Resume

• 2002

  knowledge in French and German

  Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth

  Kansas

  Operational Planning and Military Decision Making

  Command & General Staff College

• 2000

  Master's Degree

  Masters of Science in Administration (Organization & Leadership)

  Central Michigan University

• 1986

  Bachelor's Degree

  Political Science / Economics

  Vice President of the Student Advisory Council to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; Sigma Chi Fraternity; Mountain Order of Colombo; Student Government Association Representative; INTRO Leader / Ambassador Representative of the University

  University of North Georgia

• 1975

  Three sport athlete; all-region; all-state; elected student council president

  Augusta Christian Schools

  Information Operations Officer

  Ethics and Resource Management

  Defense Acquisition University

  Military Planners Course

  US Army

  Operations Security

  US Army

  Lean Six Sigma

  US Army

• Organized a community event to raise funds and awareness for veterans during sporting events. Exceeded targeted goals raising substantial funds to help wounded veterans and their families. The event help spearhead wounded warrior and veteran recognition to raise funds and awareness during community sporting events.

  Wounded Warrior Project

  Patriot Golf Day Event Organizer

  Assisted in organizing and coordinating support for Patriot Golf Day to raise scholarships for military families through the Folds of Honor Foundation. The event exceeded targeted goals greatly increasing awareness

  participation and funds from previous years.

  Folds of Honor Foundation

  Event Organizer

  Hosted community events to raise awareness and funds for orphan support organizations and families adopting.

  Adoption Support Organizations

  Cub Scout Den Leader & Venture Crew Leader/Coordinator

  Venture Crew Leader and coordinator through the ROTC Program 2010-2014. Current Den Leader for Kilby Cub Scout Pack 297. Responsible for coordinating training

  logistics and safety for all scout activities.

  Boy Scouts of America

  Information Assurance

  Military

  Security Clearance

  Homeland Security

  Emergency Management

  Interagency Coordination

  Government

  National Security

  Afghanistan

  Command

  Army

  Organizational Leadership

  Weapons

  Intelligence

  Military Experience

  DoD

  Force Protection

  Counterterrorism

  Defense

  Military Operations

  Combat Studies Institute

  Snyder

  Michael

  Snyder

  US Army

  1st Infantry Division

  University of North Alabama

  Transitioning Military

  US Army

  Combined Arms Center

  DHS

  US Army

  1st Infantry Division

  US

  Preparing for Next Chapter of Service

  Transitioning Military

  JROTC Senior Army Instructor

  Huntsville

  Alabama Area

  DHS

  Wurzburg

  Germany / Tikrit

  Iraq

  • Served as the Division Information Operations Chief and deployed to Iraq in 2004-2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF II). \n• Led the CG’s Command Information Working Group to coordinate and synchronize command information to all division Soldiers

  Families and the impacted Army and German communities prior to the deployment.\n• Served as the Iraqi Minister of Media

  responsible for the development

  expansion

  training and coordination of independent Iraqi news media and media capabilities in the Tigris River Valley and coordinated strategic projects establishing three TV/Radio stations (Tikrit

  Baquebah

  Kirkuk)

  eleven newspapers and one regional printing production and internet media center ($1.6M). \n• Key planner for the establishment of the CG’s Iraqi Advisory Group and coordinated engagements for division leaders. Coordinated and facilitated diverse Iraqi leaders input to the command on how to improve unit operations and plan coalition support for Iraqi National Elections.\n• Key planner for the departure/redeployment of the 1st Infantry Division from Germany back to the US

  2005-2006

  Division Information Operations Chief

  US Army

  1st Infantry Division

  University of North Alabama

  Florence

  AL

  • Served as Department Chair and the senior leader of U.S. Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)

  effectively managing budgets and growing the program. \n• Commissioned over 40 officers in the U.S. Army with four selected as Distinguished Military Graduates (Top 20% in the Nation).\n• Responsible for all academic and leader development programs for the ROTC Program; advised senior Army and University leadership on the ways and means to graduate and commission officers with supreme character with the necessary skills to lead the future Army. \n• Provided leadership

  direction and support to over 9 different JROTC programs in regional high schools. \n• Effectively designed and executed leader development training lanes for over 300 Cadets from 12 other Senior ROTC Programs located in the southeast region. \n• Selected by senior leaders to design

  plan and execute a new

  nationwide ROTC Cadet Summer Training & Cultural Internship to the Republic of Georgia (2012-2013) and a Cultural Service Internship with an international non-government organization to Costa Rica (2011).

  Professor of Military Science & Chair of the Military Science Department

  University of North Alabama

  Vilseck

  Germany

  • Company Commander for a mechanized infantry company of 110 soldiers and their families forward positioned in Germany

  with over $18M worth of equipment. \n• Trained and prepared the company to execute the NATO-led Operation Joint Guardian mission in Kosovo. \n• Brigade S4 Logistics Officer for a heavy armor brigade forward positioned in Germany with a $4.5M operations budget and over $700M worth of equipment. Deployed in support of the NATO led stabilization force (SFOR) mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina. \n• Served as the key logistics planner for the Brigade's deployment/re-deployment. \n• Served as the elections planner responsible for planning and coordination with other SFOR Staff

  Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and United Nations (UN) for the regional and national elections.

  Company Commander / Brigade Logistics Officer (S4)

  US Army

  1st Infantry Division

  Armor Center

  Fort Knox

  KY

  • Information Operations/Engagement Officer and planner responsible collecting and using current combat lessons learned then applying and testing them during future force simulation experiments.\n• Assisted in designing experiments and operations plans that tested and validated future force concepts and organizational requirements. Developed one of the first tactical counterinsurgency experiments in a simulated battle lab for the U.S. Army.\n• Conducted detailed analysis and made spin-out capabilities recommendations for current force in ongoing combat operations. \n•\tReassigned to Fort Leavenworth

  KS at the by-name request of the Commanding General (then-Lieutenant General David H. Petraeus)

  U.S. Army Combined Arms Center.

  Information Operations / Engagement Officer

  US Army

  Future Brigade Combat Team

  UAEE

  Fort Leavenworth

  Kansas

  • Spearheaded the establishment of concepts development and experiments division to learn and develop ideas for the information operations proponent and integration division. \n• Launched an Army wide collection of lessons learned and best practices for information operations and engagement during training and combat operations.\n• Selected by the Director to expand concepts development efforts to all 9 division mission areas including the new areas of cyberspace operations and mission command. \n• Represented the command at Army

  Joint and Allied future studies

  seminars and experiments.\n• Selected to represent the US Army at a future studies with the Israeli Defense Force in Tel Aviv

  Israel and to the Defense Academy of the United Kingdom \n• Organized and led diverse professionals into writing teams to develop and publish future Army concepts which included cyberspace

  mission command and information engagement mission areas.

  Chief of Concepts Development & Experimentation

  US Army

  Combined Arms Center

  Member

  American Legion Post 11 - Florence

  AL