Executive Administrative Assistant/Office Manager/Multi-lingual

COMMANDER MANUEL MOTA

HEAD OF THE OPERATIONS BRANCH - PLANS & POLICY DIVISION

PORTUGUESE NAVY STAFF

Commander Manuel Mota was born in the Republic of South Africa on the 6th of August 1967. He entered the Portuguese Naval Academy on the 1st of October 1984. He concluded his 5 year bachelor s degree in Naval Military Sciences in 1989.

In 1991 he completed his 1 year specialization course as an Above Water Warfare Officer and in February 1992 he attended the Royal Navy Helicopter Controller s Course, Portland, UK performing these functions on war fighting frigates until 1998.The following 2 years he commanded a fast patrol boat.

Concluding this last tour, he was posted to the Portuguese Naval Command (COMNAV) in Oeiras, Portugal and, as Lieutenant-Commander, headed the Protocol Section of the Intelligence Division and Military Assistant to the Vice-admiral Naval Commander.

From September 2003 and October 2005 he was posted to the NATO Joint Command Lisbon (JCL), Oeiras, Portugal as Logistics Operations and Plans Branch Head. During this period, he attended several courses at the NATO School, Germany namely: the NATO Staff Officers, Host Nation Support (HNS), Multinational Joint Logistics Centre (MJLC) and the Operational Logistics Planning Courses. For the Joint Logistics Course he was an instructor for the MJLC, HNS and Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) lectures and for the Peace Support Operations (PSO) Course he also was an invited speaker for the NATO Response Force Logistics lecture.

In October 2005 he was posted to the Portuguese Armed Forces Joint War College in Lisbon, Portugal where he taught NATO Operational Planning, Command and Control, Combined Joint Task Force/NATO Response Force (CJTF/NRF) Concepts and Operational Logistics to the several courses that take place at this academic institution.

He was promoted to his current rank on the 31st of October 2005.

In September 2007 he was posted to Allied Command Transformation, Norfolk, VA, USA and for 3 years performed the functions as Lessons Learned (LL) Staff Officer. Participating in many LL activities across the DOTMLPFI spectrum, he performed duties as doctrine developer, instructor and LL capability implementer for Operational Commands, HQ s and Forces deployed to real world operations in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Since 14SEP10 he is the Head of Operations Branch of the Plans & Policy Division of the Portuguese Navy Staff, Lisbon, Portugal.

He has attended several other national courses such as the Search and Rescue Operations Officers Course, the Naval Control of Shipping Reporting Officers Course, the Commanding and Executive Officers Training Course, the Portuguese Naval War College General Course and holds a Pre-Masters Certificate in Management of Ports and Maritime Transportation from the Economics and Management Institute of Lisbon, Portugal.

Between 1980/82 he lived and studied in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

He is interested in pursuing a career in the US which may be military/defense related that can make good use of his experience in these domains.

CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME INITIALS RANK AND DATE DATE OF BIRTH

Manuel Mota A Commander 6 August 1967

31 October 2005

NATIONALITY BRANCH OF SERVICE

PORTUGUESE NAVY

RECORD OF SERVICE

UNIT/HQ APPOINTMENT DATES DUTIES PERFORMED

NRP “Quanza”

Patrol Boat Executive Officer October 89 to

October 90 Second in Command

NRP “Sacadura Cabral”

Frigate Principal Warfare Officer October 91 to

January 92 Above Water Warfare

“Vasco da Gama”

Class frigates Helicopter Controller May 92 to

January 94 Aircraft Control

Naval Tactical Training

Centre Training Officer February 94 to February 96 Head of Helicopter Control Division / Instructor

NRP “Hermenegildo Capelo”

Frigate Operations Officer February 96 to February 98 Head of Operations Department

NRP “Save”

Patrol Boat Commanding Offcer February 98 to February 00 Command

PO Naval Operational

Command Staff Officer February 00 to September 03 Head of the Protocol Section in the Intelligence Division

NATO Joint Command Lisbon Staff Officer September 03 to

October 05 Head of the Logistics Operations and Plans Branch

PO Joint War College Instructor October 05 to July 07 Teaching the Operational Planning Process, CJTF/NRF Concepts, Command and Control and Operational Logistics

Allied Command Transformation (ACT), Norfolk, VA Staff Officer September 07 to September 10 Lessons Learned Staff Officer

Portuguese Navy Staff Head of Branch Since September 10 Head of the Operations Branch of the Plans & Policy Division

MAJOR COURSES DATES REMARKS

Naval Academy October 84 to

October 89 Lisbon, Portugal

Naval Gunnery School September 90 to

July 91 Above Water Warfare Officer’s Course, Lisbon, Portugal

Naval War College Junior Officer’s Certificate March 00 to

July 00 Lisbon, Portugal

Port and Maritime Transportation Management Post Graduation Certificate January 01 to

December 01 Lisbon Institute of Management & Economy, Lisbon, Portugal

OTHER COURSES DATES REMARKS

Advanced Certificate of the American Language Institute March 89 Lisbon, Portugal

Leading Aircraft Controller – LAC 20 Certificate from the Royal Navy School of Helicopter Controllers February 92

to April 92 Aircraft Controller’s Course Portland, England

Search and Rescue Operations Course July 96 Naval Tactical Training

Centre, Lisbon, Portugal

Naval Control of Shipping Course October 97 Naval Tactical Training

Centre, Lisbon, Portugal

Post-Graduate Training for Executive and Commanding Officers of Naval Units May 99 Naval Tactical Training

Centre, Lisbon, Portugal

NATO Staff Officers Orientation Course January 04 NATO School, Germany

Host Nation Support (HNS) Course April 04 NATO School, Germany

Operational Logistics Planners Course May 04 NATO School, Germany

Multinational Joint Logistics Centre (MJLC) Course May 04 NATO School, Germany

Joint Logistics Course December 04 NATO School, Germany

Peace Support Operations (PSO) Course June 05 NATO School, Germany

Senior Officers Policy Course February 08 NATO School, Germany

LANGUAGES

SPOKEN WRITTEN QUALIFICATIONS

Portuguese Very Good Very Good native

English Very Good Very Good Advanced Certificate of the American Language Institute

Spanish Good Fair none

French Fair Poor none

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