Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Highly experienced Senior Executive, City Manager, Chief Operations Officer, Agency Director, and Program Manager with 30 years of executive experience solving complex problems, exercising multi-million-dollar budget/fiduciary oversight, leading teams, change, and innovation. Currently serving as the City Manager [Equivalent] for the Federal Center of Excellence (Redstone Arsenal, Alabama), with extensive additional executive experience leading at three of Army's largest, most complex installations. Proven in the ability to decisively solve complex problems, under extreme pressure, and severe budget and resource constraints. Professional reputation for candor, confidentiality, professionalism, teamwork, and loyalty to people and the organization. Dynamic public speaker and well-versed in elected, public, and private-sector strategic communications. Expert in the areas of leadership and workforce development; city management (public works, emergency services, parks, recreation, and administration); logistics and resource management oversight; crisis response and risk management; security and assets protection; occupational safety and health; knowledge management; federal, state and local law enforcement; intelligence analysis; and all facets of human capital management. Graduate of the Senior Executive Fellowship at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and holder of both master’s and bachelor's degrees.
Serves as the City Manager [Deputy Garrison Commander] of Redstone Arsenal, one of the Army and the Department of Defense’s most complex installations and rightfully named the Federal Center of Excellence. Located between Huntsville and Madison, Alabama, Redstone Arsenal has a population of just over 45,000 people, and delivers a direct, annual economic impact to Northern Alabama and Southern Tennessee that exceeds $36 billion. Responsible for day-to-day city management [equivalent] direction, administration, and oversight of the city’s strategies and objectives. Leads city equivalent operations across the full spectrum of public works; police, fire and emergency services; city administration; family/moral, parks and recreation; and resource management. Works directly with federal, state and local, elected, public, and private sector leaders to advance both Arsenal and regional interests. Manages appropriated and non-appropriated annual budgets and funding exceeding $174 million, with $46 million in reimbursables, a $25 million Non-Appropriated Fund (NAF) portfolio, and a service contract portfolio totaling $1.03 billion. Responsible for the sustainment, restoration, and maintenance of over 19 million square feet of facilities, to include a large airfield, and a footprint spread throughout seven by 11-miles (38,000 acres) of installation boundaries. Supports world-wide Logistics Services; Space Operations and Missile Defense; Research Development, Testing and Engineering; and Intelligence and Homeland Defense missions through direct partnership with Federal, DOD, and Army organizations to include Army Materiel Command, NASA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, Missile Defense Agency, Program Executive Office, Missile and Space Intelligence Center, Space Development Agency, USASAC, and other military, and space agencies.
Serve as the Command’s lead staff integrator for all strategic and management planning initiatives, staff synchronization, and the nesting of Command priorities across all garrison elements. Oversee the development and publishing of the synchronized Installation Strategic Plan and Strategic Communications Plan. Direct staff on behalf of the command and conduct extensive coordination of special staff actions and studies. Develop command policies and guidance, and provide wide-ranging subject matter expertise and advice to the Garrison, Deputy Garrison, and Senior Mission commanders. Conduct short and long-range planning, analytical reviews, and provide oversight of all garrison-assigned directorate programs; in addition to monitoring Army baseline standards and directing garrison process improvement and best-business practices. Work directly and routinely with Army Service Component Commands, Army Division and Corps G-Staff, Inspector General, Public Affairs, Staff Judge Advocate, Chaplain, Safety, SHARP, Protocol, Congressional Liaison, CR2I, and the administrative staffs. Advise the command and maintain situational awareness of congressional and external federal, state, local, public/private-sector influences, trends, and policies that impact the entire military community. Lead Army stationing and staging plans and analysis, economic impact, and contingency preparation/recovery. Oversee installation Knowledge Management operations designed to create/organize data, enable decision-making, solve historical problems and capture and convert tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge.
Director of Human Resources and Senior Program Manager responsible for the management, oversight, and integration of the Army Continuing Education Services (ACES); Army Substance Abuse Program (ASAP); Administrative Services Division (ASD); Military Personnel Division (MPD); and Soldier for Life - Transition Assistance Program (SFL-TAP). Directs day-to-day operations central to the readiness and power projection of Fort Bliss forces, and to the recruitment and retention of the all-volunteer Army. Oversees the delivery of full-spectrum HR services to over 32,000 Soldiers, 3,600 Army Civilian employees, 37,000 Family members, and 162,000 military retirees across all of West Texas and the entire state of New Mexico.
Provide organizational vision, leadership, and oversight for the delivery of full-spectrum transition services, at the largest military transition center within DoD/DA. Drive Fort Hood’s efforts to directly link its 11,000 annual transitioning Soldier/Army Family members with employer’s nation-wide. Lead inter-agency partnerships between the Army; Department of Labor; Department of Veterans Affairs; Small Business Administration; federal, state, local; and private-sector stakeholders executing benefits education and employment life-skills training directed by Public Law 112-56 (VOW ACT).
Plan and lead day-to-day, long-range, and strategic operations within the largest military transition center in the Army. Serve as Operations/Liaison Officer between the contractor, the Transition Site Manager, other government agencies, and the Garrison/Commanders. Serve as the central link in the synchronization of US Army, US Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs and contract counselors providing Soldiers, retirees and family members with the invaluable information, training and skills required to successfully transition from active duty or reserve components to the civilian job market.