Experience

Senior Instructor of Geosciences and Deputy Director, Geospatial Intelligence Program

U.S. Air Force Academy, Department of Economics and Geosciences, Colorado Springs, CO

June 2024 to Present

I lead a nationally accredited geospatial intelligence certificate program and teach cultural geography. I also served as Department Executive Officer from 2025 to 2026.

Lead the undergraduate Geospatial Intelligence certificate program (37 students), accredited by the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF). Raised completion to 100% for two consecutive classes and grew the incoming cohort 31%.
Validated the department study that earned national accreditation and authority to award the certificate, then authored the five-year program review that secured reaccreditation. Wrote four accreditation self-studies in total.
Redesigned the Cultural Geography curriculum to raise academic rigor across 10 sections and 2 faculty, serving 243 students.

Serve as the program's principal liaison to USGIF, connecting students and faculty with industry, government, and academic partners.
As Department Executive Officer, coordinated staff actions, scheduling, and resources for 45+ faculty and staff and 160+ majors. Supported end-of-year budget close-out and summer academic programs.
Led a 27-person team as Director of Personnel for summer basic training, filling a staffing gap and processing 1,100 incoming students.
Teach World Cultural Geography, an advanced course. Moved coursework to a digital platform and used open-source readings to improve class-time efficiency 20%.
Used AI-driven analytic tools to monitor grade distribution and strengthen results on an institution-wide learning outcome.
Design learning objectives and assessments for in-person and e-learning instruction through learning management systems.
Supervise undergraduate research in GIS, remote sensing, and GEOINT, including a satellite-imagery study of aircraft recovery and a GEOINT visualization study.
Advise 10+ students on degree planning, scheduling, and career goals.
Served as a designated risk-readiness trainer and led two department-wide sessions.

Senior Intelligence Duty Officer, 24/7 Global Threat Warning

618th Air Operations Center, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, IL

November 2022 to May 2024

I ran the watch floor that gave round-the-clock intelligence and threat warning for U.S. airlift and air refueling operations.

Led 8 analysts on a 24/7 watch desk. Directed threat overwatch for 13,000 missions into 208 high-risk locations and supported 30,000 missions moving 376,000 tons of cargo, delivered through 310 intelligence briefings.
Provided threat analysis that supported the evacuation of 15 critically wounded crash victims and 3,000+ civilians during the 2023 conflict in Sudan.
Overhauled the team's training program: corrected 500+ deficiencies and rewrote 75 job-qualification tasks. Certified 8 additional analysts, an 80% increase in qualified personnel, and improved shop efficiency 40%.

Monitored 12,000 missions moving 300,000 passengers through 151 countries. Produced 24 analytic products supporting an emergency evacuation of 76 U.S. personnel from Niger, 103 support missions for the U.S. Embassy in Haiti, and 22 humanitarian airdrops into Gaza.
Recognized by the four-star commander of Air Mobility Command for crisis-response support.
Wrote the procedure for a chat-based warning process that passed 1,000+ real-time threat warnings to aircrews.
Designed methods for unclassified analysis and trained 10 analysts to track aircraft activity with open-source geospatial and imagery tools.
Wrote the guide for maintaining the team's online threat log.
Work on AI-enabled geospatial intelligence was forwarded for consideration by the Air Force Chief of Staff's Strategic Studies Group.
Trained a partner intelligence unit on geospatial methods, enabling it to build a new threat-reporting tool.
Updated continuity-of-operations procedures and kept 100% shift coverage through a commander-directed continuity exercise.
Advised 75 Air Force Academy students in a summer research program that secured $26K in funding for research on aid delivery in flooded areas of Ukraine.

Deputy Chief, Unit Support Branch (Intelligence Program Manager)

Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Intelligence Directorate, Scott AFB, IL

November 2020 to November 2022

I managed policy, training standards, and support programs for intelligence units across active duty, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve.

Led a 5-person branch and filled an 11-month Branch Chief vacancy. Wrote the branch's procedures, budget, and training plan as a newly established office.
Managed a $300K budget and the agenda for the command's premier intelligence working group and annual senior leader conference, preparing 104 units for future large-scale conflict.
Served as the intelligence representative on the command's crisis battle staff during the 2022 Ukraine crisis. Coordinated daily commander briefings and staff updates supporting 5,800 flights and $1.45B in military aid delivered.

Published policy guidance, 100 notices, and 3 director newsletters, and built the branch website as a single information hub for units.
Created a single point of contact for unit requests and processed 33 qualification waivers, cutting the backlog 60% in 4 months during COVID-19.
Established a standardization and evaluation team that reviewed 9 units, identified gaps, and prepared them for compliance inspections.
On deployment, wrote 210 threat updates for the senior air mobility commander in the Middle East, informing a policy change on security requirements for aircraft at austere airfields.
Built 3 airfield threat assessments for U.S. relief missions to Pakistan, supporting delivery of 197 pallets (1.5M lbs) of humanitarian aid.
Led a 6-person analysis team for a major Pacific exercise and produced 10 products as the air-to-ground liaison.
Revived the intelligence oversight program: co-wrote the command instruction, built training for 419 personnel, created a request-management portal, and passed a zero-defect inspection.
Served as security representative for 3 secure facilities. Found a recurring alarm pattern, trained 12 personnel, and eliminated the incident trend.

Officer Training and Intelligence Officer Course

U.S. Air Force, Maxwell AFB, AL and Goodfellow AFB, TX

October 2019 to November 2020

The training that took me from enlisted avionics work to commissioned intelligence work.

Commissioned through Officer Training School after selection as a staff sergeant.
Completed the 28-week Intelligence Officer Course with a 96% academic average, covering human, imagery, signals, and measurement intelligence and all-source fusion in a simulated joint intelligence center.

Avionics Technician, Shop Supervisor, and Technical Team Lead

U.S. Air Force, Combat Search and Rescue Maintenance, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ

November 2013 to December 2019

I maintained flight control, navigation, and instrument systems on combat search and rescue aircraft, advancing from apprentice to shop supervisor.

Hand-picked as acting shop supervisor, a role normally held one grade higher. Led 13 technicians through 650 maintenance actions with zero quality defects.
Deployed three times in support of operations in Southwest Asia. Solved a mission computer fault that was key to combat search and rescue coverage for a 74-nation coalition.
Selected for a technical publication review team. Reviewed 60 major technical manual changes affecting every HC-130J in the Air Force and wrote 3 improvements that avoided $30K in part replacements.

As noncommissioned officer in charge, led the shop through 57 maintenance actions with a 100% quality assurance pass rate.
Supervised 3 inspection teams and 15 technicians. Identified 9 documentation errors and wrote 40 task fixes, earning a flawless quality assurance review.
Led the unit's fitness program, coordinating 34 coaches and 198 sessions that raised the pass rate to 97% over 3 years.
Traced an uncommon heads-up display failure trend to a faulty cooling fan, saving $20K in replacement parts.
Validated new test equipment procedures for the digital flight data recorder, supporting the maintenance group's 2014 Daedalian Weapons System Maintenance Trophy.
As data liaison on a deployment, found documentation deficiencies that prevented a 1,100-hour inspection overfly.
Deployed with a Joint Task Force in the Horn of Africa and diagnosed an aircraft power fault, enabling the movement of 76 personnel and 124,000 lbs of equipment.
Supported large multinational exercises, including a rescue exercise with 11 nations (356 flights, 1,048 personnel) and Red Flag (32 zero-defect HC-130J flights).
Directed teardown and packing of 51 pieces of equipment (160,000 lbs, $5.5M) for redeployment in under 85 hours.
Designed and delivered onboarding and technical training for new technicians on electronics, safety, and aviation fundamentals.
Supported counternarcotics operations by converting sensor and mission data into interagency intelligence reporting.

Skills and tools

GIS and remote sensing: ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Dashboards, ArcGIS StoryMaps, ModelBuilder, ArcPy, ArcGIS API for Python, FME, PostGIS, NGA Map of the World, Vantor G-EGD
Data and analysis: Python (pandas, geopandas, folium, plotly; working proficiency reading and adapting scripts), SQL and Google BigQuery, Jupyter Notebooks, Quarto, Power BI, Microsoft Access, root cause analysis
AI and emerging technology: Large language model tools applied to geospatial analysis, course design, and workflow automation; AI-assisted analytics for learning outcomes
Defense intelligence platforms: FADE suite (MIST, Intelbook, Linx, Watchbox, Reports and Drive), iSPY, Bodhi, Talon Thresher, JEMA, ChatSurfer
Design and communication: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Lightroom; PowerPoint; SharePoint; learning management systems