Michael L. Brown

Colonel (Retired, USA)

E-mail: adn9un@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: 256-***-****

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Senior Executive with unparalleled ability to combine strategic planning and operations as well as education, and technology leadership for multi-billion-dollar Department of Defense initiatives and programs in peacetime and in war. Facilitates and finesses management skills to enable product development and organizational enhancement. People-oriented leader with the expertise to build effective teams that achieve organizational goals. Strong communications and interpersonal skills with experience in public speaking at conferences, seminars and briefing Senior Executive Service officials and General Officers, including major decision level briefings at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, as well as communication with Fortune 500 corporate executives and Congressional members and staff.

Professional Experience

CEO and Founder Spiritual Warrior Foundation August 2018-Present. 40hrs per week

Vision: Veteran's Health Care Access, Anyone, Anywhere at Any time.

Efforts:

Worked with Congress to write legislation to support veteran health care.

Developed National Radio Show that is ranked top 1 in the Nation bringing suicide awareness and education to America.

Communicating with state and local leaders to create actionable plans to reduce suicide amongst veterans in their communities.

Raised millions of dollars on national and local fronts to get resources to veterans and their families.

Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Redsox Foundation October 2017- July 2018. 40hrs per week.

Vision: Dedicated to healing the invisible wounds for Veterans of all eras; including Service Members, Military Families and Families of the Fallen through world-class clinical care, wellness, education, and research.

Efforts:

Provided world-class clinical care and support, for Service Members and Veterans who struggle with the invisible wounds.

Provided clinical counseling and support to family members and close friends affected by the challenges of separation, mental illness and loss.

Conducted field research on impacts of suicide and mental illness and published series called Families of the Fallen to educate America on Epidemic in America.

Raised money for clinical treatments for Veteran and their families.

Executive Director/Sr. Consultant, QED Systems LLC, APG, Maryland-December 2015 – October 2017. 40hrs per week. $185,000 per year

Business Development, Management & Strategy: Strategic advisor and consultant, builds customer relationships and talented teams to execute multi-million dollar programs

Manage and executed a $250 million 5year contract and supervised 64 employees and personally responsible for reporting progress to Pentagon and Congress on a yearly basis.

Strategic Leadership: Create shared vision and direction for organization and inspired teams to work toward it.

People and Conflict Management: Managed cross-functional leaders and teams including engineering, operations, logistics, business management, marketing, communications, and human resources.

Effective Communication: Excellent written and oral communication skills to include; inspirational speaker; mentoring next generation of leaders; coach, peer to peer support and author.

Developed costing and pricing strategies for PEO IEWS and PM Terrestrial Sensors

Extensive experience leading negotiations on multi-hundred-million-dollar contracts.

Executive Director (Brigade Commander (Command Select List), Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), Command Management Office Raytheon IDS- July 2013 – August 2015 40hrs per week. $160,000 per year

Supervised 119 personnel and led the largest in plant agency in DCMA consisting of 17 ACAT I and II programs, more than 10,000 personnel and 1400 contracts worth $46.B.

Performed analysis and application of personnel skill sets to organizational designs to accommodate program expansion, customer requirements, and DoD policy impacts.

Performed cost and pricing activities for the Office of Secretary of Defense (AT&L) and helped shape policy and expand affordability services to buying commands and PEO(s).

Develops long and short-range planning and program management to include determining appropriate organizational structure, manpower, resources, and facility requirements.

Partnered with several government and industry organization to design a policy and process to measure agile software development/deployment for major defense programs .

Prepared cost and pricing analysis reports/briefs and program executive summaries to flag officers and senior military officials for milestone decisions and congressional inquiries.

Supported DoD on should cost and will cost analysis policy for all services; developed a pilot program on Army and Navy programs that are today the standard for DoD programs.

Monitored and tracked commitments, obligations, and expenditure for multiple funded programs through-out the execution phase of the annual operating budget.

Managed the Defense Travel System for the Command, the RDTE, OPA and OMA for the Joint Commands and Federal Agencies.

Responsible for the recruiting and hiring of manpower for the command including the intern and special programs for the command.

Ensured funds were programmed, budgeted, and executed against validated requirements, cost, and risk informed alternatives.

Executive Director, Army Materiel Command, (AT&L), 402nd Army Field Sustainment Brigade- July 2011– July 2012 40hrs per week. $140,000 per year

Senior acquisition advisor/director for 1648 contractors, supervised 26 personnel, managed 2650 contracts and supported 22 Program Management Offices in Operation New Dawn.

Utilized GFEBS's enterprise resource planning] and business intelligence reports to shape analyses for the Brigade and Battalion commanders operating budgets.

Employed a database in which division commanders input data on each of their active contracts, including counts of contractor personnel and equipment. Providing data to plan the movements of personnel and equipment for the drawdown

Provided rapid deployment of MRAP and armored vehicles to Afghanistan one year ahead of schedule providing force protection to civilians, military, and contract personnel.

Led the planning, support, and movement of 1200 personnel out of Iraq while simultaneously establishing sustainment operations for the Department of State.

Planned and deployed rapid fielding solutions and engineering services for PEOs across Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait, to include foreign military sales to middle-east nations

Supported the successful delivery and integration of operationally critical safety, communications, and soldier protection programs totaling over $100 million.

Used management experience from acquisition program management to apply to industrial base Government Owned and Contractor Operated facilities including integrated program strategy, budget planning, systems engineering requirements in design, performance based statements and scopes of work, deliverable authority/management/ tracking, developing performance measurement baselines, and transitioning performance based payment assessments from local government staff to the program manager during Military to State Department transition.

Compiled reports and consolidated the budget system for closing fiscal year. Reviewed charts, graphs, and similar products as needed for inclusion in monthly reports and data calls.

Provided Brigade Combat Teams with financial management and procurement support and contracting for supplies and services to supporting stability operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and emergency response programs in the middle-east.

Product Manager (Battalion Commander Command Select List), Program Executive Office Missiles and Space, HELLFIRE Missile Systems- January 2009-June 2011 40hrs per week. $124,000 per year

Lead and supervised 143 Soldiers, Army Civilians, and 4000 contractors: Responsible for their professional development, education, training, morale, health, and welfare.

Developed a new design for Army’s HELLFIRE missile specifically to address threats in the middle east, created an increase lethality and reliability rates and reduced US casualties.

Increased material availability and performance to meet usage demands in the war- reestablish pre-war production lines and increased production capability by 243%.

Managed the purchase requisition processing for the Standard Procurement System and military interdepartmental purchase requests (MIPRs), creating work breakdown structure (WBS) elements, and inputting commitment and obligation transactions in GFEBS–Army’s Budgeting Software.

Established the armed unmanned aerial reconnaissance weaponized platform system for the Army first in its history; increasing the Army’s ability to observe, detect, identify, and neutralize enemy forces.

Responsible for the recruiting, hiring and review of manpower for the command including the hiring of interns and other special programs for the command.

Planned and coordinated with TRADOC to designed manpower and equipment and force requirements for organizational designs of TDA and MTOE requirements for manpower and equipment.

Direct oversight of five defense acquisition programs in engineering, manufacturing, and development with RDT&E budgets ranging from approximately $35M to >$200M and procurement budgets ranging from about $300M to $1.2B.

Coordinated directly with project officers, business managers, chief engineers, Army Chief of Staff and DoD senior leadership.

Managed the Defense Travel System (DTS) for the command

Maintained managerial and decision authority for foreign military sales systems’ acquisition strategies, systems engineering planning and execution, test and evaluation planning, fielding, logistics, maintenance, and sustainment.

Executive Officer, Program Manager, Future Combat System, Network Systems Integration- April 2005- December 2008 40hrs per week. $104,000 per year

Strategic advisor, prepared reports and presentations for Secretary of the Army and senior military leaders on the largest Army’s network modernization program.

Provided direction, technical leadership, management, and coordination in the development of management strategies and execution plans in support of the FCS program.

Supervised 36 employees on program-wide effort that included the development of project management policies and procedures, setting priorities, and providing input on the execution of System Design and Development program efforts.

Provided analysis and data to support decisions, actions, and briefings, and to provide recommendations in terms of program objectives and priorities, method of execution, content, funding, and allocation of organizational resources.

Prepared cost, schedule, and performance summaries for Presidential budget submissions

Provided G3/5/7, G2 and G6 with network data reduction, analysis and reporting for the Army network designs for converging intelligence traffic onto a common network

Developed monthly program status reports for Army Headquarters and Office of the Secretary of Defense and briefed principals as required.

Generated GFEBS status of funds cumulative and status of funds noncumulative reports, WBS reports, hard stop (consumption) reports, and open commitments and open obligations reports.

Worked with TRADOC to design force structure for future MTOE requirements and required funding.

Created cost models for program portfolios for affordable force modernization and capability/acquisition reviews.

Assistant Product Manager, Program Manager, Future Combat System, Network Systems Integration, Battle Command- May 2004- April 2005 40hrs per week. $104,000 per year

Served as subject matter expert on command, control, and communication integration of future force C4ISR into current force weapon platforms.

Lead planner for test, evaluation and field experiments with foreign partners leading to foreign military sales of technologies

Coordinated systems engineering, interoperability, and cyber security efforts between military and defense industry partners for development of the modernized Army network.

Responsible for RDTE, Operation and Procurement, Operation and Maintenance, and Army (OMA) activity groups, and fiscal law and Anti-Deficiency Act for the Project Office

Prepared data summaries for inclusion in various reports, briefings, and special reports on budget execution to General Officers across all military services.

Managed the Defense Travel System for the Command

Designed a holistically approach at looking at requirements versus resources across all components and systems.

Battalion S3, 11th Signal Brigade, 40th Signal Battalion, - June 2003-May 2004 40hrs per week $94,000 per year

Supervised 43 military and civilian personnel in time of War

Led the program management effort to rebuild the Iraq communication backbone and the transition of communication services to commercial entities and DISA

Transitioned systems, services, and facilities through the foreign military sales program to host nation

Planned and engineered wideband communication networks throughout the middle-east

Designed a TDA/MTOE for a Strategic Signal Brigade and transitioned tactical command support, services and equipment post combat operation

G6 Operations Officer, Allied Rapid Reaction Corp, - June 2000-July 2002 40hrs per week $94,000 per year

Planned and engineered collation networks for NATO contingency missions.

Managed, implemented, and negotiated $20.5M support contract..

Integral to the success of emerging operations in Kosovo as well as humanitarian support efforts in the Balkans.

Delivered first ever American software system for Spectrum Management to 11 NATO countries through partnerships and Foreign Military sales agreements.

United States Army Signal Officer- Planned, engineered, and deployed C4ISR networks for joint, interagency, and multinational forces at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels in the following assignments: 40hrs per week. $36,000-$94,000 per year

•Battalion S3, 392nd Signal Battalion, Pennsylvania-July 1998-May 2000

•Signal Officer, United States Army Europe, Germany- August 1995-June 1998

•Company Commander, 36th Signal Battalion, Korea June- 1993-July 1995

•Platoon Leader, 40th Signal Battalion, Arizona- 1990-1992

Education

Policy Strategy and Public Leadership Program, Brookings Institution-2015-2016

Defense Systems Management College PMT 402 Executive Program Manager's Course- 2013

Master of Strategic Studies, United States Army War College- 2012-2013

Defense Systems Management College PMT 401 Program Manager's Course- 2008

Master of Arts, Telecommunications, Webster University- 2002-2003

Bachelor of Science, Business Management, Rio Grande University- 1986-1990

Certifications

DoD Level III Certified in Product Management

Top Secret/SCI Clearance (Active)

Lean Six Sigma Certified

Recognitions

OSD (AT&L) Defense Acquisition Workforce Winner-2015

DCMA Director of the Year-2014

Earnest Young Executive Logistician Award-2011

U.S. Army Aviation Association – Order of Saint Michael Award-2011

Publications

Families of the Fallen-2018

Affordability- The Cost of Quality-2015

Affordability- Strategic Leadership in a Fiscally Constrained Environment-2014

Affordability- Preventing Cost Growth in DoD’s Military Capability Portfolios-2013

Media

America in Crisis- PTSD and Veteran Suicide Radio Series- 2020-Present

Coast to Coast Radio Post 9/11 Heros-2021

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