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El Paso, TX, US

Fort Bliss, Texas, United States

Leavenworth, Kansas, United States

Graduate student working on a Masters in Operational Studies. Published book, "LUNACOM," while in the course.

Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Company Commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 369th Adjutant General Battalion, U.S. Army Soldier Support Institute (SSI); responsible for the health, welfare, mission command, accountability, safety, training, administration, discipline, morale, maintenance and logistics of more than 227 assigned and attached officers, warrant officers, and.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

• Instructor at the Adjutant General Corps Basic Officer Leadership Course, an IBSTPI certified institution. Teaches classes made up of 36 Army Officers every 12 weeks. Classes include all the core competencies of the HR.
• Class advisor to 2 classes (72 officers)
• Facilitated classes impacting 320 officers during FY 19 & 20

Fort Campbell, KY

• HR Director for the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade "Task Force Destiny", consisting of six multi-functional Aviation Battalions, and an Aviation Support Battalion, supporting more than 3,500 Soldiers on two continents.
• Deployed the largest aviation task force "Task Force Destiny" in the history of Afghanistan in order to defeat ISIS
• Streamlined HR operations for deployed and garrison missions in order to process HR actions across 3 countries and 2 continents
• Planned and executed 3 hurricane relief missions

Fort Campbell, KY

• Human Resources Manager for the 96th Aviation Support Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade in support of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). Responsible for all matters concerning human resources and.
• Created a system that decreased customer wait time from 25 to 5 minutes; and he implemented procedures that brought evaluation timeliness from 75% to 100%
• HR team was recognized by the HR Director and CEO as the best of 6 HR Teams in a 3000 person organization. Hand-selected to takeover for current HR Director
• Guided his HR team to support an ambitious training plan to include a BN CTX, multiple company FTXs, a TOCEX, five JRTC rotations, two Mount Pick Exercises and one NTC rotation while still providing continuous HR support

Fort Jackson, SC

• Student at Army Human Resources School also known as the Adjutant General Corps Captain's Career Course. This course takes HR knowledge to the next level. It provides an in-depth understanding of day-to-day, practical.
• Topics include recruiting, hiring, training, retaining, rewarding, and promoting employees; compensation and benefits; employment planning, performance management systems, and succession planning; labor relations; and.
• Explores the elements of leadership and delineates the principles necessary for success in a global environment. Discusses the role and function of leadership including an in-depth analysis and study of needs impacting.
• Addresses the need for planned change focused on an organization's ability to compete strategically. The framework of consultation as helping organizations reach a level of optimum performance. Topics addressed include.

Fort Bragg, NC

• Assistant Director of Human Resources of a Military Police Brigade consisting of five geographically separate battalions, and a Headquarters Company with over 4,200 Soldiers.
• Created a program for managing HR metrics, improving the BDE from being ranked 32nd to 1st on HR metrics report
• Filled 20 critical personnel shortages by working deals with other units and Human Resources Command

Fort Bragg, NC

• Human Resources Manager for the Army's only Airborne Military Police battalion supporting over 860 Soldiers.
• Implemented systems that resulted in the Battalion S-1 ranking in the top 5% of the XVIII Airborne Corps for 24 consecutive months, in terms of HR metrics such as personnel utilization, awards recognition, military pay.
• Played a key role in the restructuring of the Military Police Corps on Fort Bragg, resulted in the successful integration of the Military Police platoons from 4 Brigade Combat Teams (BCT) increasing the unit’s strength.
• Created the battalion pre-deployment program, enabled units to clear the battalion for deployment in 2 hours
• Reduced customer wait time from 10 min to 5 min by realigning responsibilities in the battalion S-1 and reducing bottlenecks

Fort Bragg, NC

• HR Project Manager and Postal Officer of a Military Police Brigade consisting of three battalions, and a Headquarters Company with over 2,500 Soldiers.
• Master of ceremony, resulted in 18 successful Army ceremonies, including 2 XIII Airborne Corps and 1 FORSCOM retirement ceremony
• Improved efficiency and brand imaging which resulted in the renovation of the Brigade Human Resources Processing center, increasing customer service capacity from 1 Soldier every 10 minutes to 4 Soldiers every 10 minutes
• Laid the groundwork for efficiency within the BDE S1 resulted in BDE S1 receiving superior results during the annual Inspector General Readiness Assessment which were the best results seen in 3 years

Masters Of Arts, Operational Studies

Degree focused in joint planning, defense in support of civil authorities, military art, deception planning, cyber defense, and.

Masters, Human Resources Management

B.S., Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Toastmasters, Citadel Undergraduate Business Association, Finance and Investment Club