Denver based First Officer in CRJ 200/700/900.

Teach Airforce Pilots initial flight training, including ground and primarily air instruction. Adhere to Airforce Air Education Training Command (AETC) syllabus requirements. Regularly interface with the Airforce Graduate Training Management System (GTIMS) and scheduling programs. Provide leadership and guidance to brand new Airforce officers. Regularly fly in airspace ranked among the top 10 busiest in the nation, by number of operations. Regularly fly in high altitude/ high density altitude environments.

CEO and founder of a local brewpub, employing 8 people and creating half a million in revenue over 22 months of operation. As the sole founder I created the concept and business plan, secured financing, navigated the complicated city, state and federal alcohol permitting process, designed and supervised the construction, ordered and installed all equipment, hired and trained all personnel, created checklists and SOPs to ensure continuity. As a result, the daily operation of the business ran mostly on it’s own within 8 months. As the CFO I managed all aspects of the business finance from accounting to payroll; Identified areas to improve and made changes resulting in a reduction in cost of food. As the COO I streamlined the entire brewing process, from ordering raw material, to distributing the end product, resulting in maximizing the production of beer on the current system within the first 8 months. As head brewer/ quality control manager I created recipes, brewed them, and taught my assistant brewers how to brew, resulting in multiple beers winning regional awards for quality and flavor. As CTO I created and maintain the website as well as supervise all aspects of our social media presence. As head of marketing I created and managed multiple different modes of advertising, and assessed their effectiveness, resulting in maximization of the minimal advertising budget.

Hired as an "intra-preneur" to create a new 200 person organization from a 35 person organization within US Northern Command. Created oral and written briefs on a weekly basis, to inform decisions of Congress, US Special Operations Command (SOCOM), and NORTHCOM which convinced congress to authorize Special Operations Command North (SOCNORTH). SOCNORTHs mission is to provide Special Operations assistance in Homeland Defense. Helped maintain strong inter-agency alliances between the Canadian Military, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, the Department of Homeland Security, and Customs and Border Protection. Directly involved with creating the organizational chart, required equipment list, hiring initial employees, and establishing budgets. Secured a temporary location and oversaw $20 million of building renovation, to include supervising multiple different military contractors. As a result, the rapidly growing entity was able to immediately occupy office space, rather than waiting to expand. Began the military construction process to build a multi-million dollar new building that will properly accommodate SOCNORTH's international mission. Worked closely with the US Army Corps of Engineers to draw blueprints, using a design build process. As a result, in a year and a half, SOCNORTH tripled in size and became a multi million dollar, stand-alone organization, with international scope and reach.

Created, trained and directed a diverse team of 40 Americans and Afghans. Responsible for $2 million dollars of equipment. Moved the group to Afghanistan and created the 120 man Special Weapons and Tactics Team from within the Kandahar Police. Assessed their skills in the first month, then created and supervised a 10 month training plan to include creating action reports, improvement plans, and tracking their progress. This involved taking them from a basic level of rifle marksmanship & safety, to advanced live fire room clearing. Also trained them on mounted & dismounted land navigation, combatives, prisoner handling, urban and rural patrolling, arrest techniques, crowd & riot control, and evidence collection techniques. Organized and supervised multiple life fire shoot houses, as well as participated in real world high risk arrests & crisis response scenarios. Stakeholders I interacted with and reported to verbally and in written form included the Kandahar Chief of Police, The US division commander and the commander of the International Security Assistance Force Special Operations Forces (ISAF-SOF) commander for Afghanistan. In less than a year the ISAF-SOF Commander for Afghanistan recognized them as the second best trained in the country, of 28 SWAT teams.

Founding member of a new 600 person unit with a $5million dollar budget responsible for preparing military advisors to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan. Initially on the board of directors responsible for creating and organizing the unit. Created and constantly improved the syllabus; regularly taught senior executives at a masters level of instruction on advising and Security Force Assistance; Selected, trained, motivated and evaluated a division of 14 technical instructors as well as worked with them to correct deficiencies and implement discipline and termination procedures as necessary. As a result my division prepared 1200 soldiers over a 2 year period to successfully advise foreign police and soldiers. Commended by the COO of the organization as one of his best instructors.

As a future plans officer for 1st Special Forces Group I reviewed and updated theater level contingency plans for the PACOM theater. Gained excellent experience in theater level planning. Participated in a FOAL EAGLE exercise, at the Corps level. Advised the Corps commander on deployment of Special Operations Forces in the Korean theater.

COO for an organization of 200 people and 10 million dollars of equipment. Wrote and executed the plans to move all operations to the Philippines over a 4 week period, with no loss of equipment or capability. Reported directly to the theater commander. Responsible for the daily, near and long term operations of the organization. Directed a staff of 30 in an operations center, as well as the operations of 15 subordinate units throughout the Philippines. Regularly wrote and executed Warning Orders, Planning Orders, Execute Orders, Operations Orders, Commander's Assessment, Commander's Estimates, Decision Support Templates, Running Estimates, and dealt with Automated Message Handling System messages.

Directed a 3 person team to accomplish national objectives in Bangladesh; for six months worked extensively in the inter-agency environment, many times alone with host nation forces. Attended a managerial level tour of the CIA and NSA in preparation for this deployment; worked closely with the CIA in the American Embassy Bangladesh, as well as host nation first responders, police and military, furthering American interests in the country; reported to the ambassador verbally and in written communication on a daily basis. My weekly reports went directly to the commander of the Pacific Theater and helped him formulate policy. Commended by the Ambassador for furthering her goals in the nation.

Company Commander of the only company in the Army that produces Special Forces Communications Sergeants. Directed a 50 man staff of civilian and military instructors to execute four 65 day classes per year. Responsible for a $500,000 budget. Supervised changes which allowed doubling class sizes in response to the Secretary of Defense’s call for more Special Forces soldiers to fight the GWOT. Constantly reviewed and changed instruction so it remained relevant to current trends on the battlefield.