Experience

Defense Security Cooperation Agency

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Planning and Program Design

  • Mar 2019 - Present



U.S. Department of State

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Foreign Affairs Officer

  • Feb 2017 - Mar 2019

  Program manager for a $600 million of Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program for Lebanon and Jordan by working collaboratively with the Defense Department, the Embassies, other State Department bureaus, and foreign partners.● Lead discussions with the governments of Lebanon and Jordan to ensure efficiency and prioritization of FMF to procure military equipment and training through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) system.● Manage a five year security assistance strategic plan with the Jordan Armed Forces by tracking milestones, budget, and alignment with mutually agreed upon policy objectives.● Provided political-military expertise and advice to the Bureau for Near Eastern Affairs to negotiate the new, five-year $6.375 billion foreign assistance memorandum of understanding between the governments of Jordan and the US. Show less

• Foreign Affairs Officer

  • Oct 2015 - Feb 2017

  Managed the complex budget request cycle for both the State Department and USAID and ensured individual offices adhered to key milestones, schedules, and alignment with national security strategy. Coordinate the broad range of economic, development, and security sector assistance for Syria, Yemen, and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.● Helped the White House, USAID, Treasury Department, and State Department better understand foreign aid options to respond to Yemen’s potential recovery from civil war.● Provided budget and project management expertise to an inter-agency team focused on post-conflict stabilization planning in Syria. Show less



Office of the Secretary of Defense

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Presidential Management Fellow

  • Nov 2013 - Oct 2015

  Selected as a 2013 PMF and placed in the Department of Defense (DoD). DoD PMFs complete multiple short-term rotational assignments across DoD and the Interagency. Rotations and key accomplishments include: ● Worked with the Navy, Air Force, Joint Staff, and the Office of Secretary of Defense to develop approaches, metrics, and milestones of 175 recommendations to address infrastructure deficiencies, budget shortfalls, and service members’ morale across the Nuclear Enterprise. ● Prepared congressional engagement materials concerning the Nuclear Enterprise Review for DoD senior leaders. Materials addressed the specific recommendations and actions DoD is taking to address deficiencies to include budgetary resources allocation. ● Prepared materials for CAPE senior leaders to be briefed at meetings with general and flag officers, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Defense. These briefing materials include specific actions taken to correct problems in the Nuclear Enterprise and the reallocation of budgetary resources. ● Was a member of the Army’s Aviation Restructure Initiative (ARI) Tiger Team tasked by the Deputy Secretary of Defense to review the budgetary and political implications of ARI. The ARI Tiger Team reviewed National Guard and Active Army alternatives, compared costs, and the Army’s ability to generate forces to respond to security assistance operations overseas. Show less



Office of Management and Budget

• United States
• Government Administration
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Program Examiner

  • May 2015 - Sep 2015

  Responsible for $23 Billion Army and Marine Corps procurement, research and development budget and ensures portfolio is aligned with Administration’s priorities and guidance. Coordinated and advised the DoD, the Army, and the Marine Corps budget formulation. ● Lead analyst on Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funding of DoD acquisitions. This includes all DoD acquisition funds used for Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (counter-ISIL), Afghanistan, security assistance, and other operations overseas as defined by OMB’s OCO criteria. ● Provided key inputs and analysis for an OCO white paper to responsibly reduce the Department of State and DoD’s use of OCO funds. Additionally, the white paper discussed the historical uses of OCO and wartime supplemental budgets and the legal basis for their use. Show less



King County, WA

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Coordinator

  • Jan 2011 - Oct 2013

  Managed team of 24 employees and oversaw logistics and data analysis projects. Responsibilities and accomplishments include: ● Analyze and synthesize court data into a presentable deliverable to upper management. ● Provide project management, logistics, and business analysis. ● Project manager of South Division- King County District Court reorganization that included transferring workloads between three sites, closing one, and retraining employees for new workload. ● Analyzed caseload data for potential City of Burien, WA annexation and impacts of expanded court services for an additional 13,000 citizens. ●Developed and implemented new policies as King County District Court’s project manager for the City of Burien Jail Cost Reduction Project that resulted in a 14% gain in efficiencies in case processing. Show less



US Army

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Infantry Officer

  • Jan 2006 - Jan 2011

  Served for five years as an Army officer with nearly three years in leadership roles. served 12 months in Iraq as a key US liaison to the Iraqi Army in Diyala Province and provided security assistance training for Iraqi Army officers, leading 12 enlisted soldiers, and intelligence analysis. Additionally served 18 months as platoon leader preparing 12 soldiers for an upcoming deployment to Iraq. ● Advised and trained 15 Iraqi Army officers on military operations, intelligence gathering, and coordinated five major joint combat operations and several smaller missions between US and Iraqi forces. Developed a collaborative intelligence-sharing relationship with the Iraqi Army and our partnership coincided with a significant drop in enemy activity in my unit’s operating environment in four months. ●Provided advice to the Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police on security of 30 polling sites and a ballot collection point for the 2010 Iraqi Parliamentary Elections in the Baqubah. ● In preparation for Iraq deployment, trained, led and managed a 12-man Anti-Armor Platoon Show less