Experience

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  Us army

  Jul 1996 - Oct 2004

  Military police officer
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  Quantum leap incorporated

  May 2004 - Dec 2005

  Co-founder/program director

  Majority owner and founding partner of a company dedicated to administering and improving the delivery of home health care, community living, and family support services for adults with intellectual disabilities. Wrote contracts and proposals, authored standard operating procedures, managed logistical and procurement programs, and established all initial budgets and business plans. Researched myriad government regulations and contract requirements to ensure compliance proactively. Point of contact for the Developmental Disability Administration in Maryland concerning technical program features, individual health service plans, administration, and audits. Maintained strict oversight and disbursement control for annual operating funds of $500,000+. Show less

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  Dyncorp international

  Jun 2006 - Mar 2010

  Directed and planned complex security operations with U.S. contractors and Afghan military and police forces. Oversaw, liaised and coordinated with Justice Sector Support Program (JSSP) and other PSD personnel to plan and share information concerning security posture and tactics. Incorporate “lessons learned” into threat and risk assessments. Defined operational and contingency roles for defense, offense, and egress if principals attacked during movement. Reviewed performance of JSSP and PSD team members to verify compliance with operating procedures, contracts, multinational agreements, and corporate mandates. Assessed adaptability, composure, and demonstration of professional demeanor in stressful situations. Ensured all command and control systems and protocols functioned as designed to successfully identify, track and engage security threats in a high-risk environment. Show less Managed and conducted the full spectrum of security services. Led mobile protective formation, armed convoy escort, and static security at various facilities and command posts in high-threat environments. Conducted site assessments to surveil locations of future visits and define mission parameters, requirements, and logistical needs. Participated in provincial security meetings. Liaised with JSSP team, host nation representatives, senior management, and regulatory authorities to plan operations, isolate and resolve problems, and ensure adherence to established standards. Periodically trained and quarterly evaluated security team members. Provided direction regarding appropriate relation strategies, communication, and performance issues regarding high threat protective services. Show less

  • PMO Detail Lead

    Jul 2009 - Mar 2010

  • JSSP PST Lead

    Jun 2006 - Jul 2009
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  Dyncorp international

  Sept 2010 - Sept 2013

  Protective security specialist

  Manage and support diverse, specialized security functions for federal government VIPs, including ambassadors, members of Congress and Department of State, and the Vice President. Analyze actionable intelligence and conduct reconnaissance of regions within Northern Iraq to define personnel and mission requirements for convoys, motorcades, and site visits. Coordinate with tactical program managers to determine evacuation routes and contingency plans for principals in the case of an ambush, IED, or enemy fire. Conduct security installation checks and preventive vehicle maintenance to meet all readiness and protection specifications. Show less

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  International development solutions

  May 2014 - Apr 2017

  Perform duties within the Tactical Operations Center (TOC). Operate communications equipment – monitor and relay radio traffic, actually controlling the network. Communicate with entities outside of the system with a variety of voice- and text-based communications technology including local cell phone, regional and global satellite phone, tactical military radio, and UHF/VHF radio. Prepare weekly and daily reports as requested my supervisory chain-of-command and maintained a watch record of activities. Planning, coordinating and monitoring the movements for Chief of Mission personnel within Afghanistan. Collaborating with various assets during times of critical or kinetic events for either U.S. or Allied forces. Observe team action with multiple tracking devices. Monitor incidents, threat reporting and appropriately call for the deployment of the appropriate assets. Assist with developing strategies to utilize best assets that are readily available for emergency preparedness and response in a high threat environment. Show less Detail leader for the personal protection team for the US Deputy Chief of Mission to Afghanistan. Manage and support diverse, specialized security functions for federal government VIPs, including members of Congress, Department of Defense and Department of State in Afghanistan. Analyze actionable intelligence and conduct reconnaissance of regions within Afghanistan to define personnel and mission requirements for fly aways, convoys, motorcades, and site visits. Coordinating and interfacing with the advance teams, quick reaction forces, office management specialists, tactical operation center and other host country and foreign entities to define mission parameters and contingency plans in case of changes or late schedule additions. Responsible for over five million dollars in equipment. Show less

  • Protective Security Operations Chief

    Dec 2016 - Apr 2017

  • Team Leader

    May 2014 - Dec 2016
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  Pae

  Apr 2017 - Sept 2019

  Security manager, security and support services

  Responsible for the overall mobile security operations for all programs under the SaSS II contract. Providing expertise in both mobile and static security operations. Backfill behind the Deputy Program Manager - Security (DPM-S), Static Security Manager, Intel Manager, and Operations Manager on a regular basis. Provide supervision to a mixed staff of local FSN and the American workforce.

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  Usaid

  Sept 2019 - now

  The Bureau for Asia/AMS division provides administrative management support; operational and logistical support; strategic and corporate communications; budget management, security, and centralized administrative support to Bureau for Asia. I am responsible for the day to day management and operations of the Security and Emergency Preparedness (SEP) Team . I provide expert advice and guidance on bureau security operations as well as administrative and operational support to all countries within the area of operations. I backfill behind the Deputy Director and Director of the AMS division. Show less The OAPA/AMS division provides administrative management support; operational and logistical support; strategic and corporate communications; budget management, security, and centralized administrative support to OAPA. I am responsible for the day to day management and operations of the division. I provide expert advice and guidance on bureau security operations as well as limited support to USAID/Afghanistan and USAID/Pakistan. I backfill behind the Deputy Director and Director of the AMS division on a regular basis. I also provide day-to-day supervision and management of the division workforce which consist of institutional contract support and U.S direct hire staff. Show less

  • Administrative Officer/ Bureau for Asia.

    Oct 2020 - now

  • Executive Officer/ Office of Afghanistan & Pakistan Affairs.

    Sept 2019 - Oct 2020