Experience

Project Victory Gardens

• United States
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co Director

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  o Established Project Victory Gardens, an agritherapy, animal therapy, and farm education program designed to assist veterans, military servicemembers, and families. o Launched social and print media campaign focused on SEO improvement. o Conceptualized and designed a 30 gallon aquaponics system to grow an indoor herb garden that is used to educate and demonstrate the scalability of aquaponics to clients. o Established Project Victory Gardens, an agritherapy, animal therapy, and farm education program designed to assist veterans, military servicemembers, and families. o Launched social and print media campaign focused on SEO improvement. o Conceptualized and designed a 30 gallon aquaponics system to grow an indoor herb garden that is used to educate and demonstrate the scalability of aquaponics to clients.


Farmer Veteran Coalition of South Carolina
• President

  • Feb 2020 - Present


US Army

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Personnel Manager | Command Sergeant Major (INSCOM PED Battalion)

  • Aug 2017 - Aug 2020

  Senior enlisted adviser for the INSCOM Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) Battalion. o Established new 1,000 personnel organization for the Department of the Army which enhanced the Army’s capability to process intelligence and reduced the time needed to disseminate reports by 50%.o Advised and mentored senior staff members to develop and mature HR and manning processes to grow the organization from 200 to 1,000 personnel within a year.o Increased staffing by 75% by identifying unfilled billets and collaborating with executive stake-holders to enable fills.o Instituted comprehensive performance evaluation program to provide individualized feedback and Individual Development Plans.o Designed a council to solicit feedback on ineffective practices within the organization which increased operational excellence.o Enabled worldwide expeditionary and remote processing, exploitation, and dissemination of aerial collected intelligence by ensuring compliance of all deployment requirements throughout 600 personnel organization. Show less

• Director of Workforce Management | Brigade Operations Sergeant Major (66th MI Brigade)

  • Jul 2016 - Aug 2017

  Served as the Operations Sergeant Major for a Theater Intelligence Brigade (TIB)o Facilitated and advised the staff through the military decision making process (MDMP) to plan and execute all brigade theater level operations, exercises, and contingency support by providing multi-disciplined intelligence support to both United States Army Europe (USAREUR) and the Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). o Synchronized training and operational requirements to allow the organization to simultaneously sustain operations in 14 countries throughout Europe.o Developed annual training plans to ensure the organization was in compliance with all published army guidance and policies. Show less

• Director of Intelligence | G2 Sergeant Major (4th Infantry Division)

  • Nov 2013 - Jul 2016

  Serves as the senior and enlisted leader for the combined-joint intelligence warfighting function throughout the Army’s Regional Command South located in Kandahar, Afghanistan. o Manages all Department of Defense manning requirements, including Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and DoD civilians. o Oversees the hiring of and movement in and out of Afghanistan of over 800 contracted linguist and intelligence support personnel. o Configured intelligence systems in a split-based method to reduce deployed soldier numbers while still optimizing intelligence output. This method was adopted across the Army as a best practice.o Intervened immediately to prevent a sexual harassment situation which demonstrated the organization’s resolve to protecting its employees. o Saved $10,000,000 by reducing the number of intelligence analysts from 800 to 400 while maintaining the same level of output. Show less

• Intelligence Analyst Coordinator | G2 Chief Intelligence Sergeant (4th Infantry Division)

  • Jan 2011 - Nov 2013

  Serves as the senior intelligence sergeant for the 4th Infantry Division intelligence analysis and control organization. o Managed the collaborative effort of the Signals Intelligence section, Geospatial Intelligence section, Indications and Warnings section, three distinct targeting sections, and the intelligence fusion section to ensure unity of effort. o Supervised, contributed, and quality controlled the daily analysis, production, and dissemination of intelligence to the United States, its Allies, and host nation intelligence enterprises. o Coordinated all training, operations and security activities associated with the deployment of 365 Soldiers to collect and analyze intelligence in Afghanistan. o Maintained and accounted for intelligence systems valued at $85,000,000. Show less

• Senior Personnel Supervisor | First Sergeant (1st MI Battalion)

  • Dec 2007 - Jan 2011

  Served as the First Sergeant for a Military Intelligence Aerial Exploitation Company.o Managed and coordinated constant deployments to enable the organization to maintain an enduring presence in both Afghanistan and Germany.o Managed the human resource, training, logistics, maintenance, transportation, billeting, resource management, and security for 140 military personnel.o Led all planning and risk assessment for a multitude of training events.o Maintained and accounted for over $300 million in intelligence systems, aircraft, and associated equipment dispersed across three continents. Show less

• Military Intelligence Specialist

  • May 2003 - Dec 2007

  In May 2003, I trained as a Common Ground Station Operator in the Military Intelligence field. From May 2003 to December 2007, I served as Common Ground Station NCOIC, Senior Intelligence Sergeant, and Platoon Sergeant.

• Infantry Soldier

  • Jul 1998 - May 2003

  I have served in several duty positions throughout my infantry career; consisting of Heavy Weapons Gunner, Team Leader, and Operations Sergeant.