Experience

Bend-La Pine Schools

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Naval Science Instructor

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  Focusing on developing High School Students into the neighbors you want to have. Fostering ambition, inquiry, self reliance and leadership, our program offers many of the best developmental elements of the Military experience to High School Students. Focusing on developing High School Students into the neighbors you want to have. Fostering ambition, inquiry, self reliance and leadership, our program offers many of the best developmental elements of the Military experience to High School Students.



Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center

• Chief Operations Officer

  • Oct 2017 - Jun 2019

  Leading and managing over 100 Military and Senior Civilian personnel at FNMOC, a world-class atmospheric and oceanographic modeling & prediction center executing 24x7 operational reach back support to Joint, Allied, and Coalition forces ashore and afloat. Responsible the production, management and distribution of the entire Naval Oceanographic and Atmospheric numerical modelling portfolio. Leading and managing over 100 Military and Senior Civilian personnel at FNMOC, a world-class atmospheric and oceanographic modeling & prediction center executing 24x7 operational reach back support to Joint, Allied, and Coalition forces ashore and afloat. Responsible the production, management and distribution of the entire Naval Oceanographic and Atmospheric numerical modelling portfolio.



Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)

• United States
• Maritime
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Officer

  • Aug 2015 - Oct 2017

  Led, managed and directed a Joint team of Navy and Air Force forecasters and senior level Government Service employees in providing specialized tropical cyclone forecast services and Tsunami impacts decision support across the United Sates Pacific Command Area of Responsibility in order to enable Resource Protection, Safety of Navigation and Disaster Preparedness. Led, managed and directed a Joint team of Navy and Air Force forecasters and senior level Government Service employees in providing specialized tropical cyclone forecast services and Tsunami impacts decision support across the United Sates Pacific Command Area of Responsibility in order to enable Resource Protection, Safety of Navigation and Disaster Preparedness.



U.S. Naval War College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Graduate Student

  • Aug 2014 - Jul 2015

  Graduated the Naval War College resident Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) Senior Officer program with an MA in Strategic Studies and a subspecialty in Middle Eastern Studies. Graduated the Naval War College resident Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) Senior Officer program with an MA in Strategic Studies and a subspecialty in Middle Eastern Studies.



US Navy

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Strike Group Oceanography Team Department Head

  • Sep 2013 - May 2014

  Responsible for the training and deployment of approximately 100 Sailors aboard Aircraft Carriers and Amphibious Assault ships deployed throughout the Pacific, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea supporting combat operations.

• Operations Officer

  • Jul 2012 - Sep 2013

  Led a 120 person team of Military and Civilian Meteorologists in the production and dissemination of operational forecast products for the Pacific and Indian Ocean Basins, as well as the Arabian Sea and Arabian Gulf.Was responsible for providing operational analysis in order to facilitate high risk decision making in an area covering more than half the globe both at sea and ashore.

• Department Head

  • Feb 2011 - Jul 2012

  Fleet Liaison and Assessments Department Head at the Fleet Weather Center in San Diego, CA

• Officer of the Deck/METOC Officer

  • Dec 2009 - Feb 2011

  Selected as lead Officer of the Deck (OOD) underway aboard the NIMITZ. Lead a watch team in the safe navigation and 24/7 flight operations over the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans. Lead a 10 person team in the production and dissemination of environmental impact assessment products while deployed throughout the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans. Facilitated high risk decision making to fleet planners in the tactical employment of weapons systems as well as navigational safety.



NATO Undersea Research Centre

• Program Officer: Port and Harbor Defence Against Terrorism (DAT)

  • Sep 2006 - Sep 2009



Special Boat Unit 12

• OIC Special Warfare RHIB Detachment

  • Dec 1999 - Nov 2001

  Lead a team of 8 Naval Special Warfare Combat Crewmen (SWCC) operators as Officer in Charge of an 11 Meter RHIB detachment. Additional responsibilities included maintaining security and operability 3 million dollars of weapons and sensitive communications equipment.Our detachment achieved the maximum score in the command's history on the final Operational Readiness Evaluation and was subsequently forward deployed as part of a NSW task Unit for 6 months in the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans.Upon returning from deployment, I lead the initial harbor security team for San Diego after 9/11. During this dynamic period I stood up a team of Naval, Coast Guard and San Diego Police forces who had never worked together prior without incident and maintained 24/7 overt presence through the harbor.



USS Shiloh (CG-67)

• Surface Warfare Officer

  • Feb 1998 - Dec 1999