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Virginia Beach, VA

• Coached 52 student-athletes, led six assistant coaches for athlete game/practice schedules, academic review, college recruiting, mentoring, tutoring, and equipment acquisition and inventory
• Managed, planned, and facilitated transportation, meals, and game officials (scheduled/paid)
• Coaching resulted in taking a team from a three win season record to a 12-7 record, finishing 2nd in the Tidewater Conference and ranking in top 10 (state) and 28 players committing to NCAA lacrosse at all levels
• Instituted a mandatory daily study hall and peer mentorship program, resulting in overall team GPA rising from 2.8 in 2019 to 3.6 in 2022
• Developed schedules to ensure assistants were able to maximize daily practices and participation
• Managed a limited $6K budget; coordinated and implemented fundraising, resulting in raising >$20K

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

• Managed six Navy staff and three civilian personnel responsible for C5I program operations in the SATCOM environment during testing phases
• Represented Admirals as C5I Subject Matter Expert (SME) to DoD Echelon II and Fleet Commanders
• Managed and supervised testing, evaluation, and integration of eight Command, Control, Communications, Computers, & Intelligence (C4I) Programs of Record, including Naval Multiband Terminal (NMT), Global Broadcast.
• Liaison for the MUOS program, as Lead Navy Operational Test Director (6 subordinates) and Joint Special operations, with a total cost of the program of ~$3.7B
• Provided Subject Matter Expert (SME) advice and counsel for communications section programs within the C4I and Space Divisions
• Led seventeen Test and Evaluation (T&E) evolutions, resulting in the identification of critical operational issues prior to Full Rate Production (FRP)

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

• Managed 28 sailors in two divisions responsible for the maintenance and operation of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Collaboration, and Intelligence (C5I) systems, including hardware, software, platforms.
• Facilitated, scheduled, and implemented a training program, resulting in 100% training requirement completion, 100% qualification rate, 100% divisional retention, 90% advancement, and 75% enrollment in higher education.
• Scheduled and managed integration, interoperability, and maintenance of Marine Expeditionary and Naval special warfare C5I equipment, including full-motion video of ISR platforms, as the SME
• Directed, managed, and facilitated 14 critical system tests required for ship sea trials and tests, including three System Operability Verification Tests (SOVTs) and four system upgrades (certifications of new systems.
• Managed, supervised, and monitored the shipboard communications center, as communications officer; reviewed, tested, and ensured thousands of computers, IP phones, and satellite systems (classified and unclassified).
• Coordinated with three Chiefs to develop and implement training, real-life scenarios, and on-the-job (OJT) job shadowing to learn the systems and enable repair capabilities, resulting in certifications for fit for sea.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

• Managed, supervised, and monitored a 20-man deployable Technical Surveillance Element Team (two years) for eight NSW deployments (over 10 years; six combat, two operational)
• Led communications teams and technical surveillance elements during combat operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) during deployment to Iraq, Afghanistan
• Managed, supervised, and led 25 communicators and 30 technical surveillance operators for two divisions and four foreign allies (locations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) as Leading Chief Petty Officer for the.
• Led Network SME in network design, installation, and oversight of the installation of one unclassified and three classified networks during NSWG-10 new building move-in, installed servers, routers, switches.
• Managed an $8.1M budget and accountability for 210 Controlled Cryptographic Items (CCI) with zero discrepancies; managed inventory for millions of dollars of C4I equipment, including >1000-line items of Controlled.
• Developed a full-motion video solution for the Scan Eagle platform, enhancing the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) mission capabilities with savings of ~$4M

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

• Supervised 30 joint service communicators; maintained seven communications systems and five automated data processing networks as Communications Department head for a Special Operations Task Unit forward deployed to Iraq
• Responsible for deploying, setting up, and maintaining deployable Satellite network systems; maintained a Tactical Operations Center consisting of numerous network systems, SATCOM Circuits, and Line of Sight.
• EKMS Manager in charge of 355 Line Items in multiple different countries and 750 Controlled Cryptographic Items (CCI) with zero discrepancies over four years

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

• Responsible for C4I shipboard systems, server management, and user accessibility
• Managed, led, and supervised 14 junior sailors during three deployments

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Cyber/Computer Forensics And Counterterrorism

Associate Of Arts - Aa, General Education And Information Technology, Gpa: 4.0

Courses: Information Literacy, Mathematics, Skills for Learning in an Info Age, and Contemporary Business