- GS employee for 27 years, supporting various aspects of satellite communications throughout the DoD
- Specific Commercial Satellite experience:
- Lead integrator for COMSATCOM acquisition, capabilities, and integration in the USEUCOM AOR
- -SATCOM Project Coordinator for expanding theater capability including DKETs installations and mission terminations at Landstuhl
- USEUCOM Focal point to obtain COMSATCOM bandwidth as well as host nation frequency approvals and authority to radiate within specific countries
- Inaugural DISA-EUR commercial SATCOM theater manager
- Led theater level COMSATCOM testing with INTELSAT and GOVSAT using Army and Air Force SATCOM terminals; proving MIL x and Ka-band on commercial satellite can be utilized for both enduring as well as restoral capabilities
- Oversees USEUCOM COMSATCOM annual funding strategy, ~23M
- Established theater AISR working group, developing resilient satellite and terrestrial architecture options
- Bandwidth acquisition through the now defunct MTC and DSTG-G COMSATCOM contracts
Record of employment:
2018 – Present DoD Civilian, Stuttgart, Germany. USEUCOM J63 lead SATCOM planner GS-14
2016 – 2018 DoD Civilian HQ DISA, Omaha, Neb. DISA JSEIO (Joint System Integration and Engineering Office) Team lead at USSTRATCOM supporting NC3
2009 – 2016 US Army Civilian, Stuttgart, Germany. USEUCOM J63 lead SATCOM/NC3 planner
2008-2009 US Army Civilian, Stuttgart, Germany. USAFRICOM J63 SATCOM planner
2004-2008 US Army Acquisition Civilian, Ft. Monmouth, NJ. PM-DCATS, DoD Gateway configuration manager, STEP/Teleport integration and installation lead
2000-2004 DoD Civilian DISA-EUROPE Stuttgart, Germany. Contingency Exercises (CONEX) Theater Gateway manager, Commercial SATCOM theater manager
1996-2000 US Army Civilian Landstuhl, Germany. DoD Gateway Landstuhl Shift leader
1991 – 1994 US Army Satellite Communications operator and maintainer