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Deerfield, Il

Building an ecosystem of partners and development of new markets for JMA's industry leading wireless connectivity products, technologies and solutions. Corporate representative to alliances and consortiums for initiatives in areas of Smart Buildings, City, Venues, Transportation, CBRS, IoT and 5G technologies.

Fema Region V - Midwest, Chicago, Il

US Navy designated representative and operations officer coordinating support for disaster response and homeland security with federal, state and local agencies and private organizations, aka Defense Support of Civilian Authorities (DSCA). Significant recent mission support include: US DoD liaison and coordinating officer for hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate in 2017, Republican National Convention and hurricane Matthew in 2016.

Us Fleet Forces Command, Norfolk, Va

Managed unit of 35 military experts supporting the US maritime operations center coordinating all US based naval forces conducting homeland security and disaster response missions and preparation.

Lincolnshire, Il

Primary responsibility to direct internal and external business relationships and marketing for next generation unified communication, collaboration, mobility software and hardware solutions. Led emerging technologies in IoT with biometrics, unified communications, displays, microservices and cloud function technology. Also owned global product introduction and strategy development for the government direct and indirect sales channels. Enabling a global network of account teams, channels and partners in over 35 countries. o Awarded NEC 2014 Global Business Unit Excellence Award for leadership in business expansion. o Re engineering operational support for major technology partners including system integrators and sales alliances post-merger to ensuring survival of installed base.o Identifying new partnership and go to market channel opportunities and by promoting communications as software into non-traditional channels o Establishing vertical solutions and alliances for hospitality, healthcare, education and government sectors in the Americas, Europe. Middle East and Asia.

Us Naval Forces Central Command – Air Base, Bahrain

Second in command managing a forward deployed air base in the Middle East with responsibility for all base facilities, services and airfield operations and departments. Multi-mission/multinational installation supporting up to 3,000 personnel conducting joint and combined combat, security, intelligence, reconnaissance and humanitarian operations.

Us Navy Reserve, Norway

Collaborated with NATO partner countries training executive and operational command staffs for ISAF deployment to Afghanistan. Coordinated all US military support conducting mission rehearsals for six major NATO command staff rotations. During tenure, completed the Navy executive management program for top 5% of officers.

Us Second Fleet, Norfolk, Va

Led operational planning and execution for a 120 member joint task force specializing in joint military, interagency and non-government organization operations across North and South America.

Us Naval Forces Europe, Naples, Italy

Planning and policy development leader of a 200 member enterprise supporting US naval forces in Europe and Africa. Transitioned eight military units to a cooperative security engagement mission for 38 developing countries in collaboration with National Defense University and aligned with US national strategy.

Lincolnshire, Il

Formulated and led initiatives targeting the OEM marketplace for communication technology; concurrently, globalized both the business and technology. Established a network of international and OEM partners driving year-over-year sales growth and set the conditions financially for a shareholder desired acquisition in 2007. o Launched the global business partner program. o Increased global reach of technology with OEM partners resulting in the sales of a re-branded product to international markets in Europe, Asia and Latin America.o Launched VoIP technology to a globally managed triple play (voice, video, data) service offering specific to the government and higher education marketplaces.o Partnerships resulted in critical additional equity investment prior to acquisition.

Lake Bluff, Il

In a joint business development, marketing and engineering role, led technology, strategic initiatives, planning and marketing of all communication software and hardware products. Presenter and panelist at numerous industry trade shows including Network+Interop, VoiceCon, Internet Telephony, and CT Expo.o Created first strategic partnership program; developed co-marketing and product development relationships with 5 strategic partners resulting in majority of company's sales.o Created the industry benchmark product-line achieving highest score in independent testing compared to products from competitive vendors including Cisco, NEC, Alcatel, and Avaya. o Won multiple product of the year awards from industry analysts, press and events.o Created the industry awareness and public relations program inclusive of comprehensive press, analyst and consultant initiatives to drive market share domination for large IP PBX systems.

Lake Bluff, Il

Systems (support engineers, training and documentation) and sales engineering leader. o Established a team to generate sales and services revenue for new VoIP and IP PBX market.o Implemented an quality control systems which delivered well-above industry averages in ticket closure time and customer satisfaction.o Project managed the installation of industry's first multi-site 1000+ user IP PBX. o Coordinated product development, launch and marketing for one of the industry's first VoIP PBX systems.o Lead the installation of prototype and beta site installations of numerous early generation VoIP and LAN based communication systems.

Annapolis, Md

Taught Economic Analysis, Statistics, and Operations Analysis. Ranked 2nd out of 180 instructors by peers for teaching excellence. Recognized for technological innovation and student involvement.

Norfolk, Va

Directed training for 180 nuclear engineering personnel; managed mechanical engineering and laboratory technician departments. Completed and qualified as nuclear propulsion engineering officer in 22 versus the average of 30 months. Was boarding officer for maritime interdiction and security operations for NATO mission in support of United Nations resolutions.

Libertyville, Il

Did the production planning and inventory control for a electronic device manufacturing plant building uninterrupted power supplies and power conditioners.

Fish Creek, Wi

How I put myself through college and graduate school! Ran the operations for an 80 employee amusement park with go karts, haunted house, bumper boats, mini golf, arcade, restaurant, kiddie rides, Scambler, Tilt-a-Whirl and more. Built and maintained many of the rides and facilities. This along with jobs renting boats, teaching sailing, working in the construction trades (carpentry, masonry, painting and electrical work) and a work study program as a lab assistant at the UW-Madison Material Science department paid for my education and gave me the business experience to get into the UW Business School.

Ms, Business Management

Graduate thesis on "Modeling Failure Modes for Business Organizations in Cyclical Markets".

Graduate Level, Jpme, National Security And Strategic Studies

Graduate and certification in Joint Professional Military Education (JMPE) for globally recognized senior military and national security.

Bs, Engineering Mechanics

Activities and Societies: Cross Country Ski TeamSenior design project for NASA that did the mechanical design for a temperature sensor.

Graduate, Nuclear Engineering

Graduate of US Navy nuclear power and engineering officer program. Qualified to operate and manage all aspects of a naval nuclear power.