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El Segundo, CA, US

El Segundo, California, United States

Serve as the liaison between the National Space Intelligence Center and Space Force’s Space Systems Command Intelligence Directorate in order to proactively enhance the use of threat intelligence information when developing new space-based technologies and their support systems.

El Segundo, California, United States

• MARFORRES G-2
• Serve as the Intelligence Liaison Officer for MARFORRES G-2 to all west coast-based intelligence units.

JFTB Los Alamitos, CA

• Marine Corps Intelligence Activity
• Serve as the Senior Intelligence Officer for the Marine Corps Foreign Materiel Program.
• Provide analysis to Marine Corps and joint intelligence products on newly acquired foreign materiel.
• Plan and execute joint, inter-agency, and multi-lateral training exercises in order to develop foreign materiel exploitation capabilities and increase foreign materiel acquisition partner relations.

El Segundo, CA

• Provide program management services to the DoD's Modernized GPS User Equipment (MGUE) program in order to facilitate client efforts to integrate modernized GPS receiver cards into Air Force B-2 bombers and Navy DDG.
• Provide program management services to the DoD's Next Generation Operational Control System Follow-On (OCX 3F) for GPS satellites through the development of the Military Protection & Operations capability. - Coordinate.
• Provide program management services to the DoD's Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) program through the development of the Beam Optimization & Operations Management (BOOM)capabilities for WGS-11. - BOOM development efforts.
• Evaluate operational trends and make proactive strategy adjustments to maintain alignment between performance and objectives.
• Collaborate with staff to maximize customer satisfaction, streamline procedures, and improve bottom-line profitability.
• Establish training programs to enhance knowledge of best practices, resulting in improved customer satisfaction.

El Segundo, CA

• Provided risk management consulting services to the Space & Missile Command's Space Command & Control program in order to mitigate threats to program schedules and budgets and identified opportunities where.
• Used Atlassian Confluence and Jira, Microsoft Project, and Kidasa Milestones Pro in order to implement risk management practices in an Agile environment.
• Served as the West Coast supervisor and operations manager for bi-coastal National Agency projects, providing day to day leadership to engineers and acting as the liaison between engineers and end users.
• Advised key leaders by providing schedule and performance information to educate decision making.
• Worked closely with team members to deliver project requirements, develop solutions and meet deadlines.

MCB Quantico, VA

• Marine Corps Intelligence Activity
• Oversaw all task validation, task management, quality control, and product dissemination for the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity's Intelligence Threat Support to Acquisitions, Scientific & Technical Intelligence.
• Implemented Microsoft Project and SharePoint-based task management and configuration management tools to more effectively track the products, deadlines, training requirements, and leave requests of 300+ projects from.
• Drafted reports and led presentations to inform upper management of operational inefficiencies and recommended improvements.

MCB Quantico, VA

• Marine Corps Intelligence Activity
• Oversaw all service-level intelligence support to the Marine Corps systems acquisitions process through the implementation of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics' Better Buying.
• Served as Project Manager for Future Operating Environment 2.0, a Marine Corps Director of Intelligence-directed product examining future threats to the Marine Corps and implications for acquisitions from 2017-2027.

Camp Pendleton, CA

• 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment
• Provided intelligence briefings on insurgents' weapons, capabilities, and standard operating procedures to prepare the battalion for combat operations in Syria and Iraq, with an emphasis on countering ISIS forces.
• Developed a robust professional military education program to enhance the technical proficiency of Marines supporting Intelligence efforts.
• Received the highest possible ratings on all Training & Readiness tasks during the unit's Combat Readiness Evaluation, utilizing Global Command and Control System (GCCS), Command and Control Personal Computer (C2PC).

Camp Pendleton, CA

• 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
• Developed new intelligence Standard Operating Procedures for the Marine Corps' inaugural Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-CENTCOM in support of the USMC's initial involvement in Operation Inherent Resolve.
• Received a rating of “Outstanding – Mission Capable, No Discrepancies” in the Commanding General's Inspection Program for the unit's Intelligence, Intelligence Oversight, and Information & Personal Security programs.

Tblisi, GEO; Bagram, AFG

• Georgian Deployment Program - ISAF (International Security Assistance Force)
• Served as the Intelligence Officer for a team of advisors to a light infantry battalion (800+ soldiers) from the Republic of Georgia. Trained and deployed with them to Afghanistan, where we served as the security force.
• Stood watch as the Battlefield Watch Officer, overseeing multiple patrols daily, providing fires and medical support, and using GCCS and CPOF to effectively command and control patrol units on behalf of the CO.
• Intelligence-driven security patrols and force-protection procedures resulted in zero perimeter breaches and reduced rocket attacks against Bagram Air Base by more than 50% year-over-year, resulting in zero on-base.

Camp Pendleton, CA

• 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
• Oversaw intelligence support for four Marine Corps infantry battalions supporting Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) operations through multiple training evolutions, developing 150+ training aids to improve their tactical.
• Developed new intelligence SOPs for the Marine Corps’ inaugural Air Contingency Force, enabling company (160 Marines) to regiment (2,000+ Marines)-sized units to air-deploy worldwide within 6 and 72 hours, respectively.

MCAS Yuma, AZ

• Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Air Wing
• Oversaw all pre-deployment and reach-back intelligence support for four Marine Corps attack squadrons performing combat operations in Afghanistan and Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) operations throughout Southeast Asia.
• Developed the intelligence SOPs for the Marine Corps first operational F-35 Joint Strike Fighter squadron, VMFA-121, which served as the benchmark for all future operational Marine Corps F-35 squadrons.
• Dual-hatted as the Group Communications Branch Senior Manager for 5 months, successfully providing connectivity to 4,000+ Marines in remote operating environments during the Marine Corps’ inaugural pre-deployment.

Camp Leatherneck, AFG

• Command Element, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)
• Developed 280+ current operations briefs for the I MEF Commanding General and senior staff covering the missions of all I MEF and coalition forces (30,000+) operating in Regional Command - Southwest.
• Reviewed and reported on 300+ Fragmentary Orders to determine their applicability to current operations of I MEF and coalition forces, covering the operations of 19,400+ personnel.
• Effectively tracked and reported several hundred real-time combat incidents in support of the Combat Operations Center.

MCAS Iwakuni, JPN

• Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing
• Oversaw Intelligence support and conducted complex operations and targeting planning for 4 Marine Corps and Navy fighter squadrons performing disaggregated land and sea-based operations throughout Southeast Asia.
• Supported the execution of 1,300+ flights using GCCS, C2PC, Falconview, and Precision Strike Suite for Special Operations Forces (PSS-SOF)
• Squadrons successfully conducted multiple inter-service and international joint exercises, significantly improving readiness for combat, non-combatant evacuation, and humanitarian assistance/disaster relief operations.

MCAS Iwakuni, JPN

• Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12
• Provided daily integrated air defense system threat briefings and developed 30+ target packages in support of Southeast Asia Operations Plans for F/A-18D Hornet pilots and weapons systems officers, significantly.
• Developed Isolated Personnel Reports on and oversaw the enrollment of 750+ Marines into the Personnel Recovery Management System database, allowing for rapid identification and recovery of any missing or captured.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sociology

Activities and Societies: NROTC Concentration in Arab & Islamic Studies. Minors in Criminal Justice and Naval Science.

Command & Staff College

Expeditionary Warfare School

Project Management Professional