effective communications practices
• Managed over $20 million of communications equipment and provided detailed reports of personnel, maintenance, and equipment readiness
• Implemented and employed over 1000 pieces of satellite transmissions variants, satellite communication (SATCOM) and network on-the-move (SOTM/NOTM) systems

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Information Technology Systems Management, Summa Cum Laude

Associate'S Degree, Information Technologies And Network Systems