mark bartholf

Operations Officer for the VCMO Office, WHS, Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Developed and improved organization across multiple national and international sites in human resources management, policy, operations, logistics, information technology, security, and training. - Developed successful engagement strategy with the Army Staff, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, and Congress. - Successfully recruited, trained, deployed (Iraq/Afghanistan), supported and redeployed hundreds of personnel. - Increased efficiency and effectiveness of organization through strategic planning, program management, contract oversight and quality assurance of personnel and processes. - Successfully executed a Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration (JCTD) for the Mapping the Human Terrain (MAP-HT) in Iraq and Afghanistan, defined information/data requirements and functioned as the user community for development and integration into the DCGS-A roadmap. - Performed Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) duties; created, organized, implemented and monitored quality assurance and surveillance plan (QASP).

* Planned and executed service/life support contract support actions on the $4.4B LOGCAP contract for the theater headquarters in Iraq. * Responsible for the development and successful execution of the LOGCAP IV performance work statement plan. * Coordinated complex theater contracting issues with MNF-I/MNC-I, DCMA, DCAA, AMC, JCCI-A and Theater ACO.

Responsible for training over five hundred service members deploying to the Joint Staffs in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Horn of Africa. - Developed and executed program to produce over 50 online training courses and served as SME to develop an immersive learning environment / online mission rehearsal exercise simulation. - Lead instructor for Partnership For Peace engagements at the defense universities in Ukraine and Poland.

Developed and implemented integrated financial strategies for small business owners to increase business value. - Licensed Investment Advisor (Series 6, 63 and 65) as well as life, health, property & casualty and long term care insurance. Member FPA.

Joint Staff Officer responsible for world-wide assessments of special operations forces

Responsible for desktop technology support of over 10,000 Capital One associates across Richmond and Northern Virginia. - Significantly increased analyst productivity and customer satisfaction while reducing overall staff and costs.

Successfully managed multiple IT projects acting as project manager, lead developer and consultant (Active Server Pages, HTML, C++, JAVA, SQL). - Developed business and systems requirements with the customer then built the applications to specifications under budget.

* USASFC(A), Chief of Training, G3 * USAJFKSWCS, Instructor, SFDOQC * USAJFKSWCS / USASOC, Aide-de-Camp * USAEUR / SOCEUR, Special Operations logistics Staff Officer * 1/10 SFG(A), Detachment Commander * Previous * 82d ABN (Field Artillery), Korea (Field Artillery * PRP, OH-58D AFSO)

* Subject Matter Expert support to Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC) for the Chief of Staff of the Army's Wargame Unified Quest 2013 and 2014. * Facilitated multiple GO / SES level strategic working groups during the ARCIC UQ 13 and UQ 14 series of events. * Prepared decision and information briefings, white papers, and prepared senior leadership engagement strategies for UQ events. * Successful proposal management.

Deputy Program Manager: Center of Army Leadership's Multi-Source Assessment and Feedback (MSAF) Coaching and Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Executive Coaching and Training

Exercise Director for the United States Army Reserve (USAR) Combat Support Training Program responsible for training USAR Combat Support and Combat Service Support Units in the Decisive Action Training Environment. - Successfully executed multiple Combat Support Training Exercises with 80 units and over 4,000 soldiers from the Army Reserve, National Guard and Active Army. - Responsible for readiness, manning, budgeting and mission execution for five Observer Controller / Trainer Battalions.

Command Information Management System III (CIMS III) Services IDIQ Program Manager for U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC). Delivering exceptional support to the USASMDC G-6 across multiple task orders that include operations management, network / systems administration, help-desk, VTC, knowledge management/SharePoint, software engineering / development / management, and Cybersecurity (RMF, SCA-V, IV&V, eMASS). Developed program management plan that effectively manages cost and schedule while delivering exceptional quality through our over-arching Quality Control Plan.