Experience

Threat Tec

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Theatre Engagement and Regional Expertise and Culture Instructor

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  Ft. Bragg NC 1st Special Forces Command (A)



Yorktown Systems Group

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Theatre Engagement and Regional Expertise and Culture Instructor

  • Aug 2021 - Jun 2022

  Ft. Bragg, NC Supporting US Army 1st Special Forces Command, Airborne In June 2022, new contractor company assumed prime role in LREC; same position.



SOSi (SOS International)

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

• Lead Social Sciences SME in Afghanistan (2018 - 2020) for US Army contractor

  • Mar 2019 - Mar 2020

  Kabul and Bagram, Afghanistan • Lead Social Scientist for contractor providing socio-cultural expertise, consultation, analysis, research and products – promoted within company from Social Sciences SME Assistant Lead. • Responsible for the Validation, Testing and Evaluation Detachment (VTED) in support of the customer, US Army, SOCOM. • On-site customer service in Afghanistan locations with six-month rotation Army Units out of Ft. Bragg, NC. • Supervision and leadership of VTED Team, including Media Assessment… Show more • Lead Social Scientist for contractor providing socio-cultural expertise, consultation, analysis, research and products – promoted within company from Social Sciences SME Assistant Lead. • Responsible for the Validation, Testing and Evaluation Detachment (VTED) in support of the customer, US Army, SOCOM. • On-site customer service in Afghanistan locations with six-month rotation Army Units out of Ft. Bragg, NC. • Supervision and leadership of VTED Team, including Media Assessment Analysts and Social Scientists – two OCONUS locations within Afghanistan in support of Operation Resolute Support (ORS). • Research, analysis and report production of large national quantitative surveys and qualitative products: In-depth interviews (IDIs) and focus groups (FGs). • Questionnaire development and fielding to sub-contractors for requests for information (RFIs) and request for data collection.

• Assistant Lead Social Sciences SME

  • May 2018 - Mar 2019

  Kabul and Bagram, Afghanistan • Social Scientist for deploying PSYOP Units, providing socio-cultural expertise, consultation and products. • On-site customer service in Afghanistan locations with six-month rotation Army Units out of Ft. Bragg, NC. • Research, analysis and report production of large national quantitative surveys (Foghorn, Anvil and Plain Sight/Uncertainty) and qualitative products: In-depth interviews (IDIs) and focus groups (FGs). • Questionnaire development and fielding to sub-contractors for… Show more • Social Scientist for deploying PSYOP Units, providing socio-cultural expertise, consultation and products. • On-site customer service in Afghanistan locations with six-month rotation Army Units out of Ft. Bragg, NC. • Research, analysis and report production of large national quantitative surveys (Foghorn, Anvil and Plain Sight/Uncertainty) and qualitative products: In-depth interviews (IDIs) and focus groups (FGs). • Questionnaire development and fielding to sub-contractors for requests for information (RFIs) and request for data collection. • Responsible for sharing and dissemination of survey data and reports to CENTCOM and SOCOM HQs, CONUS/Tampa • Deputy to Social Sciences SME Lead and led the VTED during Lead’s one-month’s leave.



CGI Federal, Inc.

• Consulting Social Scientist

  • Apr 2016 - May 2017

  Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas • Consultant in small Army organization of eight personnel providing socio-cultural, anthropological and combat ethnographic expertise to Army-wide stakeholders and G-2 staff. • Participate in several Team projects at request of Regionally Aligned Forces (RAF), such as complex cultural assessments and other intelligence preparation of the battleground. • Extensive research, writing and editing of socio-cultural products, usually in Team collaboration. • Direct Support for DoD Joint… Show more • Consultant in small Army organization of eight personnel providing socio-cultural, anthropological and combat ethnographic expertise to Army-wide stakeholders and G-2 staff. • Participate in several Team projects at request of Regionally Aligned Forces (RAF), such as complex cultural assessments and other intelligence preparation of the battleground. • Extensive research, writing and editing of socio-cultural products, usually in Team collaboration. • Direct Support for DoD Joint Operations Information Warfare training exercise providing social science expertise (March 23-24, 2017). • Provide peer review of DoD organizations drafts of socio-cultural factors. • Populate content to developing GCKN research network called OEConnect to provide Army-wide interactive access of both socio-cultural and other scientific knowledge relevant to the Operational Environment (OE). • Research and recruit for OEConnect social science Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), key seminal social science publications and sources and region-specific possible conflict area populations and threat actors. Show less



Michigan Technological University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Dec 2006 - Feb 2015

  Houghton, Michigan, United States • Two separate time periods, with a leave of absence to train and then deploy to Afghanistan. * Estimate the impact of forest and socio-cultural management practices on wood decomposition in the forest floor and mineral soil. • Direct six undergraduate students and two graduate students in managing the work for this Project - throughout the summer and fall semesters. • Assess and analyze global carbon cyclic modeling for multiple human uses, across the Northern… Show more • Two separate time periods, with a leave of absence to train and then deploy to Afghanistan. * Estimate the impact of forest and socio-cultural management practices on wood decomposition in the forest floor and mineral soil. • Direct six undergraduate students and two graduate students in managing the work for this Project - throughout the summer and fall semesters. • Assess and analyze global carbon cyclic modeling for multiple human uses, across the Northern Hemisphere. • Collaborated with other cooperating multidisciplinary scientists in team framework. • Extensive fieldwork for half of every year; research design; data collection; and analysis. Show less



United States Department of Defense

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Social Scientist, GS-15

  • Sep 2009 - Jul 2010

  Kandahār, Afghanistan • Design, develop and implement operationally-relevant socio-cultural research designs and plans for Human Terrain Teams (HTT’s) in the theatre of Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF); attached to infantry brigades as embedded advisor and support personnel; majority of assignment performed with battalions in outlying, provincial regions. • Author and co-author products of all operationally-relevant research data collected: in-depth reports and analyses, Commander Executive… Show more • Design, develop and implement operationally-relevant socio-cultural research designs and plans for Human Terrain Teams (HTT’s) in the theatre of Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF); attached to infantry brigades as embedded advisor and support personnel; majority of assignment performed with battalions in outlying, provincial regions. • Author and co-author products of all operationally-relevant research data collected: in-depth reports and analyses, Commander Executive Summaries, and Power Point presentations. • Analyze and assess all matters relating to social scientific subjects, as requested by US Army Unit Commanders’, other Command Staff, attached enablers and HTT team members and colleagues, such as interpreting theatre surveys and micro surveys performed by other organizations. • Disseminate RRC products to interested stakeholders, in theatre. • Perform extensive fieldwork and data collection outside the wire, focusing on primary data and associated windshield ethnographic observations. • Brief US Army Unit CDR’s, civilian agencies representatives and local Afghan groups on HTT’s research objectives and results. • Collaborate with military personnel, Civilian representatives and local representatives, such as the Director of Women’s Affairs (DOWA), by province. • Served five (5) months with HTT AF8, out of Kandahar Air Field (KAF) – Oct 2009 – Feb 2010. • Served from Feb 2010 to July 2010 with HTT AF3, out of Jalalabad Air Field (JAF); completed more than 270 OCONUS deployed days with HTS. Show less



BAE Systems

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

• Social Scientist

  • Apr 2009 - Sep 2009

  Leavenworth, Kansas, United States • Attend 4 ½ months training program for OEF theatre; May 2009 class. • Perform curriculum assignments and preparations for all courses. • Graduated from University of Nebraska-Omaha “Afghan Immersion Training,” June 2009. • Trained with 10th Mountain, 1-87 ID at JRTC, Ft. Polk, LS. August 2009.



Bristol Bay Native Association (BBNA)

• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Social Scientist

  • Apr 2004 - Dec 2004

  Dillingham, Alaska, United States  Serve as full-time social science researcher in the Natural Resources Department, in this non-profit arm of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) regional corporation, serving 38 primarily Yup’ik Eskimo and Deg Hit’an Athapaskan villages in rural Alaska.  Collaborate in a team framework with a Fishery Biologist, Wildlife Biologist and Alaska Native Cultural Specialists.  Advise and mentor six university/undergraduate interns, including extensive fieldwork involving… Show more  Serve as full-time social science researcher in the Natural Resources Department, in this non-profit arm of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) regional corporation, serving 38 primarily Yup’ik Eskimo and Deg Hit’an Athapaskan villages in rural Alaska.  Collaborate in a team framework with a Fishery Biologist, Wildlife Biologist and Alaska Native Cultural Specialists.  Advise and mentor six university/undergraduate interns, including extensive fieldwork involving multi-agency cooperation, such as the NPS in the Katmai National Park and Preserve, the University of Alaska-Fairbanks large mammal center and private archaeological contractors.  Design cooperative, multidisciplinary applied and research projects involving Alaska Natives from the Bristol Bay Region as the major stakeholders, state and federal agencies, universities and other Native American organizations. • Analyze, conduct and author of continuing existing social science projects, draft documents for potential future research, such as for customary trade and barter studies; all Projects developed to be sustainable – both economically and culturally. Show less



University of Alaska Anchorage and other campuses

• Adjunct Faculty

  • Sep 1999 - Sep 2004

  Anchorage, Palmer and Dillingham, Alaska Taught various anthropology classes while employed full-time with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and BBNA; night classes and special courses.



United States Government Fish & Wildlife Service

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Cultural Anthropologist

  • Apr 2000 - Dec 2002

  Anchorage, Alaska, United States • Advised and analyzed all matters relating to customary and traditional use of fish and wildlife resources in regulatory form, for Federal subsistence management in Alaska; many diverse duties, including research analyses on customary and traditional uses; • Responsible for anthropological assistance to 56 villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Rivers Delta of southwest Alaska and the Eastern and Western Interior Regions, in federal and some state regulatory matters; socio-cultural technical… Show more • Advised and analyzed all matters relating to customary and traditional use of fish and wildlife resources in regulatory form, for Federal subsistence management in Alaska; many diverse duties, including research analyses on customary and traditional uses; • Responsible for anthropological assistance to 56 villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Rivers Delta of southwest Alaska and the Eastern and Western Interior Regions, in federal and some state regulatory matters; socio-cultural technical expertise to the Aleutian Islands, Kodiak Island and the Bristol Bay regions for fisheries research and capacity building. • Selected (2000) and served as the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR)/ USFWS Representative Social Scientist, and Chaired the Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP), for a third-party contract, totaling over $260,000. “Rural and Non-rural Determinations for Federal Subsistence Priority in Alaska.” • Promoted to the fisheries research arm of this federal organization: The Fisheries Information Services Department (FIS); served as one of two anthropologists in this Branch and worked with many fishery and wildlife biologists in-and-out of federal service, in a Team Framework. • Authored and co-authored numerous analyses, executive summaries, research designs, and fieldwork reports for professional and laymen audiences and stakeholders. • Presented and testified at numerous state, federal and local agency meetings and hearings. • A pre-employment background investigation was performed for this position; held a conditional security clearance. Show less



Office of History and Archaeology, State of Alaska

• Archaeological Technician

  • Aug 1999 - Dec 1999

  Clarks Point, Alaska, United States • Surveyed and excavated Eskimo archaeological site of 2,000-year-old semi-subterranean house pits as part of eight-person team; not supervisory. • Performed all duties of archaeological excavation, including digging, hauling substantial amounts of soil, excavation in cross-trench site, detailed removal of flint projectile points, coarse pottery shards, hearth charcoal; and all laboratory tasks, such as bagging, preservation, cleaning, report production, sketches, etc. • Mentored and… Show more • Surveyed and excavated Eskimo archaeological site of 2,000-year-old semi-subterranean house pits as part of eight-person team; not supervisory. • Performed all duties of archaeological excavation, including digging, hauling substantial amounts of soil, excavation in cross-trench site, detailed removal of flint projectile points, coarse pottery shards, hearth charcoal; and all laboratory tasks, such as bagging, preservation, cleaning, report production, sketches, etc. • Mentored and taught local village schoolchildren on archaeological and cultural material techniques, and interview skills. • Resided in Yup'ik Eskimo village for two months, and worked alongside tribal village representatives, other elders and cooperating scientists. Show less



K'oyitl'ots'ina, Limited

• United States
• Real Estate

• Alaska Native Land Manager

  • Apr 1997 - Jan 1999

  Fairbanks, Alaska, United States • Served as Lands and cultural resource specialist for an Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA; 1971) Village Corporation, encompassing four interior Alaskan villages: Alatna, Allakaket, Huslia and Hughes; private landholdings totaled over 350,000 acres in interior Alaska. • Authored and finalized corporate obligations to their member villages and tribal members, including extensive field work in all villages; authored and co-authored several Board of Directors’ Reports, manuals… Show more • Served as Lands and cultural resource specialist for an Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA; 1971) Village Corporation, encompassing four interior Alaskan villages: Alatna, Allakaket, Huslia and Hughes; private landholdings totaled over 350,000 acres in interior Alaska. • Authored and finalized corporate obligations to their member villages and tribal members, including extensive field work in all villages; authored and co-authored several Board of Directors’ Reports, manuals, research designs, maps, newsletters and election documents. • Managed organization’s cultural associated grave goods and human remains originally taken from tribal land and neighboring lands; assisted Alaska Native Elders’ Committee, “Denaakanaaga.” • Assisted and collaborated with other Alaska Native organizations, federal and state land management agencies (NPS, BLM, USFWS, USDA FS and BIA), wilderness organizations and ecotourism businesses, and many cooperative ventures with all groups. • Analyzed third party and in-house research proposals, and presented organization’s findings, hunting and land use policies to diverse audiences. • Testified for organization as technical expert for federal and land agency regulatory matters. Show less



United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service

• Social Forestry Technician - Anthropologist

  • Mar 1990 - Dec 1996

  Redding, CA; Marianas Islands; Guam; Micronesia; and Republic of Palau • Assisted Lead Project Scientist for Pacific Islands’ Social and Cultural Forestry research endeavors, which included U.S. Trust Territories, Commonwealth Nations, Republic of Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia. • Applied anthropological and social forestry cooperative research designs and analyses, with local village agencies, involving: traditional food production and modern “western” technologies; agroforestry; social forestry; mudslide and coral reef protection; sustainable… Show more • Assisted Lead Project Scientist for Pacific Islands’ Social and Cultural Forestry research endeavors, which included U.S. Trust Territories, Commonwealth Nations, Republic of Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia. • Applied anthropological and social forestry cooperative research designs and analyses, with local village agencies, involving: traditional food production and modern “western” technologies; agroforestry; social forestry; mudslide and coral reef protection; sustainable fisheries; endangered species’ conservation; and, firewood tree planting. • Served as Field Guam Agent for U.S. Naval Lands Reforestation Project; supervised Guam Department of Soils and Forestry Division and the Department of Agriculture’s staff, in a multi-agency cooperative agreement, 1996; partnered with other Department of Defense groups, such as the US Air Force and their lands; and USDA NCRS (formerly SCS), out of Guam; and NPS managers in the development of a national historical park (War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Asan, US Territory of Guam. • Traveled extensively and conducted fieldwork in extreme climatic and rural natural conditions; worked on six separate applied and research projects in Oahu, Hawaii; The Marshall Islands, American Samoa, Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia (i.e., Chuuk [Truk], Pohnpei, Yap and Kosrae); U.S. Trust Territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (i.e., Saipan, Rota and Tinian). • Assisted in a special research project, “Reanalysis of Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest," being conducted by the Pacific Southwest Research Station. Show less



University of Alaska Museum - Fairbanks

• Physical Anthropologist

  • Sep 1992 - Mar 1996

  Fairbanks, Alaska, United States • Inventoried and managed all human remains for compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) housed in the Museum and Anthropology Department. • Conducted ethnographic research; data base creation and reports on the museum’s progress, for the required filing by 1995 to Native American and Alaska Native federally recognized Tribal Councils; Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) Tribal Councils, other non-profit indigenous groups, for-profit Alaskan Native… Show more • Inventoried and managed all human remains for compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) housed in the Museum and Anthropology Department. • Conducted ethnographic research; data base creation and reports on the museum’s progress, for the required filing by 1995 to Native American and Alaska Native federally recognized Tribal Councils; Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) Tribal Councils, other non-profit indigenous groups, for-profit Alaskan Native corporations; some correspondence with international agents in the pursuit of Alaska Native remains taken out of the US. • Attended and participated as technical expert in NAGPRA consultation meetings with Native Alaskan Elders and village tribal committees/councils as part of “NAGPRA Review Committee." • Analyzed all diseases, fractures, ages, sex, culture or other impacts left on skeletal remains to preserve and protect these long-dead individuals’ cultural histories. Show less