Experience

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  U.S. Embassy in Mexico

  • Operations Officer

    • May 2022 - Present

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  FEMA

  • Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Interagency Fellow

    • May 2021 - May 2022
    • Washington, District of Columbia, United States

    Executive Officer for the National Response Coordination Center during Hurricane Ida and COVID response.

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  United States Southern Command

  • Bogota,D.C., Capital District, Colombia

  • Chief Of Staff

    • Jan 2019 - May 2021
    • Bogota,D.C., Capital District, Colombia

    Chief of Staff (CoS) for the largest military mission in Latin America. As the CoS, I plan and direct all administrative, financial, and operational activities for the organization's leadership. Additionally, I organize and prioritize critical issues and required information for the leadership to facilitate efficient decision making.My roles also focus on communicating, coordinating, and advising inter-agency leaders, from Department of State (Ambassador, Front Office Staff, Others), Department of Justice, and other Departments/Agencies. Lastly, I work directly with Colombian Military and Government officials in meeting mutual objectives.

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  U.S. Embassy in Mexico

  • Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico

  • Assistant Army Section Chief (Deputy Section Lead)

    • May 2016 - Sep 2018
    • Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico

    Responsible for planning, coordination, and synchronization of Department of Defense and State activities in support of US Government and Mexican Armed Forces objectives and initiatives. Executed over $20 million dollars in military education and training, counter-drug, and multinational exercises.I oversaw border initiatives and training to reduce the flow of drugs into the U.S. This was a CBP and DoD joint venture, which brought law enforcement and military relationships (U.S. and Mexican) to an all-time high, especially in operations and communication. Served as the cultural advisor, interpreter, and aide to the Joint Land Component Commander (General Buchanan) during Hurricane Maria Humanitarian Assistance efforts (recovery operations) in Puerto Rico. Scheduled multiple high-level dialogues between FEMA, DoD, and Puerto Rico government officials in order to coordinate and expedite recovery efforts. One of the most rewarding moments of my career.

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  United States Southern Command

  • San Salvador, El Salvador

  • Assistant Army Section Chief (Deputy Section Lead)

    • Aug 2013 - Jul 2014
    • San Salvador, El Salvador

    Managed and supervised the selection and execution of the Beyond the Horizon (BTH) exercise. BTH is an exercise/mission that provides U.S. and foreign partners the ability to build schools and provide medical services to impoverished communities in El Salvador and Latin America. I was responsible for selecting the most vulnerable areas and coordinating with USAID and health ministries to best support the execution of BTH. This exercise/mission provided multiple classrooms for three schools and medical services for over 3,000 El Salvadorean and Guatemalan citizens. During this year, my wife and I traveled to Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, Suriname, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile in order to expand our cultural understanding of the region.

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  7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

  • United States
  • Armed Forces
  • 200 - 300 Employee

  • Planning Assistant / Chief of Operations

    • Dec 2012 - Aug 2013

    Chief of Operations in Afghanistan where I supervised a 15-person joint operating center (JOC). The JOC supported over 100 Special Forces operators and multiple other units within the Special Operations Task Force area of responsibility.

  • Detachment Commander

    • Apr 2010 - Dec 2012

    Served as a Detachment Commander for a 12-man Special Forces team. The team deployed to Mexico, Dominican Republic, and Afghanistan.

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  12th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment

  • North America / Middle East

  • Platoon Leader / Executive Officer / Planning Assistant

    • Dec 2005 - Sep 2008
    • North America / Middle East

    As a lieutenant in 2-12 Cavalry, I was responsible for establishing a new unit/company from the ground-up. In less than a year the unit was manned, deployed to the National Training Center, and deployed to Iraq for a 15-month. During the 15-month deployment, I participated in over 300 combat mission, as a combat engineer platoon leader and executive officer. After the deployment, I was selected as the assistant operations officer (AS3). As the AS3, I was responsible for the Battalion's training schedule, budget, and upcoming deployments.