Lead From The Front, LLC

I provide resilience and life coaching to those who wish to overcome their personal/professional struggles to achieve their mission and vision. We all have some sort of trauma and obstacles that limit our true potential. My focus and mission are to help veterans overcome their trauma and see their new purpose and mission. I also help those struggling with cancer, former and current professional athletes, and the average guy, to see they have worth, define their purpose, build a resilience that allows them to do the things they never thought possible. My way is formulated over years of trials, struggles, and pain that I lived through. My profound faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, my passion for fitness and mental health are what drive me to reach and help others on this amazing journey we call life. Reach out to me and let's talk.

Resilience & Life Coach

Consultant

Northrop Grumman

Proposal Analyst and Price Cost Analyst at Northrop Grumman, analyzed, compiled, and managed proposals from $2 million to over $4.4 billion. Was awarded the company’s Excellent Award for outstanding performance on the Global Hawk unmanned systems proposal that had a combined residual of over $65 billion over 10 years.
•	Develop core analytical capabilities or model libraries, using advanced statistical, quantitative, or econometric techniques.
•	Provide application or analytical support to researchers or traders on issues such as valuations or data.
•	Research or develop analytical tools to address issues such as portfolio construction or optimization, performance measurement, attribution, profit and loss measurement, or pricing models.
•	Maintain or modify all financial analytic models in use.
•	Apply mathematical or statistical techniques to address practical issues in finance, such as derivative valuation, securities trading, risk management, or financial market regulation.
•	Research new financial products or analytics to determine their usefulness.
•	Devise or apply independent models or tools to help verify results of analytical systems.
•	Define or recommend model specifications or data collection methods.
•	Confer with other financial engineers or analysts on trading strategies, market dynamics, or trading system performance to inform development of quantitative techniques.
•	Interpret results of financial analysis procedures.
•	Collaborate with product development teams to research, model, validate, or implement quantitative structured solutions for new or expanded markets.
•	Produce written summary reports of financial research results.
•	Consult traders or other financial industry personnel to determine the need for new or improved 
•	Identify, track, or maintain metrics for trading system operations.
•	Prepare requirements documentation for use by software developers.

Price Cost Analyst

L3 Technologies

DOD (Department of Defense) contractor whose responsibilities were to schedule all required ranges and training areas for a multitude of combat units to ensure they receive the training required for combat readiness. Part of the duties and responsibilities was also to train and provide advice in the realm of weapons and tactics for a variety of weapons and skills. This included developing a special range that allowed and provided for aerial sniper platforms to be utilized. Thus, providing our snipers in multiple units and branches to effectively engage targets from several types of rotary winged aircraft to increase combat effectiveness of our special operations commands. I was also contracted to train and help certify Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTAC’s) to provide qualified JTAC’s to multiple units, ensuring these units had JTAC’s to control all rotary and fixed winged assets for aerial gun runs and calling air assets for bombing runs.

Range Scheduler / Tactics & Weapons

Harrington Industrial Plastics

While at this company I was responsible for estimating costs associated with construction, in particular the place of our company’s product within the building plan. Our company specialized in PVC piping and plumbing products. This included reading blueprints, understanding CAD/CAM systems and software to ensure accurate estimates for various proposals. I assisted in working with a team to develop a system to scan and then provide a 3D view of where each of the company’s products would fit and thus be installed. Projects focused on wastewater treatment facilities and large manufacturing firms that used or stored volatile chemicals. Projects ranged from $2,500 to as much as $2.5 million. I was a pivotal player in the company’s merger with Asahi industries and worked with Toshiba for the development and sale of their computerized flow meters, both projects were in the $5 to $10 million range.

Project Manager

Penhall Company and Penhall Technologies

As a project superintendent at Penhall, I was responsible for a variety of tasks that included accountability of all employees on the job site to ensure there was sufficient labor for the jobs tasked per the proposal. I was also responsible for estimating all costs associated with a proposal and then to keep within the budget guidelines for a particular project. The other required tasks are that I was to inspect all equipment and ensure everyone of the site adhered to all OSHA regulations. On the various sites a project superintendent is responsible for all aspects of safety. Verifying hours and paysheets for all employees on the site and to hire or contract labor as needed to fulfill contracts. Ensure all projects remain financially feasible (controlling cost associated with labor, material, etc.). Managed and supervised projects that ranged from $250k to over $5 million.

Project Superintendent

United States Marine Corps

Over the course of fifteen years, I served in a multitude of positions within the Marine Corps Infantry. I was a mortarman, forward observer, fire support specialist, scout sniper, reconnaissance Marine, weapons platoon Sergeant, Infantry platoon Sergeant, company gunnery Sergeant and Marine combat instructor. I served several combat tours leading Marines through multiple combat deployments overseeing from 35 to upwards of 500 Marines. I was responsible for their training, well-being, and provided leadership and management throughout my career. My greatest accomplishment was that I was afforded the opportunity to serve proudly as a Marine.

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