Competitivity selected by Microsoft for the Hiring our Heroes Corporate Fellowship Program. Fellowship selects qualified transitioning service members in gaining valuable exposure and insights to Microsoft's values, culture, and business strategies and initiatives

☁️ Delivered migration from on premise data centers to M365 (IL5) for a 3000-person workforce composed of active -duty military, government civilians, and contractors working on site and remote resulting in the expansion of capabilities for collaborating with other federal agencies, increased data availability to overcome frequent power and environmental disruptions on the installation.☁️ Led a cross-functional team of customer success focused personnel to ensure customers received the full value of their cloud investment highlighting new applications for data availability and best practices for collaboration☁️ Developed a technical network architecture solution to support a 30% bandwidth increase due to increased cloud consumption while managing customer expectations for M365 pilot deployment and keeping senior stakeholders aware of overall delivery plan progress.☁️ Engaged with senior stakeholders and decision makers to advocate for an accelerated M365 (IL6) cloud adoption resulting in adoption one fiscal year in advance and an opportunity for increased customer input into overall DOD IL6 solution

⚓️📚Competitively selected for a full-time accelerated graduate program in residence at the US Naval War College "The U.S. Naval War College (NWC) informs today’s decision-makers and educates tomorrow’s leaders by providing educational experiences and learning opportunities that develop their ability to anticipate and prepare strategically for the future, strengthen the foundations of peace, and create a decisive warfighting advantage."

♠️ Delivered service capability external to the organization in intelligence, information technology, and logistics support teams according to strategic deployment roadmap to enable US Special Operations Command’s global national security mission♠️ Managed internal resource alignment to project outcomes with oversight on a $1.5 million contract for training support in advanced intelligence gathering and an overall $7 million annual spend plan for operations and maintenance funding♠️ Delivered quality assurance as the senior escalation point for managing risk and potential production delays through three performance periods while driving both in stride customer satisfaction and hosting retrospectives to enhance future customer experience

⚡️Identified organic growth opportunities through the adoption of emergent technology to deliver increased IT capabilities to the customer in the form of network bandwidth reliability and cloud access availability⚡️ Established a track record for consistent quality and timeliness of IT delivery which built long term customer relationships helping to advocate more resources and enhanced training opportunities to better serve the customer⚡️ Mentored and coached the personal and professional development of 50 Special Operations IT professionals with emphasis on team culture to produce four IT support teams capable of providing critical connectivity to the Special Operations cloud environment in austere regions

🌏 Coordinated an extensive three-year project for establishing IT solutions for a 2400 personnel organization to embark aboard ship and operate forward deployed as the nation’s premiere military/humanitarian response force with an emphasis on communicating progress, achievements, and barriers to senior stakeholders🌏 Consulted on best practices and techniques as a subject matter expert leveraging IT solutions to enhance the ability of the customer to collaborate in a cloud environment while distributed over 750 nautical miles🌏 Recognized organizational leader in IT operations management formulating new concepts adopted as the now standard procedures and a sought mentor for organizations assigned similar missions