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Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area

Currently teaching PADI SCUBA diving courses - Open Water and Advanced Open Water. Contact me if you would be interested in getting certified to dive.

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Completed a one year contract at Raytheon Intelligence and Space working as a Senior Systems Engineer on a very critical mission.

Army Reserve - Stratcom, Omaha, NE / South Dakota National Guard

Retired in May 2018 as a Lieutenant Colonel after nearly 32 years of service in the National Guard and Army Reserve. Last position was at STRATCOM at Offutt AFB for five years as a Mission Assurance Officer in the J34.Transferred to the Reserves in October, 2013 after 27 years in the South Dakota National Guard. Deployed in 2013-14 and served as the.

Defense Cooperation Agreement Management Office, Kuwait Ministry Of Defense

Completed a year long deployment to Kuwait as a member of the Army Reserve based out of STRATCOM from December 2013 - December 2014. Was assigned as the Operations Chief at the Kuwait Ministry of Defense where I served as a liaison between the U.S. Army, Kuwaiti Army and U.S. Embassy to ensure the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) between the countries.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area

Tested software in an Agile work environment using Visual Studio 2015, Microsoft Test Manager, Team Foundation Server and Team Pulse. Tested Meta's prepaid card applications which included web and mobile development. Was responsible for improving quality of internal and customer facing applications and creating automated test scripts using Selenium and C#.

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Before being deployed with the Army Reserve, I was a contractor at Wells Fargo Mortgage in West Des Moines, IA. Managed a team of Systems QA Analysts who tested changes and updates to mortgage preservation software using ALM to create and run tests in SIT and UAT environments. Provided vision, guidance, mentoring, and coaching.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area

Led a team of eight Business Analysts. Defined and translated business requirements into system requirements, developed technical design documentation, created system test plans, developed project plans and schedules and managed IT projects for the nations leading ethanol producer. Evaluated business and technology processes and made recommendations for.

EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD

Was responsible for performing engineering and project management activities including: defining system requirements, developing technical solutions, performing systems functional analysis, conducting trade studies, technical planning, scheduling, systems integration, verification and validation, cost and risk analysis, and supportability and effectiveness.

EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD

Led system testing and installation for NASA’s Landsat-7 and TERRA satellites at the EROS Data Center in Sioux Falls, SD. Improved product quality by conducting system integration, regression, acceptance and load testing. Coordinated software installs and test activities with engineers and management. Documented test results, tracked test effects and.

Developed test plans, conducted unit, system, integration and regression testing. Was responsible for making customized code changes to ICONtrol’s Human Resources package in Watertown, SD. ICONtrol was then acquired by Great Plains Software which was later acquired by Microsoft.

Masters Of Science, Information Systems

Bachelors Of Science, Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Army ROTC, Hockey, Resident Assistant, Intramurals, Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society

Diploma, High School, 10-12

Activities and Societies: Golf, Baseball, National Honor Society, Boys State

Jr High, 7-9

Activities and Societies: Football, Track, Basketball, Baseball, Band, Choir

Elementary, K-6

Activities and Societies: Basketball, Wrestling, Band, Choir