Operations leader, Navy officer, strategist, educator, and writer focused on leadership, organizational effectiveness, public service, and human formation.
Professional Experience
Dana Incorporated
Production Supervisor | Napoleon, Ohio | December 2024–Present
- Lead approximately 50 employees across two final-assembly operations supporting Ford Bronco and Ranger production.
- Direct daily execution across safety, quality, delivery, labor, training, attendance, performance, scrap, corrective action, and continuous improvement.
- Reduced scrap and rework 14%, increased output 10%, reduced absenteeism 33%, and reduced turnover 50%.
- Consolidated more than 150 station standards and helped turn an underperforming shift into a consistent, low-turnover operation.
United States Navy and Navy Reserve
Surface Warfare Officer and Warfare Tactics Instructor
- Served in operational, instructional, planning, legal, training, intelligence, and leadership assignments at sea and ashore.
- Led sailors and cross-functional teams in shipboard operations, visit-board-search-and-seizure, training, readiness, and command programs.
- Planned and supported multi-ship exercises, fleet training, theater antisubmarine warfare, strike warfare instruction, and future operations.
- Delivered more than 400 hours of instruction and helped develop and pilot advanced warfare-tactics curricula.
- Continue to serve as a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy Reserve.
Education
Pontifical Gregorian University
Graduate coursework in theology | Rome, Italy
Mount St. Mary’s, Cincinnati
Master of Arts in Catholic Studies
Johns Hopkins University
Master of Science in Finance
United States Naval Academy
Bachelor of Science in Economics
Professional Development
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Six Sigma Green Belt
- Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate
- Joint Professional Military Education Phase I
- Navy Reserve Intermediate Leadership Course
Selected Areas of Work
Program and operations leadership; organizational effectiveness; continuous improvement; strategy and planning; leadership development; military education; national security; ethics and public policy; AI governance and human judgment; writing, teaching, and research.
My work is united by a recurring concern: how people and institutions develop the judgment, competence, character, and systems necessary to do difficult things well.