Experience

The Evangelical Alliance Mission | TEAM

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Missionary

  • Jan 2008 - Present

  Working with 70+ TEAM missionaries in Japan to establish new churches and support ministries in partnership with three evangelical Japanese denominations. Currently serving with a Japanese pastor in the Azumino area of Nagano, Japan. Working with 70+ TEAM missionaries in Japan to establish new churches and support ministries in partnership with three evangelical Japanese denominations. Currently serving with a Japanese pastor in the Azumino area of Nagano, Japan.



U.S. Navy Reserve

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Operations Officer at US Forces Japan

  • Dec 2002 - Present

  December 2015 - present:J3 Operations Department Head, US Forces Japan Det 105December 2014 - November 2015:Officer in Charge: Yokosuka Detachment, US Naval Forces Japan December 2013 - November 2014:CTF 74 Liaison Officer: Providing direct staff support to CTF 74.October 2012 - November 2013:Executive Officer: Second in command of the 25-person Houston program for training and sourcing Reserve personnel to support active duty ASW exercises and real-world operations.Deputy for Operations and Training: January-October 2012.Liaison Officer for Commander, US Naval Forces Europe/Africa to Joint Task Force Odyssey Guard: September-December 2011.Previous positions (2002-2011) listed separately below. Show less

• Commanding Officer, Submarine Expeditionary Maintenance Detachment P

  • Oct 2009 - Jan 2012

  Commanding officer of 50 personnel in a Navy Reserve unit providing sailors with trade skills useful for manufacturing select custom-order parts for submarines or performing intermediate-level maintenance on submarines in port in Guam, Georgia, and Washington state.



Charlie Company, Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group Forward

• Kuwait

• Company Commander

  • Sep 2010 - Jun 2011

  Officer in charge of 111 enlisted and 3 officers involved in the inspection of military vehicles (MRAPs, HMMWVs, Stryker IAVs), 20-foot and 40-foot shipping containers, retrograde ammunition, USMC equipment, and miscellaneous military cargo in support of the US Army 1st Theater Sustainment Command. Ensured compliance with the requirements of US Customs, the US Department of Agriculture, and the DOD's US Central Command. Officer in charge of 111 enlisted and 3 officers involved in the inspection of military vehicles (MRAPs, HMMWVs, Stryker IAVs), 20-foot and 40-foot shipping containers, retrograde ammunition, USMC equipment, and miscellaneous military cargo in support of the US Army 1st Theater Sustainment Command. Ensured compliance with the requirements of US Customs, the US Department of Agriculture, and the DOD's US Central Command.



CTF 74 TASW Det B

• NAS JRB Fort Worth

• Executive Officer

  • Oct 2005 - Oct 2009

  Second in command of a 25-person Navy Reserve unit dedicated to providing officer and enlisted manpower for exercises and real-world situations to the submarine task force staff at Yokosuka, Japan. Second in command of a 25-person Navy Reserve unit dedicated to providing officer and enlisted manpower for exercises and real-world situations to the submarine task force staff at Yokosuka, Japan.



Commander, 7th Fleet Det 111

• NAS JRB Fort Worth

• Adjutant / Strike Cell LNO to the JFACC

  • Dec 2002 - Sep 2005

  Personal administrative assistant to the commanding officer of the 190-member Reserve unit supporting the 7th fleet staff aboard USS Blue Ridge in the Western Pacific. This staff conducts operational-level planning, implementing the strategic goals of the President with specific direction to the tactical task force commanders. Served as a liaison officer to represent Navy's Tomahawk capability to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander in the Western Pacific. Personal administrative assistant to the commanding officer of the 190-member Reserve unit supporting the 7th fleet staff aboard USS Blue Ridge in the Western Pacific. This staff conducts operational-level planning, implementing the strategic goals of the President with specific direction to the tactical task force commanders. Served as a liaison officer to represent Navy's Tomahawk capability to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander in the Western Pacific.



US Navy

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• N32, Tomahawk Strike and Coordinated Submarine Operations Officer

  • Sep 1999 - Nov 2002

  Served in Japan and Bahrain for the two-star admiral commanding US submarines in the Middle East and Western Pacific. Led a team of 8 operations specialists providing timely delivery to submarines of highly classified mission updates to missile software and maintaining network operation of the OTCIXS gateway between Hawaii and the Middle East. Coordinated with 7th and 5th fleet in ensuring adequate missile inventory and submarine participation in proficiency exercises.SUBOPAUTH representative dealing with battle group staffs in handling submarine issues. Designed waterspace management plans for submarines transiting with carrier battle groups. Show less

• Submarine Officer, USS Hawkbill

  • May 1996 - Sep 1999

  Served sequentially as Electrical Officer, Main Propulsion Assistant, and Communication Officer aboard USS Hawkbill, a fast-attack submarine homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Conducted one deployment to the Western Pacific and two deployments to the Arctic in a joint venture with the National Science Foundation.Served as the direct representative of the Commanding Officer as Officer of the Deck at sea and Ship's Duty Officer in port, overseeing all operations aboard a $2 billion nuclear submarine. Show less

• Submarine Officer, Training Pipeline

  • Oct 1994 - May 1996

  Staff member at the Houston Naval ROTC Consortium, Rice University.Student at Naval Nuclear Power School at Orlando, FL. Engineering Officer of the Watch trainee at the S8G Naval Nuclear Prototype at Ballston Spa, NY. Student at the Submarine Officer's Basic Course at Groton, CT.