Director of Staff at Air University
July 2011 - Present | Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL
o Coordinates staff activities and ensures smooth day-to-day operations for the Air Force's premier educational institution, employing more than 4,000 professionals who support over 350,000 students worldwide in degree-granting and professional continuing education programs.
o Direct reports include Directors of HR, IT, Logistics, Plans and Programs, Protocol, Finance, Operations, Communications, International Affairs, Process Improvement, and House Counsel.
o Coordinates the creation and defense of a $350M annual budget.
o Saved over 7,000 expensive man-hours and eliminated chronic data problems without spending one extra dime, enabling leadership to get critical data faster than any time in the previous two years.
o Successfully created and sold senior leaders on the development of an Operations Directorate.
-- Will provide at least a 25% decrease in processing times of taskings, while increasing quality across the entire Air University enterprise.
-- Directorate went from concept to reality in 6 months with no additional budget or personnel required.
Vice Commander at 6th Air Mobility Wing
August 2009 - July 2011
o Responsible for supporting two large organizations conducting worldwide operations, each headed by Fortune 100 CEO- equivalents.
o Direct reports included the Directors of Staff, Information Protection, and Anti-Terrorist Operations.
o Assisted the wing commander in leading more than 3,000 people, overseeing base property and capital assets totaling more than $2.8 billion and controlling an annual budget exceeding $249 million, while maintaining currency as a KC-135 pilot.
o Moved quickly and smoothly to limit both security threats and potentially damaging media coverage.
-- Used the strong relationships built with community leaders to gain support.
-- Successfully handled inquiries from CNN to Cabinet levels to the White House Situation Room.
o Deployed as vice commander supporting operations over Libya where we integrated over 800 personnel and 32 aircraft from more than a dozen locations into a single unit that was flying operational missions within 24 hours.
Commander at Air Force Operational Test & Evaluation Center, Detachment 5
June 2008 - August 2009
o Directed multi-million dollar operational test and evaluation activities for nearly everything the Air Force flies.
o Supervised four Directors, and built and defended a $12M budget.
o Activities directly informed Department of Defense acquisition decisions as well as National Strategy.
o Recognized among nine peers as Senior Leader of the Year.
National Defense Fellow at Institute for Defense Analyses
July 2007 - June 2008
o Chosen for highly-selective National Defense Fellowship.
o Participated in studies on tactical and strategic airlift requirements.
o Co-authored a paper on future Air Force structure and engagement.
o Hand-selected to give inaugural presentation for Division Continuing Education Forum.
Assistant to the Director of Staff at 6th Air Mobility Wing
April 2007 - June 2007
o Assisted the Director of Staff create synergies and efficiencies across the Wing's staff agencies, including Finance, Plans & Programs, Public Affairs, and Protocol.
Commander at 91st Air Refueling Squadron
June 2005 - April 2007
o Commanded a squadron of over 120 personnel, including KC-135 aircrew, life support, and administrative personnel.
o Operated a dozen KC-135 air refueling tankers, supporting world-wide air refueling, airlift, and aeromedical operations.
o Commanded a deployed air refueling squadron, providing critical fuel to aircraft engaged in combat operations in the Southwest Asia.
o Enabled 90 crew members to meet new product standards flawlessly at virtually no cost and 90 days early--built the entire program from scratch, even without access to the product itself.
Chief of Safety at 6th Air Mobility Wing
June 2004 - June 2005
o Responsible for the flight, ground, and weapons safety of an installation with more than 14,000 people and over $2.8 billion in assets and property.
Operational War Planner at Operational Plans & Joint Force Development Directorate (J7), The Joint Staff
October 2001 - April 2004
o Responsible for integrating conventional operational plans for numerous Combatant Commands, including US Pacific Command, US European Command, and US Transportation Command.
o Coordinated coalition plans with allied nations as part of the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
o Program manager for a transformational web-based, force deployment and requirements application.
o Turned around a million dollar process that provided exceptional results 80% faster
o Built such compelling support that the Secretary of Defense lauded the system as the gold standard
Aide-de-Camp and Military Liaison at National Imagery and Mapping Agency
July 2000 - October 2001
o Responsible for the transportation, administrative, and staffing support of the 3-star General Officer agency Director.
o De facto Assistant Chief of Staff, ensured the day-to-day operations of the US's imagery intelligence and mapping center of excellence.
Student (Distinguished Graduate) at Air Command and Staff College
August 1999 - June 2000
o Student of military history, air power doctrine, theory and application, as well as Joint warfare and political/military theory.
o Authored award-wining paper on the criticality of air refueling tankers to modern warfare.
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