Experience

Northwestern University School of Professional Studies

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student

  • Sep 2021 - Present



U.S. Navy Reserve

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Officer, NR NAVSTA Rota 0169

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  Responsible for 78 personnel and associated operations, training, medical, and mobilization readiness. Supports Naval Forces Europe, US Sixth Fleet, and Combatant Commander strategic priorities. Provides airfield and port facilities personnel, security and force protection, logistical support, and emergency services to U.S. and NATO forces. • A confident leader, he effectively led the day-to-day operations of Naval Station Rota’s largest reserve unit, consisting of 78 Sailors at distributed locations across the US. He oversaw the provision of 2,000+ days of Active-Duty support across multiple theaters, two Active-Duty recalls, and multiple sets of individual training orders.• Oversaw a short notice unit-wide Annual Training opportunity designed to provide unit Sailors required annual Active-Duty commitment safely given the constraints of the Coronavirus pandemic. With the unit unable to execute the primary mission of on-site support to Naval Station Rota due to COVID-19, ensured Sailors’ readiness to deploy through medical and training completion, all while maintaining safety in accordance with CDC guidance. Medical readiness increased to greater than 90%, the highest of any large unit at Navy Operational Support Center, Great Lakes.• Active in support of NOSC Great Lakes’ Funeral Honors mission, leading and participating in 34 Military Funeral Honors details honoring the faithful service of deceased veterans across the states of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. • Selected for, and promoted to, the rank of Lieutenant Commander and recommended for Commanding Officer assignment. Show less

• Naval Gunfire Liaison Offier, 14th Marine Regiment

  • Mar 2020 - Present



Windy City Wire

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Composite Cable Production Supervisor

  • Mar 2020 - Sep 2021

  Responsible for the overall planning, scheduling, and manufacture of all composite cable product lines. Leads personnel across three shifts accomplishing the manufacturing processes from primary extrusion to final assembly and packaging. Instrumental in implementing plant wide process improvements to composite production cell. • Greatly reduced scrap from production processes from 15% to 6% by copper used for final length transferred to distribution through adjustments to preventative maintenance, production run lengths, and quality assurance procedures • By careful sequencing to minimize retooling and rearranging certain production lines to accommodate a greater range of products and expanding capacity at bottleneck stages, virtually eliminated need for personnel overtime to meet production goals. • By retaining and training the best performing operators, was able to meet increased production targets with existing machinery and reduced personnel. Show less



US Navy

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Naval Gunfire Liaison Officer and Information Operations Planner, 12th Marine Regiment

  • Jul 2017 - Mar 2020

  Dual hatted to two positions of a higher pay grade. Supporting parent command, the nation’s forward deployed artillery regiment, and higher headquarters as Naval Surface Fires planner and Information Operations planner, respectively. Responsible for the planning, integration and execution of all types of Naval Surface Fires and Information Operations in support of the ground combat element of the forward deployed Marine Expeditionary Force. • Led the revision of the tactical standard operating procedures for fire support coordination and included SOPs for integration of non-lethal operations, such as inform, influence, and electronic warfare. • An operations expert, assigned as subject matter expert to numerous operational planning teams for multinational military exercises with partner and allied nations, as well as real world contingency planning. Able to effectively define a problem, develop and test courses of action and transition to execution.• Augmented numerous organizations, from infantry regiment to expeditionary brigade and combined multinational force headquarters staffs as a subject matter expert for information operations planning, advising the commander on the range of non-lethal actions from electronic attack to humanitarian assistance operations.• Planned and led 5 naval fire support certifications, orchestrating the movements of ships, small boats, aircraft, architecture of command and control networks and deployment of Sailors and Marines in support of intensive live-fire shore bombardment assessments. • Developed a proposal for development of tactics, techniques and procedures for the utilization of a common allied naval direct fire weapon system against indirect, shore-based targets.• Ranked as number one Lieutenant, regardless of designator.• Presents finished planning products and operational updates to Top Management Team of senior and General Officers on a routine basis. Show less

• Site Director and Technical Instructor, Center for Security Forces Learning Site Yokosuka, Japan

  • Jun 2013 - Jul 2017

  Served as the director of the only overseas activity of Virginia-based Center for Security Forces, and as a technical instructor for small arms marksmanship and reaction force team leader training. Led a combined military and civilian team of professional Navy instructors delivering high risk, hands on training to hundreds of Japan based Sailors annually, and responsible for a multi-million-dollar training compound. • Responsible and accountable for operation and organizational and depot level maintenance of 5 facilities, training areas and shooting ranges, 2 vehicles, over 100 weapons, hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition, and computer simulation equipment. Administered an annual operating budget worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. • Managed 7 major renovation and modernization projects worth over 1.5 million dollars from inception to completion. These included the complete, ground up overhaul and renovation of both main training facilities, replacement of legacy firearms simulation facility with newer, more capable platform, shooting range facility lead abatement and renovation.• Developed and implemented process improvements resulting in increased utilization rate, reduction in lost time and quotas.• Built training relationships with various outside organizations, enabling improved training for guest organizations and utilization of otherwise unused facility training time. • Developed detailed contingency plans for governmental shutdown, ensuring continuity of operation with no interruption or loss of fidelity in training delivery or safety processes.• Exercised discretion with the expenditure of government funds, and reduced annual expenditure by $32,000 in one FY. Oversaw congressionally mandated financial responsibility compliance and reporting through the Manager’s Internal Control Program. • Ensured compliance with overarching Navy, Department of Defense and federal programs, verified by outside auditors or inspection teams. Show less

• Training Officer and Assistant Operations Officer, USS COWPENS CG 63 and USS ANTIETAM CG 54

  • Jul 2011 - May 2013

  Dual hatted to two critical roles on a continuous basis and lead one major project. As Training Officer, responsible for the projection, defense, allocation and alteration of the ship’s training, travel and readiness budget, scheduling and coordination of training and certification events with outside organizations, compliance with all Navy and Department of Defense readiness standards, ensuring all required crew manning and prescribed skillsets were maintained. As Assistant Operations Officer, served as the link between the Air Defense Commander and the Strike Group Commander, advising on matters of Integrated Air and Missile Defense, strike group alert posture, the capabilities of each air defense unit and nature of threat aircraft and anti-ship missiles. Overall in charge of the planning and execution of the ANTIETAM relief of COWPENS as the Japan-based air defense cruiser.• Responsible for the planning and execution of a two month evolution resulting in ANTIETAM relieving COWPENS in the seventh fleet. These dissimilar ships required extensive personnel movements and modification of assignments, dozens of specially tailored training events for Sailors to qualify on new equipment, structured physical and administrative ship turnover, and mission area recertifications for the new ship and crew combination. Managed this project from inception to completion; completed on time and within budget, resulting in seamless turnover of air defense duties in the Indo-Pacific region.• Integrated over a dozen major certification events and their prerequisite training and assist visits within a dynamic operational schedule and real-world strike group operations.• Forecast and managed an annual training, travel and readiness budget of over $150,000, scheduling over 100 annual school quotas, ensuring proper manning, seamless continuity of critical skills and the professional development of Sailors. Show less

• Main Propulsion Officer, USS LASSEN DDG 82

  • Feb 2009 - Jul 2011

  Led 31 Gas Turbine System Technicians and was responsible for LASSEN’s multi-million-dollar propulsion plant consisting of 4 gas turbine main engines and 3 generators, reduction gears, fuel and lube oil and auxiliary systems. Managed preventative and corrective maintenance, quality assurance, training and refueling operations both in port and at sea. • Ranked 1st of 14 first tour officers by the Commander, citing integrity and demonstrated ability to plan and execute. • Named most trusted Officer of the Deck, hand-picked for the most complex ship handling and tactical evolutions.• Selected by senior enlisted advisors for the United States Naval Academy Class of 1982 Clyde E. Lassen Memorial Leadership Award.• Scheduled and verified hundreds of weekly maintenance actions, oversaw cyclic overhaul of major end items, to include replacement of one main engine, and safely took on 4 million gallons of fuel with no environmental incidents or spillage.• Handpicked to serve as Liaison Officer to one Indian naval vessel and Japanese naval staff during major multinational exercises. Show less