Defense Strategies and Assessments Program and Future of Warfare InitiativeCo-authored four major CNAS reports: •“Super Soldiers: A Strategy for Enhancing Warfighter Survivability” (co-author), https://bit.ly/2HJRnF8, April 2018•“Building the Future Force” (co-author), https://bit.ly/2GjeXLL, March 2018 •“The Bottom Line: 2019 Defense Budget Request” (co-author), cnas.org/PB19, February 2018•“Drone Proliferation: Policy Choices for the Trump Administration” (co-author), http://bit.ly/2yOwR1x, June 2017Published many individual and co-authored op-eds in outlets including The Hill, War on the Rocks, Modern War Institute at West Point, Military.com, Texas National Security Review, DefenseNews, The National Interest, Independent Journal Review, and Small Wars Journal.

• Staff the Senator for Senate Armed Services Committee hearings and create briefing background memos with questions; attended meetings with King Abdullah of Jordan, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Deputy Crown Prince and Saudi Minister of Defense Mohamad bin Salman, Kurdish Foreign Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir, and Kurdish Acting Peshmerga Minister Karim Sinjari.• Collaborate with senior leadership to identify defense policy priorities and formulate legislative agenda• Brief the Senator for engagements with U.S. military and civilian leadership, ambassadors, foreign government officials,and media, including The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, on terrorism and national security issues• Participate in meetings with senior military officers, civilian leadership, and foreign officials with the Senator• Draft new legislation and assess co-sponsorship opportunities to further office goals in existing legislative environment• Develop rigorous Defense budget analysis tools and service-specific budget and equipment reference materials for theSenator to use through the National Defense Authorization Act review and that can be updated in future years• Interview Executive Directors of think tanks, senior government officials, Congressional committee permanent staff,international scholars, and other subject matter experts on Middle East security issues to inform bill text• Lead constituent meetings with state National Guard, Reserves, and Veterans Affairs representatives• Rehired after six-week fellowship (April-May 2015) to support National Defense Authorization Act 2016 process

Advanced the creation of U.S. Defense Policy for Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.•Engaged with combatant command, intelligence community, Joint Staff, State Department, foreign delegations, and interagency partners•Coordinated the compilation of the Secretary of Defense trip book materials for travel to four Middle Eastern countries•Drafted a contingency planning paper for Interagency Policy Committee (IPC) consumption•Wrote talking points for Assistant Secretary of Defense press backgrounder to discuss Secretary of Defense travel to the region; Created unclassified press and think tank review and classified background materials for Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense in support of regional travel and interagency efforts•Completed security review on FOIA requests regarding sensitive U.S. Government policy and diplomatic dialogue•Discussed medium-term future of Middle East in “red team” exercise at DIA-hosted seminar with industry scholars•Executed bureaucratic processes including trip funding requests, parking and building access requests, and reimbursementsUnder Secretary of Defense for Policy/International Security Affairs ASD/Middle East Office DASD/Egypt, Israel & Levant Directorate.

Substantive 6-week fellowship position supporting a Senator with a leading national security profile on the US Senate Armed Services Committee. Gained legislative experience advancing current session floor initiatives, while simultaneously researching, preparing, coordinating, and drafting legislation for future policy goals. Was tasked with the responsibility to speak for the office on new legislation gaining insight into the legislative process and both the tactical and strategic process of policy creation and coalition building. Exposure to the NDAA process and national security policymaking.• Supported defense, foreign policy, and Armed Services Committee legislative initiatives through memos and briefings • Invited to return to the office in September 2015

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• Simplified FAFSA submission process by condensing large databases to coherent and relevant strategic conclusions• Presented information internally and participated as a team member in decision-making processes

• Revised existing process to streamline a raised floor data center for cost and energy efficiency• Modeled environmental data collected in Tileflow program to consider and approve optimization decisions• Presented success of project implementation to peers and Western Region Data Center Manager