Results-oriented security specialist that is densely experienced in federal emergency management, quality control and assurance, Protection Level-1 resource conditions, nuclear surety and security inspections, evaluations, resource protection, training manager and primary instructor duties. Showcases exceptional leadership and management in the highest and most demanding operations tempos under the Department of Defense. Effective communicator that puts knowing the people around a priority. Routinely selected ahead of my peers to direct operations and sections due to my ability to lead by example and promote the highest of standards all while maintaining welcoming team morale. Demonstrates a truly unique, and authentic contagious leadership style that brings the best out of everyone.
Work History
Team Lead / Store Manager
Black Rifle Coffee Company / GNC
Niceville, FL
2019.09 - 2022.11
Cultivated and strengthened Veteran community relationships through customer support and community event organization.
Supervised employees for exceptional store operations, customer retention and positive brand experiences.
Communicated with key account contacts, responded to complex customer needs and consulted partners to boost sales among valued customers.
Promoted business strategy by implementing improvements based on guest feedback.
Observed each employee's individual strengths and initiated mentoring program to improve areas of weakness.
Nuclear Security Evaluator / Commander Inspection Program
Department Of Defense
03.2014 - 06.2019
Managed Air Base Wing/SF Group nuclear inspections, and Security Forces Master Qualifications (SFMQ) evaluations and certifications division.
Supervised 11 evaluators and 58 agency sections in a wide range of security concepts, principles, and practices for civilian contractors and military personnel on 13 critical Security, and Law Enforcement duty positions consisting of more than 1,400 formal evaluations.
Supplemented Air Force HQ and number Air Force staff during Nuclear Surety Staff Assistance Visits and Nuclear Surety Inspections visits.
Validated and briefed inspection results to senior management, determine overall rating, and prepare written assessments to achieve compliance and recommended corrective actions.
Authored and revised comprehensive SOPs and OIs, Continuity Books, job knowledge handbooks, documents, and outlined branch of service policies, guidance, and directives governing information security, OPSEC, personnel security, and physical security.
Coordinated multi-agency exercise planning meetings, provide higher headquarters inspection augmentation for other military installations when called on, and be the technical authority for military installation daily, nuclear, and contingency operations.
Classified Destruction; Prepared and maintained destruction records for all accountable Secret and Top Secret documents and media material when destroyed.
Provided security management support IAW DoD 5220.22-M, DoDM 5200.01, DoD 5105.21, and ICD 704.
Classified Destruction; Prepared and maintained destruction records for all accountable Secret and Top Secret documents and media destroyed.
Classified Reproduction; Monitored reproduction equipment and provide guidance to all personnel on the proper procedures for marking and reproducing classified documents through JPAS/DISS or MAJCOM Headquarters.
Knowledgeable of federal background check systems and processes including e-QIP, and NISP.
Records/Safe Custodian for security related records and safes used for the storage of classified material, as well as those protected by the Privacy Act of 1974.
Critiqued and analyzed Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) for five nuclear military installations to include all security programs and security procedures (including CAC requests and SCI access and nominations).
Emergency Management / Convoy Commander
Department Of Defense / Royal Air Force, NL
10.2010 - 06.2019
Commanded Logistical Aircraft Nuclear Weapons Convoy Movements for Department of Defense’s largest underground nuclear weapon stockpile ($5.9B).
Co-illustrated Integrated Defense Council concerning requirements vital to Kirtland Underground Munitions and Maintenance Storage Complex (KUMMSC), remote and alarmed restricted/controlled areas and base security.
Conducted primary on-ground C2 for Department of Energy Safe Guard Transports missions and emergency situations.
Directed daily proficiency response exercises for security dispatch control center and responding patrols to alarm points, restricted/controlled areas, limited/exclusion areas, and underground nuclear stockpile facility.
Executed Force Protection Conditions (FPCON), and day-to-day emergency procedures too include controlling access and reinforcing KUMMSC’s classified storage, processing, and opening and closing procedures of classified areas.
NCOIC, Standardizations and Evaluations (QC)
Department of Defense / SFG
Kirtland, NM
Managed Naval Special Warfare Group One’s TRIDENT Exercise for Seal Teams at their in transit and remote military installation locations.
Supervised 11 evaluators and 58 agency sections in a wide range of security concepts, principles, and practices for civilian contractors and military personnel on 13 critical Security, and Law Enforcement duty positions consisting of more than 1,400 formal evaluations.
Coordinated all security related answerable deficiencies and performed inspections/evaluations, and advisory duties.
Technical authority for military installation daily, protocol, nuclear, and contingency operations.
Coordinated multi-agency exercise planning meetings and provide higher headquarters inspection augmentation for other military installations when called on
Managed and validated and briefed inspection results to senior management, determine overall rating, and prepare written assessments of compliance and recommended corrective actions
Advised and assisted leadership on efforts to design/coordinate/implement/enforce security regulations, policies, directives, standards and procedures
Provided technical assistance and support to ensure proper base programs, security systems operation and procedures are instituted to preclude undue interruptions and interference to services
Handled unit and administrative support functional duties and assigned individual performances in accordance with established local regulations and procedures
Provided management and gathered information necessary to address difficult and complex problems in automating security and improving security processes.
Worked with customers to resolve integration or configuration related issues associated with a variety of system platforms, operation systems, applications, and configurations
Command Executive - Self-Inspections Prgm Manager
Department of Defense/SF Command Group Staff
Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
Authored first-ever Major Command nuclear weapon security operations instruction doctrine outlining military installations nuclear security daily operations, and nuclear weapon/critical component movements to ensure the safety, security and surety to our nation's most vital assets and our national security's #1 priority mission-set
Performed Security Forces Group standardization evaluations (Stan-Eval) and self-inspections for 58 sections & 600+ Security Forces personnel
Conducted Stan-Eval's to measure performance of all Security Forces personnel against established critical and non-critical standard operating procedures.
Vindicated Commander Inspection Program by performing executive responsibilities and inspecting classified reporting program reports, nuclear security inspection inputs, and amend 300+ reported deficiencies.
Facilitated 24 Commander Inspection Program “Roll-Up” meetings, documented meeting minutes and briefed over 500 items of interest which helped assist the down scale of over 100 man hours for seven Unit leaders.
Evaluated monthly back-up force exercises and security forces responses during base level exercises as a certified Wing Inspection Team member
Worked bi-lateral with Unit Superintendents to establish expert duty performance and critical/non-critical certification task standards/compliance, regulatory and operational requirements.
Oversaw military installation’s largest Self-Assessment Program (SAP) which encompassed 33 programs consisting 176 mission critical requirements.
Streamlined development and revision of Nuclear Unit’s Operating Instruction and military installations Integrated Defense Plan
Training Manager, HR Specialist
Department of Defense
Lajes Field, Portugal / Volkel AB, NL / KUMMSC, NM
03.2009 - 06.2019
Liaison between Department of Defense and Royal Netherlands Air Force for coordination of joint nation training for over 350 United States and Host Nation security first responders. Built strategic partnerships across multiple operational duty sections to help senior leaders improve squadron management structures, host-nation bi-lateral relations and international team cohesiveness.
Instructed Department of Defense personnel and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Allies joint response procedures for Close Quarter Combat, high risk response scenarios, and high threat environments overseas in support of capturing high valued individual(s) (HVI), along with nuclear asset recapture/recovery operations to include those tasked with security functions and responding capabilities to $11.7M nuclear underground vault alarmed system, with assets valued at $6B.
Developed and led subordinates through consistent leadership, mentoring and monitoring individuals on their daily responsibilities, equipment accountability, mission requirements,
and Air Force core values.
Documented subordinates upgrade training milestones, duty position training requirements, annual training tasks, enlisted progress reports, medal decorations and promotion packages.
Prepared, revised, and maintained master testing files, local operating instructions, training deliverables, guidance, and references from higher headquarters.
Updated, maintained, and inspected 135+ department personnel On-The-Job training records, agency and augmentee training programs in accordance with Allied Command, Department of Defense, and Air Force regulations.
Maintained Unit's safety program, taught all required annual/quarterly safety training and updated/documented all unit member's Air Force Form 55 (Employee Safety and Health Record).
Built United States Air Force Europe's first-ever Nuclear Security Tactical Leadership Course which collaborated on the ground U.S. Military forces with 5 individual european country's and have the capability to integrate response forces, utilize effective C2-Command and Control, and operate under the same TTPs.
Assembled, fabricated, instructed, and revised multiple types of courses and programs based off annual requirements, and guides as directed from higher headquarters, Major Command, and/or the Security Forces Center
Monitoring Facility Operator / BDOC / JOC
Department of Defense
Lajes Field, Portugal / Volkel Royal Air Base, NL
03.2009 - 10.2015
Controlled and monitored inventory and accountability for sensitive material, classified information, classified material and high dollar equipment to include responsibility of logging actions in and out of the facility’s security vault.
Processed classified documents and equipment through local established procedures covering the handling, storage, record keeping, and access granting.
Provided command and control for Department of Defense and Host Nation Royal Netherlands Air Force responding forces in accordance with local theater guidance and Security Defense Plan.
Dispatched forces for incidents involving security incident, emergency evacuations, emergency disablement, nuclear logistical air support and convoy movement operations.
Maintained daily event log, records events, alarms and incidents during normal and contingency operations.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Homeland Security
University Of Maryland Global College
Bethesda, MD
2023
Associates Degree - Criminal Justice University
University of Maryland Global Campus
Bethesda, MD
2023
Associates Degree - Criminal Justice
Community College of The Air Force
Colorado Springs, CO
01.2017
Non-Commissioned Officer Academy - Organizational Leadership And Development
Air University
Montgomery, AL
01.2017
Skills
Active Secret Security Clearance/Sensitive Compartmentalized Information; Time in Service (TIS) 10 years, 3 months
Leadership and Management
Intermediate Skill Level in Microsoft Programs
Complex Problems Analysis
Critical Thinking
Risk Management
National Security Compliance
DoD Nuclear Quality Assurance
Strategic Planning/Report Writing
Operational Support
Motivated/Trainable
Uniquely Authentic with Sense of Humor
Course Certifications
Air Force Smart Operations-21; Continuous Process of Improvement Green Belt Instructor
Federal Emergency Management Agency and Air Force Emergency Management Command and Control
Inspector General AFIA Nuclear Surety Inspector
Homeland Security, New Mexico Tech EMRTC; Homemade Explosives - Awareness, Recognition, and Response program
DoD Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) and Self-Aid Buddy Care (SABC) Instructor
MAJCOM Weapon Storage Security System WS3 Expert
Air Education and Training Command; Instructor Methodology, Basic Instructor Course (BIC) and Principles of Instructor (POI)
