Hakim B. Allah, Ph.D.

Experience

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  US Army

  Jan 1982 - Jan 2003

  1SG (RET)
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  Primerica

  Jan 1994 - Dec 2019

  Licensed Representative
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  Camber Corporation

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

  CBRN Technician
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  Battelle Memorial Institute

  Nov 2003 - Sept 2014

  Manager-Battelle Anniston Operations|Capability Assessments & Integration|Scientific & Tech Support

  Challenging position providing technical management and leadership for the Battelle Anniston Operations demonstrating effective skills in program, personnel, and financial management. Serves as the senior CBRNE/CWMD Policy Specialist. Responsible for CWMD programs (counterproliferation (CP), nonproliferation (NP) and consequence management (CM)) with particular focus on Joint Staff CP and CM efforts.

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  Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

  Jan 2005 - Jun 2005

  Manager (Training and Exercise) Guardian Installation Protection Program

  Served as the Training and Exercise Program Manager within the lead system integrator (LSI) staff in direct support of the Joint Program Manager Guardian (JPMG) Installation Protection Program (IPP) responsible for all training and exercise support for the LSI, to include subcontractors and interfacing with the JPMG training and exercise staff.

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  General Dynamics Information Technology

  Jun 2005 - Jul 2006

  Program Management/Senior Operational Analyst

  Served as a Program Manager/Senior Operational Analyst providing the 20th Support Command (CBRNE) a CBRNE/ CWMD LNO cell within U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) that is the primary point of contact for coordination with primary staff elements in FORSCOM, other MACOMs, DoD, Federal, State and Local agencies.

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  Grantham University

  Jan 2011 - Oct 2014

  Adjunct Professor
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  Strayer University

  Oct 2011 - Nov 2022

  Serves as a adjunct faculty for Strayer University online campus and is responsible for ensuring academic quality in cooperation with the Campus Dean and Campus Director. Operates with significant autonomy to maintain an academic atmosphere conducive to best in class staffing and learning. Ensures and assesses student learning, improves graduation rates every quarter, and resolves faculty and student concerns. Serves as a Senior Academic Officer at a designated Strayer University campus location and is responsible for ensuring academic quality at that campus in cooperation with the Campus Dean and Campus Director. Operates with significant autonomy to maintain an academic atmosphere conducive to best in class staffing and learning. Ensures and assesses student learning, improves graduation rates every quarter, and resolves faculty and student concerns.

  • Adjunct Professor

    Jan 2015 - Nov 2022

  • Full-time Professor / Associate Campus Dean

    Oct 2011 - Jan 2015
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  US Department of Homeland Security/FEMA/Emergency Management Institute

  Jan 2015 - Nov 2019

  Chief, Integrated Emergency Management (IEM) Branch

  Served as the Chief, Integrated Emergency Management (IEM) Branch, Emergency Management Institute (EMI), National Training and Education, National Preparedness Directorate, Protection and National Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. Supervises a staff responsible for the development and management of exercise-based training programs for all levels of government, as well as volunteer, public and private sector organizations. Provides leadership, advice and guidance at national level. Emergency assignments as required to support FEMA’s disaster response and recovery. Show less

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  HDIAC (Homeland Defense & Security Information Analysis Center)

  Sept 2017 - now

  Subject Matter Expert (SME)

  Provides information, analysis, and collaboration, and also established, provided, and maintained extensive Scientific and Technical Information (STI) from, DoD organizations, approved contractors, and federal, state, and local governments. This communication provides an atmosphere for sharing ideas, staying current with the latest developments, discovering opportunities to advance research and increase awareness of my research in support of the DoD and U.S. government Research and Development (R&D) activities. Show less

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  USDA, APHIS, PPQ, Professional Development Center (PDC)

  Nov 2019 - Feb 2024

  Director

  Serves as the Director of the Professional Development Center (PDC), and, as such, responsible for directing the operational and policy activities in the areas of Science-Based Technical Training, Field Operations Training Support, the National Detector Dog Training Center (NDDTC), the Cooperator Training Unit, Leadership Development, Organizational, and Educational Support, as well as Administrative and Information Technology functions for the PDC.

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  Federal Executive Institute Alumni Association

  Jan 2022 - Jan 2024

  Vice President Board of Directors

  The Federal Executive Institute Alumni Association is the exclusive network of graduates of FEI executive training programs. FEIAA gives Federal Executive Institute (FEI) alumni the opportunity to stay connected to classmates, network with other FEI alums across government, and keep ties to FEI through news and training opportunities. We offer our 600+ members the opportunity to continue the FEI experience in the months and years after graduation — the professional training, personal development, individual connections, social opportunities, and more. Show less

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  United States Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service (DCPAS)

  Feb 2024 - now

  Chief, DoD Career and Professional Development (CPD) Division

  As part of the Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service (DCPAS) serves as the Associate Director, Talent Development and Chief of the Department of Defense (DoD) Career and Professional Development (CPD) Division, providing strategic oversight aligned with national strategies and DoD mission objectives, and managing and personally accomplishing day-to-day operations of a portfolio of complex, high-visibility enterprise-wide programs and supporting functions to develop an approximately 900,000-member civilian workforce. Visit us at https://www.DCPAS.osd.mil Show less