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Retired Senior Foreign Service Officer/Supervisory Special AgentServe as Policy Advisor/Coordinator at Diplomatic Security Service, Physical Security Programs.

Dunn Loring, Va

Provided leadership and direction of 298-member training center staff, offering 101 different courses to 6k students annually across seven sites in four states and overseas with an operating budget in excess of $70 million. Managed all aspects of business administration, developing and deploying a strategic vision encompassing staff direction, training curriculum, and daily operations focused on promoting leading-edge security training for government personnel.• Orchestrated implementation of a new, high-threat training program while still advocating for greater balance between the organizations’ traditional law enforcement and security training curriculum with this new high threat/risk centric training.• Created a new standardized system to certify other agency equivalent training programs.• Identified security deficiencies at training facilities, then secured funding and authorization for measures to address these shortcomings to include a new uniformed protective officer presence.

Berlin Area, Germany

Senior Regional Security Officer for US Mission Germany inclusive of Embassy Berlin and the five consulates located in Frankfurt, Munich, Leipzig, Dusseldorf, and Hamburg. Led program responsibilities that included (but not limited to): strategic and continuity planning, crisis/emergency preparedness, physical security, counter-intelligence, private sector security liaison (Overseas Security Advisory Council, OSAC), residential security, information security, threat/risk management, investigations, inspections/audits, 'soft target' enhancements, VIP/executive protection (e.g., POTUS, VPOTUS, US SecState), procedural and technical security, access controls, major event security planning, secure container shipments, staff professional development and mentoring, liaison with German services, etc.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managing Director for the US Department of State's Office of Foreign Missions (OFM). Served four months as the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary. Provided oversight to all OFM programs and regional offices (Chicago, LA, NY, Houston, and San Francisco).http://www.state.gov/ofm/

Moscow, Russian Federation

Senior Regional Security Officer for US Mission Russia inclusive of Embassy Moscow and the three consulates located in St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, and Yekaterinburg. Led program responsibilities that included (but not limited to): strategic and continuity planning, crisis/emergency preparedness, physical security, counter-intelligence, private sector security liaison (Overseas Security Advisory Council, OSAC), residential security, information security, threat/risk management, investigations, 'soft target' enhancements, VIP/executive protection, procedural and technical security, access controls, major event security coordination, staff professional development and mentoring, liaison with Russian services, etc.

Successful career rising to the ranks of the SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE (Senior Executive Service) with a variety of challenging assignments of increasing management responsibilities, budget and breadth, displaying executive leadership.* Senior RSO at the US Embassy Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA* DS' Mobile Security Division, Team Leader* Career Development Officer (Human Resources)* DS Physical Security Division, East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Region Branch Chief* Senior Resident Agent, San Juan, Puerto Rico* Asst. RSO, US Embassy La Paz, BOLIVIA* Resident Agent, Houston, TX

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Served as the FIRST Regional Security Officer at the US Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Responsible as well for the US consulates in Tijuana, Nogales, Monterrey, and Hermosillo. Established new security programs at U.S.consulates along the U.S.-Mexican border in support of the border crossing card initiative. Directed program responsibilities to include (but not limited to): crisis/emergency preparedness, physical security, counter-intelligence, private sector security liaison (Overseas Security Advisory Council, OSAC), residential security, information security, threat/risk management, investigations, 'soft target' enhancements, VIP/executive protection, procedural and technical security, access controls, liaison with Mexican and US security and law enforcement authorities, etc.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

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B.A. Business & Economics, Business/Managerial Economics

Activities and Societies: Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Education record

Senior Executive Threshold Seminar

Isma Senior Executive Leadership Program

Leadership in Crisis for Chief Security Officers