Cairn Leadership Strategies

Managing Partner | Guide

Cairn Leadership Strategies partners with innovative organizations to develop high performing teams, effective leaders and powerful cultures through a rigorous leadership curriculum fused with outdoor adventure.

Guide | Team and Leader Development

NOLS

Hiking and Rock Climbing Field Instructor delivering curriculum in Leadership, Technical Skills, Environmental Studies, and Risk Management.

Field Instructor | Hiking, Rock Climbing, Mountaineering

University of Colorado Boulder

MS in Outdoor Recreation Economy. Focused on Leading Sustainable Change and Public Land & Natural Resource Management.

Graduate Student

F3EA, Inc.

Responsible for the management of the Training Directorate. Provided direct oversight and guidance to the Operations, Intelligence, Medical, and Aviation Directorates to ensure synchronization and prioritization of efforts. Supervised the Field and Internal Management Offices to ensure timely and appropriate application of personnel and resources. Coordinated directly with the Program Management Office and Business Development Directorate for required support and assist in strategic growth and development of F3EA. Synchronized with the Finance Directorate to ensure accurate reporting and timely execution of operational budgetary activities.

Director Of Training

United States Army Special Operations Command

Lead planner for collective joint training experimentation and exercises at US Army Special Operations Command. Driving innovation in managing objectives, resources, and distributed units to achieve the modernization and readiness required to face complex future operating environments.

Project Manager - Experimental Training Exercises

Responsible for planning, coordinating, resourcing, and supporting Special Operations worldwide, both inside and outside combat theatres.

Operations Officer

Leader of a small team of specially selected and trained individuals.  Responsible for planning, coordinating, and conducting Special Operations worldwide in support of US National Security Strategy, Geographic Combatant Command campaign plans, US Interagency Country Team security objectives, and Host/Partner Nation goals.

Troop Commander

United States Military Academy at West Point

Course Director and Instructor for two advanced electives in the Defense and Strategic Studies Program: DS360 - Special Operations and DS460 - Counterinsurgency.  Responsible for developing and implementing the course syllabi and assessment metrics and tools, as well as engaging the minds of future leaders in the US Army.

Course Director | Instructor

7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

Detachment Commander responsible for leading a Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha (SF ODA) of twelve specially selected and trained operators to conduct Counterinsurgency, Foreign Internal Defense, Direct Action, Special Reconnaissance, and other Special Operations, both inside and outside theatres of active armed conflict.

Detachment Commander

Creating leader, team, and culture development that works. Experienced operational leader with a demonstrated history of excellence in training, leadership development, and complex project management. Skilled in Strategic Leadership, Operational Planning, Risk Management, Problem Solving, and Driving Culture. Strong analytic skills with a Master of Science in Defense Analysis from Naval Postgraduate School.

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