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Columbus Georgia Area - Southeast

CEO and Founder of 1 Acord Services, LLC, a military and business organizational consulting firm providing Business development for military related industry and organizational development consulting for business large to small. Currently, the principal coach and consultant.

Fort Benning, Ga

Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate, Fort Benning, GAStrategic planner charged with the overall management of an Army capability. Charged with the development of it’s operating concept, management of the organizational effectiveness program, and problem solving for the six US Army Brigades. Significant Accomplishments:• Authored the operational concept for the Army regarding future employment from 2025-2040• Contributed to solutions for several of the US Army Chief of Staff’s Top operational and strategic priority as a key leader on multiple diverse, world-wide teams

Kabul, Afghanistan

Selected to work for the Commanding General as a strategic planner for an 18,500-person multinational organization. Supervised, directed, and led multi-functional, multi-national teams to plan military requirements for the entire North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) effort in Afghanistan. Significant Accomplishments:• Redesigned the organization based on root cause analysis resulting in an 70% increase in capability.• After Presidential policy changes, negotiated a 14% reduction of forces while maintaining planned organizational improvements. • Primary author for five critical strategic documents to the Commander, Central Command, the Secretary of Defense, and National Security Advisor

Montgomery, Alabama Area

The United States Air Force Air War College is the senior Air Force professional military school; prepares students from all US military services, federal agencies, and 41 nations to lead in the strategic environment.Focus Areas:- Mission Command.- Negotiations. - Central and South American Studies.

Fort Polk

Program manager charged with the development and execution of realistic multinational, interagency training environments for 10 U.S. Army Brigades training more than 30,000 Soldiers annually. Significant Accomplishments:• Improved exercise planning and preparation thru a process changes that increased coordination among 30 separate divisions and reduced risk associated with prosecuting highly complex training scenarios.• Planned and executed a unique disaster response exercise for more than 3000 local first responders, military, and federal and state agencies.

Laghman Province, Afghanistan

Led a 125-person Advising Team to Advise the 201st Afghan Army Staff on operations, personnel, training, and logistics. Provided vision and guidance to enable planning and execution. Senior consultant to two Afghan General Officers. Significant Accomplishments:• Built an effective team of US military, US government partners, contractors, foreign military forces, and foreign governments to synchronize all operations enabling independent Afghan Corps Operations.• Influenced Afghan leadership to reduce reliance on U.S. Aircraft to resupply remote outpost to 0% by planning and coordinating Afghan capabilities.• Coached the Afghan staff to improved integration of the Corps enablers into combat operations resulting in the process improvements with capability integration as well as humanitarian Assistance distribution.

Eglin Air Force Base, Florida

Senior operations, personnel, training, logistics, and program manager for a 350-person organization. Provided vision and guidance to enable planning and execution. Managed HR to build effective teams suited for specific requirements. Mentored, coached, and trained team members for daily performance and long-term career success.Significant Accomplishments: - Built the first long-term strategic plan for the organization resulting in a better coordinated effort among three distinct lines of effort. - Rebuilt relationships with Eglin Air Force Base stakeholders which improved support relationships significantly.

Fort Benning, Ga

Principal assistant to the director of a 1500-man organization serving a 15,000-man customer base and $10mil budget annually. Supervised, directed, and coordinated staff activities and subordinate units. Significant contributions: - Personally led a multi-faceted team building effort to coach, teach, and mentor a talented diverse staff into a motivated and effective body. - Quietly and effectively managed numerous complex projects including facility construction, workspace improvement, and talent management.

Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Led a 200-person staff to manage the operations, training, personnel, logistics, fiscal management, and administrative support for a 4,200-person organization while simultaneously leading the staff in the conduct of daily operations.Significant Contributions: - Educated the staff thoroughly in Army decision making and operations processes. Lauded a year after departing by the BDE commander for having a well-trained staff. - Diligently built the staff into a functioning team through a separate staff exercise program with complex decision making and shared hardship.

Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Directed a 100-person staff to manage the operations, training, personnel, logistics, fiscal management, and administrative support for an 800-person organization while simultaneously leading the staff in the conduct of daily operations.Significant Contributions: - Educated the staff thoroughly in Army decision making and operations processes. Lauded by the director as "a superb trainer and mentor." - Diligently built the staff into a functioning team; identified as "lynchpin around which this organization has turned."

Fort Bragg - Baghdad, Iraq

Selected to work directly for the Commanding General as the chief strategic and operational level planner for a 166,000 person organization. Supervised, directed, and led multi-functional teams to plan the way ahead in Iraq from 2008 to 2011 .Significant Contributions: - developed a multi-national and interagency plan to meet U.S. Policy objectives in Iraq while drawing down troop levels in Iraq. - Led a multi-disciplinary planning team to develop the response to a national level uprising inside Iraq.

Fort Benning, Ga

Planned, coordinated, instructed, and evaluated training for 300 officers annually on leadership, ethics, and combat tactics. Significant Contributions: - Recognized for "thinking of innovative ways to improve the training." - Build a standardized training event from idea to execution for the entire organization. - Redesigned a training event to increase complexity, rigor, and realism.

Fort Benning, Georgia

Hand-selected as a member of a team of 10 highly qualified instructors and 500 students for a course teaching leadership and planning. Significant Contributions: - Served as the course scheduler coordinating all resources for program of instruction execution. - Selected as Fort Benning's 2002 Instructor of the Year. - Led a diverse training team for the Army to support to development of a new capability.

Fort Hood, Texas

Directed a 140-person organization with equipment worth $71mil dollars. - First to field a new capability in the entire United States Army. - Transformed a predominantly day fighting organization into a high risk night capable organization.

Fort Benning, Ga | Fort Drum, Ny | Fort Hood, Tx

Master'S Degree, Sams - Miltary Arts And Sciences

Master'S Degree, Military And Strategic Leadership

Activities and Societies: Negotiations & Central and South American Studies

Master'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Biology, General