Experience

United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)

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

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Oct 2020 - Present

• Vice President of Programming, Geospatial Content and External Relations

  • Dec 2018 - Oct 2020

  • Energetic, agile, and well-rounded executive leader who serves as the operational subject matter expert, brand ambassador, and senior government liaison for the advancement of the geospatial intelligence tradecraft and community for a 501c3 educational foundation.• Serves as principal advisor to the Chairman of the USGIF Board of Directors on the development, execution, and maintenance of all USGIF programs. Analyzes enterprise capabilities, technology needs, contracting, budgeting, and staffing resources.• Leads community interactions to address today’s most pressing national security topics with community partners to include both US and international entities, the intelligence community, department of defense, law enforcement, civil communities, industry, academia, and government. • Serves as the spokesperson and a source of high-level expertise and assistance to USGIF and intelligence community officials. • In April 2020, oversaw the standup of the USGIF’s first online platform, GEOConnect. Led all facets of technology integration, marketing, sponsor outreach, content development, speaker preparation and served as the weekly program emcee boasting a regular audience of 500- 900 participants. Through perseverance, encouragement, sheer will and determination, overcame significant technological and cultural obstacles to lead the team to a tremendous success.



National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

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

• GEOINTer

  • Mar 1997 - Dec 2018

  • Energetic community builder with an extensive network across the public and private sector• Driven to create impact for the organization; both a hands-on business generalist who wears any hat necessary and a leader successful in growing and leading teams and cultivating leaders across the national security sector• A fantastic and inspiring communicator in writing and in person, internally and externally, across all levels of government, industry and academia• Both a strategic planner and tactical executer• TS/SCI security clearance with full scope polygraph

• Mission Program Manager, Mission-Talent Alignment Program Office

  • Mar 2015 - Oct 2016

  • Led the execution of an aggressive, fast-paced, program that drove meaningful agency wide change including the first ever data-driven, online and open-to-the-workforce database describing all 8,500+ civilian positions, the skills needed for each position, and a mechanism for employees to gain skills needed for future positions and to signal that interest. My work on this program demonstrated ability to establish, adapt, and continually examine program regulations, policies, structure, resources and performance to implement an organization’s mission, strategic goals and vision• Drove delivery of the NGA Director’s number one strategic priory for the Agency in 2015 to help enable the NGA Strategy. The Mission-Talent Alignment (MTA) program encompassed a multi-faceted strategic initiative created to adapt the agency’s employees’ capabilities and competencies to the rapidly evolving mission, thereby enabling them to serve customers more effectively and align the workforce to customers’ needs. To jumpstart the program, the director created a small, 18-month program management office.• As the hand-picked agency lead for identifying and delivering mission requirements, led the effort that established and implemented unprecedented changes in two key strategic areas: defining the talent and skillsets needed to accomplish NGA’s mission and driving comprehensive, integrated, and transparent decision making to improve culture and workforce processes. • Executed a successful program by creating shared vision and getting buy in from the financial, human capital, and technology management elements of the agency. Drove results by establishing and chairing a cross agency mission assessment working group that designed and implemented the framework for all position requirements and captured them in a dynamic database to meet the mission needs of today and tomorrow.

• Chief, Counterterrorism Airborne Analysis Center

  • Oct 2014 - Mar 2015

  • Led a division of 225 personnel working from 3 locations serving as NGA’s focal point for providing 24x7 full-motion video (FMV) analysis to track and monitor terrorist targets in direct support of Department of Defense (DoD) missions and operations. Oversaw the creation of tailored analytic products to enable mission planning and execution of DoD special operations critical focal areas. Enabled surge capacity to support the larger DoD processing exploitation and dissemination federation as needed. • Developed strategies and programs to prevent and stem counterterrorism. Worked closely with counterterrorism leaders across the IC, DoD and across international partners to build highly valued, cohesive and coordinated analytic assessments, including pattern of life analysis that proved to be essential for senior policy makers and warfighters in the pursuit of combating and getting ahead of extremist violence. • Responsible for planning, directing, and evaluating work that included managing and supervising other managers. With this fourth division/office level assignment, demonstrated increasing levels of responsibility as a manager, and an outstanding record of successful professional performance. Oversaw and directed the training and development, administrative, and day-to-day operations of the division by working with the Human Resources directorate, the GEOINT college, and other enabling staffs.

• Division Chief, Clandestine & Technical Operations Division

  • Oct 2013 - Oct 2014

  • Led a globally dispersed team of 120 analysts and managers who enabled worldwide HUMINT and technical collection, and clandestine, covert, low-visibility operations by employing advanced GEOINT methodologies for network analysis, operations empowerment, and target development. Oversaw the management and direction of the Division including all regional and field operations.• Expanded the reach and operational impact of the division by engaging with stakeholders, including foreign intelligence services, to gain trust and grow understanding of GEOINT capabilities. • Oversaw the office budget, including developing annual forecasts of national program requirements and establishing performance targets and objectives. Assured effective expenditure of funds. • Frequently represented NGA with international partners to further national security goals.

• Chief, Time Dominant Operations Center (TDOC)

  • Dec 2009 - Oct 2013

  • Led 200+ government, military, and contractor managers and analysts providing 24x7 GEOINT analysis including indications and warning and high current interest products, often in a crisis situation. Managed community resources to assist agencies and law enforcement in response to manmade and natural disasters. • Led agency interactions and managed two analytic positions with the White House Situation Room resulting in greatly enhanced geospatial contributions to the most senior US decision makers. As both manmade and natural disasters presented the need for global GEOINT support, I gained solid foundation and knowledge of emergency management and disaster recovery programs, including relationships between local, state, tribal and federal government entities.• Served as an agency exemplar for how to recruit, train, and staff a 24x7 workplace, resulting in significant improvements to how NGA manages its 24x7 analytic program. Created a positive and inclusive workplace dynamic that resulted in one of the highest agency engagement and retention scores. Focused attention on developing a world class work force of leaders, supervisors and analysts through variety of methods including personal mentoring, an open-door policy, group activities, encouraging formal training, overseeing and updating on-the-job training, and setting a positive example as a lifelong learner.

• Deputy Chief, Middle East and Asia Pacific, Foreign Affairs Office

  • Oct 2007 - Nov 2009

  • In this joint duty assignment, led country desk officers at NSA headquarters and senior liaison officers at 15+ external locations in the Middle East and Asia Pacific region.• Led the team through many complex negotiations and partner interactions to yield maximum impact against national security objectives. Optimized partnership and resource investments across the portfolio. • The 2010 National Intelligence Strategy directed the IC to strengthen partnerships with foreign and domestic entities to improve access to sources of information and intelligence and to ensure appropriate dissemination of products and services. During this assignment, I worked tirelessly to maintain the health of our SIGINT relationships and to explore new or non-traditional partnerships to obtain the access, expertise, and perspective required to succeed at our missions.

• Strategy and Policy Officer, Office of International Affairs and Policy

  • Aug 2005 - Sep 2007

  • Gained invaluable agency and community level policy expertise. Served as senior agency staff lead for international affairs, strategic planning and community events. Quickly became the trusted advisor of the officer director, preparing and overseeing her recommendations, presentations and community interactions.• Served as the agency representative to an ODNI-led working group that recommended the creation of the GEOINT Committee, a community governance forum that remains a key functional management governance body and helps to advance geospatial intelligence priorities across all levels of government, and with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.

• Chief, Africa Branch, Analysis Directorate

  • Apr 2004 - Aug 2005

  • Oversaw production for a branch of 35 imagery, geospatial, cartographic, and regional analysts. Served as immediate supervisor to GS-7 through GS-15 analysts. Assigned work and served as senior reviewer for intelligence reporting. Responsible for defining and allocating resources (money and people) and leading performance evaluations for all branch members.• Led the branch through one of the first major efforts to provide sustained multi-discipline GEOINT analysis for a crisis. Enabled decision makers to better understand the crisis and changes as they occurred.

• Executive Officer to the Director

  • Nov 2002 - Apr 2004

  • Appointed to serve as a key strategist and advisor to the Director, James R. Clapper. This was an extremely competitive, elite appointment for individuals identified as having high career potential. Designed and implemented multi-faceted plans for the management of daily activities. Planned and executed meetings, events, and communications on behalf of the Director.

• Team Lead and Imagery Analyst, Analysis Directorate

  • Apr 1997 - Oct 2002

  • Led geospatial and imagery analysts in support of national security priorities. Demonstrated excellent communication skills including coaching, motivating, collaborating with partners both internal and external to NGA, as well as formal written communications. I was recognized as an early pioneer in the art of visually depicting intelligence beyond a static image and deriving additional intelligence through relational databases and linked geographic capabilities.



Intelligence and National Security Alliance

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Fellow for Public Private Partnerships

  • Nov 2016 - Nov 2018



Applied Ordnance Technology

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Geospatial Information Systems Program Manager

  • Jun 1993 - Apr 1997

  • Managed projects, programs, and resources with internal corporate accountability and influence. Served as a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) program manager and programmer on contract work with the federal government including the Defense Mapping Agency and the Department of the Army. • Managed projects, programs, and resources with internal corporate accountability and influence. Served as a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) program manager and programmer on contract work with the federal government including the Defense Mapping Agency and the Department of the Army.