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Operations Director and HR Professional who is an expert in synchronizing large staff departments and overseeing substantial projects while keeping an organization on task and moving towards the company vision. Situational leader with a proven track record of directing actions throughout planning, execution, and assessment. Orchestrating supported and supporting relationships amongst several large organizations and internal departments simultaneously.• Designed and led 1400 hours of workshop and instruction with senior Marine and Naval leaders: problem framing, course of action development, case study, debate, guided discussion, war gaming, tactical decision games, informal lecture, and Socratic questioning.• Instructed Maneuver Warfare Course, Amphibious Warfare Indoctrination, Amphibious Warfare Staff Planning, Senior Amphibious Warfare Officers Course, and Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) / Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Staff Planning Course. I am recognized as a subject matter expert on emerging Naval warfighting concepts to include: littoral operations in contested environments, distributed military operations, expeditionary advanced base operations and stand in force composition.• Coordinated efforts between executives, divisions, and departments across several land-based and ocean based units across four continents by synchronizing actions in order to de-conflict any issues while foster integration within the Navy/Marine Corps team. • Managed accommodations for 941 personnel and 51 work spaces including: issue, maintenance, inspections, and turnover.• Served as the Operations Director facilitating command and control between Marine leadership, Embassy Reinforcement units, Noncombatant Evacuation Operation units, State Department, and Embassy staff. Also led Marine coordination efforts between 225 Marines, US Navy, Secret Service, and State Department personnel in preparation for the President of the United States visit.• As an Operations Director designed, coordinated, and synchronized camp operations providing life support to over 3500 service members across a dozen major USMC, Army, Navy, and Air Force commands.• Led command and control efforts executing over 100 USMC service level events each involving thousands of service members executing continuing actions across air, land, sea, cyber, and space domains.