Street Legal Industries, Inc.

Program Director and Defense Sector Head for Street Legal Industries, a WOSB/8a/HUBZone, Project Management/Construction Management firm. Responsible for business development, capture management, and program management within the Department of Defense (DoD) and other Federal markets.

Program Director and Defense Sector Head

Markon Solutions

Executive-level position responsible for developing and ensuring delivery of a consistent, repeatable brand across all contracts of Owner's Representative services throughout the facilities asset lifecycle that are founded in cutting-edge industry domain knowledge and proprietary best practices innovatively tailored to improve our client's mission performance. Be Markon's lead facilities representative to industry conferences, trade shows, and forums to identify leading-edge technologies, understand challenges, and innovate new solutions. Develop, train, coach, and mentor facilities-assigned employees to be professional consultant engineers, architects, facilities managers, project/program/contract managers that exemplify the Markon brand of consultant services. Develop and deliver training. Analyze requests for proposals, strategize delivery methods, and write technical responses to bid and win new facilities work. Seek new opportunities to expand Markon's market share, develop new intellectual property, and cultivate teaming relationships.

Facilities Solutions Lead, Sr. Director

Contract/Program Manager responsible for leadership and direction of 60+ employees providing construction management technical and consultancy services to the Engineering and Construction Management (ECM) Division and other subordinate organizations within Washington Headquarters Services (WHS) reporting to the Department of Defense at the Pentagon. Responsible and accountable for Contract Revenue Goals, Profit/Loss, Employee Hiring/Turn Over, Client Management, Organizational Leadership, Team Building, Innovation, and Quality Management.

Program Manager, Construction Management Technical Support Services (CMTSS)

Virginia Department of Transportation

Plans, leads, and directs the VDOT Residency Maintenance program for Fairfax County, Virginia with responsibility for maintenance of over 8,000 primary and secondary roadway lane miles in support of a population of over 1.1 million citizens. Lead, supervise, manage, and coordinate the activities of 115 employees in nine area headquarters and private contractors for snow removal operations, right-of-way mowing, pavement and concrete repairs, and other routine/preventative maintenance activities. Investigate and respond to concerns expressed by a wide range of internal and external customers, to include private citizens, homeowner associations, and the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.

Fairfax Residency Engineer

Leads, directs, and supervises the Northern Virginia Facilities Section that comprises 11 personnel to provide safe, healthy, functional, and productive support and administrative facilities that consists of over 150 buildings, supporting infrastructure, and utilities that enable NOVA VDOT to accomplish its transportation mission. Plan, direct, and supervise the fiscally responsible expenditure of an annual $2.1M Physical Plant budget and $1.6M Maintenance Reserve allocation through reactive maintenance work orders, preventative maintenance services, planned capital renewal projects, and energy conservation initiatives in accordance with building codes, Virginia Procurement laws, and organizational procedures. Participate as the Owner's representative through identification, prioritization, design, and construction of Capital Outlay Building investments.

Northern Virginia District Senior Facilities Manager

Global Engineering Solutions

Business Development primarily focused on the Federal level for a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Fire Protection (MEP&FP) Engineering Firm with National reach based in Bethesda, MD and offices in Washington, D.C. and New York City. Global Engineering Solutions (GES) also provides Construction and Program/Project Management services. Tasks include research and networking to identify and cultivate potential business opportunities, teaming relationships, and future capability development.

Business Development, Director of Federal Programs

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Research, analyze and project future (10 to 20 years) effects to Corps of Engineers' business lines due to industry, engineering, R&D, and governmental trends to identify leading indicators that support strategic decision making by corporate senior executives. Specifically examining SmartCities, Internet of Things (IoT), Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Facilities Management, and connected "Smart" infrastructure concepts, discussions, and challenges. Network with individuals, academia, public and private organizations to identify owner needs and implementation challenges/risks. Develop USACE strategic plan for senior leader decision and subsequent organizational action.

Strategic Business Intelligence

Executive Secretary for the CEO, COO, and Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) at its Washington D.C. headquarters responsible for managing official correspondence and tasking directives from the Department of the Army, U.S. Congress and the White House; review and processing of decision documents for CEO/COO approval; supervising the planning and conduct of protocol functions hosted by the CEO for visiting dignitaries, senior governmental leaders, and other stakeholders; and communicating/disseminating enterprise-wide policies for an international organization consisting of 33,000+ military and civilian employees. As the Executive Secretary, I managed Executive-level engagements, meetings, and communication that increased the efficiency of supporting staff elements, facilitated strategic corporate decision making, and enabled communication of senior-leader guidance.

Executive Secretary to the CEO, COO, and Chief of Staff

US Army

Director of Operations for a military engineer training organization consisting of over 1,000 military and civilian employees responsible for the daily training in leadership, construction, and engineering tasks of over 3,000 enlisted and commissioned soldiers. As the Director of Operations, I analyzed requirements, determined scope, planned, coordinated, communicated necessary actions, and supervised the execution of numerous project plans resulting in all objectives met on time with high quality. Considered by supervisor with over 25 years of military experience as “the best [Director of Operations he had] ever seen at taking broad commander’s guidance, analyzing requirements and communicating necessary actions”. Demonstrated potential and performance resulted in promotion and selection for next job in D.C.

Director of Operations, 1st Engineer Brigade

Chief of Staff and Deputy Director of an engineer training organization consisting of over 300 military and civilian employees responsible for the training and education of 6,000 soldiers annually in leadership, operational planning, engineering skills, construction management, heavy equipment operation, and maintenance. As the Chief of Staff and Deputy Director of 554th Engineer Battalion, I led and developed staff personnel and systems for personnel administration, logistical supply, construction management, facility management, maintenance of over 750 engineer heavy equipment vehicles, and the execution of a $1.3 million annual operating budget. I led organizational cultural change, identified and corrected systemic problems, developed direct-report staff, significantly reduced expenditures, and led a cohesive team to get things done right, on time, and to a high quality.

Chief of Staff and Deputy Director, 554th Engineer Battalion

Director and Resident Engineer for the Basrah Resident Office, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers responsible for a program of 36 projects valued at over $271 million; Directly responsible for the administration, supervision, management and employment of 11 U.S. citizens and 36 Iraqi Nationals in project oversight; a contracted security element; and a logistics base camp support contractor. As the Director and Resident Engineer, I provided program oversight, technical guidance, and supervision of project management milestones resulting in placement of over $78 million and close-out of 8 projects. I engaged directly with project stakeholders to develop strong working relationships with Basrah Provincial Governance, Iraqi Security Forces, multiple U.S. governmental agency organizations, U.S. military forces, and the State Department’s Basrah Provincial Reconstruction Team to increase effective communication of project status, reduce stakeholder concerns, and turn over completed projects to the end-user.

Director and Resident Engineer for the Basrah Resident Office

Deputy Director of the Engineering and Construction Division, Gulf Region South District with 11 employees consisting of U.S. citizens, contractors and Iraqi Engineers. Responsible for supervising the project planning, scope definition, and design for proposed construction projects throughout Southern Iraq and elsewhere. As the Deputy Director of E&C, I worked with stakeholders to determine the requirements for a proposed construction project, to include directing site visits. Based upon funding constraints and government restrictions on certain funding streams, I clearly communicated construction project estimates and scope restrictions to potential customers in order to gain their decision to either adjust the project scope or kill the project.

Deputy Director of Engineering and Construction (Gulf Region South District)

United States Military Academy

Undergraduate-level Instructor (Associate then Assistant Professor) in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, a nationally ranked ABET-accredited engineering program, at the United States Military Academy at West Point. As an Associate Professor, I taught two courses to non-engineering major cadets: 1) the Design of Structures in the Theater of Operations and 2) Infrastructure Development and Construction Management. As an Assistant Professor, I assumed course director duties for both courses – developing, instructing, and assessing curriculum. Served as the project manager for the Civil Engineering Division’s Advanced Individual Academic Development summer enrichment program to identify opportunities, solicit external funding, assign cadets, prepare travel orders, and synthesize feedback to support the ABET accreditation criteria. My efforts markedly increased the effectiveness of infrastructure development and construction management skills of graduating military officers; increased participation in and the effectiveness of the summer enrichment program; and added to the scholarship of teaching STEM to disinterested kids.

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering

Director of an Infantry Company responsible for the leadership, task assignment, training, supervision and accountability of 97 employees (7 direct reports); responsible for the maintenance, accountability, and employment of 42 vehicles and other assigned equipment. As the Director of the Charlie Infantry Company, I received tasks from my higher headquarters; analyzed the task requirements; developed and communicated plans of action to my direct reports; delegated execution authority; empowered subordinate leaders; and supervised. Due to my personal leadership, I built an extremely cohesive team of professionals that went from being considered as the last of five comparable companies to being the “go-to” company with a reputation of high-performance for any complex, ambiguous task that required maturity and independent operation.

Director, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment

U.S. Army (1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 7th Army Training Command, U.S. Army Europe)

Assistant Director of Operations for Plans and Training in an organization of 650 soldiers with five subordinate reporting organizations (no direct reports). As the Assistant Director of Operations for Plans and Training, I conducted detailed task analysis to determine organizational requirements; developed and communicated project management plans, and assisted with task management/status reporting which directly increased the organization’s ability to foresee requirements and execute assigned tasks faster, more effectively, and with less expenditure of limited resources.

Assistant Director of Operations for Plans and Training

Retired Military Engineer Officer with over 20 years of uniformed and 7 years of private/public service. Proven performance leading and empowering large, complex programs to accomplish great things beyond expectations. Passionate about accountable leadership; individual, team and organizational development; and innovative solutions to complex problems. A licensed professional engineer (Civil PE in PA and VA) and credentialed project management professional (PMP) with three years' collegiate teaching experience at West Point in Civil Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Construction Management/Infrastructure Development from Carnegie Mellon.

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