Experience

IAP Worldwide Services

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

• Sr HR Business Partner

  • Nov 2017 - Present

• Senior Recruiter/Operations Manager

  • Apr 2016 - Present



Leonie Industries

• Arlington, VA

• Senior Recruiting Liaison

  • Jun 2013 - Mar 2016

  • Provide feedback to Capture Manager during proposal process as it relates to requirements and qualifications of candidates for respective labor volume, and availability/bandwidth to recruit qualified and interested candidates. • Review and reconcile the Business Development’s determinations on candidate qualifications against PWS requirements. • Review final staffing plan for all proposals; provide recruiting atmospherics to assist proposal writers. • Provide SME level expertise including Strategic Communications narratives on SOF, MISO, CENTCOM and SOCOM contracts and proposals to BD. • Facilitate timely feedback to California recruiting team on candidate qualifications. • Routinely format resumes for proposals and presentations to customers. • Effectively interface with Capture Manager, Proposal Manager and Director of Talent Acquisition to ensure Recruiting is collecting all required information. • Facilitate recruiting adjustments to meet “win theme” change requirements. • Provides near real time feedback to Director of Talent Acquisition on changes to proposal suspense and requirements. • Interface continuously with Ops personnel to keep abreast of contract operational requirements for backfill personnel. • Provide feedback and SME expertise to California based recruiting team after hours to facilitate timely candidate submission. • Produce candidate tracking matrices in support of proposal efforts and hard to fill contract positions. • Coordinate closely with recruiters and provides direction during Director’s absence. • Mentor and advise Ops personnel on operational issues and mission impacts. • Give briefings to MISTF new hires on living and working in Afghanistan. • Perform full life cycle recruiting on a daily basis to include sourcing, performing phone screens, presenting qualified candidates to hiring managers and scheduling interviews. Show less



Leonie

• Kabul Afghanistan

• IO (MISO) Planner

  • Apr 2012 - Jan 2013

  Kabul, Afghanistan • Provides SC planning support to MISTF-A an element supporting USFOR-A with full spectrum information operations support. • Writes detailed plans, orders and annex in support of USFOR-A Influence and Inform Activities. • Writes detailed Information Operations (IO) plans in support of USFOR-A objectives and missions. • Conducts strategic communications, public affairs and IO Planning in support of USFOR-A and Special Operations Joint Task Forces (SOJTF) operational needs. • Mentors MISO officers in the conduct of MISO in a joint environment. • Provides insight and expertise regarding the culture, politics, and media in Afghanistan and Pakistan. • Assists with development of Measures of Effectiveness reporting. Show less



CENTCOM Public Affairs

• Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Program Manager Communications Integration

  • Aug 2010 - Oct 2011

  • Responsible for program management of a multimillion-dollar contract in support of one of the highest optempo public affairs offices in the US military. • Supervised and managed tasks for 36 contract personnel providing a gamut of public affairs and strategic communications support. • Prepared and provided advice on Public Affairs and Strategic Communications plans in support of US Central Command missions. • Advised and assisted with integration of Information Operations and J5 Key Leader Engagements into Communication Integration/Strategic Communications products. • Coordinated media relations support. • Prepared, coordinated and facilitated media training for Central Command flag level officers. • Provided planning and execution support to the Joint Operations Center (JOC), a 24-hour crisis-action operation and plans cell. • Supervised and provided production direction of foreign and domestic media-monitoring products. • During exercise IL 11-2 facilitated and assisted with preparation of the Central Command spokesman’s daily press briefing, a daily media event and a key training point for the exercise. • Supervised and provided direction to the Digital Engagement Team (DET) which provides counter-propaganda and informational messaging to Central Command area of interest news and social media sites in 6 languages. • Developed detailed measures of effectiveness reporting for Central Command social media and DET operations. • Implemented comprehensive changes to the command’s web and social media strategies resulting in over a 500% increase in social media followers of Central Command content. Show less



ConStrat

• Conus and Oconus locations

• Foreign Media Analyst/Planner

  • Oct 2008 - Aug 2010

  • Researched and provided daily foreign media inputs to the Joint Staff Public Affairs office (JSPA) daily Kirby Klips media product. The JSPA Kirby Klips were distributed to senior military and civilian leaders around the world. • Responsible for monitoring and discovery of foreign news of strategic interest to the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS). • Frequently required to work flexible hours to provide focused media coverage in support of CJCS travel. • Researched and provided daily foreign media inputs to the Joint Staff Public Affairs office (JSPA) daily Kirby Klips media product. The JSPA Kirby Klips were distributed to senior military and civilian leaders around the world. • Responsible for monitoring and discovery of foreign news of strategic interest to the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS). • Frequently required to work flexible hours to provide focused media coverage in support of CJCS travel.



The Joint Staff

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

• Senior Enlisted Advisor and PSYOP Action Officer to the DJ3

  • Jul 2003 - Oct 2005

  • Develop theater-related plans, deployment orders and briefings for the Operations Directorate of the Joint Staff. • Routinely advise senior officers and other government officials on matters concerning strategic communications, Military Information Support Operations (MISO) and military support to public diplomacy (MSPD). • Act as liaison officer to the Joint Staff public affairs office. SME in the DJ3 on PA operations and doctrine. • Coordinate and staffed actions through all relevant elements of the Joint Staff and other governmental organizations (State Department, USIA, NSA, DIA etc.). • Work with Joint Staff public affairs to develop Joint Staff Director level guidance on the use of web sites directed at foreign audiences (TRWI). • Represent the DJ3 in numerous strategic communications and information operations working groups. • Write and facilitate use of crisis action strategic communications plans in support of elements in Iraq. • Provide DJ3 with advice and guidance on all PSYOP related matters to include: implementation of PSYOP plans, policy, doctrine and PSYOP capabilities, limitations, force structure and equipment. • Act as Senior Enlisted Advisor to the D-J3, a two star general. Developed initiatives for the professional development of the force to include incentives for enlisted personnel to pursue college education while working on the Joint Staff. Show less



USASMA

• Instructor Military Operations Division

  • 2001 - 2003

  • Instruct, mentor and counsel senior NCOs of the United States Army, joint services, and foreign nations. • Teach over 500 hours of subject matter and 30 hours of undergraduate and graduate-level academic material, to include: organizational management techniques; staff operations; leadership; plans, orders and annexes; Military Decision Making Process; Army writing program; stability operations; tactics and operational art. • Write and develop new lesson plans as required to adapt courses to emerging doctrine.• Work in the Exercise Control Group for 6 Brigade level CPX. Show less

• Instructor Military Operations Division

  • 2001 - 2003



HHC 1st POB

• Ft. Bragg, NC

• CSM

  • 1998 - 2000

  • Senior enlisted advisor to a PSYOP battalion responsible for counter-narcotic and MSPD operations in the Caribbean and Latin and South America. • Provide oversight to multimedia products including reviewing television and radio spots, newspaper articles and advertisements, posters and novelty items. • Brief senior State Department officials in the Bahamas, Haiti, and Colombia on PSYOP missions conducted in their respective countries. • Responsible for the leadership of 121 enlisted soldiers. Frequently required to provide guidance and oversight of training, professional development and discipline of both officers and enlisted personnel. • Chief Counsel to the Battalion commander and executive officer on both operational and personnel issues. Show less