Christopher (Chris) R. Willis 409 Baltzell Avenue, Fort Benning, GA 31905

850-291-9003, cwillis457@yahoo.com __________________________________________________________________________________________

OBJECTIVE Seeking a position of leadership in a progressive company.

QUALIFICATIONS

- Top Secret Clearance - Program Management - Project Management - Leadership - Leader Development - Budget Planning - Training Management - Performance Management - Training Development

EXPERIENCE

Deputy Director of Capabilities Development and Integration (CDID), Fort Benning, GA, May 2015 to

Present.

• Integrated concept development, requirements generation, experimentation, and capabilities management of the US Army Maneuver Force (Infantry and Armor).

• Supervised seven program managers who integrated the doctrine, organizational design, training, materiel development, leader development, personnel, and facility (DOTMLPF) requirements for all Army Brigade Combat Teams.

• Supervised the execution of a $21M annual budget with a 100% execution rate. • Supervised administration, operations, training, logistics, and human resources of a 150 person

organization. • Established a knowledge sharing system to increase situational awareness of ongoing organizational

actions through the use of a SharePoint Wiki system, which resulted in improved communication across the organization.

• Established a budget allocation and monitoring system to ensure requisite distribution of funds, visibility of those funds, and predictability of on-hand resources.

• Recognized as the best of eight program managers in the organization. TRADOC Capabilities Manager (TCM), Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) and TCM Brigade Combat

Team Mission Command (BCT MC) (Colonel), Fort Benning, GA, August 2013 to May 2015.

• Integrated the DOTMLPF for nine SBCTs consisting of nearly 40,000 people located in Alaska, Hawaii, Germany, and the Continental US.

• Supervised the integration of communications capabilities across 32 Brigade Combat Teams consisting of over 120,000 personnel.

• Planned, coordinated, and directed the development, refinement, implementation, and testing of all capabilities associated with nine SBCTs.

• Supervised 20 personnel and managed a budget of $3M. • Selected to serve as Deputy Director based on exemplary performance.

Chief of Operations (Colonel), 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, GA, and Afghanistan, January 2012 to

August 2013.

• Managed daily operations of over 30,000 people, located in both Afghanistan and the US. • Organized, trained, and deployed a 200 person operations center with all required IT, vehicles, and

communications equipment from the US to Afghanistan and back. • Supervised the integration of air, ground, communications and intelligence assets across a 40,000

square mile area. Deputy Brigade Commander, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, GA, June 2011 to January

2012.

• Supervised training, accountability, and readiness of over 4000 people, while serving as the second in command of an Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT).

• Selected as Division Chief of Operations due to outstanding performance.

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Basic Combat Training (BCT) Battalion Commander, 2-46 Infantry, Fort Knox, KY, and Fort Benning, GA,

June 2009 to June 2011.

• Responsible for training more than 2000 civilians as they conducted basic training and were transformed into US Army Soldiers.

• Planned, prepared, and executed the relocation of over 200 people, their families, and all organizational equipment from Fort Knox, KY, to Fort Benning, GA.

Combat Advisor (Lieutenant Colonel), Iraq, November 2007 to November 2008.

• Supervised an 11 person team while training, mentoring and coaching a 2000 man Iraqi National Police Brigade during combat operations.

• Supervised three other managers as they led their teams in mentoring other Iraqi National Police organizations.

Battalion Executive Officer and Operations Officer, 6th Ranger Training Battalion, Eglin AFB, FL, June

2005 to June 2007.

• Managed the daily operations of a 200 person Ranger Training Battalion while conducting high risk air and water borne operations with hundreds of Ranger students.

• Managed the construction, reconstruction, and/or refurbishment of more than 20 buildings following their damage during Hurricanes Ivan, Dennis, and Katrina.

Training Observer Controller, Fort Polk, LA, June 2004 to June 2005.

• Trained and evaluated over 28 battalion executive officers and operations officers as they prepared to deploy to Iraq.

• Supervised a 40 person team that trained organizations as they prepared to deploy. Tactical Officer (Major), West Point, NY, June 2001 to June 2002.

• Mentored an organization of over 300 cadets in their academic, physical, leadership, and moral development as they prepared to become US Army Officers.

• Supervised five other managers as they prepared their cadets to become Officers.

EDUCATION Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy (USMA), West Point, NY, 1991 Master of Science, Counseling and Leader Development, Long Island University (LIU), 2001