Experience

New Mexico Courts

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Magistrate Judge

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  A State Magistrate Judge hears tort, contract, and landlord / tenant cases up to $10,000.00; holds Felony preliminary examinations; and adjudicates Misdemeanor offenses to include DWIs, Domestic Violence and traffic violations. Additionally, a Magistrate Judge sets bail, determines probable cause, sets conditions of release for defendants awaiting trial and issues both arrest and search warrants. Judge Chavez serves as a member of the New Mexico Sentencing Commission and as the Chair of the NM Courts Budget Committee. Show less



US Army

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief of Staff, 32d AAMDC

  • Jul 2012 - Nov 2013

  Senior Executive Assistant to the Commanding General (CEO) of a 10,000-soldier command located at six different locations across the United States and in seven countries, including Afghanistan, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. Overall responsible for coordinating and directing a 200 person staff to include senior U.S. Army officers each of which were individually responsible for personnel, security, operations, logistics and communications. • Managed an operating budget of $16 million and oversaw subordinate organizational budgets of $65 million.• Coordinated exceptional language insertion for Patriot operational funding during sequestration into Army guidance resulting in the singular protection of all Patriot and THAAD training and readiness funding through-out the Army.• A principal coordinating authority for the short-notice deployments of THAAD to Guam and Patriot to Turkey and Jordan resulting in on-schedule deployments – so successful, the Chief of Staff of the Army used these examples in congressional testimony of the Army's expeditionary capability. Show less

• G3, Operations Officer 32d AAMDC

  • Aug 2011 - Jul 2012

  G3, Operations Officer for a 10,000-soldier command located throughout the United States and in five countries, including Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Overall responsible for managing current operations at these separate locations while concurrently conducting training and certification of Air and Missile Defense units and planning for both future and contingency operations. Personally led a team of 80 personnel; including directors of training, exercises, simulations, planning and organizational design. • Hosted and oversaw the Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces (RSADF) in the development of their Patriot Tactical SOP resulting in the first published TSOP for this GCC partner nation.• Led the Tactical Proficiency Line of Effort (LOE) for this committee with the task of monitoring and presenting progress of this LOE at two U.S. / RSADF Two-Star Committee meetings resulting in successful transfer of the LOE to the RSADF, the first and only to achieve this ultimate goal.• Oversaw the training, and deployment of three Patriot Battalions and an ADA Brigade to the Middle East resulting in units meeting all readiness gates and the delivery of on-schedule certified Patriot forces to the warfighter. Show less

• DAADC OIC / TAAMDCOORD, 32d AAMDC

  • Jul 2010 - Jul 2011

  Senior advisor for surface based missile defense operations to a senior U.S. Air Force general officer. Responsible for monitoring operational readiness of Air and Missile Defense assets and developing contingency plans to account for any operation degradation of these assets as well as for the integration of additional assets. Responsible for the contingency planning to integrate multiple Gulf Cooperation Council countries’ Air and Missile Defense assets into U.S Military operations should the need arise.• Oversaw the establishment of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Center, an international air and missile defense training center, in the U.A.E., resulting in increased bi-lateral partnerships and increased air defense readiness.• Presented the U.S. construct for operational Integrated Air and Missile Defense at the 2011 International Symposium for Air Defense in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; the symposium was attended by senior military officers representing nations from around the world to include all of the GCC countries, many NATO countries, China, Russia and South Korea. Show less

• Student

  • Jul 2009 - Jun 2010

  Student in a comptetative Master Degree Program desiged for students to master strategic art, defined by the colleage as "The skillful formulation, coordination, and application of ends (objectives), ways (courses of action), and means (supporting resources) to promote and defend the national interests." • Completed a Strategic Research Paper entitled "WAR: Will, Action and Resources".

• Director of Doctrine, Training, & Leader Development, U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School

  • Jun 2008 - Jul 2009

  The senior officer responsible for all aspects of doctrine, training, and leader development for the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School; included the update of all Air Defense manuals, curriculum development and execution of basic, advanced and specialty education. Oversaw over 200 civilian and military employees and four Division Chiefs.• Led the seamless transfer of all officer education to a lateral organization to set conditions for relocation to Fort Sill resulting in zero cancellations of any courses during relocation execution.• Coordinated for the move of doctrine and curriculum development to Fort Sill, Oklahoma resulting in the turnover of facilities and the retirement or reassignment of civilian personnel all while delivering products on schedule. Show less

• Commander, 1st Battalion, 43d Air Defense Artillery

  • Jun 2006 - Jun 2008

  The senior officer responsible for all aspects of an Air Defense battalion to include the health and welfare of over 800 soldiers initially forward stationed at three locations in the Republic of Korea and later re-stationed to Fort Bliss, Texas. In Korea, the unit performed 24-7 missile defense operation of critical assets and provided short-range air defense to operational forces located on the border of North and South Korea. At Fort Bliss, the unit reorganized to perform test operations while integrating the new systems.• Led the relocation of the battalion from four separate installations in the Republic of Korea to Fort Bliss, Texas.• Successfully conducted multiple Patriot tests to include live missile tests and critical software updates resulting in no delays to the test schedule or associated milestone decisions. Show less

• Brigade Deputy Commander

  • Jul 2005 - May 2006

  The second in command of a U.S. Army Air Defense Brigade comprised of over 2,000 soldiers located at five separate installations in the Republic of Korea and responsible for the 24-7 defense of critical assets. Served as the principal coordination officer for all actions external to the brigade, working closely with the 8th U.S. Army staff and Installation Management Command for resourcing and improved facilities. • Coordinated the selection of improved facilities for a Patriot Missile Battalion in the Republic of Korea.• Oversaw the successful relocation of a Patriot Missile Battalion from a Korean Airbase to a U.S. Army base resulting in increased safety and quality of life for soldiers.• Personally managed the Brigade’s successful Theater Security Cooperation initiatives with Korean organizations. Show less

• Staff Synchronization Officer, Army G8

  • Jul 2003 - Jun 2005

  Responsible for building a matrix team of staff officers from the Army Staff and Acquisition community to ensure the Army equities of the Single Integrated Air Picture and BMC4I were properly validated and resourced in order to meet critical milestones and defense acquisition board reviews. Served as an Army liaison to the Joint Theater Air and Missile Defense Organization and as a principal coordination authority for the JCIDS process. • Built a team of Joint Air and missile defense professionals from across the DoD, resulting in substantial multi-service support for my programs’ success in critical Defense Acquisition Board and Joint Requirements Oversight Council decisions.• Successfully increased Army funding of the SIAP program to keep pace with joint demand for this requirement.• Successfully ushered an Interagency Protection Procedure Document for the National Capital Region, an update to SIAP requirements, and the Patriot MSE missile through the entire JCIDS process. Show less

• Various

  • May 1986 - Jun 2003

  Served in variety of positions of increased responsibility in small to large units located in the New Mexico Army National Guard and as an Active Duty Officer at Fort Bliss, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Kuwait, and Korea; as an Army staff officer at the Pentagon; and in combat operations in Iraq.