Defense Industry Executive
Objective: Utilize 20+ years of peacetime and combat leadership experience to make an immediate, positive and quantifiable impact in the senior management of a world class organization.
Highlights:
? An executive-level leader and manager with a reputation for bypassing ineffective bureaucracies and making things happen where others have failed.
? Extensive experience in recruiting, business development, organizational development, operations management, resource management, strategic planning, and problem solving.
? Six Sigma Green Belt
? Combat Veteran
? Top Secret (SCI) Government Security Clearance.
Education:
BS (Civil Engineering), U.S. Military Academy, West Point NY-1982
MA (International Affairs), Catholic University, Washington DC-1994
Experience:
9/06-Present: Capture manager for a $1.6B upgrade program of a major aerospace system to a middle eastern customer within a publicly traded company. Responsible for all marketing, proposal development, customer interface and closure.
7/05-8/06: Director, US Forces Korea/United Nations Command Air and Missile Defense Division: Responsible for the effective defense of the Korean peninsula from air or tactical ballistic missile attack. Designed and modified the positioning plan for Patriot missile systems and the integration of Korean low altitude air defense systems. Responsible for the integration of theater systems and capabilities with global defense systems oriented on the defense of the US homeland.
? Planned and executed a major re-stationing plan on the peninsula which dramatically reduced travel times to critical assets and associated fuel and maintenance expenditures by 75%. Provided the Theater Commander with a 200% increase in operational flexibility among the 20 key assets currently targeted by North Korea. Re-programmed savings into quality of life improvements.
? Developed and implemented changes to Patriot missile firing doctrine which would sustain stocks of critical PAC-3 missiles well beyond North Korean missile culmination, resulting in savings of $25 million over four years in replacement missile costs.
9/03-7/05: Executive Consultant to the Royal Saudi Air Defense Force: Responsible for advising the Saudi Arabian government on the operations, training and maintenance of a $14 billion foreign military sales purchase consisting of six Battalion sets of the Patriot weapons system.
? Designed and implemented a country-wide maintenance program which addressed the harsh desert environment. Improved operational readiness rates by 60% and saved $10 million in repair part expenditures over a two year period.
? Designed and implemented a training program which dramatically improved the posture of the Royal Saudi Air Defense Force for the initial stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom and integrated them into a multi-national coalition.
8/02-9/03: Director, Current Operations, US Forces Korea: Responsible for monitoring North Korean activity on a 24/7 basis and taking appropriate actions to ensure the security and effective posturing of the command during any potential crisis. Responsible for conducting daily briefings to the Theater Commander.
? Designed and procured a 100% upgrade to state of the art tracking and surveillance equipment to ensure effective monitoring throughout the Theater. Resulted in a 200% increase in geographical situational awareness.
? Supervised response to over 25 real world crisis operations to include North Korean sinking of a South Korean naval vessel and the historic ground breaking of the north-south connecting transportation corridors. Reduced troop deployment costs by over $30 million over a one year period through effective situational awareness which minimized unnecessary responses and readiness upgrades.
? Routinely briefed senior members of the US Government on visits to Korea to include the Chairman, JCS, and the Deputy Secretary of Defense.
6/00-7/02: Battalion Commander, US Army Recruiting Battalion-Atlanta, GA: Responsible for effectively managing the Army recruiting mission for the state of Georgia with a $20 million annual budget. Supervised 350 recruiters geographically dispersed throughout the state and met congressionally mandated personnel and end strength targets.
? Improved production from 65% of assigned missions to routinely making 100% of assigned missions.
? Used numerous marketing channels (print, TV, radio) to target the under-leveraged high school senior market. Within two months, improved production in this market from approx 35% to 100% of assigned mission while reducing marketing expenditures by 50%. Redirected 5% of savings into capital expenditures and IT enhancements.
? Developed numerous targeted incentives to reward top performers and relentlessly eliminated under-performers. Result was a successful organization with a winning attitude. Top 10% in the nation.
6/98-6/00: Chief, Joint Service Training Exercise Branch, US Army Forces Command, Ft. MacPherson, GA: Planned and executed numerous internet based military exercises which allowed components of the integrated air defense network to digitally share data reducing physical deployment costs by 65%. Participants included Air Force Wings, AWACS, Aegis Cruisers, Air Defense Brigades, Marine Air Control Squadrons, United Kingdom AWACS, and reserve units.
? Saved DOD $12.5 million dollars annually in OPTEMPO funds and deployment costs.
? Improved integrated air defense proficiency through the repetitive processes of establishing and maintaining secure digital architectures at substantially reduced costs.
6/96-9/98: Battalion Executive Officer, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, HI: Second in Command of an Avenger Air Defense Artillery Battalion with numerous contingency missions throughout the Pacific Rim. Supervised 400 personnel, administered an $85 million annual budget and managed $150 million in weapons systems and equipment.
? Instituted vehicle and equipment maintenance procedures resulting in a 65% improvement in readiness rates on a year over year basis. Reduced repair costs by $7 million by instilling a disciplined work ethic and eliminating waste.
? Supervised numerous, full scale deployments to South Korea, Thailand, Washington state, and neighboring Hawaiian Islands.
Training: Over 35 months specialized formal training in general and executive leadership; including global and international operations. Graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College and the Armed Forces Staff College.
Military: Lieutenant Colonel (O5), Artillery, U.S. Army |
