MICHAEL STATEN
Fort Moore,Georgia
Summary
Thorough team contributor with strong organizational capabilities. Experienced in handling numerous projects at once while ensuring accuracy. Effective at prioritizing tasks and meeting deadlines. Current Top Secrete SCI clearance with SAP experience.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Deputy to Infantry General
01.2022 - Current
- Develops policy, strategy, training, force design for the Army’s Human Machine Integration
- Develops and maintains operational oversight for the General’s Human Machine Integration priorities, coordinates senior leader briefings, manages the flow of correspondence across Army senior leaders
Army State Partnership Program Coordinator
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Interfaces with the SOCOM Joint Reserve Office to represent National Guard Special Forces equities throughout multiple SOCOM programs
- Ensures special forces participation in exercises and training events in support of increased readiness
- Develops, manages, and coordinates project support to over 5000 special forces personnel
- Driving force behind synchronizing State Partnership Program across all special operations units which greatly enhanced SOCOM partnership with over 87 foreign militaries
- Instrumental in expanding SOF footprint globally
Army Senior Planner
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Responsible for mid-range operational planning for the access, resourcing, mobilization, and integration of National Guard and Army Reserve forces into the Pacific theater
- Develops and executes multidisciplinary efforts that improve the senior leader’s focus area to include USARPAC mobilization operations, defense support to civil authorities, and support to Taiwan plan
- Builds and refines relationships with outside organizations and joint planners to incorporate Army value proposition to the Indo-Pacific theater
Executive Officer
Special Operations Command (SOCOM)
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Develops and maintains operational oversight for the director’s priorities, coordinates senior leader briefings, manages the flow of correspondence across SOCOM senior leaders, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other agency leaderships
- Directs oversight for the director’s staff composed of Top-Secret Special Access Personnel
- Serves as a trusted agent for the director and as a facilitator for SOCOM senior leadership
Senior Staff Leader
Army Operations Officer
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Develops training programs, conducts quality control, manages trainer certifications, and supervises 145 personnel that train over 5000 Soldier in high-risk training annually
- Supervises all battalion led operations, provides guidance and direction to supervisors
- Maintains training plans, ensures scheduling and execution of over 12 courses that are conduct in multiple locations across the US
- Oversees risk mitigation for all high and medium risk programs
- Developed, implemented and managed COVID protocols that ensured training was able to continue while the majority the Army shutdown during the epidemic
Project Manager - Army Capabilities Manager
Army Branch Chief
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Responsible for planning, coordinating, and providing intensive management for staff
- Managed a team of mid-level officers and several supervisors throughout the directorate
- Doctrine, organization, training, leader development, personnel, and facilities domains with in the Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (204k Soldiers)
- Instrumental use of simulations and exercise led to numerous future force designs for all Army IBCT
- Managed the 31-billion-dollar JLTV program for the unit director
- Continually liaised with program directors, engineers, defense contractors throughout the various milestones and briefed senior leaders on the progress
Policy and Strategy Developer
Army Policy Officer
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Developed, reviewed, and implemented key training strategies and policy for over 443,000 Army National Guard Soldiers; resulting in more than $95 Million in additional requirements the Operational budget
- Served as the Army National Guard project manager for the Army Campaign Plan
- Forecast, budgeted, and provided resource budget for $28 million ARNG program that has over 500 subordinate Soldiers
- Briefed senior leaders, sought approval
- Selected as led planner for hurricane relief effort
Special Forces Commander
01.2012 - 01.2016
- Commands a 12-man Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha and is responsible for the preparation, training, and success of the same
- Plans, trains for, and executes national strategic objectives
- Ensures the team possess the military skills needed to operate in all physical environments and the cultural awareness, regional expertise and linguistic skills for worldwide deployments during peacetime and combat
- Conducts deliberate and hasty planning and decision-making to ensure that team training is appropriately focused
- Developed innovative solutions to successfully accomplish his mission, despite limited resources and political constraints
- Implemented expertise while leading with over 4,000 Kurdish Soldiers
- Achieved recognition from Ambassador of Bahrain
- Developed networks of influence with multinational Special Forces, Conventional military leaders, interagency and coalition partners
- Successfully deployed and redeployed his unit and over $6 million of property with equipment cost zero incident
Special Forces Student
US Army Special Forces
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Adaptability, team work, perseverance and dedication skills tested and honed
- Thrived as a student learning how to be a special operator leader
- Received numerous hours of communication, interpersonal, leadership, and very technical skills
Supervisor of Recruiting Team
Army Officer Recruiter
01.2009 - 01.2011
- Attended Army recruiter school
- Responsible for entire north Alabama recruitment for Officer Candidate School
- Supervised several 3–5-man teams spread over geographical area
- Selected to attended professional army education resident course (less than 25% attend resident course)
- Exceeded expectations by 5600% – state senior leadership recognized skills and offered full time position
Mid-level Supervisor/Trainer
Army Combat Trainer
01.2007 - 01.2008
- Weapons proficiency range OIC
- Land navigation OIC and trainer
- HUMMVEE driver trainer OIC
Army Technical Field Expert
Fire Support Specialist
01.2003 - 01.2007
- Worked decentralized with limited guidance to complete high stakes missions
- Responsible for reporting 100% accurate and timely information to supervisor to ensure mission success
- Developed and implemented training new recruits’ physical fitness program and received recognition from senior leadership for initiative
- Attend college
Army Small Team Supervisor
Army Ranger Team Leader
01.2000 - 01.2003
- Managed 3–5-man team of highly trained and specialized personnel in high-risk environment
- Managed over 200K in sensitive equipment while operating decentralized and on the go without incident
- Operated as part of a team that were responsible for integral parts of a larger operation that depended on 100% success
- Conducted over 500 hours of training for new personnel that were technical, rigorous, and demanding training
- Made countless high stakes decisions under pressure without incident
Construction
Project Foreman
01.1996 - 01.2000
- Oversees training for new employees
- Manages a crew of 4 personnel
- Assigns tasks, makes schedules, monitoring team performance, and takes disciplinary actions
- Supervises a crew of up to 20 team members, managing scheduling and project workflow
- Maintain strict quality control and ensure projects comply with necessary building codes
- Regularly liaise with project collaborators, including clients, architects, and subcontractors
Education
Bachelors of Arts -
Excelsior College
01.2009
Masters of Business Administration - Project Management
Columbia Southern University
01.2020
Skills
- Product development and expansion
- Risk Assessment Coordination
- Motivating teams
- Project planning and development
- Strategic Planning
Awards And Decorations
- Special Forces Tab
- Ranger Tab
- Military Free Fall Badge
- Airborne Badge
- Combat Infantry Badge
- Bronze Star
- Meritorious Service Medals
- Joint Meritorious Service Medal
- Joint Accommodation Medal
- Army Accommodation Medals
- Army Achievement Medals
- Iraq Campaign Medal
- Afghanistan Campaign Medal
- Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals
- More
Timeline
Deputy to Infantry General
01.2022 - Current
Army State Partnership Program Coordinator
01.2022 - 01.2023
Army Senior Planner
01.2022 - 01.2023
Executive Officer
Special Operations Command (SOCOM)
01.2021 - 01.2022
Senior Staff Leader
Army Operations Officer
01.2019 - 01.2021
Project Manager - Army Capabilities Manager
Army Branch Chief
01.2018 - 01.2019
Policy and Strategy Developer
Army Policy Officer
01.2016 - 01.2018
Special Forces Commander
01.2012 - 01.2016
Special Forces Student
US Army Special Forces
01.2011 - 01.2012
Supervisor of Recruiting Team
Army Officer Recruiter
01.2009 - 01.2011
Mid-level Supervisor/Trainer
Army Combat Trainer
01.2007 - 01.2008
Army Technical Field Expert
Fire Support Specialist
01.2003 - 01.2007
Army Small Team Supervisor
Army Ranger Team Leader
01.2000 - 01.2003
Construction
Project Foreman
01.1996 - 01.2000
Masters of Business Administration - Project Management
Columbia Southern University
Bachelors of Arts -
Excelsior College
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