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San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area

2XB Media Productions is a media production and publishing company based in Boerne, Texas (near San Antonio). 2XB Media’s niche is in newly emergent media formats such as 360 Degree photos & video, enhanced e-Books (2XB Books), and Google Earth applications. 2XB Media also provides services for Video Metadata Tagging. This is a process of embedding.

Syracuse, New York, United States

Undertook graduate degree program at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication, Syracuse University, New York. Majored in Journalism Innovation. Course of study focused on employment of newly-emerged media formats into business operations. Instruction included video production, virtual reality, 360-degree video & photos, strategic use of digital and.

San Antonio, Texas Area

Project Lead at Booz Allen Hamilton. Heads production projects which recreate traditional instruction into Virtual Reality, videos, tablets, and smart phone applications. Specialized in military and intelligence training curriculums.

National Capitol Region

Leads a multi-organizational Task Force working to establish a Department of Defense (DOD)-wide curriculum training standard for the Analysis of Full Motion Video (FMV) and other forms of Geospatial-Intelligence (GEOINT). Focus is on training standards for GEOINT collection derived from unmanned aerial vehicles. Interfaces directly with DOD Intelligence.

Macdill Air Force Base, Tampa Florida

Administers a U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) program that embeds U.S. Special Operators (Army Green Berets, Navy SEALs, Air Force aircrew) in select U.S. Embassies worldwide. Responsible for recruitment of Special Operators, training, articulating program objectives, procuring required equipment, and maintaining relationships with U.S. Embassy.

Served as a member of the U.S. Ambassador’s diplomatic staff, as well as the representative of the U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff to the Venezuelan Air Force. Primarily responsible for articulating military and political issues pertaining to Venezuela to senior U.S.Military and U.S Government embassy organizations. Published two articles related to.

Senior Intelligence Analyst responsible for producing studies projecting futuristic ground, air, naval, ballistic missile, & space capabilities of potential adversaries. Managed $4 million budget. Produced a first-ever study of the future composition of non-state actors and unconventional military forces. Study impacted national-level strategic planning.

The primary HQ USAF interface (Office of Legislative Liaison, Pentagon) to Congressional members, committees, and staff on budgetary and developmental issues related to USAF Intelligence, Reconnaissance, and Surveillance (ISR) aircraft and systems. Most notable systems included the Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, the Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.

Pentagon

Primary Air Force officer responsible for the programmatic management of $18 billion in annual budgetary outlays for U.S. Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems. These included the MQ-1 Predator and the RQ-4 Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and the U-2 manned aircraft. Managed the programmatics for key developmental.

Ft. Walton Beach FL

Headed various projects to integrate UAV video collection & hand-help receivers to Special Operations applications. Initiated dialogue UAV personnel, Air Force AC-130 gunship aircrew as well as Air Force Special Tactics personnel. Efforts spurred interoperability initiatives among USAF Special Operators based on post 9-11 Afghanistan operations.

NATO Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) In Vicenza, Italy.

Member of a joint test unit which field-tested a prototype Predator UAV aircraft during the Bosnian conflict. Participated in two Predator UAV deployments supporting US and NATO contingency operations in the Former Yugoslavia. Served as the Predator Liaison officer to the NATO Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) in Vicenza, Italy. Helped developed the.

M.S. Communications, Newhouse School Of Public Communications, Journalism Innovation

Graduate program with emphasis on data analysis, news gathering, editing and information visualization for social and digital media..

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), International Business

Activities and Societies: Exchange Semester in Santiago, Chile, Internship at NetApp, Sunnyvale, California, Member Notre Dame Boxing Team.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), International Relations And Affairs

Activities and Societies: U.S. Air Force Academy Boxing Team Four-year undergraduate military academy for officer candidates for the.

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Education record