Nelson Torres, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Largo, Md

Teaches face-to-face, online, and hybrid Business and Homeland Security courses to undergraduate and graduate students using competency-based learning/teaching theories and the application of course/classroom software. Maintains effective class, student, and performance management. Maintains consistently high student and institution faculty rankings. Collaborates with college management to refresh existing courses maintain currency of course theory and practice. Crafted several student recommendation letters for scholarships. Peer-mentored several new adjunct faculty. Instructs an average of one class per semester. Leadership Accomplishments• Promoted to full adjunct Professor in 2018. • Peer-mentored two new adjunct faculty members in 2018.

Washington, Dc

• Responsible for the executive oversight, direction, management, collaboration, and coordination of all aspects of financial, personnel, procurement, and asset management within the Office of Facilities Management and Reliability (OFMR).• Accountable for oversight of: - Facility budget totaling more than $100M - Human resource and personnel management activities for 900 exempt and non-exempt Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) employees - Life-cycle of procurement/contract management and supplier diversity activities for 18 Facilities business units; processing more than 7,000 purchase orders and 350 contracts transactions annually - Life-cycle of asset management activities and of more than 1,100 capitalized, sensitive, and unit- controlled items valued at more than $18M• Exercises technical and administrative supervision of a diverse staff of personnel, budget and finance, procurement, and asset management professionals

Denver, Co

Teaches online Homeland Security courses to undergraduate students using competency-based learning/teaching theories and the application of course/classroom software. Maintains effective class, student, and performance management. Maintains consistently high student and institution faculty rankings. Peer-mentored new adjunct faculty.

Laplata, Md

Teaches face-to-face, online, and hybrid Homeland Security courses to freshmen and sophomore undergraduate students using competency-based learning/teaching theories and the application of course/classroom software. Maintains effective class, student, and performance management. Maintains consistently high student and institution faculty rankings.

Washington, Dc

Served as a confidential advisor to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, a Senate-confirmed Presidential appointee. Advised the Assistant Secretary on a wide range of national transportation strategic and institutional issues, as well as performed special assignments on a wide range of programmatic transportation issues. As the Strategic Advisor, provided expert advice and guidance that advanced the national transportation research agenda. As the acting CFO, managed the formulation, programming, budgeting, execution, and reporting of the FY2014 annual budget. Leadership Accomplishments• Mobilized development of the FY2015-FY 2020 transportation research strategic plan. Developed evaluation mechanisms to monitor, assess, and measure the strategy’s implementation and results.• Negotiated the collaborative partnership with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Science and Technology on transportation safety and security research.• Managed an annual budget of $40M and transportation grant funds of $75M.• Supervised, trained, and evaluated budget and finance staff supervisors.

Washington, Dc

Managed all program performance management and measurement activities for the Coast Guard’s Intelligence and Criminal Investigations Directorate (CG-2). Analyzed and evaluated the administrative aspects of substantive, mission-oriented programs. Prepared performance and results reports and briefs, and presented findings, conclusions, and recommendations on program performance management and goal achievement status. Led teams to analyze, develop, and improve work flows and program effectiveness. Led strategic planning, programming, and budgeting activities. Measured, monitored, and communicated program performance to senior and subordinate staffs within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Office of National Intelligence (ONI), and the Intelligence Community (IC). Ensured reporting of performance management metrics complied with the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Leadership Accomplishments• Pioneered the development of a program performance management and measurement framework for CG-2. • Aligned the performance management system with the GPRA principles and requirements. • Ignited partnerships with two university Minority Serving Institutions to cultivate awareness of public service opportunities and to recruit interns and employees. • Supervised, trained, and evaluated two military and one civilian staff member on performance metrics collection and analysis.

Washington, Dc

Designed appropriate methodologies for examining qualitative and quantitative data and applied critical thinking to customize solutions for clientele. Researched, documented, and briefed in-depth analyses to Congressional and federal government executive branch officials. Reported findings, conclusions, and recommendations used to improve policy and resource decisions to Department of Defense (DOD) and Congressional requestors. Collaborated on 3 national defense programs that examined the reliability of defense budgets, adequacy of military housing, and defense terrorism prevention programs using generally accepted accounting principles. Leadership Accomplishments• Employed extensive military experience and Intelligence Community research skills to assist team members with developing parameters of inquiry for each investigation. • Resulted in 3 reports and 1 testimony submitted to the U.S. Congress.

Falls Church, Va

•Produced classified analytical intelligence reports for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Leadership Accomplishments• Supervised, trained, and evaluated 3 contract intelligence analysts in providing timely, tailored, and accurate intelligence analyses that successfully contributed to military combat operations during the Global War on Terrorism.

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Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Business Administration

Dissertation: Protecting the Maritime Domain Through Interorganizational Information Sharing

Master Of Arts - Ma, Public Administration

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Sociology

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Business Administration