Nicholas Downing

Nicholas downing

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Director at Compassion International | Award-Winning Author | OEF & OIF Veteran | USAFA ‘05

  • Education

    • United states air force academy

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      Bachelor of science - bs

      Dean’s List and Commandant’s List

    • Harvard business school online

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      Team leadership
    • Cornell university

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      Certificate executive leadership and strategy
    • Regis university

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      Master of business administration - mba operations management

      Graduate Honors

  • Experience

    • United states air force academy

      Jun 2001 - Jun 2005
      Cadet

      • CS-20 Operations Officer• 3rd Group Director of Training• Co-Founder and CIC, 1st Annual Commandant’s Challenge Field Training Exercise• Cadet-in-Charge (CIC), AETC Summer Leadership Program• Indian Air Force Academy Exchange Program (Hyderabad, India)

    • United states air force

      Jun 2005 - Jun 2010
      Captain | air support operations and logistics

      • Executive Officer for 13 ASOS, a TACP Special Warfare unit providing Close Air Support (CAS) to US Army combat units (3rd Armored Cavalry, 4th Infantry Division, and 10th Special Forces Group).• Flight Commander and Contingency War Planner supporting Close Air Support (CAS) and Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) operations

    • 101st airborne division, u.s. army

      Feb 2008 - Sept 2008
      Joint mobile team commander

      • Commanded CJTF-101’s joint mobile logistics team on helicopter, STOL, & ground convoy combat logistics missions to remote outposts, PRTs, and FOBs located throughout Afghanistan (supported all 4 regional commands)• Awarded 101st Airborne Combat Patch & Combat Action Badge

    • U.s. central command

      Aug 2009 - Feb 2010
      Captain | middle east plans and programs manager

      • Joint Logistics Planner & Program Manager; coordinated 500K+ OIF/OEF troop movements including 1st Marine Expeditionary Force• Traveled with Major General to Kyrgyzstan & Afghanistan; site survey planning for OEF troop surge• Achieved $2.2M annual savings as Lean Six Sigma project manager

    • United states federal government

      Jan 2010 - Nov 2012
      Senior program manager

      • Managed multi-million dollar projects and programs• Executive Leadership Team facilitator

    • U.s. air force reserve

      Jun 2010 - Apr 2016
      Captain | strategy, operations & logistics

      • High Potential Officer (Top 20%) on USAF Reserve Key Personnel List for Key, Command, and Joint Assignments• Various part-time leadership roles including Assistant Director of Operations, Major Command Staff IMA, and Inspector General Staff (Chief Inspection Planner)

    • Defense contract management agency (dcma)

      Nov 2012 - Jul 2015
      Nasa program integrator | integrated product team leader | operations research analyst

      • NASA’s Program Integrator & Integrated Product Team Leader for GOES-R transition from East Coast• Compliance audit oversight of multiple space programs including NASA’s Orion Spacecraft (EFT-1), ULA’s Atlas and Delta launch rockets and USAF’s GPS-III satellites • Nominated for David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award

    • Oal (dlc)

      Jul 2015 - Jan 2017
      Chief strategy officer

      • Head of Strategy, Projects, and Products for a global medical device distributor• Led Lean-Agile Transformation and grew annual revenue from $400M to $420M while significantly reducing operating expenses.

    • Norad & us northern command

      Apr 2016 - Apr 2018
      Major | j4 operations officer & strategic planner

      • Rated #1 Reserve O-4 by Brigadier General• High Potential Officer (Top 20%) on USAF Reserve Key Personnel List for Key, Command and Joint Assignments• “Among Top 10% FGOs I’ve rated in my 25 years in the Army!” - Army Colonel (Chief of Joint Logistics Operations)

    • Lockheed martin

      Jan 2017 - Nov 2021

      • Head of Audit and Advisory Services for LM Space Operations• Led an elite team of engineers, auditors, and subject matter experts tasked with safeguarding LM Space’s 100% Mission Success rate in spaceflight operations • Head of Global Asset Management for LM Space Operations, accountable for $10B portfolio in support of multiple DOD & NASA programs including Orion/Artemis, GPS, Hypersonics, and Mars InSight Lander• Led 83 PMs and coordinated operations of 300+ PCs geographically separated across 14 locations• Directed Lean-Agile Transformation of logistics personnel, IT systems, and RFID technology upgrades

      • Space Operations Senior Manager (Deputy Director of Mission Success)

        Jul 2019 - Nov 2021
      • Space Operations Senior Manager (Deputy Director of Logistics)

        Jan 2017 - Jun 2019
    • Compassion international

      Nov 2021 - now
      Senior director, enterprise execution

      Releasing millions of children from poverty in the name of Jesus. Facilitates executive leadership planning sessions and leads cross-functional enterprise execution of the ministry’s multi-year Integrated Strategy through strategic project management and agile product development.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified scrummaster (csm)

      Scrum alliance
    • Dawia program and project management level 3

      Defense acquisition university
    • As9100d certified lead auditor

      Sae international
    • Certified scrum product owner (cspo)

      Scrum alliance
    • Dawia business & financial management level 2

      Defense acquisition university
    • Lean six sigma green belt

      United states department of defense
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Nicholas Downing
      Silver Medal Award Winner in Christian Historical Fiction Readers’ Favorite Nov. 2022 Awarded for the novel Confessions of a Janissary
    • Awarded to Nicholas Downing
      2017 Lockheed Martin Space Operations Hall of Fame Award Lockheed Martin
    • Awarded to Nicholas Downing
      Combat Action Badge US Army
    • Awarded to Nicholas Downing
      Combat Service Identification Badge 101st Airborne Division, US Army
    • Awarded to Nicholas Downing
      LRO of the Year -
    • Awarded to Nicholas Downing
      Military Parachutist Badge -
    • Awarded to Nicholas Downing
      National Junior ROTC Cadet of the Year NSSAR
    • Awarded to Nicholas Downing
      Outstanding Cadet Group Staff Officer -