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He articulates and defends the $2.9 billion DARPA budget by building and maintaining key congressional relationships with responsive, accurate, and relevant replies to inquiries and requests for information. He develops, coordinates, and supervises the execution of the annual DARPA congressional engagement and legislative strategy for effective interaction with Congress, congressional staffs, and other agencies ensuring that key national, Department of Defense (DOD), and DARPA goals and priorities are successfully articulated during congressional hearings and testimony, office calls, communiques, and other engagements. He provides analysis, guidance, and direction over a broad spectrum of programs and issues for DARPA. He educates and provides information to members of Congress and their staff on DARPA programs transitioning to the Military Services, Combatant Commands, and other Research and Development organizations. He drafts and coordinates legislative proposals to support the DARPA mission while protecting and expanding existing legislative authorities. He formulates, articulates, and executes the DARPA position on complex interrelated and sensitive issues to officials within DARPA, the DOD, the Military Services, other federal agencies and other external organizations. 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I am a subject matter expert on legislative processes to include congressional inquiries, questions for the record, inquiries for the record, committee structures, legislative rules, and the development of authorization and appropriations bills.", "location": "Pentagon, Washington, DC", "title": "Air Force Legislative Liaison; Chief, Congressional Activities Branch", "startedOn": {"month": 7, "year": 2005}, "companyUrn": "urn:li:fs_salesCompany:157235"}, {"posId": 84589286, "new": false, "current": false, "endedOn": {"month": 7, "year": 2005}, "companyName": "United States Air Force", "description": "As the course director for Space Operations Specialized Studies at Air Command and Staff College (ACSC), I authored a six-week, thirty two-lesson Top-Secret/Special Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)-level course on the integration of space systems and capabilities into joint military operations (combined Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marines).  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The improved program reduced certification training time by 40%, enabled increased throughput of trainees, and ensured 100% mission ready status for the operations center with a ready pool for trained and certified personnel providing 24-hour global and regional situational awareness for the U.S. Commander in Chief for Space Forces.  My training program also enabled the SPOC to more efficiently serve as the command and control node for space and computer network operations.  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