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Hartford, CT, US

Waterford, CT

• Develop, supervise, and execute test plans for use in advanced physical modeling simulations with tactical military decision-makers to identify and assess submarine acoustic vulnerabilities.
• Design and facilitate multi-day workshops to enable discussions between 24 PhD level subject matter experts from a broad array of research institutions to inform research and development priorities to develop.
• Create and disseminate detailed event reports for technical review and deliver associated presentations to senior Pentagon leadership to facilitate expedited decision-making.
• Establish proper security protocols throughout all test events and in post-event reporting to include personnel, physical, and information security requirements.

Groton, CT

• Create, supervise and direct the operations of 44% of U.S. Submarine Force in the Atlantic Fleet to prepare those assets for homeland defense and overseas deployment.
• Inspect 12 subordinate units to ensure compliance with enterprise-wide operational standards. Assist these units in establishing standing operating procedures and train these units in their execution for all areas.
• Supervise subordinate units in the establishment of continuing processes improvement measures and standard work practices to elevate team performance in all areas.
• Conduct complete detailed administrative security audits (COMSEC, OPSEC, and INFOSEC) and physical security inspections of all subordinate submarine units in CONUS and while deployed OCONUS to verify compliance with.

Groton, CT

• Direct the efforts of the cross-functional planning cell in order to create detailed, executable operational plans and then supervise the in situ execution and adaptation of these plans.
• Command Security Manager: Responsible for the accounting, transfer/dispositions, and records for all classified materials. Managed all security programs and practices including: EKMS/KMI, COSMIC Control Officer, TS.
• Mange the SCIF and SCI program accreditation of the facility including the security of all associated computer networks and their associated Authorities to Operate (ATO).
• Manage the efforts of ~40 operations department personnel charged with the execution of submarine operations and secure communications on and off the submarine.

Groton CT

• Ranked as #1 of 35 submarine lieutenants at Naval Submarine School for more than two years.
• Led a department of eight direct-report, near peer officers and thirty enlisted men responsible for providing pre-deployment tactical training to 19 submarine crews and formal instruction to prospective senior leaders.
• Revamped entire tactical training curriculum, including more than 30 operational scenarios, integrating real-world mission feedback. These efforts enhanced realism across the training spectrum and have been noted as.

Naval Nuclear Power Training And USS Miami (SSN 755)

• Improved maintenance and planning practices for division of 13 nuclear-trained mechanics from non-mission capable to “above average” as measured by external agencies during three statutory nuclear inspections.
• Coordinated dry-docked maintenance period, including more than 100 major system repairs by three separate activities for $44.4M overhaul with 3,600 maintenance items over five-month period completing the overhaul on.
• Managed and accounted for all the ship’s classified items (in excess of 1,500 items), electronic cryptologic keying material, and maintained all ship’s network information system security definitions across three.

Various

• Selected for meritorious promotion to sergeant, early promotion to staff sergeant, and a highly-competitive (less the 33%) enlisted to officer commissioning program.
• Supervised independent, frontline intelligence teams during multiple overseas counter-terrorism missions, receiving the National Security Agency’s Norbert H. Szymanowski Award as the collection team of the year in 2001.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Banking, Corporate Finance, And Securities Law, 3.88 Gpa

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Actuarial Science, 3.70

Activities and Societies: Magna Cum Laude