JCIDS Requirements Analyst

Mr. Brian F. Ellis III, MS

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Shawnee, KS 66216

253-***-**** (cell/home)

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Education

● Master’s of Science in Leadership Management, The Citadel Military College of South Carolina, September 2015

● Graduate (professional) Certificate, Project Management, Citadel Military College 2014

● Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, 2001 Professional History

June 2016 to present: Project Analyst & Researcher, Greystones Consulting Group, LLC:

(business headquarters in Washington, DC with assigned duties at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas) Researcher and analyst for Cyber defense operations and Cyber intelligence. Planned, conducted, and executed studies and analysis of defense department cyber programs using scientific analytical methods. Utilized the requirements-based method of process optimization. Wrote reports and analytical findings. Position included routine travel. SES Executive Officer / Senior Project Officer, Concepts Development Directorate: Leavenworth, KS July 2014 June 2016

Served as the executive officer and aide for the civilian senior executive services director. Duties also included staffing daily actions for the director, attending all meetings of the director and compiling executive summaries or tasking directives for dissemination. Ran the director's daily calendar in conjunction with his executive assistant and the chief of operations.

Vice Chief of Staff, Communications, United States Army: Fort Lewis, Washington: July 2013- Aug 2014

Deputy director for a military infantry division’s communications staff directorate. Responsible for the development, coordination, and execution of command, control, communications and computers in support of four infantry brigades, one aviation attack brigade, and one military intelligence brigade. Primary advisor to the Chief of Staff, Communications regarding all commissioned and warrant officer personnel manning requirements in the division. Responsible for the emplacement of systems and equipment worth over $75,000,000.

Communications Director/Detachment Commander: Fort Lewis, Washington; August 2011-July 2013

Brigade communicators director for a multi-functional military police brigade of 3500 troops; served as the primary advisor to the brigade commander on all garrison and tactical combat communications; operational oversight of these systems totals over $52 million. Deployed for one year in 2012 and served as the senior brigade information assurance security officer for the Afghanistan region. Also served as the senior communications advisor to the Afghan National Army military police at Parwan. Commanded and directed the joint signal company

(45 personnel) in a combat theater deployed setting. Information Management Officer; Fort Bragg North Carolina June 2010-April 2011 Information management officer for a paratrooper corps artillery brigade in the 82nd airborne division; supervised software and hardware automated information processing units, installations and activities; administered logistics and supervised tech support for the brigade network consisting of over 250 networked and stand-alone computer systems, 21 network printers, 21 copiers and serving a 1,918 user local area network. Military Information Support Company Executive Officer: Fort Bragg, North Carolina, August 2008 – March 2010

Second-in-Command of a battalion headquarters detachment and military information support training company in the special operations directorate. Coordinated for facilities and logistics for students going through a military information support branch credentialing course. Kept academic records and processed graduation packets for 2 cycles (150 students) of army, joint and international students. Supported all field ranges and training logistics packages for 300 students

Proponent Officer & Aide-De-Camp, United States Army: Fort Gordon Georgia, February 2007-January 2008

Personnel proponent officer for the career programs manager at the Signal Center of Excellence, Fort Gordon, GA Liaised with human resources command, and other training and doctrine entities during this timeframe. Served as a primary adviser to the team lead on all matters pertaining to junior officer development. Served as Aide-de-Camp for the civilian Chief of Signal.

VIP Security Detachment Team Leader / Tactical Communications Chief: Baghdad, Iraq, June 2006-January 2007

Served as detachment commander for joint and foreign dignitaries visiting and conducting business in the International Zone, Baghdad, Iraq. Safely escorted 20 VIPs, to include General Officers, diplomats, heads of state and their entourages through both helicopter and vehicle convoys in a war-torn area of the Middle East. When off of security cycle, served as a tactical communications chief and adviser to the Iraqi coalition and police advisory transition team. Travelled over a 2000 square mile area of responsibility to mentor Iraqi soldiers and police on the re-vitalization and safeguarding of their 911 network. Operated with autonomous authority and limited oversight in a dynamic and inherently dangerous battlefield environment. Conducted forward operation base and police station assessments and inspections in order to ensure security and robustness of the emergency network. Communications Director, US Army: Fort Bragg, North Carolina, June 2005-May 2006 Lead communications planning officer of a 473-trooper division combat engineer battalion in support of the 82nd airborne division's no-notice 18-hour deployment readiness timeline. Commanded a Signal Platoon of 18 personnel, and responsible for the employment, maintenance, and accountability of four tactical communications vehicles and their corresponding satellite communications systems. Was tasked with coordination of the battalion command post on board a US Navy ship, and led the joint signal command detachment for communications during waterborne rescue and relief operations (Hurricane Katrina). During the hurricane relief, operated with autonomous authority and limited oversight in a dynamic and dangerous natural disaster environment. TRAINING

Certificate, Military Police Captain’s Career Course, Fort Leonard Wood, MO (distance learning) Certificate, US Marine Corps Expeditionary Warfare School, Quantico, VA (Joint Studies) Certificate, Graduate, Signal Captain’s Career Course, Fort Gordon, GA Graduate, Infantry Officer Basic Course, Fort Benning GA Graduate, Scout Platoon Leader’s Course, Fort Knox, KY Certificate, Capability Developer’s Course, Fort Leavenworth Kansas Certificate, Defense Language School, Monterey California, French Studies 2/2 Proficiency Top-Secret SCI Clearance Current until June 2018

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