Personal Narrative: My NGA Experience

I attend the Electronic Systems Center for Hanscom Air Force Base bi-weekly Integrated Project Team meeting, and as the NGA FMS representative, I facilitate decision-making recommendation and issue resolutions specific to geospatial requirements for international partners. I implemented major improvements in the authorization of 3rd party co-produced data, resulting in the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation HQ, adopting my procedures as the standard in handling NGA requests for the sharing of Australian produced data. I am an active member and participant of the IA Employee Council, and have coordinated 3 team building events and the IA Veterans Day event. Additionally, I drafted the IA FY15 Diversity and Inclusion Activities and Accomplishments, for the Director of
As an advocate for NGA GEOINT, I drafted correspondence leading to the successful revision of Defense Security Cooperation Agency policy, to include GEOINT as a critical component on their document checklist. This ensured military departments and defense agencies to coordinate in advance with NGA for materials and services requiring GEOINT. I briefed the NGA International Affair’s $6.6M GEOINT acquisition strategy to the U.S. Air Force leadership, detailing the deliverables timeline to satisfy validated geospatial requirements in support of the Royal Saudi Air Force $29.4B major weapon acquisition. I planned, prioritized, and managed projects containing GEOINT requirements for 25 programs, comprising of 12 countries, and financial obligation of $11.1M. In collaborating with the U.S. Air Force Program Manager, I accompanied the mission planning team to Saudi Arabia to meet with the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) regarding their F-15 Fleet Modernization Program