Over 20 years hands-on performance-oriented leadership and management experience: Eight years strategic intelligence, three years counter-terrorist and counterproliferation intelligence, and eight years tactical intelligence. Leading innovator in counter-terrorist and counterproliferation rersearch and analysis. Proven ability to identify evolving crises and threats to national security interests. Superb communications skills and managerial acumen. Highly competent in the use of a broad range of National Intelligence Community assets to produce a synthesized all-source intelligence product.
Proven track record in convincing Senate and House Permanent Select Committees on Intelligence to fund sensitive collection and research projects, Senate National Security Committee to fund and support early deployment of U.S. Forces to Saudi Arabia in 1995, and National Security Council to support counter-terrorist initiatives.
Managed multi-million dollar program to research, analyze, and synthesize all available information on foreign weapons of mass destruction that greatly increased the Army's Explosive Ordnance Disposal capability to respond to a nuclear crisis.
Proven ability to rapidly develop subordinates' unique talents and to maximize productivity in both crisis and non-crisis environments.
Redefined and prioritized the future weapons of mass destruction threat to the United States by designing and sponsoring a predictive seminar composed of national-level chemical, biological, nuclear, and terrorist experts.
Created and briefed operational intelligence assessments in support of counter-terrorist and counterproliferation contingency planning efforts involving Iraq, North Korea, Serbia, Bosnia, Haiti, and Libya.
Projected the future Soviet and Warsaw Pact military threat that was used to design the M-1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, the M-2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle, and the AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter.
Chief, Russia-Eurasia Branch, J2 Intelligence Directorate, Joint Staff (1995-1997).
Actively selected and managed the production of over 1,400 intelligence briefs and written products for the Secretary of Defense and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff involving Russian military, economic, and leadership issues.
Supervised 11 analysts.
Monitored and advised the Department of Defense and State Department of the ongoing nature of the threat to U.S. citizens in the Georgia-Abkhaz Conflict and the Tajikistan Civil War.
Chief, Iraq Working Group, J2 Intelligence Directorate, Joint Staff (August- November 1995).
Responded to all crisis intelligence needs of senior Department of Defense leadership. Personally briefed the Senate National Security Committee on the August 1995 Iraq Crisi resulting in additional Department of Defense funding and the early deployment of U.S. forces to Saudi Arabia.
Supervised 30 analysts.
Chief, Intelligence Analysis Division, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, NC (1992-1995).
Provided fuzed all-source intelligence in support of surgical Special Operations in Somalia and Haiti.
Supervised 23 analysts.
Deputy Brigade Commander, 504th Military Intelligence Brigade, Fort Hood, TX (1990-1992).
Served as Chief of Staff during Desert Storm deployment and Forward Commander during REFORGER 1991.
Supervised six staff directors.
National Intelligence Officer, J2 Intelligence Directorate, Joint Staff (1987-1990).
Analyzed changes in the Soviet military and its impact on military capabilities.
Deputy G2/Chief, All-Source Analysis Center, 3d Armored Division, Frankfurt, GE (1984-1987).
Provided all-source intelligence to Divisional units. Trained units on Soviet threat tactics.
Supervised 15 analysts.
Master of Arts in International Affairs, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Master of Arts in National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.
Graduate, United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS.
Graduate, United States Army Russian Institute -- Intermediate and Advanced Russian language training, Garmisch, Germany.