Experience

HQDA OCAR

• Armed Forces
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Selected by Mr. Robert Maxwell, the US Army Reserve’s Chief Financial Officer, to work with him throughout the planning, programming, budget, & execution process. Co-chaired the Army Reserve Resource Council (ARRC) to conduct budget execution reviews, considered program risks associated with funding, and recommended resource allocations to satisfy requirements in support of the Chief of Army Reserve’s (CAR’s) priorities. Oversaw the Office of the Chief of Army Reserve’s (OCAR's) first Data Analytics initiative, featuring LTG Horlander, the Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller (ASA (FM&C)), and guest speakers from the Army’s Finance and Comptroller school and the US Navy to speak about the benefits of data analytics and the tools and resources available to implement it. Over 150 attendees attended from the Army Reserve’s 28 Functional and Regional Commands across the continental United States, including USAR Soldiers serving in Afghanistan. Served as the DRIM lead for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 POM Planning Tasks, ensuring that the Army Reserve’s resourcing interests were represented for all tasks and personally represented the Army Reserve in the development of HQDA’s Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Plan. Served as OCAR's lead for RAND Arroyo studies, overseeing the development of two OCAR-funded studies and preparing OCAR Senior Leaders for HQDA Army-RAND Arroyo Steering Group and Arroyo Center Policy Committee (ACPC) meetings. Led the collaboration across the Strategic Equipping Division, Comptroller, Army Reserve Installation and Management Division, and Programming, Analysis, and Evaluation directorates. Managed an Engine Room staff to develop innovative initiatives across the enterprise. Provided oversight for the ARRC and Army Reserve Resources Board (ARRB). Directed the day-to-day operations to include task management, training requirements, administrative functions, & battle rhythm synchronization Show less

• Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics (G4)

  • Jan 2019 - Jan 2021

  Selected to rebuild the strategic logistics advisor position to the OCAR leadership on matters related to materiel readiness, maintenance readiness, and equipping and divestiture. Coordinated across the OCAR and USARC staffs in order to prepare OCAR and USARC senior leaders, including Mr. Maxwell, MG O'Guinn, MG Roper, and Mr. Austin on USAR equities for logistics-related topics for General Officer Steering Committees (GOSCs). Integrated with the HQDA G4 and the US Army Reserve Command G4 to ensure the Army Reserve was nested in Army logistics policies, plans, and programs. Represented the OCAR leadership at senior Army logistics forums and senior budget deliberations. Led the DRIM's Army Watercraft Resource Planning Team, developing potential costs for the CAR for unfunded USAR requirements due to potential changes to the Army's watercraft divestiture strategy. Tracked watercraft divestiture issues and provided the DRIM team with updates on the status of divestiture and potential costs. Represented the USAR in the development of two new HQDA G4 initiatives that could have significant negative impact to the USAR- the Strategic Divestiture Initiative and the Repair Cycle Float Initiative. Both of these initiatives could negatively impact the USAR by sapping it of equipment vital to unit readiness. Provided the OCAR staff with the National Guard's process and methodology for reviewing, validating, and prioritizing National Guard and Reserve Equipping Appropriation (NGREA) requests. Participated in the review and validation of USAR NGREA submissions for Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021. Participated in the OCAR's Continuity of Operations (COOP) program, providing planning for the continued operation of SED and the OCAR G4. Drafted the Service Support annex for OCAR's Coop Plan. Conducted an analysis of NBC-RV reliability and maintenance issues and drafted recommendations for the OCAR leadership for a way forward to maximize NBC-RV readiness. Show less



National Guard Bureau

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief, Sustainability Team

  • Jul 2015 - Jan 2019

  Serving as the Acting Chief, Planning Division (a GS-15 position), overseeing a staff of 16 military, DA civilians, and contractors developing the Installations & Environment (I&E) directorate's strategic communications, multiple training and certification events for facilities and environmental staff from the states, and the ARNG's facilities and environmental awards programs. Also serve as the Chief, Sustainability Team within the ARNG I&E directorate to provide assistance to States in developing Sustainability partnerships with national, regional, and local organizations; and review, interpret, and provide guidance to State ARNGs on Army programs and policies for energy efficiency, renewable energy, reduction of water consumption, cost-effective waste prevention and recycling, vehicle fleet management, use of alternative fuel vehicles and reduction of petroleum consumption and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Advise, plan and organize action on the direct and indirect impacts of ARNG operations on critical resources that will enable the Guard to better achieve missions and operation. Develop communication and education strategy to change the culture of ARNG Soldiers and Civilians to reflect sustainable principles. On behalf of the Director, Army National Guard, personally briefed the ARNG's annual Command Comprehensive Sustainability Annual Performance Briefing to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy & Environment (ASA IE&E) twice. Co-chair the Office of the Secretary of Defense National Defense Center for Energy and Environment's (NDCEE) Energy Focus Group, focused on developing technologies that reduce the DoD's energy consumption and improve DoD's energy security. Oversaw the completion of the ARNG's DoD Climate Preparedness and Resilience Planning Pilot Study. Show less

• Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics (Deputy G4)

  • May 2014 - Jul 2015

  Served as the Deputy Chief of the ARNG's Installations, Logistics and Environment directorate, a GS-15 position. Provided daily administration of the G4's 101 Soldiers, 77 DACs and 36 contractors. Assists in the oversight of an annual budget in excess of $3.2 billion within 41 MDEPs in support of over 5,400 ARNG units and 341,000 Soldiers across the 50 states, 3 territories, and the District of Columbia. Assisted in the oversight of logistics programs relating to OPTEMPO funding, equipment management, equipment readiness, depot maintenance, Command Logistics Review Team, mobilization support, automation, and strategic planning; installations programs relating to Military Construction, Sustainment Restoration and Modernization, real property management, and strategic planning; and environmental programs relating to regulatory compliance, cleanup and restoration, training, and programming. Served as the acting ARNG G4 for 73 days while the G4 began transitioning to a new assignment. In this capacity, I represented the G4 at the Resource Validation Board, the Level II and I Program Budget Advisory Committees (PBAC), and weekly updates to the Director, Army National Guard. Leveraging the HQDA Comprehensive Review, I successfully split the ARNG G4 into two G Staff-level directorates; a purely logistics-based G4 and the Installations & Environment directorate (I&E). Previous ARNG G4s had tried unsuccessfully to accomplish this for six years. This finally provided proper functional alignment for the ARNG G4 and I&E staffs with their HQDA and State counterparts, and provided better visibility of I&E programs and issues within the National Guard Bureau senior leadership. Selected by the ARNG Chief of Staff to serve on two promotion boards. Reviewed and approved all DA Civilian hiring actions before staffing to the ARNG senior leadership for approval. The ARNG G4 rated me as "the best Deputy of the 4 I've had as G4." Show less



US Army

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Military Assistant for Training, Assistant Secretary of the Army- Manpower & Reserve Affairs

  • May 2013 - May 2014

  Assisted the principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs on Army Total Force training issues, providing O6/GS-15-level representation at several HQDA and OSD forums. Assisted the Training Program Execution Group (TT PEG) Co-Executive, supervising day-to-day operations, making decisions and recommendations for the planning, programming, budgeting and management of the Army's $12.5 billion budget. Represented the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Training, Readiness, and Mobilization (DASA (TRM)) at HQDA's PEG Exec meeting and the Planning Program Budget Committee (PPBC) to track the Army leadership's priorities and provide input on our portfolio when required. Represented ASA M&RA at the Army's Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (LREC) Councils of Colonels and prepared the DASA (TRM) for the LREC GOSC, and represented ASA M&RA at OSD's Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center "Fee For Service" study. Represented ASA M&RA at the Army's Long-range Investment Requirements Analysis (LIRA) Councils of Colonels and prepared the DASA (TRM) for GOSC-level LIRA meetings. Worked closely with the HQDA G-3/5/7 to complete the FY13 Contracted LREC Support for Training Report to Congress and the Army's FY13 Foreign Language Proficiency Report to Congress. Developed and staffed policies and proposals, conducts policy review and provides oversight for all matters pertaining to training. Show less

• Military Deputy, Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management

  • Aug 2011 - May 2013

  Served as the Deputy Chief of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management's (ACSIM's) 30-person Environmental Division, an O6/GS15 level position, for two years. Oversaw the execution of the Army's $1.5 billion environmental program worldwide. Served as the lead for the revision of the Army Regulation 200-1, the Army's foundational environmental regulation, synchronizing across the Department of the Army staff and hundreds of environmental professionals across the Army worldwide. Received, consolidated, organized, and adjudicated over 1600 comments with the HQDA staff, including The Judge Advocate General and the Office of General Counsel. Served as the ACSIM lead to begin an Army-wide environmental manpower study in conjunction with the US Army Manpower Analysis Agency (USAMAA). Developed the memorandum of understanding between ACSIM and USAMAA. Met with the USAMAA staff to give an overview of the Army's environmental program. Coordinated with representatives from IMCOM, NGB, AMC, and the USAR to develop an initial "function tree" mapping the core functions performed by environmental staff at the Command and installation level. Organized the Army's first series of Environmental Program Execution Reviews, allowing HQDA the opportunity to review programs and project studies being executed by the Army Environmental Command, Public Health Command, and the Army Corps of Engineers on behalf of HQDA. Organized the Army's first Environmental Program Management Review in two years allowing IMCOM, ARNG, AMC, USAR, MEDCOM, and SMDC to brief HQDA on the status of their respective environmental programs. Show less



National Guard Bureau

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Secretary of the General Staff

  • Oct 2010 - Aug 2011

  Personally selected by the Army National Guard Chief of Staff to take over as the head of the Staff Action Control Office for the Army National Guard Directorate of 1400 personnel during a moment of crisis for the office. I immediately identified critical issues that caused significant late staffing actions and rapidly introduced fixes that reduced the number of late actions by over 90% within weeks. The Director, Deputy Director, and the Chief of Staff of the Army National Guard personally relied on me to step in when high-visibility Headquarters, Department of the Army and Department of Defense staffing actions were in danger of not being completed in time, ensuring that they were. Personally oversaw the Army National Guard directorate's conversion to new office symbols to comply with Army Regulation 25-59 in six months, something the ARNG staff tried and failed to accomplish for the past three years. Working with the ARNG staff I created a comprehensive 430-page Organization and Functions manual for the directorate down to branch level. Working across the National Guard Bureau staff, I implemented several improvements to our tasking system which improved performance and significantly reduced the amount of late staffing actions, including high-priority staffing actions. During my tenure my office oversaw the completion of 12,400 staffing actions, and I served as the acting Division Chief, an O6/GS15 position, for 6 months, overseeing a staff of 10 military, civilian, and contractors. Show less



National Guard Bureau

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief, Compliance Branch

  • Jan 2008 - Oct 2009

  Served as the principle advisor to the National Guard Bureau leadership for all matters relating to sustainability and environmental compliance. Developed policy and implementation guidance supporting a multi-million dollar environmental program. Managed a multi-disciplinary staff of 10 military, Department of the Army civilians, and contractors providing technical support and regulatory and fiscal oversight for sustainability and environmental compliance programs across 50 states, 3 territories, and the District of Columbia. Worked closely with the HQDA staff to review policies, ensuring those that did not apply to the ARNG were revised, saving the ARNG $3.5 million annually. Managed the National Guard's Environmental Performance and Assessment System (EPAS) program, providing rigorous environmental compliance assessments of over 1000 facilities, making the ARNG the only Army component to complete the federal requirement for EPAS assessments. As a result, the ARNG saw a 50% decrease in enforcement actions by environmental and occupational health regulators. Participated in four hiring boards for vacant DA civilian positions. Show less



US Army

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Environmental Specialist, Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management

  • Apr 2007 - Jan 2008

  Assisted in the development of policy and program implementation guidance for the Headquarters, Department of the Army's Sustainable Range Program. Served as the lead for the Army's Compatible Use Buffer Program, coordinating the purchase of conservation easements between the Army, the Department of Defense, other federal agencies, and private conservation groups. Participated in a three month Congressional fellowship, serving as a member of the Senate's Oversight of Government Management subcommittee staff. Show less

• Future Operations Officer, Combined Task Force Chamberlain

  • Jan 2006 - Apr 2007

  Served as main liaison between the Engineer brigade and the division headquarters. Analyzed over 600 division orders and directives to formulate over 400 plans and orders for all U. S. military Engineer operations in Afghanistan. Coordinated with division staff as well as subordinate U. S., Polish, and South Korean Engineer units for the integration of Engineer support within the overall operations to secure and rebuild Afghanistan. Developed numerous briefings for VIPs, Congressional delegations, and dignitaries. Personally took part in demining, Route Clearance (counter-IED), and humanitarian assistance operations. Show less



National Guard Bureau

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Environmental Specialist

  • Jun 2002 - Jan 2006

  Responsible for the execution, development and issuance of policy, budgeting, monitoring, and evaluation of the Army National Guard's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) program for 54 states and territories. Completed required environmental analysis allowing for the transformation of the Army National Guard under the Army Modular Force concept. Supervised a staff of four completing numerous environmental analyses required to execute $375 million of military construction (MILCON) projects, including three Environmental Impact Statements (EISs), and a multi-million dollar budget in coordination with the NGB staff, Department of the Army, and Department of Defense. Served as the ARNG's first lead for three years for the legislative EIS for the withdrawal of public land at the Limestone Hills Training Area for the Montana Army National Guard (MTARNG), working closely with the Bureau of Land Management and the MTARNG to move the process forward for the analysis of environmental impacts of the proposed action, avoiding a $100 million lawsuit threatened by an international mining corporation. Show less



US Army

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Operations Officer, New England Recruiting Battalion

  • May 2000 - May 2001

  Planned and implemented the best market analysis in a twelve-state region. Developed new automated procedures to collect and store historical information. Responsible for monitoring the daily operations of a sales force of 200 recruiters covering most of New England. Evaluated data to generate long-term marketing and recruiting plans. Interviewed candidates to become offi cers and pilots. Investigated allegations of misconduct by the recruiting force. Directly supervised a staff of fourteen.

• Company Commander, 756th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company

  • Oct 1997 - May 2000

  Provided 24-hour bomb disposal support to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. Team Leader responsible for rendering safe all explosive hazards. Performed and supervised bomb sweep support for the U. S. Secret Service for the protection of President Clinton and other dignitaries, including Israeli Prime Ministers Netanyahu and Barak. Taught Bomb Threat and Search classes. Coordinated training exercises with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. Coordinated annual Bomb Seminar for local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania. Managed 20 highly skilled technicians and $1.5 million with no direct supervision. In 1999, commanded all US bomb disposal assets in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Planned and coordinated operations with allied nations, including a combined operation with the Russian Separate Airborne Brigade to destroy air-to-air missiles from one of the two MiG 29s shot down by NATO forces. Supervised the safe completion of 512 unexploded ordnance incidents; 56 ordnance destruction missions to destroy confiscated Serbian ordnance; and 12 classes teaching unexploded ordnance hazards to 1225 soldiers and civilians. In charge of bomb disposal support to the U. S. Secret Service for President Clinton’s visit to Sarajevo for the Stability Pact conference. Personally removed and rendered safe 6 anti-personnel landmines from the Eagle Base perimeter. Prepared and gave briefings on Explosive Ordnance Disposal operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina to the 1st Cavalry Division staff. Managed 40 highly skilled technicians, three interpreters, and $2 million of equipment. Show less



US Army

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Company Commander, 40th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company

  • Dec 1994 - Dec 1996

  Provided 24-hour bomb disposal support to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. Team Leader responsible for rendering safe all explosive hazards, including supervising the removal of live chemical warfare agents from downtown Jackson, MS and the removal and destruction of 100lbs of stolen TNT from Prentiss, MS. Performed and supervised bomb sweep support for the U. S. Secret Service for the protection of President Clinton and other dignitaries, including German Chancellor Kohl. Taught Bomb Threat and Search classes. Coordinated operations with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Managed 20 highly skilled technicians and $1.5 million of government equipment with no direct supervision. Show less



US Army

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Maintenance Platoon Leader, 61st Maintenance Company

  • Feb 1993 - Feb 1994

  Revitalized sub-standard unit maintenance facility into an award winning organization. Created the top platoon in the company. Consistently exceeded all Army standards for turnaround times and customer service. Managed 50 people and $10 million of equipment. Provided recovery and maintenance of military vehicles in our area. Participated in two week exchange with South Korean Army. Revitalized sub-standard unit maintenance facility into an award winning organization. Created the top platoon in the company. Consistently exceeded all Army standards for turnaround times and customer service. Managed 50 people and $10 million of equipment. Provided recovery and maintenance of military vehicles in our area. Participated in two week exchange with South Korean Army.