Nelson Couto Gomes Email and Phone Number

I am a Portuguese Army Infantry Officer with formal education and training in the Military SciencesMy background includes 30 years worth of experience as a Commander and manager of personnel in different and complex contexts and environments; contributing to High Headquarters’ Decision Making process; planning, organizing and leading the execution of plans and planning and conducting military tasks and missionsThroughout my military career I accomplish a wide range of missions and tasks as:• Qualified as a military Commander (Infantry) in planning and conducting military tasks and missions• Responsible for designing, programming, planning, organizing and conducting military courses• Responsible for planning, organizing and executing Unit inspections/evaluations• Qualified to collect data, conduct analysis and assessments, produce conclusions and recommend options/solutions support the Decision Making process• Qualified to manage personnel in international contexts• Director of Technical Projects of Military Cooperation between Portugal and Sao Tome e Principe, East Timor and Mozambique• NATO Joint Evaluation Staff Officer, which includes programming NATO Evaluations, plan and conduct Joint Evaluations to Joint Task Force HQ, development of NATO Evaluation System Policy and supporting the UN DPO in the improvement of the FHQ and SHQ evaluation systemAs a Portuguese career Army’s Officer I have an easily verifiable track record of my expertise and qualifications required to perform efficiently the position. Being an officer by education and training, implies that I am available and accountable 24/7 and ready to be deployed when and where I am ordered toCommand experience:• Platoon Commander, Portuguese Army, 1992/1994• Company Commander, Portuguese Army, 1997/2000• Battalion Commander, Portuguese Army, 2011/2012• 14th Infantry Regiment 2nd In Command, Portuguese Army, 2016/2018• 19th Infantry Regiment Commander, Portuguese Army, 2021/2023Senior Advisor Experience:• Project Technical Director and instructor of the Luso-Sao Tomense Military Cooperation, Sao Tome e Principe, Africa, 2000• NATO, ISAF CJ2 Planner, Afghanistan, 2010• Project 4 Technical Director and instructor of the Luso-Timorense Military Cooperation, East Timor, Asia, 2013• NATO, Resolute Support Mission, J2 Support Chief Section, Afghanistan, 2015• NATO, SHAPE, Staff Officer on the SDP J& Evaluation Inspectorate Branch, Belgium, 2018 to 2021• Project 2 Technical Director and instructor of the Luso-Mozambican Military Cooperation, Mozambique, Africa, 2023/2024