Experience

Constellation West

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• NC3 Analyst (TS / SCI / NC2)

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Analyst for the Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Enterprise. Analyst for the Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Enterprise.



Scientific Research Corporation

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Task Lead / Senior Analyst (TS / SCI / NC2)

  • Oct 2021 - Sep 2022

  Project Task Lead and Senior Analyst for Joint Discreet Adversary Strategy Defeat (J-DASD) Quick Reaction Test, a one-year, $1 million project to develop and test advanced warfare concepts to address multiple Combant Command requirements. Project Task Lead and Senior Analyst for Joint Discreet Adversary Strategy Defeat (J-DASD) Quick Reaction Test, a one-year, $1 million project to develop and test advanced warfare concepts to address multiple Combant Command requirements.



Constellation West

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Media Strategist / Site Lead (TS / SCI / NC2)

  • Sep 2021 - Oct 2021

  - Developed, executed, and evaluated global strategic messaging from USSTRATCOM - Assisted J35 Future Operations (FUOPS) team in planning Information Operations (IO) for the Command - Content Developer for Military Information Supporting Operations - Company Lead for associates working in J35 - Developed, executed, and evaluated global strategic messaging from USSTRATCOM - Assisted J35 Future Operations (FUOPS) team in planning Information Operations (IO) for the Command - Content Developer for Military Information Supporting Operations - Company Lead for associates working in J35



McCallie Associates, Inc.

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic Communications SME (TS / SCI / NC2)

  • Mar 2020 - Sep 2021

  - Subject Matter Expert (SME) for developing, executing and evaluating strategic messaging from USSTRATCOM- Assised J35 Future Operations (FUOPS) team in planning Information Operations (IO) for the Command- Military Information Supporting Operations (MISO) Action Officer for content development- Globally published author with works translated into 11 languages*Member of Command's Crossfunctional Team of the Quarter for groundbreaking work on Concept of Operations for emerging capabilities.

• Project Office Lead / Site Lead (TS / SCI / NC2)

  • Jan 2018 - Mar 2020

  - Site Lead for team of Engineers, System Administrators, Technicians, Draftsman and Project Managers- Project Office Lead for Information Technology (IT) Engineering, Technical Advisory Services and Tier 2 and 3 Maintenance Support for USSTRATCOM's Global Operations Center (GOC), supporting Nuclear Command, Control and Communications - Manages transition of GOC mission systems from legacy headquarters building to new $1.6B Command and Control Facility *Received J66 Eagle Award for outstanding customer engagement support

• Command Red Team Analyst / Social Sciences Expert (TS /SCI)

  • Feb 2017 - Jan 2018

  - Conducted root cause analysis for problem sets, conduct risk analysis, and recommended risk mitigations - Provided insight and understanding to determine country specific and regional motivations, intentions, capabilities, effects, and state-of-the-art technical advances affecting the Command’s mission areas- Conducted research and prepared interpretive reports and analysis of sociological, political, economic, cultural, geographic, scientific, technological and military conditions to understand trends- Provided advice on future global and local impact of human factors, and developed and sustained effective relationships with sociology communities of interest and communities of practice- Supported production of pre-crisis and crisis emulation products, shared across Combatant Commands, provided shared understanding of leadership decision-making on countries of interest- Provided insight and understanding into emerging global threats and disruptive technology to support development of alternative futures, scenarios and exercise scripts- Coordinated and facilitated panels of country experts, from Academia and the Intelligence Community, to emulate the perceptions and decision processes of potential adversaries to provide possible reactions to changes in policies or postures

• Project Office Lead (TS / SCI / NC2)

  • May 2016 - Feb 2017

  - Lead Project Manager for IT Capabilities Contract (ITCC) at HQ United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM). Responsibilities include:- Led 12 Project Managers and 120+ active projects for ITCC support to USSTRATCOM J64 - Responsible for ITCC Project Management documentation, processes and service improvement - Communicated project status with senior management, Government Program/Functional Managers- Managed Project Status Reporting Tool to track project variances; resulting ITCC variance below 5%- Ensured all ITCC Project Managers have competencies and training to deliver project excellence- Coordinated Integrated Master Schedule and authors monthly CDRLs for management and COR review- Monitored and facilitated issue resolution and impact of project and/or scope changes to ensure work is completed within estimated timeframe; develops contingency plans to mitigate project risks and potential issues- Internal Auditor for maintaining ISO 9001 and ISO 20000 certification and contract compliance- Company supervisor for five McCallie Associates working in various ITCC support functions- Received multiple "Spot" awards for superior teamwork

• Senior IT Project Manager and Engineering Team Lead (TS / SCI)

  • Mar 2014 - May 2016

  - Lead and project manager for Integrated Strategic Analysis Network (ISPAN) Virtual Dedicted Engineering team that provides IT support and architecture for the ISPAN-managed capabililites at Headquarters United States Strategic Command- Managed procurement and projects that bring new IT capabilities such as Actifio, Oracle, Red Hat Enterprise LINUX and virtual machines into the ISPAN architecture- Responsible for delivering quality products or services and meeting budget and schedule commitments-Managed a portfolio of 30 IT projects using both waterfall and agile project managementBasic responsibilities included:- Administrative and project lead for six-member ISPAN Virtualization Engineering Team- Managed project progress and resolution of project deliverables/issues in close contact with the engineers and program sponsors- Met regularly with the requirements managers to review project status, issues, risks and proposed mitigations- Monitored and facilitated resolution of issues that impact ISPAN projects and/or scope changes to ensure work is completed within estimated timeframe- Tracked project milestones and provides status updates and reporting formats- Identified and managed project risks - Tracked vendor status and reviewed/approved vendor Statements of Work, if required- Managed to the Triple Constraint (Time, Cost and Quality)- Communicated with internal and external customers, coordinates status reporting and expectations- Assistant lead for ITCC Project Office, oversaw activities and training for 12 Project Managers- Internal auditor for ensuring ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 20000 compliance- Received multiple "Spot" Awards for superior work as internal auditor



Independent Defense Consultant

• Bellevue, NE

• Independent Defense Consultant (TS / SCI)

  • Jul 2013 - Mar 2014

  - Confidential consultant for companies exploring business opportunities - Analyzed Department of Defense Requests For Proposals to advise clients on proposal development - Researched personnel requirements and staffing solutions to support client contract proposals - Provided subject matter expertise to defense contractors preparing proposals for contract competition - Confidential consultant for companies exploring business opportunities - Analyzed Department of Defense Requests For Proposals to advise clients on proposal development - Researched personnel requirements and staffing solutions to support client contract proposals - Provided subject matter expertise to defense contractors preparing proposals for contract competition



The Garrett Group

• United States
• Defense & Space
• 1 - 100 Employee

• JFCC-ISR Liaison Officer/ISR Mission Manager (TS / SCI)

  • Sep 2013 - Nov 2013

  - Interim position as US Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command - Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JFCC-ISR) liaison officer assigned at US Southern Command - Advised US Southern Command and coordinated with operations and intelligence personnel on: ISR strategy; asset allocation; asset management; collections management; mission development; and mission assessment - Interim position as US Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command - Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JFCC-ISR) liaison officer assigned at US Southern Command - Advised US Southern Command and coordinated with operations and intelligence personnel on: ISR strategy; asset allocation; asset management; collections management; mission development; and mission assessment



United States Air Force

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Commander, 45th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron

  • Dec 2011 - Jun 2013

  - Led a team of over 55 aircrew, contractors, maintenance personnel and various other specialties supporting unique RC-135S COBRA BALL mission aircraft and equipment valued in excess of $500M to conduct high priority strategic reconnaissance missions from overseas locations - Team often operated on extremely short timelines and required extensive coordination with multiple high level DoD organizations - Independent critical thinking, scheduling, problem solving, personnel management and team building, and logistical expertise were vital for successful mission accomplishment - Successfully collected on nation's #1 target for countering weapons of mass destruction - Operations Supervisor for OC-135 OPEN SKIES, RC-135U COMBAT SENT, RC-135S COBRA BALL, and WC-135C/W CONSTANT PHOENIX aircraft - Maintained flight instructor qualification in RIVET JOINT, COMBAT SENT and COBRA BALL aircraft



USCENTCOM

• Armed Forces
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Senior Military Advisor, Iraqi Ministry of Defense, US Forces- Iraq

  • Nov 2010 - Nov 2011

  - Senior US Military Advisor to the Directors of Military Training, Basic and Tactical Training, and Armor Directorates of the new Iraqi Ministry of Defense in Baghdad, Iraq - Executive coach and mentor for 12 Iraqi general officers responsible for managing Iraq's out of country professional military training; professional standards; new equipment training; eight Iraqi Basic MilitaryTraining Centers, a Combat Training Center, a Counter-Insurgency School, and the NCO Academy located throughout Iraq regarding military institutional training development, planning, and integration of Iraqi Basic Combat Training, Military Occupational Skills Qualification, Leadership Development, and company-level and below collective training for approximately 80,000 Iraqi soldiers - Coordinated new equipment training for Iraqi troops in M1A1 main battle tanks and M113 armored personnel carriers - Advised and trained the Iraqi Joint HQs and Iraqi military to be a professional, self-sustaining, ground defense force capable of supporting internal defense requirements while simultaneously equipping and training for external defense responsibilities - Steward of $2.76M in Iraqi Security Forces Funding to support equipment and ammunition requirements for Iraqi training exercises and $1M in funding to support Kurdish forces training in Iraqi military facilities - Brokered cooperation between the Iraqi armed forces and the Kurdish Peshmerga, former adversaries - Senior officer for administrative control of 50 US Air Force personnel dispersed at five Iraqi locations



United States Air Force

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Staff, 55th Wing

  • Jul 2008 - Oct 2010

  - Led 224-member executive staff supporting a 7,200-member organization with over $5B in assets - Exercised oversight of: AF Smart Operations in 21st Century; Anti-Terrorism Coordinator; Chapel; Commander’s Action Group; Command Post; Comptroller Squadron; Conference Center; EEO Office; Inspections and Exercises; Flight/Ground Safety; Historian; Information Assurance; Inspector General; Judge Advocate General; Plans and Programs Division; Public Affairs Office; and Protocol- Managed employee hiring, performance rating, bonus pay and termination; resolved EEO issues - Coordinated all staffing actions among six groups within the wing as well as external with US Strategic Command, HQ Air Combat Command, Air Force ISR Agency and Task Force 204- Managed $2M headquarters facility upgrade project, enhancements ready on schedule and under cost- Wing liaison to USSTRATCOM, the Air Force Weather Agency and 48 other associate units - Responsible for $1.5M wing staff annual budget- Chaired end of year funding strategy and planning that resulted in an addtional $41M for wing projects over the course of two years- Led preparation for an Operational Readiness Inspection, resulting in an "Excellent" rating for the wing and recognition of three wing staff members as outstanding performers- Maintained flight instructor qualification in RIVET JOINT, COMBAT SENT and COBRA BALL aircraft

• Commander, Detachment 2, Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern)

  • Jun 2006 - Jul 2008

  - Commander Air Forces South's Senior Liasion Officer to the Director, Joint Interagency Task Force - South (JIATF-S)- Director of Air Component Coordination Element (ACCE-J) and Task Force 4.2 with responsibility to provide tailored US Air Force capabilities to support JIATF-S' counternarcotics mission in Central and South America- Analyzed drug traffickers updated counter-narcotics tactics, 15% increase in interdiction resulted- Project Manager for new IT architecture to share radar data between two distant operation centers - Program Manager for $800M in US Air Force base operating support, ground based radar network, E-3 AWACS and intelligence support to the Colombian Air Bridge Denial (counter-narcotics) program- Efforts supported Task Force seizure of over $9B in illegal narcotics and arrest of 700 traffickers as well as presentation of the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award to unit for the two years of tenure as commander



USSTRATCOM

• Offutt AFB, NE

• Chief of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Operations, HQ USSTRATCOM J23

  • Jul 2003 - Jun 2006

  - Led 12-member team in standing up USSTRATCOM's new Global Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission area - Sensitive Reconnaissance Operations "Book Officer", responsible for receiving ISR requirements from Combatant Command staffs, working with force providers for source solutions, developing and vetting proposed solutions with the Intelligence Community, and presenting solutions to Cabinet-level Senior US Leadership for approval - Analyzed collection strategies and results, results used to improve accomplishment of collection objectives - Led team that won six USSTRATCOM team awards in three years



United States Air Force

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy Chief, Wing Plans and Programs, 116th Air Control Wing

  • May 2002 - Jun 2003

  - Orchestrated wing requirements and emerging technology strategies and managed $2B implementation of Joint Surveillance Target Attack System (JSTARS) hardware, software and firmware upgrades- Wing lead for work with acquisition and test communities, prime contractors and Joint Program Office for JSTARS capability phased build-up- Directed development, maintenance and implementation of all contingency and wartime plans and concepts of operation supporting combatant commander taskings for the US Air Force's only JSTARS wing- Analyzed JSTARS capabilities and tactical operations, used analysis results to improve operational plans and to provide input into the JSTARS requirements process- Managed deployments and emergency responses as wing Battle Staff Director- Senior US Air Force officer working day-to-day plans and coordination with NATO's Coalition Aerial Surveillance and Reconnaissance (CAESAR) project with representatives from seven partner nations to produce interoperable ISR capabilities and data processing, exploitation and dissemination architecture- Flight Instructor in E-8C and TE-8A aircraft

• Assistant Director of Operations, 93rd Operations Support Squadron

  • Sep 1999 - May 2002

  - Supervised 20-member joint US Air Force/ US Army operations staff for planning and execution of all aspects of the wing's flying operations to include: airspace management; exercise planning; supervisor of flying program; datalink interoperability management; flight scheduling; mission development; wing flying hours program; and aircrew central scheduling- Managed wing's daily flight operations and operational risk as Supervisor of Flying- Directed unit’s daily operations, which included intelligence support, contingency operations, tactical employment, real-world and simulated exercise participation, mobility and readiness- Directed all aspects of the wing’s $29M/6,300 hour JSTARS flying hour program—zeroed out program for three consecutive years- Flight Instructor in E-8C and TE-8A aircraft

• Assistant Director of Operations, 12th Airborne Command and Control Squadron

  • Jul 1998 - Aug 1999

  - Supervised 144 aircrew members and staff supporting global mobility and worldwide battle management missions- Responsible for daily flight activities in the first operational Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) squadron in the US Air Force. Planned, coordinated and executed employment of $500M E-8C JSTARS aircraft in support of warfighting commanders- Managed wing's daily flight operations and operational risk as Supervisor of Flying- Flight Instructor in E-8C and TE-8A aircraft

• Chief, Reconnaissance Operations, HQ US Air Forces in Europe

  • Jun 1995 - Jun 1998

  - Exercised tasking authority and mission control over all EC-130, RC-130, RC-135, RQ-1, U-2, and WC-135 units in the European Theater of Operations on behalf Commander US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). USAFE’s force manager for over $5B in assets- Scheduled, coordinated and monitored theater peacetime collection efforts with National Security Agency, Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Reconnaissance Center (JRC), US European Command JRC, and theater reconnaissance units to maximize intelligence collection- Tasked and analyzed multi-source intelligence as ISR operations officer for classified joint task force- Ran Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Analysis Center for the command’s Combined Air Operations Center exercises-Initial Cadre to stand up Special Joint Task Force to find war criminals

• Air Operations Officer, 922nd and 95th Reconnaissance Squadron

  • May 1992 - Jun 1995

  - Developed all plans and actions to surge unit to sustain 24/7/365 operations for over two years in support of Balkans Conflict- Served as: Chief of Exercises and Tactics; Chief of Scheduling; and Chief of Plans and Tactics- Flight Instructor in KC-35E/R, RC-135U/V/W and TC-135 B/S/W aircraft - Supervisor of Flying

• Standardization and Evaluation Instructor, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

  • Jul 1986 - May 1992

  - Flew worldwide strategic reconnaissance missions to achieve national intelligence objectives- Flight Instructor and Evaluator in RC-135U/V/W and TC-135S/W aircraft