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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Outreach Manager for Illinois Joining Forces, responsible for the planning and execution of all outreach efforts throughout the state of Illinois and all Veteran organizations in order to help Veterans in Illinois connect with all state and federal benefits of their service and provide help and resources to Veterans in need. Created a statewide network of support from among the thousands of Veteran service providers in IL to provide information and resources to Service members before and after they leave the service.Managed a network of employees and providers that covered north, central and southern IL that resulted in an expansion of Veterans services for counties that had little to no Veteran services previously. Created the partnership model used to organize all interested Veteran providers in the state of IL, resulting in the creation of a database that can be accessed by any service member or provider in IL.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Program Manager for the Pat Tillman Foundation, responsible for the planning and execution of annual conferences and fundraising events for over 15,000 attendees that resulted in 7 million dollars in revenue, exceeding revenue goals in 2023 by over 2 million dollars. Program Manager for annual new scholar conferences, that totaled over 50 hours of programming and presentations with a budget in excess of 300 thousand dollars.Manage 30 volunteers located nationwide that served as an extension of the Foundation Staff that helped facilitate over 20 programs and events annually.Created planning documents and operating procedures that were adopted throughout the Foundation for event planning.

Lemont, Il

Partnered with various Federal, State and local government agencies to provide subject matter expertise on terrorism, counter insurgency, physical security and planning for complex coordinated terrorist attacks. ➢ Managed projects with the Department of Homeland Security and FBI that resulted in the creation of a threat indicator and analysis tool used in most major cities in the United States.➢ Facilitated Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack workshops for FEMA to identify issues in response planning in over 8 cities in the United States, that resulted in major rewrites of plans based upon weakness identified.➢ Authored the Threat Assessment and initial draft of National Gallery of Art's (NGA) physical security assessment for the Federal Protective Service (FPS).

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area

Provided leadership and direction to all facility staff, and held a formal means of accountability for all employees. Oversaw operational and financial activities and management of multiple facilities and programs. Actively developed managers, leaders, and teams. Promoted teamwork and trust among all staff and management.Served as facility administrator as directed by the CEO/President of the company. ➢ Worked directly with thirty different business managers of Labor Unions throughout the state to ensure customer satisfaction and problem resolution was taking place to customer satisfaction. ➢ Provided day-to-day leadership and management to a service organization that mirrored the adopted mission and core values of the company.➢ Reviewed LEAN business initiatives and employee suggestions for cost cutting and process improvement initiatives that resulted in reduced overhead and streamline administrative procedures that ultimately enhanced the customer experience and reduced processing times of claims and retirement benefits by forty five percent.

Camp Murray, Washington

Develop and implement strategic partnerships to both improve private sector disaster resiliency statewide and integrate private sector capabilities, knowledge, and resources into existing Emergency Management Division programs thereby improving the state's overall ability to respond to and recover from disasters more effectively.➢ Created and implemented a two year long campaign to illicit business involvement in the State Emergency Operations Center that resulted in the first ever Business Operations Center for the State of Washington.➢ Established a functional business operations center that reacted to the largest landslide in US history (Oso, Washington) and provided an unprecedented amount of support from the private sector. ➢ Established a private sector reentry plan for the return of businesses to disaster struck areas in order to facilitate recovery and return privately provided services.

Joint Base Lewis Mcchord

The Plans and Operations Officer is responsible for providing strategic level subject matter expertise to operations being planned and developed for the United States military's response to events in the Asian Pacific region. Essential to success in this capacity is the ability to build professional liaisons with foriegn governments that the Presidential Administration has identified as the most critical. When deployed, the focus transitions to integrating international organizations and governments to assist in providing support to civilian populations effected by natural and man made disasters.➢ Received accolades from the three star commanding general for developing and publishing a weekly cultural digest that depicts analysis of events throughout the world. ➢ Reviewed operational plans for the Department of Defense for countries in the Pacific Command namely North Korea and China.➢ Serve as the military liaison from I Corps to the Washington State Emergency Operations Center to help improve military response time and level of support as a result of natural and man made disasters.

International Security Assistance Force Joint Command (Ijc) Kabul, Afghanistan

Foreign Disclosure Officer is responsible for reviewing and releasing of classified material to foreign governments and US allies in the fight against global terrorism.Selected Achievements:● Processed and edited for review over a thousand documents, point papers and operational plans for release to the government and military of Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as all eighteen members of the NATO Coalition in Afghanistan that comprise the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command. ● Worked with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and National Security Agency (NSA) to modify the classification of information in order to quickly share information to maximize on the value of gathered intelligence and reinforce the growth of the Afghan Central Government.

Ft Bragg, Nc

Operations Officers is responsible for the employment and training of six Battalions, totaling two thousand Soldiers, that provides Special Operations support to Combatant Commanders and covers every geographical sector of the world, with an annual operating budget of over 15 million dollars.Selected Achievments:● Developed annual training guidance that directed the type and frequency of training to be conducted in preparation to deploy worldwide in support of no notice combat and stability operations resulting in a savings of over 250k in operational expenditures. ● Developed long range sustainment strategies to accommodate requests for forces from Special Operations Command.● Trained, mentored and coached staff elements and Commanders in the operational employment of Civil Affairs teams in various areas of operation.● Maintained a unit training budget in excess of 15 million dollars for training and deployment preparation.

Ft. Bragg, Nc

Responsible for all training and operational deployments for the Africa Area of Responsibility (AOR) and all Civil Affairs support to the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan (CJSOTF-A).Selected Achievements:● Developed and operational plans and country wide objectives for units to execute during deployments in support of the Special Operations Command and the US Department of State.● Develop long range deployment strategies to integrate Soldiers into the unit and complete pre deployment training designed to prepare then validate Soldiers before deployment.● Train, mentor and coach junior Officers and Non Commissioned Officers in tactical and operational aspects of Civil Affairs● Evaluated key leaders in Companies to ensure proficiency and effective leadership is in place prior to deployment.● Maintained a unit training budget in excess of 2.5 million dollars for training and deployment preparation.

Ft. Bragg, Nc

Created, maintained, and taught the information technology solution for collecting, storing and sharing collected information from Civil Affairs units deployed worldwide.Selected Achievements:● Developed operations plans, policies, and procedures to provide world-wide Civil Information Management support to Special Operations Command units worldwide. ● Leveraged other government organization in creation of a server farm used to house all collected data until 3.5 million dollars of funding could be secured to build and maintain the operational system used today. ● Managed over 1.5million dollars in annual funds for the employment of 5 Department of the Army employees and needed hardware and software to maintain the Civil Information server farm.

96Th Civil Affairs Battalion, Ft. Bragg Nc

Special Projects Officer is responsible for researching, coordinating and reporting on identified interests of the unit commander. Projects usually involve reviewing past history, statistical analysis and projections based on trends. Information collected is provided to the leadership in order to make executive level decisions. The Project Officer may be called upon to conduct sentive complex operations that require Project Management level attention for long periods of time.Selected Achievements:● Wrote the 96th Civil Affairs Tactical Operations Manual and Standard Operating Procedures for the conduct of operations in austere environments throughout the world.● Wrote the operational plan to expand the unit from a Battalion of 250 Soldiers to a Brigade of 1,500.

Detachment Commander is responsible for the training and deployment of Civil Affairs teams to work with National Level Special Operations Assets. Selected Achievements:● Unit identified and worked with the FBI to arrest and prosecute a al-qeada terrorist cell that was receiving support from Afghanistan and operating in the US.● Worked on the recovery of the Navy SEAL (Operation Red Wing) whos team was compromised and killed and was subsequently captured by the Taliban but rescued by a local Afghan. See details at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Red_Wings

Ft. Bragg, Nc

Operations Officer is responsible for the planning, logistical supporting and resourcing of 6 Civil Affairs teams, totalling 30 Soldiers, with equipment, training and deployment plans prior to deployment. Once deployed the focus shifts to providing leadership and oversite to deployed teams scattered throughout the country. Maintained a 2 million dollar operation budget to provide for humanitarian assistance and commanders special projects.Selected Achievments:● Deployed to Afghanistan with 3rd and 7th Special Forces Group where I was responsible for the deployment and tactical operations of six Civil Affairs Teams supporting Special Operations Forces throughout the country of Afghanistan. ● Approved over 1.5 million dollars worth of humanitarian projects throughout the country.

Fort Bragg, Nc

Team Leader is responsible for the employment of a 4 man Special Operations team before, during and after hostilities to work directly with the civilain population in order to gain popular support, provide humanitarian assistance and provide information to other government agencies on activities in the most auster locations in the world.Selected Achievments:● Deployed to Iraq during the invasion of Iraq where we helped prevent the total destruction of Haditha Dam in Iraq that resulted in the saving of thousands of lives, destruction of critical infrastructure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haditha_Dam●Deployed to Africa to train military demining operations in the country of Mauritania resulting in the development of a national level capability to demine areas through the nation and prevent further deaths.http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/10.1/focus/elhacen/elhacen.htm

Special Warfare Center And School

Special operation Civil Affairs training, consisting of Africa specialization and French language training and the Civil Affairs course.

M.S., Defense Analysis

The Special Operations/Irregular Warfare curriculum provides a focused course of instruction in irregular warfare, sub-state conflict.

Campaign Planning And Military Decision Making

The US Army Command and General Staff College (USACGSC) educates and develops leaders for full spectrum joint, interagency.

Deming Trainer Certified

Train and prepare U.S. military forces, US government humanitarian mine action (HMA) stakeholders, and international partners to conduct.

Civil Affairs, French Language Training, African Specialist, Special Operations

Armor Officer

Infantry Officer, Leadership, Combat Operations

Bs, Criminal Justice