Experience Profile:

40+ years of Strategic and Organizational Planning, Program Management, and Human Relations experience. Includes 17 years of veterans advocacy and volunteer service.

40+ years in key leadership positions managing, directing and implementing large programs in both domestic and international environments. Includes in-theater/combat-zone program management of $80 million Tanker Ballistic Protection System contract with TACOM, $60 MRAP Field Repair, $60 Kuwait Refurbishment Program. Served as Head of VSE Field Support Services Division.

17+ years of experience in business development, marketing, acquisition, contracting and financial management within the Federal contracting arena. Includes 14 years focused experience with GSA schedules and CECOM Rapid Response Contracts. Directed contracting organization completing $1.7 million per year under GSA awards and $11 million in contract awards under the CECOM R2 contract during a four year period. Developed an additional $7.3 million in Rapid Response contract awards over a subsequent three year period. Assisted VSE in developing over $100 million in additional Rapid Response contract awards.

Currently assigned as VSE Vice President of Corporate Responsibility (Veterans Outreach). Developed Veterans Outreach Program from inception, initial deployment and maturation. Various VSE sponsored veterans update, networking and employment services now are broadcast to over 35,000 subscribers.

Education:

• Doctoral Studies (PhD ABD), World Politics/Legislative Affairs, Catholic University of America, 1998
• MA, International Affairs, Catholic University of America, 1987
• BA, Education, Social Sciences, University of Florida, 1965
• Business Administration Studies, National University, 1984
• Honors: Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society, 1998

Military Schools/Courses:

• Naval War College (non-resident course), 1988
• USMC Command and Staff College, 1979
• USMC Amphibious Warfare School, 1974
• U.S. Army Airborne Course, 1974
• U.S. Army Flight Instructor Course, 1971
• NAS Pensacola, Flight School, 1967
• Professional schools/Training:
• Lean Six Sigma Executive Black Belt Course, 2004
• Business Development for Technical Staff and Line Managers, 2004
• Shipley Proposal Development and Capture Strategy for Business Development and Sales Professionals, 2003

Experience:

July 2009 – 2010: Vice President, VSE Corporation, Alexandria, VA

Promoted to Vice President, Corporate Responsibility (Veterans Outreach) during summer 2009. Designed, developed and deployed VSE’s Veterans Outreach Program. Currently, various VSE sponsored veterans update, networking and employment services are now broadcast/networked to over 35,000 subscribers. Additionally, VSE volunteers have been trained and are now mentoring Wounded Warriors in several locations across the country. VSE Veterans Outreach is also actively supporting the Yellow Ribbon Fund, Army Reserve Employers Initiative, the Virginia Wounded Warriors Project, the Paralyzed Veterans of America rehabilitation services, the INOVA/Military-to-Medicine program, and the Healing Waters Wounded Warriors program. VSE’s Veterans Outreach Program is also engaged in developing and supporting several veterans’ legislative initiatives, to include development of a “turbo-vet” benefits enrollment system, military widows benefits and flag officer enhancement for the Army Medical Service Corps. The VSE Veterans Outreach Program has been similarly successful in attracting small businesses and veteran-owned small businesses to VSE. Current bidding opportunities and projects total approximately $100 million in potential new revenue and creation of more than one hundred positions.

July 2003 – 2009: Assistant Vice President, VSE Corporation, Alexandria, VA

Promoted to Assistant Vice President in December 2005. Served as Assistant Vice President on focused Business Development team that has collectively more than quadrupled Group revenues over two year period ($30 million to over $120 million). Previously served as Program Manager (2004-2005) of Tanker Ballistic Protection System (TBPS) a start-up, internationally deployed ballistic protection program (Iraq/Kuwait). Duties included management of customer interface, production scheduling, logistics supply chain, crew work loads, schedules and personnel. Subsequently, served as Field Support Team Project Manager (2005-2006) for field inspection of all TBPS tankers deployed throughout Iraq. In addition provides program support to Communications & Engineering Division for large U.S. Army contract (R2) requiring oversight and coordination with over 70 large business subcontractors and vendors. Provides guidance for developing work efforts, establishes work teams for contract execution. Serves as coordinator manpower staff levels and security requirements for projects. Resource manager for planning, executive-level management, efficiency studies, including systems IV&V programs. Supervises team of subject matter experts, financial systems analysts; manages work loads, schedules and financial execution of task orders ensuring delivery orders meet clients requirements, expectations, and milestones. Develops new marketing and business development opportunities, leads proposal preparation. Conducts research, collects and assembles business information data for opportunity and proposal development. Additionally, more than 3 years experience serving various commercial and government A76 clients. Work includes review of engineering, scientific and environmental studies and analysis.

August 1997 – July 2003: Vice President, Federal and International Division, Los Alamos Technical Associates (LATA), Dulles, VA

Proposed and developed the Washington Area/East Coast Office of LATA from one employee to over twenty six. Qualified LATA for and won various government-wide contracts, and several other Federal contracts. GSA contracts produced $1.7 million per year for last two years (2002-2003) and 14 Rapid Response task order contracts earned over $11 million in four years (1999-2003).

Provided program management and conducted in field support to include IV & V for Defense Advance Research Project Agency’s Advanced Logistics Program (ALP) Manager’s Office. The ALP was a research level development of a distributed, near-real time, global architecture for logistics and operations planning for the Department of Defense. ALP tolerated all legacy systems and had intelligent agents embedded. Thereby it supported cooperative decision-making at all user levels. IV & V included Concept of Operations (CONOPS), systems architecture, and portions of object oriented coding. Conducted in field IV & V projects related to enterprise-wide business, financial and IT systems for Catholic Health Care System (West) a tri-state hospital and supervised living consortium. Provide support to various programs and customers such as: Department of Defense, Department of State, Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Advance Research Projects Agency, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Defense Supply Centers, Air Logistics Center Ogden and others.

October 1995 – August 1997: President/COO, Falcon Group Worldwide, Falls Church, VA

Falcon Group is an executive consulting firm specializing in assisting business, military and government clients in adapting new technologies to the commercial and Federal markets. While at Falcon Group, won and directed projects for a number of clients involving such challenges as: analysis of applications for passive millimetric wave radiometry technology to defense and security applications, development of enhanced operations-intelligence information architectures to support strategic Political-military decision-making, and the upgrading of a graduate university’s planning system for worldwide marketing, tracking and delivery of distance education.

October 1993 – October 1995: Director, Terrorist Research and Analysis Group, Strategic Planning International (SPI), Arlington, VA

Worked on DOD, USAF, DNA Contracts to include: DNA/CENTCOM study on U.S. Military Counters to the Third World “Few Nuclear Weapons” Problem, the DNA Strategic Options Assessment Project, the U.S. Air Force report on an Analytical Tool for Counter-proliferation Employment Planning, the DNA Strategic Options compendium on Mitigating Proliferation Risks Through Technology, and DNA/CENTCOM Structured Discussions on Military Operations in the U.S. Central Command’s Area of Responsibility in 2004. Additionally, authored and co-authored numerous studies and white papers to include: Technology Fault Lines, Future Threats: A Review of Trends in War, Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism (SPI), Congress as Strategists: Implications for Future (CUA), British Strategic Culture: An Assessment (CUA). Also a co-author with Ambassador Dave Smith and Ambassador Linton Brooks on a Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA) White Paper on Offense-Defense Arms Control: Ballistic Missile Threats to the U.S. and Defenses within the Traditional Crisis Stability Paradigm (LATA).

March 1966 – October 1993: United States Marine Corps.

Held a variety of positions to include: Fleet Marine Officer/Special Staff Officer to Commander Naval Forces Central Command and Commander U.S. 7th Fleet (Gulf War); Assistant Chief of Staff, Human Resources 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing; Director, Joint Strategic Branch, Plans, Policies and Operations, Headquarters Marine Corps; Special Advisor/Trusted Agent to Commandant of the Marine Corps on International Treaties and Arms Control; Marine Corps SIOP/RESOP Officer; Deputy Commander, Air Combat Element, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (Somalia); Commander, Marine Observation Squadron; Commander, Marine Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron; Commander, Marine Corps Air Facility; Brigade Air Officer, 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (NATO); Marine Corps Foreign Military Sales Project Officer (Morocco), Fleet Test Pilot/Maintenance Officer, Cobra Combat Test and Evaluation Team (Pax River/Vietnam); Marine Corps Officer Selection Officer; Squadron Operations Officer, Squadron Strike/Flight Leader (Vietnam), Aircraft Maintenance Officer, Instructor Pilot and Post-maintenance Test Pilot.

Designations and awards: Naval Aviator in multi and single engine fixed wing and rotor wing aircraft; Army basic and Marine Corps advanced parachutist; Joint Services Officer; one hundred personal military decorations; sixty parachute jumps; 5200 flight hours to include 2100 combat flight hours; four years sea duty; and over thirty-six months combat experience to include Vietnam and the Gulf War. Retired as Marine Corps Colonel with 27 years service.

Professional Affiliations:

• Chairman, Veterans Service Foundation, Commonwealth of Virginia 2007-2009
• Chairman, Joint Leadership Council of Veterans Service Organizations, Commonwealth of Virginia, 2005-2007
• Gubernatorial Appointee, Joint Leadership Council of Veterans Service Organizations, Commonwealth of Virginia, 2003-2005
• Chairman, Board of Directors, The Professional Group, George Mason University, Institute for Public Policy, 1994-1996
• National Legislative Officer, Military Order of the Purple Heart, 1996-1998
• President, Virginia Council of Chapters, Military Officers Association of America, 1998-2000
• Commander, Department of Virginia, Military Order of the Purple Heart, 2001
• Chairman, Northern Virginia, Military Officers Association of America, Business And Networking Group, 1994-present

Awards & Commendations:

• Legion of Merit (2), 1991, 1993
• Meritorious Service Medal (1), 1992
• Distinguished Flying Cross (4), 1969,1969,1970,1971
• Air Medal- Single Mission Award (4), 1967, 1968, 1968, 1969
• Air Medal – Strike Flight Award (86), 1967-1970, 1971
• Navy Commendation Medal with Combat “V” (1), 1968
• Navy Achievement Medal with Combat “V” (1), 1970
• Purple Heart (1), 1967
• Marine Corps Combat Action Ribbon (1), 1967

Publications:

• DNA/CENTCOM U.S. Military Counters to the Third World “Few Nuclear Weapons” Problem (SPI),
• DNA Strategic Options Assessment Project (SPI),
• U.S. Air Force Analytical Tool for Counter-proliferation Employment Planning,
• DNA Strategic Options compendium on Mitigating Proliferation Risks Through Technology (SPI),
• DNA/CENTCOM Structured Discussions on Military Operations in the U.S. Central Command’s Area of Responsibility in 2004 (SPI).
• Technology Fault Lines, Future Threats: A Review of Trends in War, Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism (SPI),
• Congress as Strategists: Implications for Future (CUA), British Strategic Culture: An Assessment (CUA),
• Ballistic Missile Threats to the U.S. and Defenses within the Traditional Crisis Stability Paradigm (LATA)

Security Clearance:

• Current: Top Secret SBI, 2008
• Previous: Top Secret SBI, 2005