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Camp Smith, Hawaii

- Responsible for staffing and maintaining the Information Operations activities to provide non-lethal planning support to SOCPAC and USINDOPACOM’s campaign plans. - Develop, synchronize, integrate IO and asymmetric operations to shape the information environment in order to achieve COMSOCPAC objectives and support SOF operations, governmental organizations and partner nation forces missions. - Assist SOCPAC Cross Functional Team in developing SOF IO options in steady-state in support of Great Power Competition (GPC) execution activities. - Develop IO estimates, assess the information environment, and conduct non-lethal targeting of Persons of Interest (POIs) in the physical, informational, and cognitive domains to achieve desired IO effects and objectives against Counter Terrorism Target Audiences (TA). - Responsible for providing reach back support to Information Joint Task Force in order to synchronize MILDEC, STO, CYBER, JEMSO, OPSEC, Military Information Support Operations (MISO), Civil Affairs (CA), and Public Affairs (PA) into SOF Operations, Activities, and Investments (OAIs). - Provide inputs to Key Leader Engagements (KLE) and conduct post analysis and measures of effectiveness of KLE activities in support of Campaign Plans and Commanding General Storyboards. - Represent SOCPAC Effects Cell and J39 to the standing Competition OPT, Communication Strategic Working Group (CSWG), INDOPACOM IO Working Group (IOWG), and SOCPAC Joint Planning Group (JPG) to develop IO Campaign Plans. - Assist drafting inputs to IO annexes and related appendices for CONOPs, OPLANs, and CONPLANs.

Camp Smith, Hawaii

- Served as Operational Planning Team (OPT) lead for the development and review of PACOM Theater Posture Plan (TPP), MARFORPAC Theater Posture Plan (TPP), and Rebalance initiatives. - Supported the development and review of Campaign Plans, Operations Plans (OPLANs), Contingency Plans (CONPLANs), theater security cooperation initiatives and PACOM Theater Campaign Plan (TCP). - Developed and maintained Measures of Performance (MOPs) and Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) in support of Campaign Plans. - Developed, reviewed, and recommended planning requirements for USMC posture initiatives in the Pacific AOR, which includes coordination with INDOPACOM, HQMC, The Marine Corps Installations Command (MCICOM), III MEF, I MEF, and Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC). - Provided expertise regarding USMC Distributed Laydown, force posture/sourcing, Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) doctrine, Marine Corps Planning Process (MCPP), and Joint Operations Planning and Execution System (JOPES). - Represented Defense Policy Review Initiative Planning Group (DPRI PG) and MARFORPAC AC/S G5 Posture to INDOPACOM operations planning team (OPT), Theater Posture WG, Posture Requirements WG, Information Environment WG, Information Operations WG, and CNMI/Guam WG. - Coordinated the MARFORPAC theater posture plan with INDOPACOM J56 (Posture) and J44 (Engineering); advocated I MEF/III MEF MILCON projects related to the COMMARFORPAC operational priorities. - In coordination with AC/S G-3, developed the MARFORPAC Campaign Plan Posture objectives related to forces, footprints, and agreements. - Represented the DPRI PG and G5 Posture to the MARFORPAC Standing OPTs to develop Campaign Plan and Campaign Order.

Hawaii

- Led and spearhead the development of IO plans to shape the information environment to achieve the Commander’s objectives and support governmental organizations and partner nation forces missions.- Responsible for staffing and maintaining the Information Operations team to provide non-lethal planning support to SOCPAC and USINDOPACOM’s campaign plans.- Managed the integration and synchronization of MILDEC, STO, CYBER, EW, OPSEC, Military Information Support Operations (MISO), Civil Affairs (CA), and Public Affairs (PA) into exercise, contingency and published plans. - Incorporated Joint, SOF, and Army operational-level planning, partner nation capabilities and interagency programs into all training exercises.- Developed and coordinated Virtual Persona Operations (VPO) with Joint Task Force to achieve desired effects and objectives against Target Audiences (TA).- Conducted non-lethal targeting of Persons of Interest (POIs) in the physical, informational, and cognitive domains. - Provided inputs for Key Leader Engagements (KLE) and conducted post analysis and measures of effectiveness of KLE and regional security cooperation activities; formulated new approaches based on post analysis for increasing effectiveness of future engagements and security cooperation.

Hawaii

- Information Operations team lead with direct responsibility for all aspects of strategic-and operational-level Information Operation and IRC planning, synchronization, and execution of SOCPAC IO activities in support of SOCPAC and INDOPACOM campaign objectives.- Planned and integrated all aspects of IO, STO, PA and IRCs into Joint and SOF theater security cooperation exercises. - Conducted IO effectiveness assessments in support of Commander’s campaign plans. - Responsible for drafting inputs to IO annexes and related appendices for CONOPs, OPLANs, and CONPLANs.

Hawaii

- Developed and managed the implementation of Information Operations in the joint operational environment that synchronizes MILDEC, STO, CYBER, EW, OPSEC, Military Information Support Operations (MISO), Civil Affairs (CA), and Public Affairs (PA) with Special Forces operations. - Responsible for developing intelligence and mitigation plans, in collaboration with USARPAC, MARFORPAC, USPACFLT, PACOM JIOC and J39, to seize the initiative in the information environment.- Planned and synchronized non-lethal operations with SOCOM, USINDOPACOM, USPACFLT, Naval Special Warfare Group 3 (NSWG-3), USG Interagency Partners, and Partner Nations in support of USINDOPACOM campaign plans. - As the OPSEC functional area specialist, provided integration of planning and recommendations for OPSEC mitigation and counter measures.

Hawaii

- Led the management of the MILDEC, EW, OPSEC programs and planning; provided quarterly program updates to command leadership. The division lead IT coordinator for Host Based Security System (HBSS) implementation at SOCPAC toward an enterprise management solution; upgraded all Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS), Data Loss Prevention, and Anti-Virus policies control to the enterprise level.- Led team of 12 personnel in developing and implementing OPSEC program for the command and its components to comply with established OPSEC policies and procedures. Responsible for providing key non-lethal planning support to the crisis planning group; integrated and synchronized information-related capabilities for building alliances and deterring terrorist activities. - As the cyber planner, developed and coordinated with PACOM CYBERPAC to perform cyber effects request and conduct post analysis of cyber effectiveness in support of SOCOM and USINDOPACOM wargame objectives. - Oversaw “OPERATION RELIANT VOICE” funding for portable radio broadcast systems; managed the procurement, architecture integration with partner nations’ IT systems, training and operation of the broadcast systems to provide expedient information dissemination capability to respond to crisis in the INDOPACOM AOR. - As the branch deputy director, responsible for tracking and updating Joint Mission Essential Task List (JMETL) in the Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS). - Conducted Information Assurance and OPSEC training to over 500 command personnel to raise OPSEC Awareness and reduce IT system vulnerabilities. - Planned, coordinated, and managed key EW assets to support critical mission executions.

Hawaii

- Led teams from seven different military units, combining national, theater, and bilateral partnership capabilities to support the JTF’s critical intelligence collection requirements. - Directed fleet intelligence collection to support high-interest areas throughout the Pacific.- Authored information paper which convinced decision makers to direct an increase in USINDOPACOM-allocated ISR assets, resulting in continued critical intelligence collection support in the Pacific.- Collaborated extensively with GEOINT, SIGINT, Human Intelligence (HUMINT), Electronic Intelligence (ELINT), and Intelligence analysts, along with Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) managers from USARPAC, 613th Air and Space Operations Center, JIATF-West, PACOM Joint Information Operations Center (JIOC) China, North East Asia, South East Asia, and Collection Management Divisions to coordinate intelligence syncs to support mission planning. - As the PACFLT Intel/IO Subject Matter Expert (SME) representative, worked with the USINDOPACOM JIOC Intelligence Mission Management Center (IMMC) to develop and integrate Intel Mission Management/ Planning/ Knowledge Management, sensing and IT network architecture monitoring to enable comprehensive management of all Combatant Command intelligence operations. - Led PACFLT Intelligence Subject Matter Expert team conducting intelligence engagement and delivering Maritime Domain Awareness training to foreign partners. - Responsible for managing and delivering time-sensitive SIGINT and Request for Intelligence (RFI) reports to support planning and decision making.- Integrated into the Maritime Planning Group (MPG) and Joint Planning Group (JPG) as the lead IO planner; conducted planning in multiple real world events and JCS-sponsored exercises using Joint Operational Planning Process (JOPP) and Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES).

San Diego

- Led 26 personnel in conducting ship’s Information Warfare, Electronic Warfare, and cryptologic operations. - Planned and directed the execution of Emissions Control, Deceptive Lighting, and Electronic Attack exercises for seven coalition warships, resulting in increased interoperability between U.S. and coalition forces. - Managed a new, complex state-of-the-art cryptologic system installation valued over $4M, resulting in the installations being completed and certified ahead of schedule and allowing ship to contribute to fleet and national tasked intelligence collection. - Managed the successful implementation of the cryptologic system operational connectivity with surface and land ISR capabilities, and the IT infrastructure solutions which included combinations of networking, security, servers, storage, database, and systems management.

Hawaii

- As Senior Watch Officer, responsible for directing the signal intelligence operations of cryptologic activities to support high interest operations, while maintaining situational awareness of vital national, theater and fleet intelligence assets and sensors. - Supervised operational performance of Naval Security Group detachment personnel to provide direct support to the operational commander in the areas of signal intelligence and communication security. - Led the Signals Mapping and Analysis Cell in developing new target mapping in the Pacific theater.- Conducted analysis of operations and provided recommendation for optimum cryptologic operations while deployed on PACFLT combatant units in support of Chief of Naval Operations-directed special missions. - As the Department Training Officer, directed the selection and training of personnel scheduled for assignment to direct support units; monitored technical support, equipment procurement and maintenance.

Master'S Degree, Information Technology Management

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering