Craig R. Renner

Served as Senior Liaison Officer for Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security.

Managed sensitive support requests from Non Defense Federal Departments and Agencies to Department of Defense.

Collected requirements from NDFDAs and coordinated with multiple commands for assistance agreements.

Prepared packages for Secretary of Defense approval to implement critical support initiatives.

Developed strategic plans for identity management tools to protect NDFDAs' operations globally.

Established relationships with action officers and senior leaders to secure agreement on requests.

Held TOP SECRET and Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance for all responsibilities.

• Assisted Director, Operations Support with strategic planning and operational support for Department of Navy.
• Managed multiple financial portfolios representing DON equities and interests.
• Advised and coordinated with representatives from DON, Office of Under Secretaries, Joint Staff, and NDFDAs as Program Analyst.
• Oversaw annual budgets and long-term projections for DON programs supporting NDFDAs.
• Cultivated relationships with Senior Leaders and Program Analysts to enhance funding projections for DON programs.
• Led critical project for NDFDA, collaborating across OPNAV Sections to identify senior Navy Officer for National Planning.
• Leveraged forty years of intelligence operations experience to develop solutions meeting DON and NDFDA requirements.
• Selected to brief senior OPNAV leadership on project backgrounds to secure concurrence for operational packages.

• Provided Operations Security and Force Protection expertise to client personnel.
• Conducted force protection risk analyses, recommending actions for travel and event attendance.
• Managed all aspects of signature reduction entities, from acquisition to termination.
• Interpreted Public Law and DoD policies to ensure program compliance.
• Collaborated with General Counsel to maintain adherence to laws and regulations.
• Revamped management procedures for six force protection entities, enhancing status tracking efficiency.
• Developed Program Objective and Milestones documents for three projects to establish operational roadmaps.
• Led five-person team, completing annual inventory in five days, surpassing previous best by thirty days.

• Mission Support Officer responsible for reporting overnight air operations data from worldwide locations and authoring the Daily Situation Report (SITREP) for senior client leadership.
• The SITREP provided operational highlights for both fixed and rotary-winged aircraft, maintenance statuses, flight hours, block hours, and significant events affecting client personnel and aviation resources and readiness.
• Excellent liaison with overseas client officers and leaders in key locations around the world provided the ability to communicate critical issues to senior leaders in the client organization.
• Managed aviation data for weekly, monthly, and quarterly aviation reports and designed the initial data call numbers into a quarterly operational data sheet which was used by senior Mission Center leaders for legislative reporting.
• Assessed and validated personnel travel requests and concept of operations to identify any signature reduction issues which may affect deploying client personnel.
• Training Officer for Client Department and primary planner for twice yearly Paramilitary Applications Course.
• Spearheaded improvements to the course registration and management processes by working with client Information Technology personnel.

• Conducted OPSEC and Force Protection (FP) due diligence reviews to ensure compliance with DoD policies.
• Assessed sub-components' processes and standard operating procedures for adherence to regulations.
• Evaluated implementation and operational usage of OPSEC and FP plans across sub-components.
• Performed program damage assessments following a serious incident to identify vulnerabilities.
• Identified weaknesses in Initial Progress Review process and provided recommendations to leadership.

• Directed operations analysis division, leading team of 35 employees in signature reduction and security programs.
• Interpreted policies with Office of General Counsel to ensure compliance with U.S. laws and standards.
• Developed new OPSEC posture to effectively reduce command's operational signature as directed by Commanding Officer.
• Enhanced interagency collaboration with Non-DoD agencies through strategic relationship building with senior personnel.
• Spearheaded transformation and growth of N3X Division over twelve years to meet organizational mission.
• Achieved two commendable evaluations from USSOCOM Inspector General within four years, recognized as 'Best' SR office in 2011.
• Evaluated employee performance against established benchmarks to drive continuous improvement in operations.

• Developed and secured approval for first Operations Security and Force Protection plan, enhancing operational discretion during official travel.
• Spearheaded OPSEC/FP program by creating formal standard operating procedures informed by best practices from sister special operations organizations.

• Company Overview: 24th Special Tactics Squadron (Last Unit Assigned)
• Identified and mitigated numerous OPSEC vulnerabilities during initial the initial deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.
• Made recommendations to the Squadron Commander and Task Force J2 to implement various OPSEC procedures to protect U. S. Special Operations Forces initially deployed to the Middle East after 9-11.
• 24th Special Tactics Squadron (Last Unit Assigned)
• Key Accomplishments: Recognized as both the AIR FORCE and Air Force Special Operations Command Intelligence Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of the year in 2002 for my accomplishments in the early stages of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.