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United States

Creating and Cultivating a Thriving Deep-Tech Innovation and Commercialization Ecosystem in Texas

United States

Senior Executive responsible for increasing research funding for Baylor University by developing collaborative research partnerships between Baylor University faculty and external partners. Additionally responsible for advancing faculty and student-developed inventions and innovations through the Lab to Market technology commercialization process to: 1).

Harker Heights, TX

Senior Executive responsible for the coordination, management, execution and growth of all student, parent, and professional development programs funded by all contracts, grants, donations and the MCEC. Responsible for expanding the MCEC mission reach of these programs through the conduct of business development activities. Lead and supervise one Business.

Fort Worth, Texas

Led a six-person Business Development Directorate responsible for developing and executing a marketing and business development strategy that generated research expenditures in excess of $3 million in revenue and $10 million in research expenditures. Developed meaningful and lasting partnerships with Government agencies, private industry and academia and.

Fort Hood, TX

Led Transition Team for incoming III Corps and Fort Hood Commanding General. Developed, coordinated and executed special projects for the previous Commanding General.

Fort Hood, TX

While serving in this General Officer position for a senior Army Headquarters, responsible for ensuring the III Corps staff was prepared to execute successful combat operations in support of an Army component command or as a Joint Task Force headquarters. Ensured Fort Hood's 23 major subordinate commands had the resources to execute all phases of Army.

Fort Hood, TX And Baghdad, Iraq

• While serving in this General Officer position for a senior Army Headquarters responsible for developing, coordinating and synchronizing plans, operations, transformation, aviation and training in support of 60,000.
• Successfully led the multi-functional planning effort that achieved the redeployment of 48,000 personnel and 1.2 million pieces of equipment out of Iraq well ahead of the 1 September 2010 mandate imposed by the U.S..
• Developed a series of plans which strengthened the partnership between US Forces and Iraqi Security Forces from the tactical to strategic level.
• Shaped a planning tool which served as a roadmap for US, Iraqi and Kurdish leaders to guide the transition to a bilateral security mechanism along the disputed internal boundary in Northern Iraq.
• Developed a US-Iraqi training plan that improved the Iraqi Army’s ability to conduct external defense of their sovereign country.
• Developed and executed two training plans that successfully prepared III Corps for the first Corps-level Warfighter Exercise in 10 years and its future deployment to Afghanistan. Both were recognized by the Army’s.

Fort Stewart And Hunter Army Airfield, GA

• Led a diverse 4,824-person command comprised of 15 directorates focused on supporting the training, deployment/redeployment, and quality of life of the 53,264 Soldiers, Army Civilians and Family Members living and.
• Supported the deployment/redeployment, mobilization/demobilization, training, reset and reintegration of over 170 units deploying to and from Iraq and Afghanistan. For these efforts, my Command was awarded the Army’s.
• Oversaw the planning and sponsored 19 LSS projects resulting in $2.3 million in cost avoidance and $835K in cost savings.
• Developed and executed an innovative Installation Safety Program that was adopted as the standard for the Army’s Installation Management Command and earned the Installation the Army’s 2007 Composite Risk Management.
• Implemented an Army Continuing Education System on the Installation that was recognized by the Military Installation Voluntary Education Review Board as the benchmark for the Army and Department of Defense.
• Improved and executed a very mature Installation Planning Board process that combined with several other best practices earned the Installation the 2009 Army Communities of Excellence (ACOE)/Commander and Chief Awards.

Heidelberg, Germany

• As the Deputy Chief of Plans for the Army’s most senior Headquarters in Europe, led three planning branches with responsibility for contingency planning, force deployment and operational and tactical air defense.
• Led a 50-person multi-functional planning staff through numerous planning efforts in support of operational and strategic missions for both EUCOM and USAREUR to include NATO Response Force contributions to future.
• Led the USAREUR staff’s efforts to stand up the Black Sea-based Eastern European Task Force, a task force created as part of the overall Transformation in Europe to conduct Theater Security Cooperation activities in.

Baumholder, Germany

• Led a diverse 1,000-person command comprised of 7 directorates focused on supporting the training, deployment/redeployment, and quality of life of the 13,000 Soldiers, Army Civilians and Family Members living and.
• Developed a deployment operations plan and execution model to support the deployment of Baumholder units to operations in Iraq. The deployment model was recognized as a best practice by the USAREUR Deputy Commanding.
• Developed a ten-year capital improvement plan in one year that put in place a facility upgrade strategy that was missing for two decades and factually/outwardly improved the Baumholder community’s physical plant and.
• Converted a ten-year unprofitable Non-Appropriated Fund program into a profit generating enterprise that allowed for the improvement of Morale, Welfare, and Recreation facilities, programs and services on all 14.
• Implemented all facets of the Army Communities of Excellence (ACOE) program and improved every area of base operations in the Baumholder community. As a result, the Installation was the third place winner of the 2004.

Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

• Led a 7-person team in planning, developing, coordinating, analyzing and defending the Army’s $480 billion Program Objective Memorandum (POM) and Future Year’s Defense Program for the Secretary of the Army (SECARMY).
• Assisted in defending POM 02-07 resulting in the Army receiving an additional $5.4 billion, another $12.6 billion after Budget review and ensuring the successful integration of Army Transformation within a constrained.
• Prepared analysis and briefings for the CSA, SECARMY, and Secretary of Defense that resulted in the Army receiving an additional $85 billion for POM 03-07.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Strategic Studies

Master Of Military Art And Science (M.M.A.S.), Advanced Military Studies

Master Of Science (M.S.), Operations Research Systems Analysis

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), General Engineering