Objective
Operations Management, Marketing or Competitive Business Intelligence position.
Professional Profile
An accomplished and motivated professional with a variety of operations management experience marked by efficiency, innovation, and increased productivity. A dedicated, focused, and results-oriented team player with strong analytical, administrative, communication and inter-personal skills. Enjoys challenging tasks and changing situations. Develops systematic and timely solutions to meet objectives.
Key Accomplishments
Skilled Consultant: Provided competent and resourceful marketing recommendations to a variety of U. S. companies seeking assistance to penetrate the Asian marketplace.
Seasoned Diplomat and Negotiator: Facilitated a smooth and efficient dialogue between the U. S. and Indian defense establishments which resulted in a 100 percent increase in bilateral exercises and cooperative exchanges from previous years. Constantly represented the U. S. Government and the U. S. Ambassador to India in high-level policy meetings and diplomatic functions with both Indian officials and a variety of third- country emissaries.
Team-builder, effective planner, organizer: Second-in-command of a 410-person organization with multi-million dollar assets. Effectively cared for all employees' careers and millions of dollars in equipment and real property.
Skilled Analyst: As Army Attach‚, a recognized subject matter expert on India/South Asia political-military affairs. Prepared daily articles, briefs, and oral analyses for the Joint Chiefs of Staff - Pentagon, White House, Defense Department, and National Security Council. Many finished intelligence products had major impact on U. S. foreign Policy.
Operations and Training Manager: Led a 125-person organization at the age of 25. Rated "the best commander" among five in all categories of measure. Responsibly headed several 25-person organizations soon after graduating from college.
Organizational Effectiveness Consultant: Hand-picked and formally trained inspector and analyst of human resources management, training, logistics and finance. Instituted a systemic inspection program for a 15,000-person organization. Authored a "Company Commander's Guidebook" for the Army following an exhaustive analysis of organizational efficiency indicators. Provided an in-depth study of a major U. S. military community in Germany.
Director of Training: Project planner and coordinator of Joint Chiefs of Staff sponsored training exercises involving hundreds of participants, computer simulations, and state-of-the-art communications networks. Responsible for two major military exercises for 1st U. S. Army Corps, one of which involved the Japanese military.
Logistics Manager: Supervised all maintenance, logistics, budgeting, and accounting for a 600-person combat organization.
Innovator: Assisted the Boeing Corporation of Seattle in designing and testing the "Avenger," now a major U. S. Army Air Defense system. Converted a drawing board concept to a functional prototype in less than a year. Helped establish the Defense Intelligence Network (DIN) for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), a classified intelligence broadcast for 1,000 key defense officials and 19 separate military commands.
Education
Columbia University, New York, NY
MA in Political Science with a "Certificate" in South Asian Studies, (December 1987)
Fordham University, Bronx, NY
BA, English, (May 1978)
United States Army Command & General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS
Resident Diploma, (June 1993)
Madras University, Madras, India
Defense Studies, (September 1989)
Employment History
Army Attaché, U. S. Embassy, New Delhi, India,1996-Present
Plans and Exercises Officer, 1st U. S. Army Corps, 1994-1995
Battalion Executive Officer, 3-2 ADA, 1993-1994
Analyst, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon, 1989-1992
Foreign Regional Specialist, India/Pakistan, 1986-1989
Asst. Inspector General, 9th Infantry Division, 1985-1986
Director of Administration & Personnel, 9th DIVADA, 1984
Battery Commander, A/1-67 ADA, 1983-1984
Director of Logistics, 1-67 ADA, 1982-1983
Executive Officer, HHB/3-67 ADA, 1981-1982
Director of Maintenance, HHB/3-67 ADA, 1981
Platoon Leader, B/3-67 ADA, 1979-1980
Professional Training
Military Attaché School, Washington, D. C.
Top Secret/ SCI security clearance with polygraph on file.
Defense Services Staff Colleges, India.
U. S. Army Inspector General School, Washington, D. C.
Military Operations Training Course, VA.
Combined Arms Services Staff School, Ft. Leavenworth, KS.
Defense Institute for Security Assistance Management, OH.
Political and Technical Aspects of Nuclear Proliferation, Washington, D. C., Los Alamos, and Sandia National Labs.
Foreign Service Language Institute, Hindi, Washington, D. C.
Indications & Warning Course, DIA, Washington, D. C.
Operations Electronics Intelligence Course, Washington, D. C.
Air Defense Officers' Advanced Course, Ft. Bliss, TX.
Air Defense Officers' Basic Course, Ft. Bliss, TX.
Chaparral-Vulcan Qualification Course, Ft. Bliss, TX.
U. S. Army Maintenance Officer's Course, Germany.
Data Processing/Software Experience
IBM, 12 years
Macintosh, 15 years
Banyan VINES, 3 years
Windows, 6 years
Wordperfect (DOS & Windows), 8 years
MS Word, 10 years
Harvard Graphics, Power Point, 8 years
Internet/WWW, 4 years
References: Professional and personal references provided upon request.