Senior Instructor & Deputy Director of Geospatial Intelligence
United States Air Force Academy
2024 – Present
- Course Director: designed curriculum (in-person and e-learning), assessments, and developed learning objectives for courses in Cultural Geography, GIS, and Geospatial Intelligence.
- Executive Officer: Managed administrative operations for 44 faculty members, coordinating scheduling and resources in a complex academic environment.
- Deputy Director, Geospatial Intelligence: Directed geospatial intelligence certificate program, overseeing training and partnerships for over 40 students to ensure quality education.
- Principal liaison to the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF).
- Strengthened undergraduate certificate program to accommodate additional majors while preserving academic rigor; increased enrollment by 75%.
- Academic advisor for 11 students; provided structured career coaching and encouraged continuous learning opportunities.
- Authored 4 program self-studies; managed data collection, metrics, and compliance documentation to successfully secure external accreditations.
Civilian / Commercial Equivalent
Associate Professor & Academic Program Director — Comparable to leading a university department: designing and owning multiple courses, managing 44 faculty members, directing a 40+ student certificate program, driving external accreditation, and representing the institution to a national industry foundation.
Senior Intelligence Duty Officer & Operations Briefer
United States Air Force
2022 – 2024
- Air Operations Center Senior Duty Officer; led a 7-person team running 24/7 air operations coverage for 19 months.
- Synthesized multi-source inputs into actionable assessments and senior-leader briefings for 30,000+ missions.
- Established & maintained 7 workflow tools that automated intelligence analysis and generated launch itineraries for dissemination.
- Deployed intelligence officer; conducted threat monitoring for humanitarian airlift, evacuation, and refueling operations in Southwest Asia & Africa.
- Fused intelligence across foreign policy, defense, signals, and geospatial domains to support joint & multinational operations.
Civilian / Commercial Equivalent
Senior Operations Manager / Intelligence Analyst (Watch Commander) — Comparable to managing a 24/7 operations center: leading a shift team, synthesizing complex multi-source data into executive briefings, building workflow automation tools, and delivering real-time situational awareness to senior decision-makers across a large-scale operation (30,000+ events supported).
Chief, Intelligence Unit Support
United States Air Force
2019 – 2022
- Directed 6-person team charged with developing policy for organizing, training, and equipping 114 worldwide intelligence units.
- Served as the intelligence lead on a 4-star general’s battle staff, monitoring Russian force build-up and the lead-in to the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine; delivered time-sensitive indications & warning and operational updates to inform senior leader decision-making.
Civilian / Commercial Equivalent
Director of Policy & Enterprise Programs — Comparable to a corporate policy director: authoring and enforcing enterprise-wide standards across 114 distributed teams globally, advising C-suite executives on high-stakes geopolitical developments, and delivering time-critical strategic analysis to inform executive decision-making.
Noncommissioned Officer
United States Air Force
2013 – 2019
- Technical lead & team leader for aircraft avionics systems on Search & Rescue aircraft, responsible for scheduled maintenance, system reliability, mission readiness, and coordination between aircrew and maintenance teams.
- Supported U.S. and partner counter-narcotics operations by turning sensor and mission information into clear updates for interagency teams to help track and disrupt drug-trafficking activity.
- Worked on global missions across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Indo-Pacific, supporting large training exercises and real-world operations; completed 5 deployments in high-tempo environments.
Civilian / Commercial Equivalent
Senior Avionics Technician / Field Operations Team Lead — Comparable to a senior technical lead in aerospace or field services: owning maintenance and reliability of mission-critical aircraft systems, coordinating between technical and operational teams, and deploying to international field assignments (5 tours) in high-pressure, time-sensitive environments.
Customer Engagement, Time Management, Adaptability, Lateral Thinking, Operational Planning,
Training & Curriculum Development, Teamwork (leadership & followership)
