Experience

Marine Forces Pacific

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Operations Officer, Information Environment Division

  • Jul 2016 - Aug 2018

  Hawaiian Islands Operations throughout the US IndoPacific Command (INDOPACOM) AOR.



United States Marine Corps

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Major

  • 1992 - Aug 2018

• S-6 CIO, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

  • Apr 2009 - Aug 2011

  As the Air Station CIO I lead the Communications (S-6) Department, facilitating all telecommunications needs for the Air Station and its approximately 10,000 tenant personnel.



Defense Information Systems Agency

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief, PC-32 Contingencies and Exercises (CONEX)

  • Jul 2013 - Jul 2016

  Pearl Harbor, HI



National Defense University

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student

  • Apr 2013 - Jun 2013

  Joint and Combined Warfighting School, JFSC, NDU



Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38

• Armed Forces
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Officer (XO)

  • Apr 2012 - Apr 2013

  MCAS Miramar

• Operations Officer

  • Aug 2011 - Apr 2012

  MCAS Miramar, San Diego, CA



US Marine Corps

• Military
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Captain; "Mayor" of Haditha Dam

  • Sep 2008 - Dec 2008

  Served as the senior US military officer at the Coalition base at Haditha Dam, overseeing a team of 20 Marines and Sailors, and over 60 civilian contractors, and a Coalition Forces population of nearly 300. Ran the base and its battlespace safely, efficiently and professionally, and to orchestrate withdrawal of all Coalition Forces personnel and equipment in order to return the site to the Government of Iraq. My team worked closely with other US, Iraqi and Azerbaijani military… Show more Served as the senior US military officer at the Coalition base at Haditha Dam, overseeing a team of 20 Marines and Sailors, and over 60 civilian contractors, and a Coalition Forces population of nearly 300. Ran the base and its battlespace safely, efficiently and professionally, and to orchestrate withdrawal of all Coalition Forces personnel and equipment in order to return the site to the Government of Iraq. My team worked closely with other US, Iraqi and Azerbaijani military personnel to maintain security at a remote Bn-sized position, controlling a critical piece of Iraqi irrigation and hydroelectric production. Hired and supervised hundreds of Iraqi contractors in site clearance and demilitarization, completely removing thousands of items of military and KBR property, totaling tens of millions of dollars. Ensured minimal operational and environmental impact on the dam and its surrounding terrain, as well as large areas of the Euphrates River and Lake Qaddasiya. Show less



Regimental Combat Team 5, USMC

• Military Liaison, Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team

  • Jan 2008 - Sep 2008

  I served as the military representative for the State Dept's Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team with RCT-5. Served as military advisor to the EPRT Team Leader (State Dept one-star equiv). Provided all logistical, security and transportation support for the team throughout western Anbar Province, Iraq - an area the size of South Carolina. I ensured EPRT and RCT-5 strategic goals worked together toward the Coalition's counterinsurgency (COIN) goals and along the COIN Lines of… Show more I served as the military representative for the State Dept's Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team with RCT-5. Served as military advisor to the EPRT Team Leader (State Dept one-star equiv). Provided all logistical, security and transportation support for the team throughout western Anbar Province, Iraq - an area the size of South Carolina. I ensured EPRT and RCT-5 strategic goals worked together toward the Coalition's counterinsurgency (COIN) goals and along the COIN Lines of Operation (LOO's). I participated in the writing of the Multinational Forces - West (MNF-W) Joint Common Plan to integrate military and State Dept efforts along the LOO's, and was a key author of the subsequent JCP document for RCT-5. During this time I was also the Govt of Iraq Elections representative, advising the RCT Commanding Officer and staff on all issues pertaining to the GOI elections and the Coalition role in supporting and securing this effort. Show less


6th Communication Bn, USMCR, Brooklyn, New York
• Commanding Officer/Inspector-Instructor, Support Company

  • 2004 - 2007


Combat Service Support Group 3, III MEF, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

• Operations Staff Officer

  • Jul 2003 - Aug 2004

• Commanding Officer, Headquarters Company

  • Jun 2002 - Jun 2003

• Communications Officer

  • Sep 2000 - Jun 2002

  Primary staff officer; in charge of all telephone, data and radio communications for CSSG-3, managing personnel and equipment to facilitate garrison and field operations throughout the Hawaiian Islands.