Independent Board Director, Consultant, Authorized Partner - of The Five Behaviors of Cohesive Teams and Everything DiSC. Certified Executive Leadership Coach, National Association of Corporate Directors Leadership Fellow, Founding member Private Director Association Houston Chapter, Leadership Motivational Speaker and best selling author of the book “ Shirts Off Our Backs; Boots Off Our Feet - How Leadership Enables Logistics and Supply Chain Execution and Gives You the Edge to Win”. Current Board Director Curtiss Wright and Ready One; Previous Board Director Houston Food Bank - largest food bank in the nation, Global Supply Chain, University of Tennessee and Chairman GovExchange Advisory Boards. Expert in strategic planning, problem solving, crisis management, team building and leader development. Thirty (30) plus years of corporate–level leadership experience; providing vision, developing strategy and directing the performance of national and global scale manufacturing, maintenance management, logistics, transportation, distribution, research and development organizations. Former Lieutenant General and Deputy of the U.S. Army Materiel Command. A global 58 billion dollar logistics and supply chain enterprise consisting over 120,000 soldiers and employees in all 50 states supporting the US Army and over 150 countries.Directed the Army's R&D efforts of over 10,000 scientists and engineers to harness emerging technology to create new “game changing” future capabilities. Strategic thinker that drove organization supply chain cyber assurance initiatives to safeguard information systems, networks, manufacturing infrastructure, weapons systems and supply chain. Thought leader who guided and shaped efforts, productivity, efficiency and positive culture and work environment of 23 Arsenals, depots and manufacturing plants. Testified before congress on the significance of the DoD industry base. Deployed of one of the largest Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems in the world; achieved real-time end-to-end asset visibility, revolutionized production and capacity planning capabilities. Improved on-time delivery 15.3%.Demonstrated proven track record of achievement in continuous process improvement. Realized $17.2 billion in savings through: improved demand forecasting, inventory reduction, investment in technology and infrastructure. Community leader who has a reputation as a strategic team builder; unified community officials and congressional representatives to create long-term economic partnerships.