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Quantico, Virginia, United States

HQMC Combat Development & Integration (CD&I), Capabilities Development Directorate (CDD), Logistics Combat Element Integration Division (LCEID)

Torrance, CA

Pentagon

• Managed a $44M Marine Corps Aviation Operations Support program for Marine Corps Installations Command.
• Gathered initiatives from the field, and briefed to senior leadership for decisions.
• Coordinated the procurement of an alternate radar system which will save over $1M over the lifecycle of the program.
• Analyzed fiscal requirements data from the field and determined how they stacked up against other Marine Corps priorities.
• Prepared detailed briefs for the Program Objective Memorandum budget formulation concerning aviation support operations.

Pentagon

• Led the personnel division for Marine Corps Installations Command, which is responsible for providing personnel oversight, guidance and policy for three regional subordinate commands reaching from the eastern United.
• Personal representative for the Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics to serve as his representative on the Operational Planning Team chartered to optimize the entire Marine Corps civilian personnel.
• Directly supervised the hiring actions for 75 civilian employees for Marine Corps Installation Command and the Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics.
• Supervised the standup of the administrative department for Marine Corps Installation Command when the command was newly formed in October of 2011.
• Supervised the writing, staffing and promulgation of policy pertaining to 3 geographic regional installation commands.
• Supervised the personnel administrative functions to include reporting and maintaining information that affected pay, compensation, promotions, military readiness, and personnel readiness.

Amarillo, Texas Area

• Served as the V-22 Joint Program Integrator for Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Bell-Helicopter.
• Led a 23 (military/civilian) person Program Support Team covering all major functionalities for the Defense Contract Management Agency.
• Facilitated customer engagement for the Defense contract management agency.
• Engaged government and industry partners to improve product quality on the MV-22 Osprey, during tenure the customer reported defect rates decreased by 15%.
• Briefed end users on the programmatic manufacturing production issues during conferences ensuring the customer was as well informed as possible on the status of MV-22 production issues.
• Facilitator between the program offices, industry and the end users for quality issues with the products. Ensured that customer quality concerns were addressed by industry.

Amarillo, Texas Area

• Served as Chief Operations Officer, Defense Contract Management Agency Bell-Helicopter, United States Marine Corps.
• Directed the military/civilian team that provided contract oversight on the $40B MV-22 Program and the $20B H-1 Program.
• Partnered with industry to provide the Marine Corps with the best quality product possible, while staying within the cost and schedule parameters.
• Supervised two ACAT-1D programs (MV-22 and H-1) and oversaw the government flight representatives and aviation maintenance managers responsible for the surveillance of the contractor’s operations for which the.
• Led two aviation program teams to ensure that all aspects of aircraft safety and production quality were met.

Al Qaim, Iraq

• Served as the Air Boss at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Al Qaim, Iraq.
• Ensured all priorities for the Marine Aircraft Wing were accomplished by the various aviation detachments assigned to the FOB.
• Successfully accomplished a myriad of tasks in a very challenging leadership situation where the various support elements did not report directly to the Air Boss. The situation required a different leadership approach.

Jacksonville, NC

• Led the squadron safety department as the Director of Safety and Standardization.
• Provided the standardization policy and guidance for the squadron.
• Managed and directed the squadrons’ aviation and ground safety programs.
• Supervised the squadrons Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization program.
• Investigated and prepared reports for aviation and ground mishaps.
• Conducted monthly safety surveys and reported to Headquarters Marine Corps safety division.

Jacksonville, NC

• Operational Test Director for operational testing of the MV-22.
• Planned, developed and executed the operational testing to verify that the V-22 met all threshold/objective criteria for the assault support common Critical Operational Issues (COI). The results of this testing.
• Planned and executed shipboard trials for the MV-22 to develop tactics, techniques and procedures for shipboard operations of the V-22.
• Conducted Tactical Bulk Fuel Delivery Systems (TBFDS) tests for the MV-22 during operational test IIG, the procedures developed during this testing led to the successful employment of this capability during Operation.
• Conducted operational testing of the radar signature of the V-22 during operational test IIG. This testing provided critical data to increase the survivability of the V-22 in hostile environments.
• Conducted external sling load testing of the MV-22 which allowed the first ever certification of over 20 pieces of Marine Corps equipment (vehicles, small boats, etc) to be transported as external loads.

Jacksonville, NC

• Led the squadrons’ administrative department.
• Identified and coordinated unique human resource requirements with higher headquarters to ensure the successful activation a new Marine Corps squadron.
• Spearheaded the update and rewrite of squadron orders and directives.
• Established an efficient program to manage the squadron’s travel requirements.
• Coordinated travel, orders and payment for over 200 personnel supporting the squadron requirements at geographically separate sites.