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Shirley, Arkansas, United States

Received, captured, documented and analyzed customer requirements as well as provided subject matter expertise to ensure project design capabilities supported identified requirements as well as gaps ensuring support of future system performance demands while simultaneously fulfilling customer desired end state.Captured and documented customer required capabilities and submitted design reviews to customer ensuring all elements of project supported current and projected demands. Coordinated with governing officials, submitted required documentation, and ensured all state and local requirements were met prior to and during the project. Inspected project throughout lifecycle and ensured completed work met high quality standards and milestone requirements Simultaneously managed multiple projects from inception to completion delivering at or below project projected cost.

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States

Planned, coordinated, and trained Marine Crews on MADIS variants ensuring seamless Directed Energy integration with existing Air Defense weapon systems during MAGTF and Joint level exercises as well as real world operations. Developed, analyzed, and validated Platform Test Plans, tactics, techniques, and procedures streamlining the kill chain and increasing lethality of the system by identifying efficiencies. Supported multiple Test events with both MADIS and L-MADIS variants ensuring system testing milestones were achieved on or ahead of schedule. Led planning, training, and scenario generation of MADIS and L-MADIS (Light Variant) ensuring L-MADIS made deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) and successfully operated in austere environments over the course of the deployment gaining ground in system being Initial Operations Capable (IOC).Provided subject matter expertise recommendations to support and defend system requirements during external trade-off analysis reviews. Supported the program manager with logistical and failure data, to assure sustainment throughout the operational lifecycle of the system and facilitate rapid identification of parts or assemblies.

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States

Principle manager, writer, and instructor for the Marine Corps Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course. Provided 500+ Officers, Allied Officers, and Multi-Service Agencies expert instruction on tactical operations, defense design, systems interoperability, system theory, functionality, maintenance management, sustainment, and logistics of USMC GBAD operations and Joint Missile Defense Systems. Lead multiple Warfighter Working Groups incorporating the needs of warfighters into design of future Air Defense weapons systems informing ICDTs (Integrated Concept Development Teams and IPTs (Integrated Product teams).Coordinated, reviewed, updated, validated and provided subject matter expertise in the areas of Training Publications, Institutional Training, Unit Level Training Support, NET (New Equipment Training), Human Systems Integration and Individual/Collective Task Development.Managed, forecasted, planned, coordinated, and synchronized timelines for equipment overhauls and upgrades for Ground Based Air Defense systems with various governmental agencies.Served as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Ground Based Air Defense employment and operations, teaching at premier Navy and Army courses. Advised the MAWTS-1 Commander and staff on training, operations, tactics, new equipment fielding, integration, deployment, logistics of military equipment worth in excess of $4B.Responsible for the management and execution of 8 WTI courses, which incorporated multiple Joint units in a large force exercise.Validated and revised training and readiness manual for the Ground Based Air Defense (GBAD) community by providing subject matter expertise, developing new materials ensuring regulatory compliance, improved training, and combat readiness remained at the utmost highest standard. Provided subject matter expertise to materiel developer to identify manpower estimates, operator, maintainer, training, and support data for GBAD future weapons systems requirements.

Havelock, North Carolina, United States

Developed multiple Concepts of Operations (ConOps) enabling the employment of Unit, Organizational, and Joint level assets in support of training operations across the continental United States.Served as the primary DOTMLPF-P integrator responsible for providing technical data on hardware and software changes to the GBAD Future weapon system to the DOTMLPF-P Domain Leads to allow senior leaders the ability to analyze their organizational capabilities from the perspective of Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership, Personnel, Facilities, and Policy when making future strategic decisions.Supported multiple exercises successfully integrating Marine Corps LAAD Capabilities into the joint fight during Red Flag, NTC and the execution phase of the Marine Corp WTI course.Advised the Battalion Commander on tactical operations, defense design, systems interoperability, system theory, functionality, maintenance management, sustainment, and logistics of the Stinger Missile System.

Havelock, North Carolina, United States

Havelock, North Carolina, United States

Havelock, North Carolina, United States

Master'S Degree, Education, 3.82

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Criminal Justice And Corrections