MICHAEL L. CARTER

Woodbridge, VA *****, 703-***-**** (Home), 401-***-**** (Mobile)

ad4wx7@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikecarter1803/ CAREER SUMMARY

Highly proven executive offering 15+ years of experience demonstrating strategic vision in conceptualizing and delivering year-over-year. Transformed unique and niche organizations into “gold standards/ones to emulate” for explosive productivity and measurable efficiency. Ignites a winning spirit among team members through excellent change leadership talents and culture advocacy that results in buy-in across multiple divisions with varying agendas.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

- Top Security/SCI - Transformational Leadership - National Security

- Top Planner - Public-Private Team Building - Strategic Studies

- Complex Problem Solver - Developer/Coach - Consequent Management

- Strategic Forecasting - Employee Training/Development - International Advising

- Sound Ethical/Moral Foundation - Project Management Professional - Education and Training PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

- Led business development efforts for multiple capture and project teams in pursuit of federal, state, and local-level market share.

- Facilitated numerous adult learning venues for business development and communications.

- Instituted a foundational Marine Corps-wide analysis and reporting system that addressed the most critical foundational and operational readiness needs required for overall organizational success in a resource-constrained environment.

- Personally developed the definitive process that yielded across-the-board organizational awareness of opportunities and obstacles to mission success, netting a proper balance of risk and gain.

- Hand-crafted responses and testimonies of national defense leaders to Congress and the media.

- Empowered diverse sections to make rapid decisions relying only on available resources within prescribed timelines while enhancing organizational cohesions/sense of purpose. STRATEGIC INSTINCTS

- Able to anticipate outcomes to significant events and render solutions ahead of leading indicators, thereby allowing parent organizations greater freedom of movement and situational resolutions.

- First-hand experience with behind-the-scene to national-level national security decision-making.

- Rapid-decision ability shaped by personal experience at myriad national venues of strategic significance— Presidential Inauguration, Presidential State of the Union Addresses, Republican and Democratic National Presidential Conventions, Continuity of the U.S. Government/Presidency, Employment of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Instruction to Presidential aides, and first-hand experience witnessing national leadership deliberations.

TRAINING

- Continuous project management education.

- Accredited formal school administrator, curriculum developer, and instructor.

- Directed development, implementation, and evaluation of graduate-level curriculum at a masters-level degree-producing institution.

- Experienced in andragogy (adult learning) and active pedagogy (child learning) teaching environments.

- Qualified advisor/instructor to international partners. MICHAEL L. CARTER

Woodbridge, VA 22193, 703-***-**** (Home), 401-***-**** (Mobile) ad4wx7@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikecarter1803/ Director, ICF, Reston, VA Apr 19 – Apr 24

Responsible for project management and business development efforts supporting federal, state, and local clients.

• Developed proposals and solutions to requirements in support of the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, and multiple state and local governments for planning and recovery from disasters and catastrophic events, mission assurance, and critical infrastructure protection.

• Represented the firm at numerous venues, and collaborated with stakeholders to develop courses of action for market expansion, brand awareness, increased clientele, and internal organizational development.

• Supported capture and business development for numerous disaster management proposals for customers in Florida, Virginia, Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina, Hawaii, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

Commanding Officer, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, Indian Head, MD May 2016 – Mar 2019 Led and managed a specialized Marine Corps unit unique throughout the entire Defense Department.

• Responsible for consequence management/crisis response to missions of strategic significance— Presidential Inauguration; Presidential Address to Congress on the State of the Union; Republican and Democratic National Presidential Conventions; support to federal, state, and local emergency managers/first responders; and strategic missions overseas.

• Oversaw training of international/interagency partners in consequence management: Japanese Defense Force, FBI, local law enforcement, and fire/emergency services personnel.

• Developed curriculum to certify 600 personnel-plus in nationally accredited/recognized emergency management/incident response standards.

• Managed $10M annual operational budget supporting over 37 facility structures, and training covering numerous states and countries.

Head, Readiness Branch, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. May 2012 – May 2016 Led and managed corporate-wide efforts at reporting critical information essential for strategic-level decision- making at the Presidential, Congressional, and Defense Department.

• Collected, analyzed, and oversaw analytical outputs from over 400-plus readiness reporting units.

• Developed metrics that linked resources to performance outputs.

• Formulated predictive models used by senior leadership for budget analysis and preparation.

• Crafted speeches and responses for use by senior military leadership testimony to Congress.

• Safeguarded the organization from resource cuts by external regulatory agencies. Military Faculty/Staff, Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA Jun 2009 – May 2012 Responsible for the development of graduate-level curriculum, delivery of instruction, and evaluation of student and faculty performance against standards set by a regionally accredited master’s degree-granting association

• Post-graduation from Marine Corps War College (2008-09), taught graduate-level curriculum in planning, policy decision-making and implementation, strategic studies, and current affairs while using history as a lens to understand issues facing leaders of large organizations in resource-constrained environments.

• Mentored over 200 international and interagency students pursuing master-level education.

• Instrumental in overhaul of curriculum to remain ahead of the strategic environment.

• University Presidential recognition resulted in advancement to Chief of Staff and College Director. Commanding Officer, Combat Assault Battalion, Okinawa, Japan Jul 2006 – Jun 2008 Led a Marine Corps specialized unit unique throughout the Defense Department—the only forward-deployed combined-arms mechanized battalion.

• Administered, organized, trained, equipped, deployed, and sustained tailored organizations for combat and training missions in the Asia-Pacific, Iraq, and Afghanistan. MICHAEL L. CARTER

Woodbridge, VA 22193, 703-***-**** (Home), 401-***-**** (Mobile) ad4wx7@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikecarter1803/

• First Marine sitting battalion commander to lead a combat advisory team in Afghanistan and subsequently as the inaugural faculty at the Afghan Counterinsurgency Academy for training indigenous and coalition partners in counterinsurgency operations.

• Face-to-face negotiations with Afghan elected/appointed officials, community leaders, and dissidents leading to area pacification, community recovery, population resiliency, and governmental legitimacy. EDUCATION

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Seminar XXI in National Security: Washington, DC.

• Master of Strategic Studies: Marine Corps War College, Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA.

• Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies: U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI.

• Naval Operational Planners Course (Maritime Warfighting School), U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI.

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. CERTIFICATIONS

• Project Management Professional (PMP): Project Management Institute, New Town Square, PA. PMP number 2901230. Original grant date December 14, 2020. Expiration date December 14, 2026. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Academy of Political Science

• Armed Forces Communication Electronics Association (AFCEA) – Life member

• Florida Emergency Preparedness Association (FEPA) – Member

• Project Management Institute (PMI) – Member

• Marine Corps Association (MCA) - Member

• Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) – Life member

• United States Naval Institute (USNI) – Life member

• Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) – Life member

• Virginia Emergency Management Association (VEMA) - Member

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