Responsible to identity operational support needs and validate the requirements that will fill gaps in those needs in innovative ways for operations and efforts in the Pacific region, covering 36 countries. Leads organization Science Technology and experimentation programming in the Pacific region. Aggressively develops accelerated and accurate processes for tracking expenditures and reporting to Congress. Solves dilemmas with creative ways to save program schedules, avoiding cost growth while maintaining program integrity. Directly engages with senior executives in the Pentagon using effective communication strategies.

Served as THE principal financial advisor to senior leadership and led 23 financial services and budget analyst personnel in the execution of a multi-million-dollar procurement, contracting, sustainment, maintenance and repair budget supporting multinational units in seven operating locations in the UK and Norway. Developed program management fiscal policy and spend plan management structure, and identified budgetary shortfalls to senior executives. Responsible for salary pay and benefits for over 11,000 personnel. Responsible to gain additional funding support through communication strategy and budgetary forecasting. Engineered innovative funding strategies that streamlined funding processes and adjusted procedures increasing pay accuracy by 62%.

Lead a 12-member team that provided fund management for research, test, development and evaluation, and procurement of Air Force weapon systems. Oversaw program management of multi-billion-dollar accounts. Resolved data dissemination and communication problems and drove operational improvements in budget operations and developed an automated budget allocation procedures that reduced manpower hours from 24 hours to just 1 minute. Streamlined data management and reporting to consolidate 7 years of data in to quick-access reporting. Responsible to arrange program review schedules for senior executives – managed agendas, prepared lower teams for executive meetings, gathered reports, managed schedules, organized and prioritized workflows and tasks. Built a coalition across Pentagon senior executive and streamlined their fiscal review processes, saving 66% in Senior Leaders’ time and enabling in-depth decision-making while still meeting uncompromising timelines. Oversaw, negotiated, and planned expenditures for the $1.8 billion Afghan Trust Fund. Engaged with and reported execution to 57 international Embassy Ambassadors and finance personnel. Developed the first-ever trend analysis of project and procurement spending that projected anticipated needs for donor funds and increased cash flow accuracy.

Lead 53 Center of Expertise team members who provided cost and budget analysis, training, and Support Agreement training to over 85 Air Force locations around the world. Planned training and analysis schedules and reviewed 96 complex Air Force Economic and Cost Analyses in excess of billions of dollars. Provided training to Support Agreement Managers, financial managers and budget officers on analytical techniques and decision support skills (the techniques of fiscally advising senior leaders/decision-makers) at 27Air Force installations. Served in a war zone as the primary advisor to the senior foreign military controller. Skillfully authored the first-ever fiscal analysis and future projection portfolio that saved the US Taxpayer $1 billion.

Lead teams that integrated budget policy and procedures for the Pacific region. Developed and drafted communication for Congressional Staffers and Delegates. Led funding efforts for disaster relief in the region and authored fiscal transition strategies for combined operations that were used by The Pentagon. Served as the Comptroller/CFO supporting over 16,500 Air Force personnel and their families and over 33,000 retired personnel. As the primary fiscal advisor, developed fiscal policy and budget control over a multi-million-dollar budget supporting the Air Force's largest transport airplane unit. Reviewed historical cost, current operational data, and forecasting to capitalize on procurement enhancements. Engineered the effort to transfer over 800 contracts to the Department of State in Iraq.

Led over 100 team members across 5 teams, forming two of them in war zone environments. Responsible for over 451,000 travel and pay record transactions and managed a budget in the hundreds of millions of dollars while responsible for vendor payments is U.S. and foreign currency. Executed financial controls and procedures that directly affected payment accuracy rates. Designed and implemented salary and entitlement payments for over 14,500 personnel. Led a 14% cost reduction effort that avoided disbursement errors and led two “Tiger Team” focus teams that spearheaded restructuring strategies for pay issue case resolution. Developed a monitoring and reporting system for senior management that projected program budgetary excesses and engineered resource reallocation without increasing costs to the business.

Financial Manager for a multi-billion-dollar acquisition program as part of the U.S. Air Force Intercontinental Ballistic Missile program. Served as the finance team leader that operated a multi-million-dollar replenishment spare parts and equipment program. Protected program manpower and fiscal assets with strategic management approaches to leadership. Developed disciplined, innovative and creative financial solutions. Analyzed critical billion-dollar programs to forecast cost trends and recommended efficiency changes. Solved fiscal dilemmas with creative ways to save program schedules and avoid cost growth in excess of 20%. Aggressively developed accelerated processes for tracking expenditures and reporting to Congress.