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Independent consultant and executive coach, senior business executive and retired Marine Corps Colonel. Providing the leadership, experience, and integrity to facilitate strategies vital to your successes. Our goal is to help you maximize profitability, ensure marked satisfaction, and creat a rewarding work environment, for both immediate and future gains. www.VitalStrategiesLLC.com
Military Experiences
Jul 2005 - Jul 2007
Commanding Officer
Commanded over 1,500 Marines and Sailors in a complex operational aviation organization during a time of war. MAG-41 encompassed a Group headquarters staff, two operational aircraft squadrons (12 F/A-18A+ Hornet aircraft and 14 KC-130T Hercules aircraft), an Aviation Logistics Squadron (intermediate aircraft maintenance capability), an Air Traffic Control Unit, and an Aviation Support Engineering Unit. Flew the F/A-18 and KC-130 aircraft while in command.
Jul 2003 - Apr 2005
Marine Corps Advisor
Served as an Air War College Faculty member in the Departments of Joint Military Operations and Leadership and Ethics. The Air War College is an executive level military post-graduate school for senior U.S. and international military officers and government civilians; programs focused on strategic and institutional leadership, joint and multinational warfighting, multi-agency international security operations, and national security planning.
• Revamped significant portions of core curriculum and numerous elective courses--introduced pioneering strategic and operational concepts into curriculum through personal research.
• Served as the Marine Corps Course Director for General/Flag Officer professional military education courses taught at the Air University.
Dec 1980 - Jul 2003
Various Command, Staff, and Training Positions
Commander, combat leader, fighter pilot, instructor pilot, TOPGUN adversary instructor, staff officer, mishap investigator, strategic/operational planner; primary Marine Corps planning team and strike lead for Operation Desert Storm
Deployments
Started in Aug 1990
Military Credentials
Foreign Language Skills
1980
German (5/5)
Security Clearance
Top Secret/SCI or higher
Academic Degrees
Academic Degrees
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