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San Marcos, CA, US

San Marcos, California, United States

• Expert in risk management. Implemented dozens of robust risk management strategies to protect capital and maximize returns.
• Strong understanding of company financial statements, cash flows, economic indicators, and industry trends to inform trading decisions.

San Diego, California, United States

• Lead capture and proposal staffer which within a year, drove the capture, award, and proposal management process for eight successful contracts, which includes Foreign Military Sales (FMS), by crafting compelling BOEs.
• Cost Account Manager (CAM) overseeing a portfolio of 28 critical networks valued over $10 million. Provides direct financial leadership and analysis using the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) to the RQ-4 Test.
• Tracked all performance related metrics to ensure the IPT stayed on target for all deliverables; met or exceeded contract deliverables for the program according to the master schedule.
• Quantified the requirement for 10 new hires into the IPT through historical trends in workload, error rates (rework), and project completion times.

Palmdale, California, United States

• Risk, Issue, and Opportunity (RIO) manager for the sub-IPT, which led to over $1.7m savings in risk avoidance, while also being able to capture more than $3m in opportunities for the B-21 program.
• Led the digital transformation effort for the B-21 Systems Ground, Flight, & Test team by transitioning from a Microsoft Excel log, to Jira as the ticketing system, and confluence as the dashboard to track overall.
• Self-initiated an effort to reduce testing costs by over $100k using analytics and Tableau by conducting root cause analysis to determine where manpower was being over utilized and reallocating that labor to other.
• Authored and published a new testing manual, designed specifically to provide structure and process to the team’s testing procedures; saving more than 100 man hours in the first month, highlighting why process.

Irvine, California

• Developed the program charter including statement of work (SOW), annual training guidance, master schedule, logistical support, and transportation plan for four field training exercises, culminating in the successful.
• Instituted a recruiting and retention program which increased the company size by 48% in 2.5 years.
• Created the business case for a project that enabled a new ROTC course curriculum for academic credit through the University of California Irvine’s Academic Senate.
• Rated as the number 3 of 67 captains on annual performance report; recommended for accelerated promotion.

El Paso, Texas / Kuwait

• Created the project roadmap to launch and lead cross-functional U.S. and Jordanian air defense teams through a highly collaborative process to streamline and integrate U.S. and Jordanian air defense contingency plans.
• Supervised a major project that resulted in the manufacturing and construction of 12 hardened structures in five countries, over a five-month period to protect air defense assets, delivering on time, and without.
• Developed and employed the program’s operations and technical guidance for all US-based air defense assets and +9,500 personnel in the Middle East and Guam.
• Enhanced operational readiness by coordinating, and contracting for critical testing and repair equipment, resulting in over $6 million in cost avoidance annually, using Gantt charts to track, manage, and analyze.

Okinawa, Japan

• Led a Patriot Missile Company, consisting of 90 personnel and equipment valued in excess of $90 million. Led all administrative, maintenance, logistics, projects, and training functions of the company.
• Developed a training and certification program which took the company from the worst to the #1 battery in the battalion; was the only company out of five to never go uncertified to conduct its war time mission.
• Forecasted and performed risk analysis to manage a $1.75 million dollar budget, staying 3.5% below the spend plan to contribute to the battalion’s bottom line; fully responsible for profit and loss.
• Saved more than $30 thousand in annual maintenance costs by implementing a LEAN methodology to improve the maintenance program which achieved an operational readiness rate of 95%, 5 points higher than the Army standard.

Afghanistan And Okinawa, Japan

• Led between 4 to 86 soldiers in the positions of Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, Assistant Plans Officer, Battalion Tactical Director with responsibilities ranging from the tactical employment of the Patriot.
• Battalion Tactical Director. Was the commander’s consultant and SME on how best to employ air defense fires.
• Company Executive Officer. Overhauled the battery supply operations to win the 2010 Department of the Army Supply Excellence award for outstanding supply chain management processes and procedures.
• Platoon Leader. Placed #3 of 24 Lieutenants in a “Best Lieutenant” competition within 30 days of arriving to the unit.

Master Of Business Administration, Business Administration And Management, General

Graduate Certificate, Project Management

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.)