PROGRAM LEADERSHIP • DELIVERY SYSTEMS • CLEAN ENERGY

I build delivery systems that help complex programs move faster without losing control.

My work sits where cross-functional execution gets messy: solar operations, defense programs, and enterprise-scale technology environments. I bring structure, risk discipline, and calm stakeholder management so teams can ship real outcomes.

The portfolio below turns resume bullets into confidentiality-safe case studies focused on the operating mechanisms behind the results.

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TRUST SNAPSHOT

  • 80+Solar Projects / Year
  • $66M+Defense Program Scope
  • 100k+Enterprise Devices Supported
  • 20+ YrsLeadership and Delivery

Sectors served: Renewable Energy, Defense, and Enterprise IT. Delivery style: clear ownership, early risk visibility, and measurable movement instead of status theater.

Operating Pressure

Throughput under constraint

Used phase-gates, queue-age visibility, and an exception lane to keep solar work moving without hiding blockers.

Signal: 80+ projects per year with PTO cycle time cut roughly in half.

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Governance Reset

Scale without reporting noise

Standardized lifecycle language and exception ownership so enterprise operations could make decisions from one clean operating picture.

Signal: exception backlog down by about one-third in a 100k+ device environment.

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Executive Cadence

Decision-ready portfolio visibility

Connected schedule integrity, risk burn-down, and escalation thresholds so leaders could act earlier instead of debating status.

Signal: overdue risks reduced by about 40 percent across a $66M+ defense portfolio.

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Cross-Domain Pattern

One operating playbook, different sectors

The same approach repeats across clean energy, defense, and enterprise ops: define readiness, age exceptions, and make ownership obvious.

Signal: the portfolio reads as systems thinking, not a disconnected set of job titles.

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FLAGSHIP CASE STUDIES

Clean Energy Operations

Solar Program Acceleration

Portfolio-level controls that reduced PTO cycle time, tightened readiness, and helped sustain 80+ projects per year.

  • Reset handoffs across design, permitting, utility coordination, and install readiness.
  • Built a five-day notice-to-proceed target for standard-ready projects.
  • Made aging exceptions and owner clarity visible at portfolio level.
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Enterprise Operations

Enterprise Device Ops

A lifecycle-governance reset for a 100k-plus device environment where resilience and clean reporting mattered.

  • Standardized lifecycle language and exception ownership.
  • Improved readiness for recovery exercises and executive reviews.
  • Reduced noise by separating routine flow from true escalation work.
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Defense Delivery

Defense Program Delivery

Execution controls for a $66M-plus portfolio where schedule integrity, burn-down rhythm, and decision speed all mattered.

  • Unified milestone reporting across cross-functional workstreams.
  • Turned risk reporting into a weekly decision mechanism.
  • Improved executive confidence through cleaner escalation rules.
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OPERATING SYSTEM

1. Clarify the seams

I start where work gets stuck: handoffs, decision rights, and definitions of ready. Most schedule slip hides there before it appears in a dashboard.

2. Run the real metrics

My preferred lens is schedule integrity, aging exceptions, and risk burn-down. Teams need live operating signals more than decorative status decks.

3. Design for repeatability

Strong systems survive growth, turnover, and pressure. I aim for operating models that still make sense when the volume doubles.

RÉSUMÉ & CREDENTIALS

Core strengths

Program governance, risk and issue management, field-to-office coordination, stakeholder reporting, enterprise operations, and delivery-system design.

Background includes U.S. Army CW2 (Ret.), renewable energy, defense, and large-scale IT environments.

What teams rely on me for

  • Portfolio stabilization: turning fragmented execution into a readable operating rhythm.
  • Governance reset: clarifying ownership, escalation, and executive reporting.
  • Cross-domain coordination: keeping technical, operational, and stakeholder groups moving in the same direction.

WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER

Hiring

Program or project leadership roles where scope, accountability, and stakeholder complexity are real.

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Advisory

Short engagements focused on delivery-system cleanup, governance cadence, or execution visibility.

Scope advisory fit

Speaking & workshops

Program execution, AI-enabled operations, stakeholder trust, and scaling delivery in transition-heavy environments.