U.S. Navy Liaison Officer, Red Team Analyst

• 2020 - Present

• Coordinate strategic planning and engagement efforts on behalf of senior U.S. and Royal Navy executive leadership. • Developed and assessed bilateral and multilateral Navy lines of effort, opportunity, and risk towards realizing national security ambitions and prosperity. • Provided Red Team analysis on Royal Navy strategic efforts, risk, and opportunity. • Coordinate strategic planning and engagement efforts on behalf of senior U.S. and Royal Navy executive leadership. • Developed and assessed bilateral and multilateral Navy lines of effort, opportunity, and risk towards realizing national security ambitions and prosperity. • Provided Red Team analysis on Royal Navy strategic efforts, risk, and opportunity.

Air Officer, Department Head

• 2018 - 2020

• Responsible for leading and mentoring over 600 Sailors through training and deployed aircraft carrier flight operation operations throughout the Mediterranean and Middle East, to include the first U.S. carrier flight operations in the Arctic Circle in nearly 30 years. • Responsible for managing a Nimitz class Aircraft Launch and Recovery System (ALRE) maintenance program for four steam catapults, five arresting wire engines, and supporting visual landing aids, and the safe on-load, storage, purification, and issue of 3.3 million gallons of JP-5 fuel. • Collaborated closely with ship, supply chain, and shore equities to maintain ready, reliable flight deck systems throughout three operational deployments, to include the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Show less

Executive Officer, Commanding Officer

• 2015 - 2018

• Led over 200 flight instructors, students, and civilian staff in the U.S. Navy’s sole Primary and Intermediate flight training squadron for Naval Flight Officer training and development using 42 T-6A Texan II aircraft and synthetic training systems. • Directly responsible for design and implementation of command posture and climate that enabled the mishap-free execution of 15,000 annual flight hours, while graduating over 1,166 Navy, Marine Corps, NASA Mission Specialist, Flight Surgeons, and International Students. • Responsible for planning and budgeting U.S. Navy T-6 Texan community multiyear program priorities. Show less

J3 Chief of Current Operations, Chief of Staff Executive Officer

• 2011 - 2014

• Managed strategic nuclear command and control, missile defense, space, and cyber real-time understanding and reporting requirements for senior U.S. military leaders. • Directly assisted senior Combatant Command leaders in navigating the 2014 U.S. sequestration and government furlough, service-level Project Objective Memorandum (POM) review, and deployment of Joint Staff Ethics and Resilience programs. • Managed strategic nuclear command and control, missile defense, space, and cyber real-time understanding and reporting requirements for senior U.S. military leaders. • Directly assisted senior Combatant Command leaders in navigating the 2014 U.S. sequestration and government furlough, service-level Project Objective Memorandum (POM) review, and deployment of Joint Staff Ethics and Resilience programs.

Safety & Operations Department Head

• 2009 - 2011

• Responsible for shaping the Command’s safety and operational postures to conduct training and embarked aircraft carrier flight operations with four E-2C Hawkeye 2000 aircraft and 180 personnel. • Successfully led flight operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2009 and 2011, as well as critical humanitarian and disaster relief operations following the 2011 earthquake and resultant tsunami that devastated coastal Japan. This resulted in adaptively operating in the first radiologic-challenged naval environment in modern history. Show less

Training Officer, Administrative Department Head

• 2007 - 2009

• Responsible for the training and standardization of 25 aircrew, operating four E-2C Hawkeye 2000 aircraft, in preparation for a 2007/08 aircraft carrier deployment to the Mediterranean and Middle East. • Following deployment, I assumed duties as the Administrative Department Head, responsible for the command human resource coordination, and supporting routine and emergent correspondence for over 180 squadron personnel. • Responsible for the training and standardization of 25 aircrew, operating four E-2C Hawkeye 2000 aircraft, in preparation for a 2007/08 aircraft carrier deployment to the Mediterranean and Middle East. • Following deployment, I assumed duties as the Administrative Department Head, responsible for the command human resource coordination, and supporting routine and emergent correspondence for over 180 squadron personnel.

Weapons & Tactics Instructor, Instructor Pilot

• 2004 - 2007

• Responsible for training fleet E-2C Hawkeye, F-18 Hornet, and F-14 Tomcat squadron aircrew in preparation for integrated aircraft carrier flight operations. • Consultant through the Hawkeye Tactical Analysis Team (HETAT) with Naval Air Systems Command on the E-2D Training System Design, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft development, and Hawkeye 2000 Communication Navigation Sensor Air Traffic Management (CNS-ATM) modernization. • Responsible for training fleet E-2C Hawkeye, F-18 Hornet, and F-14 Tomcat squadron aircrew in preparation for integrated aircraft carrier flight operations. • Consultant through the Hawkeye Tactical Analysis Team (HETAT) with Naval Air Systems Command on the E-2D Training System Design, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft development, and Hawkeye 2000 Communication Navigation Sensor Air Traffic Management (CNS-ATM) modernization.

Personnel Officer, Division Officer, Aviation Safety Officer

• 2001 - 2004

• Served as the human resources team lead for a Command of over 180 officers and enlisted Sailors. • Served as the Line Division Officer responsible for leading 18 junior Sailors in aircraft launch, recovery, and turnaround procedures for four E-2C Hawkeye aircraft, along with directly managing two Naval Aviation Maintenance Programs. • As the Aviation Safety Officer, I identified, analyzed, and reported safety-related trends for Command awareness and mitigation in support of U.S. Navy safety programs and operational risk management. Show less

Fleet Replacement Student Pilot

• 2000 - 2001

Student Naval Aviator

• 1998 - 2000