Experience

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  Uss san jacinto (cg-56)

  Oct 2006 - Aug 2009

  • Responsible for the organization’s accountability and management of all Communications Security (COMSEC) material (approximately 1,000 inventoried COMSEC items) supporting both Radio Frequency (RF) emissions and Information Protocol (IP) networks.• Managed the periodic training distribution of physical and electronic cryptographic keys and controlled destruction processes of four COMSEC Local Element (LE) accounts within the organization.• Conducted two annual organizational EKMS Account Reconciliation EKMS Audits with Naval Communications Security Material System (NCMS), ensuring all issues COMSEC material was adequately accounted for and on hand for operational usage following Department of Defense (DoD) standards.• Spearheaded the organization’s EKMS Phase Five transition, modernizing and unifying the electronic issuance of cryptographic keys to the newly developed Key Management Infrastructure. Show less • Responsible for the organization’s maintenance and upkeep of all exterior communications, local area networks, and workstations.• Implemented IT Help Desk issue tracking and customer service process to manage network trouble calls and enforce Information Assurance compliance for all users in the organization.• Worked with the organization and Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) representatives to implement open source software, Google Earth, into Common Operating Picture (COP) features with the Secret Internet Protocol (SIPR) networks for enhanced intelligence analysis.• Completed a comprehensive no-notice Immediate Superior in Command (ISIC) Communications Assessment of all networks in the organization with a 95% passing score.• Worked with Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Stations (NCTAMS) to ensure the successful Radio Frequency (RF) communications cut-over (transition of all RF and satellite communications) of 35 critical voice and communication data circuits from Commander US Second Fleet to Commander US Sixth Fleet Area of Operations (AOR) while on deployment. Show less • Oversaw the organization’s Information Technology (IT) department to maintain and maintain approximately 200 unclassified and classified end-user workstations daily.• Planned and executed the movement of the organization’s entire Information Technology networks from off the ship to a temporary working barge and eventually back to the ship during the command’s shipyard maintenance availability.• Managed the organization’s Cyber Security protective measures and worked with Naval Network Warfare Command (NETWARCOM) to reinforce the organization’s Gigabit Ethernet (GIG-E) Local Area Network (LAN) against pre-deployment Red Team Cyber Security attack teams. Show less

  • Electronic Key Management System (EKMS) Manager

    Mar 2008 - Aug 2009

  • Communications Officer

    May 2007 - Feb 2008

  • Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Officer

    Oct 2006 - May 2007
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  Commander operational test & evaluation force

  Aug 2009 - Nov 2012

  Operational test director

  • Certified in Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level II Test and Evaluation.• Sea Navigation Warfare Advanced Digital Antenna Production (ADAP). Helped the organization implement the ADAP Integrated Evaluation Framework (IEF) into the Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP). Coordinated several contractor and OT pre-test meetings with Raytheon ADAP project managers to firm up ADAP test objectives. Executed the Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) of ADAP onboard US Naval Assets and provided the operational effectiveness and suitability report to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) resource sponsor office.• Global Positioning Service Enterprise (GPS-E). Organized and led a team of subject matter experts and operational testers leading up to the GPS-E Multi-Service Operational Test and Evaluation (MOT&E) at the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR).• Battle Force Tactical Network (BFTN) – Program Office: GPS Navigation Program Office (PMW/A 170). On short notice, operational testing realigned testing resources to complete BFTN Operational Assessment (OA) in the Southern California Operational Area with a challenging Carrier Strike Group (CSG) Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) environment.• Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) – Program Office: Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR). Conducted Contractor Testing (CT) and Development Testing (DT) performance results and analysis for future Operational Testing (OT) test plans. Analyzed System of System (SoS) and System Under Test (SUT) integration points requiring refinement before conducting OT for more comprehensive effectiveness and suitability metrics assessments. Oversaw the development and execution of the CANES integrated testing and OA. Coordinated over three dozen test preparation meetings and site visits with COMOPTEVFOR and NAVWAR representatives to execute a three-week OT for CANES. Show less

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  Littoral combat ship (lcs) crew 108

  Jul 2013 - Oct 2016

  Operations officer

  • Responsible for the planning and coordination of the organization’s pre-commissioning and post-commissioning schedule, including synchronizing the organization into the Navy’s first Component–Based Total Ship System twenty-first century (COMBATSS-21) team certification trainer for the LCS program.• Managed three divisions' administrative upkeep, training, and certification, including the initial training and certification of Crew 108 onboard USS MILWAUKEE (LCS-5) for Waterborne Mission Zone, Aircraft, and Search and Rescue Operations.• Conducted agile critical mission planning with all departments to schedule and certify seven core mission warfare areas before the ships scheduled to sail away from the Fincantieri shipyard in Marionette and the follow-on commissioning ceremony in Milwaukee. This was conducted within a challenging School-Ship schedule requiring the balanced coordination with another LCS crew, two LCS Squadron (LCSRON) Assessment teams, Afloat Training Group (ATG) Pacific, and Engineering Assessment Pacific (EAP) to move the ship out of the Great Lakes before winter freeze over could impact ship delivery to the East Coast.• Coordinated between multiple organizations, including Lockheed Martin, Fincantieri Marinette Marine, and Littoral Combat Ship Program Office (PMS 505) to plan, train, and execute the first ever Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST) for the FREEDOM VARIANT LCS ships. Helped PMS 505 FSST teamwork through challenging project milestones and critical path delays including restructuring the entire pre-FSST training and equipment/sensor integration maintenance availability around the impacts of Hurricane Matthew. Show less

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  Uss kauffman (ffg-59)

  Jul 2013 - Sept 2014

  Operations officer

  • Responsible for the planning and coordination of the organization’s schedule. This included working with Port Operations Schedulers for ship movements and arranging services with the Virginia Capes Operating Area (VACAPES) range controllers. Planned and executed numerous Priority One and Priority Two Navy service requests, including helicopter flight deck operations, at-sea refueling, live fire systems training, and submarine Sea Trial Escort operations.• Managed the administrative upkeep, training, and certification of seven navy warfare program areas amongst three divisions and fifty personnel in preparation for Commander Forth Fleet deployment.• Integrated the Navy’s Basic Phase Long Range Training Plan (LRTP) into the organization’s schedule amongst a challenging Continuous Maintenance Availability (CMAV) in the Portsmouth BAE Systems shipyard. Show less

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  Coastal riverine squadron three (corivron 3)

  Oct 2016 - Mar 2019

  • Responsible for the professional development, training, and operations of three MK VI SBC crews totaling 85 personnel and six MK VI Patrol Boats. Helped to incorporate MK VI Battle Tactics into deployed CONOPS to include the squadron’s first long-range navigational and Amphibious Ship Embarkation operations with the MK VI Patrol Boats.• Led the organization through the MK VI escort CONOPS framework as 34’ Patrol Boat operations were divested in Naval Station Bahrain while concurrently planning two Continuous Maintenance Availability (CMAV) periods for the MK VI craft in the Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY).• Provided vital deep dive analysis on Manning, Training, and Equipping (MTE) deployment concerns for the MK VI program to NECC and COMOPTEVFOR organizations. Show less • Responsible for the planning coordination of the organization’s Security Boat Companies (SBC), Embarked Security Teams, Aircraft Security Teams, and Joint Tactical Air Controllers amongst 27 different countries and five naval fleet areas of operations on deployment. Helped to lay the framework and develop Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for the integration and tactical employment of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECCs) next-generation MK VI Coastal Patrol boat. • Conducted Operational Planning Team (OPT) Deep dive analysis on Commander Fifth Fleet Operational Tasking requirements for High-Value Units (HVU) escort missions, resulting in freeing up significant time for crews to conduct maintenance efforts, train, and preserve vital crew rest for missions.• Aligned organizational training and certification requirements through a condensed Basic Phase training Cycle with a high personnel turnover rate. Show less

  • Officer in Charge

    Feb 2018 - Mar 2019

  • Operations Officer

    Oct 2016 - Feb 2018
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  Fleet ant-submarine warfare training center (fleaswtracen)

  Mar 2019 - Jun 2021

  Director of staff

  • As the Command Evaluation Officer and lead for the Command Audit Board, he reviewed the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of 43 Programs of Interest (POI) within the Manager’s Internal Control Program (MICP) amongst the Operations, ASW, Facility Maintenance, Learning Standards Office, Student Administration, Staff Administration, Combat Systems, and Littoral Combat Ships departments in the organization. During the Naval Education Training Command (NETC) mandated Command Inspection (CI) all programs were found compliant with no major discrepancies• During the COVID-19 Pandemic, he took lead as the Senior Battle Watch Captain and helped to create NETC’s regional Emergency Action Center (EAC), supporting all NETC schools commands in the Southern California fleet concentration area and reporting to Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS). Managed establishment and sustainment of critical Military protective bubbles in and around all NETC schools in San Diego. Established physical and procedural controls in accordance with varying Federal, State, County, and Base guidelines. Ensured Navy’s critical ASW accession supply chain continued to operate at the peak of COVID-19.• Worked directly with Naval Medical Center Balboa to coordinate and execute thousands of Sentinel Surveillance Testing (SST) to all NETC military and civilian staff and students in the San Diego fleet concentration area. This included the pre-vaccination/periodic medical testing and follow-on controlled vaccination distributions.• While acting as lead for NETC’s San Diego regional COVID-19 EAC he also lead an Operational Planning Team (OPT) to plan and execute the handover of most student management functions from the dissolution of Training Support Center (TSC) San Diego. He lead numerous mission and functional analysis sessions to help craft (MTE) requirements up to NETC for the organization to adopt over 600 staff and students, a growth in responsibility of over 250% for the command. Show less

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  Surface combat systems training command (scstc)

  Jun 2021 - May 2022

  Director of students

  • Hand selected to take on the vacant Student Management Department Head role after the dissolution of TSC, overseeing the management of 1,500 students and forty staff spread across Naval Base San Diego and Naval Base Point Loma.• Led an Operational Planning Team (OPT) to survey and analyze the infrastructure and manning requirements in CSCS Great Lakes before taking over TSC Student Management Functions. Detailed analysis identified critical requirements for NETC to source purpose-built military barracks at the accession site and more billeted Naval Military Training Instructors to help establish a better Military Training Environment for accession students at Naval Base Point Loma.• Established the first-ever Barracks Management charter between SCSTC Mine Warfare Training Center (MWTC) and the Naval Base Point Loma (NBPL) Unified Housing office to implement “Shipboard Environment” standards for accession students residing in NBPL Harbor Drive Annex.• Revitalized the Naval Military Training (NMT) Program to include procedural and policy improvements for separate student-holds companies across two Naval Bases. Laid the framework for the command’s first Student Management Instruction as a centralized guidance and Standard Operating Procedures for all facets of Student Management. • Created various professional and community training events to augment accession student development, including Warrior Toughness Training, Support the Enlisted Project (STEP), Community Relations Projects (COMRELs), and ship visits on the Naval Base San Diego waterfront. Show less

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  Maritime expeditionary security squadron three (msron-3)

  Jul 2022 - Aug 2024

  • Hand selected to take over as the command’s Current Operations, Future Operations, Lead Operational Planning Team (OPT) Lead and Mobility Officer before 2023 deployment.• Managed the execution of the organization's pre-mobilization Joint Inspection with Air Force Load Masters before deployment. Oversaw the logistical/mobility deployment plans of the organization's advanced team and main body deployment personnel into the Commander Fifth Fleet (C5F) Area of Operations.• Oversees the day-to-day operations of the Tactical Operational Center (TOC) relating all critical mission reports from two forward operating bases up to the regional Task Force Commander in C5F.• Coordinates all High-Value Unit (HVU) Force Protection waterborne security missions and C5F Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) exercises with the US and allied countries.• Conducted over four detailed OPT planning sessions and analysis reports to relay future Man, Train, Equipped (MTE) concerns for NECC’s force redistribution plans. Show less • Responsible for the professional development, training, and operations of two Security Boat Companies (SBC) totaling 217 personnel, two dozen security boats, and their supporting equipment. • Immediately took the reins of SBC and navigated the organization through NECC’s first-ever Major Combat Operations (MCO) certification pilot program, qualifying 64 SBC personnel in 16 boat crews for immediate theater deployment within only a few months of the squadron returning from deployment.• Successfully planned for and executed NECC’s largest Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) for any riverine squadron, getting 12x patrol boats operationally inspection-ready on the heels of the MCO certification and right before the beginning of the squadron’s standardized Basic Phase Training schedule. • Set up and executed the patrol craft Boat Chief and Petty Officer In Charge program to link patrol boat operational crews with the Boat Maintenance Facility (BMF) maintainers. Oversaw the development of the Patrol Boat Acceptance Instruction, setting the standard for accepting patrol boats from outside organizations. Show less

  • Operations Officer

    Apr 2023 - Aug 2024

  • Officer in Charge

    Jul 2022 - Apr 2023
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  Core services group, inc.

  Aug 2024 - now

  Senior test and evaluation engineer - senior analyst - surface warfare

  As a Senior Analyst, I provide technical and analytic support to the Operational Test & Evaluation Force through test planning, execution, analysis, and reporting of structured integrated test (IT) and Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) of U.S. Navy combat systems. I support the accreditation and application of modeling and simulation (M&S), management of required databases, and production of all related technical documentation. I attend stakeholder meetings to represent the government customer and provide other related deliverables as necessary in support of OT&E. Show less