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Washington, District Of Columbia

•Collaborates with multiple Department of Defense agencies and inter-agency partners to improve planning, synchronization and coordination in order to anticipate requirements and provide solutions during emergency response operations.•Represents higher headquarters at the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s Operations Center during exercises and real-world contingencies to synchronize operations, coordinate planning efforts and facilitate leader decision making. •Routinely advise senior military and inter-agency leaders on current operations and plans; as a trusted partner, serve as a key coordination link between organizations. •Oversee the Manager’s Internal Control Program to enforce control measures that ensure efficient and effective management of government resources to protect against fraud, waste and abuse.

Joint Base San Antonio, Tx

•Overhauled the policy that directly increased individual and collective training readiness of 254 units within the continental United States and Puerto Rico. •Collaborated with six staff sections to synchronize plans, operations, training, intelligence, resource management, security, force management and readiness activities in support of organizational goals.•Successfully implemented the Joint Lessons Learned Information System (JLLIS) organization wide; developed and executed the organization’s first intelligence and security curriculum, communications sustainment curriculum and exercise evaluation curriculum.

Joint Base San Antonio

•Managed all aspects of four organizations, comprised of 174 personnel. Supervised all human resource actions; directed training, planning, operations and intelligence activities; oversaw force protection, force management and security programs.•Ensured all personnel were fully trained on current doctrine, adept in exercise management, and technically proficient to provide strategic advice to units training in a stressful environment.•Directed the design, plan, execution and evaluation of collective training performed by over 1,800 Army, Air Force, inter-agency and multinational personnel in a field environment, including an innovative training evaluation plan to measure training units’ personnel proficiency of critical skills.

Joint Base San Antonio

•Developed and implemented training initiatives through collaboration and adaptive decision making processes with multiple Department of Defense agencies in order to attain training strategy goals. •Analyzed 10 years of training data that resulted in a transformation of the organization’s structure and objectives which significantly improved utilization of organizational resources and increased quality of training.•Managed a team of 10 military, civilian, and contractor personnel; developed and synchronized plans, operations, training, intelligence, resource management, budget, security, force management and readiness activities to support organizational goals.

Joint Base Lewis Mcchord

•Managed a team of 139 personnel; trained and prepared unit personnel to support world-wide contingency operations.•Increased professional development course attendance by over 200% within the first six months through effective communication with personnel and positive leadership.•Improved personnel proficiency of critical skills and leader tasks through development and implementation of a comprehensive training program.

Fort Gillem, Ga

•Managed an annual budget of over 14 million dollars that supported training, intelligence, security, command inspection, readiness and operational programs. •Lead project manager that transformed the organization from a standalone headquarters to a functional headquarters responsible for 78 units consisting of over 7,000 personnel located across 21 states and Puerto Rico; developed budgetary tools, staff function guide and organizational policies.•Reviewed unit training plans to ensure they complied with training policies and met training benchmarks; allocated resources that supported personnel and unit readiness.

Seagoville, Tx

•Planned, coordinated and executed long range, short range, and near term training plans for 33 subordinate organizations consisting of 2,400 personnel across 8 states. •Conducted extensive planning and coordination with numerous agencies to ensure units were trained, equipped and ready to deploy in support of real-world contingency operations. •Directed ammunition management, land management, security, intelligence operations, support operations and organizational inspection program.

Master Of Strategic Studies, Military Security Policy And Strategy

Examined and studied strategic military leadership focusing on ethics, values, critical thinking skills, strategic vision.

Master Of Military Art And Science, Military Operational Art And Science Studies

Studied, analyzed and participated in small group exercises that further developed logical, practical, and original reasoning ability.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)