22 Years in the United States Army (final rank Lieutenant Colonel). Key senior staff officer, force development, operations, intelligence, command and control, communications, and tactical computers (G2 Army Division).

15 years post military service in general management and business development and ownership (Schneider Enterprises, New Definitions Inc.) and for BDM Corporation and QinetiQ Corp. Consultant services to (the Boeing Company and Pacific Northwest Laboratories – Battelle).

Career highlight: architect for the Army Future Combat Systems (FCS), providing design specification for war fighting platforms across the spectrum of performance and effectiveness measures.

Education: MBA (Pepperdine University), BGS (University of Nebraska at Omaha),Master Military Arts and Sciences (United States Army Command and General Staff College)