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United States

New York City, US

Portland, Oregon, US

Washington, D.C., US

• Leading a 1600-member organization responsible for security, logistics, and force support of Tinker AFB and the 27k member workforce, to include support to a total of 90k military families and retirees.
• Lead innovations, benchmarking, & CPIs, implementing advertising-based sales business development model to create new income streams to support base support activities for airmen and their families.
• Lead for Digital Air Base Wing Transformation for creative development acting as a digital innovation consultant to bring IT solutions to Air Base Wing Commander utilizing ML/AI to predict wait-times at gate to save.
• Secured $45M via Under Secretary of the Air Force for Child Development Center replacement.
• Revamped Bowling Center Sales to bring back into the black, despite $15/hour minimum wage increase for all Federal employees.
• Working with MidWest City Manager, Mayor, Chamber of Commerce, etc. on securing $$s for local YMCA renovation to provide further support activities for community and military families.

Randolph AFB, TX, US

• 12 Direct team members / Impact to 473k Airmen & Civilians
• Secured $282M in HQ budget for DAF's first data layer (DAF Data Fabric) by leading SECAF’s enterprise data investment review and unifying support of CSAF, CIO, CDO, CSO, CAO & USSF through glass-doors executive.
• Led DAF's 1st ever data investment review consisting of a technical, future requirements, and budget review teams across all Major Commands, reviewing 13 enterprise data solutions and $100+ million in data & IT.
• Collaborated agreement between C-Suite CIO, CDO, and A4 3-Star Director on way ahead for DAF's logistics data resulting in clear HAF direction for the DAF’s enterprise data-layer logistics domain.- Oversaw Department.

- First Active Duty officer in stand-up of new Department of Air Force Headquarters Chief Data Office, drafting first ever Mission Directives and DAF Policy Docs- Orchestrated one of first DAF Data Summits with participation from Office of Secretary of Defense, Army, and Navy

• Led 44-member team of program managers, engineers, logisticians and trainers, overseeing FAA-certified modifications & sustainment for 59 KC-10 aircraft fleet with a $424M budget per year.
• Negotiated international primary station of repair change for $1B engine maintenance contract & depot overhaul for 204 KC-10 engines resulting in higher quality repairs as seen in improved exhaust gas temperatures (EGT).
• Employed analytic skills to resolve fleet-wide CSAF level slide-raft evacuation issue to restore full mission effectiveness & FAA certification restoring fleet from 50% failures and flight limitations to full.

• Led 38 personnel & managed $762M per year in depot overhauls executing the programmed depot maintenance plan for the USAF's 396 KC-135 tanker fleet to provide quick response to 33 customer field units across 5 Major.
• Reached record depot throughput levels for KC-135s. Increased capability from 69 to 76 aircraft yearly even faced with aging aircraft requiring 40k hour overhauls per aircraft.

• Created AF messaging for AF Executive C-Suite leaders on $40B in technology acquisitions for interaction w/ Congress; synchronized messaging for budget coordination on all AF major modernization programs providing an.
• Oversaw $12.3B AF efficiency & transparency reporting as primary AF lead with OSD to Congress.

- DCMA quality lead, managed 6 mbr contracting rep team across 7 sites for $72M services during OEF- Provided base support services to Special Forces camps across the Kandahar region

Liaison to Air Staff, Joint Staff, OSD, etc. on Nuclear Treaty Monitoring

- Established and led Lean/Six Sigma Program and Lessons Learned Program for the Center- Developed metrics-based strategic plan with tactical alignment and flexibility

- Development of engineering and logistic processes for In-house design and development of small-scale seismic systems- Implemented IBM's Maximo Maintenance Resource Planning system for global seismic maintenance and repair coordination

• Managed cost, schedule, and performance priorities utilizing risk management for a $50M+ USAF & European Partner Air Forces mission planning software system, translating Air Combat Command user requirements into the.
• Led Acquisition Category 1D Mission Planning Software team of engineers, software developers, and testers for OSD approval of F-16 mission planning development, testing & fielding: lead $12M project gained acceptance.

Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, US

• Coded analog to digital data collection and hardware control software programs for material research in support of new substrate growth methodologies for GaN, GaAs, & AlN
• Coachable. Worked with Army Senior Leader to create a National Fellows Forum bringing together Senior military officers from Tufts and Harvard Universities to mentor 40+ junior officers

Bachelors Of Science, Computer Engineering

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

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