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Fort Dix, New Jersey, United States

Commander for the 77th Sustainment Brigade ("Liberty Brigade"), exercising mission command of over 2,000 assigned Soldiers and civilians.Responsible for setting priorities, driving the operations process, developing teams and subordinate leaders, providing administration and logistical support, training, and ensuring the morale and welfare of all personnel by creating a positive work environment.

Fort Snelling, Mn

Responsible for developing comprehensive strategic plans for Homeland Operations, focusing on Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA), Large-Scale Mobilization Operations (LSMO), and Homeland Defense. Led interagency coordination efforts to enhance emergency response capabilities and streamline resource allocation. Design and implement adaptive frameworks to address evolving national security challenges, incorporating cutting-edge technologies and intelligence fusion methodologies. Develop and execute initiatives to strengthen public-private partnerships and improve overall national resilience. Provide executive-level guidance on complex, multi-domain homeland security issues to senior leadership and key stakeholders.

Minnesota, United States

Senior Director of Operations for a United States Army Reserve Readiness Division that consists of over 2,000 Soldiers, civilians, and contractors across a 19-state region. Responsible for synchronizing and integrating operations that provide best-in-class human resources services, infrastructure, operational, and logistical support programs to enhance mission command, facility operations support, individual and unit readiness, and innovation across a 19-state region.

Fort Snelling, Mn

Stategic Planner for the United States Army Reserve in support of Homeland Operations that focuses on Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region Five (Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin).Responsible for maintaining a regional asset picture of United States Army Reserve capabilities, facilities, and local training areas in FEMA Region Five, including conducting training and synchronizing efforts between the United States Army Reserve and tribal, local, state, and federal joint interagency partners.

Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States

Battalion Commander for the 167 Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB), exercising mission command of over 585 assigned Soldiers and civilians.Responsible for setting priorities, driving the operations process, developing teams and subordinate leaders, providing administration and logistical support, training, and ensuring the morale and welfare of all personnel by creating a positive work environment.

Fort Snelling, Mn

Battalion commander for the 457th Transportation Corps (TC) Battalion (BN), exercising peacetime mission command of 900 authorized Soldiers.Responsible for setting priorities, driving the operations process, developing teams and subordinate leaders, providing administration and logistical support, training, and ensuring the morale and welfare of all personnel by creating a positive work environment.

Fort Knox, Ky

Deputy Director of Transformation for the 84th Training Command consisting of 5,500 personnel.Responsible for the planning, coordinating, and executing of Change Management Plans (CMP) 2019 and 2021, while effectively engaging 6 General Officers and their staffs, helping reorganize 5,500 positions for Reservists, Active-Guard Reservists, and Civilians in 62 locations throughout the United States.

Fort Bliss, Tx

Director of Operations for the Mobilization and Deployment (MaD) Brigade at Fort Bliss, Texas consisting of 84 Soldiers, 21 DA Civilians, and 450 contractors. Responsible for providing leadership, mentorship, and supervision to the operations team, synchronizing unity of effort between Fort Bliss Garrison, other support elements, and the 1st Army Training Support Brigade, and facilitating administrative and logistical support for training of Active Component, Joint, Federal Agencies, Coalition, Contractor, and Reserve Component forces at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Director of logistics and distribution for the 644th Regional Support Group (RSG) composed of nearly 2,000 Soldiers and Department of the Army Civilian personnel in a two-state area. Responsible for managing the 644th RSG's Command Supply Discipline Program, overseeing $143 million worth of organizational property and ensuring the proper feeding, clothing, and equipping of all 644th RSG personnel.

Bagram, Afghanistan

Director of Operations for the 401st Army Field Support Brigade consisting of over 27,000 Soldiers, Department of the Army Civilians, and contractors throughout Afghanistan. Responsible for the planning and executing of all logistics and training plans, including preparing risk assessments, developing mitigating strategies, and receiving, interpreting, and disseminating of all operations orders from various higher headquarters across Afghanistan and the United States.

Fort Snelling, Mn

Company Commander of a Headquarters and Headquarters Company for the 644th Regional Support Group. Responsible for the health, welfare, training, and professional development of 86 Soldiers and sustaining mission readiness of materials and Army property valued at over $3 million dollars.

Eagan, Mn

Transport America is a mid-size trucking company that is headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, with a fleet of some 2,200 cabs, or “tractors,” pulling nearly 6,000 trailers throughout the United States and Canada.Responsible for recruiting truck drivers and advising Transport America senior leaders on military affairs, including military hiring actions, military employment programs, and military support programs.

Chanhassen, Mn

Rosemount Nuclear Instruments provides the nuclear industry with proven, qualified measurement solutions, including fully analog nuclear transmitters designed for supporting nuclear reactors. Responsible for a nuclear production area consisting of 22 Instrument Builders and for meeting or exceeding all Operational Key Performance Metrics.

Enerpac is a division of Enerpac Tool Group, a $1.5 billion diversified global manufacturing company that produces industrial tools, and is headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.Continuous Improvement Manager and operational excellence committee chairman for Enerpac's largest manufacturing facility consisting of 475 personnel. Responsible for the organization, training, communication, and promotion of Continuous Improvement, including Growth and Innovation implementation activities both functionally and cross-functionally within Enerpac.

2009-2011: Assistant Professor of Military Science (Iowa City, Iowa)Responsible for leading, coordinating, and executing all operations for the Hawkeye Battalion, including instructing military and physical training classes to 120 cadets and students.2008-2009: Military Transition Team Logistics Advisor to the Iraqi Army (Iraq)Responsible for advising an Iraqi-Army unit consisting of 3,750 personnel on logistical planning and execution, including developing maintenance and logistical forecasting programs. 2006-2008: Maintenance Company Executive Officer (Germany & Iraq)Responsible for the readiness, training, discipline, morale, welfare, and esprit de corps of 236 Soldiers, including the maintenance and readiness of $48 million in equipment. 2003-2006: Artillery Platoon Leader (Germany & Iraq)Responsible for the readiness, training, discipline, morale, welfare, and esprit de corps of 25 personnel, including the maintenance and readiness of over $1.2 million in equipment.

Master Of Arts, Military Strategic Studies, Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Master Of Arts, General Administration

Master Of Business Administration, Logistics And Supply Chain Management

Bachelor Of Arts, History

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt