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Dedicated professional with over 30 year experience in the photography, information technology, management, strategic planning, crisis response, and mortuary affairs fields. Served over 25 years in the United States Army as a Non-commissioned Officer with a stellar record of achievements mentoring ad developing young leaders. Highly proficient in the development and implementation of organizationa
Military Experiences
Jan 2011 - Feb 2013
Senior Mortuary Affairs Advisor
Developed and Implemented Standard of Operations for U.S. Human Remains Search and Recovery missions in Afghanistan under Lean Six Sigma principles.
● Expertly trained over 200 U.S., Afghan, and Australian Soldiers in combat environment Mortuary Affairs Operations.
● Personally supervised theater Mortuary Affairs operations resulting in the prompt return home of over 700 coalition forces Fallen Heroes.
Feb 2007 - Jan 2011
Platoon Sergeant
Selected over peers and seniors as the only Mortuary Affairs Observer Controller for the National Level Catastrophic Consequences Management Response Force exercise 2008.
• Selected over 7 senior NCO's based on extraordinary technical and tactical knowledge and skills to lead a task force of 79 Soldiers as the Theater Mortuary Evacuation Point and Task Force NCOIC
• Demonstrated effectiveness and innovation as a military subjects trainer in over 30 unit, group and national level tactical training events
• Trained 180 Soldiers in preparation for the US Army Air Assault Course achieving a 98%
Jun 1998 - Nov 2006
Chief Information Technology/Secure Systems Administrator
● Designed, and implemented State of the Art Crisis Action Response Communications Center.
● Engineered and implemented tactical computer networks to support all automation requirements and staff functions during mayor Mobilization and tactical exercises.
● Established Classified Network Operations, SOP, Security Plan and Support Agreements that became the model for Installation DOIM.
Sep 1996 - Jun 1998
Unmanned Air Vehicles (96U/35K) Course Manager
● Hand-picked by the Commander as the Senior Short Range Unmanned Air Vehicle pilot for Task Force XXI, Advanced War Fighting Experiment.
● Established the first ever development strategy for the Unmanned Air Vehicle Pilots course ware to include Course Administrative Data, Individual Training Plans, and Distant Learning Program.
● Singled Handed completed the entire reorganization and update of the Resource Management Branch network system two weeks ahead of schedule.
Deployments
(8 years, 2 months)Feb 2011 - Feb 2012
Apr 2009 - Nov 2009
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
Senior evacuation point operations manager
• Selected over peers and seniors as the only Mortuary Affairs Observer Controller for the National Level Catastrophic Consequences Management Response Force exercise 2008.
• Selected over 7 senior NCO's based on extraordinary technical and tactical knowledge and skills to lead a task force of 79 Soldiers
Military Credentials
Professional Development Schools
Individual & Special Skill Schools
Certifications
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
Foreign Language Skills
1996
German (2+/3+)
Additional Specialization(s)
Security Clearance
Top Secret/SCI or higher
Academic Degrees
Academic Degrees