James Sturm

Serve as an Instructor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy. Teach and support instruction of EV203: Physical Geography. Direct the GENE advising program as the department Academic Adviser, responsible for ensuring the successful completion of academic requirements by all cadets in the department. Support the Geography program as the logistics coordinator for the acquisition of lab and teaching equipment, arrange cadet educational travel in the US and abroad, and manage the program annual budget. Support EV 203 instruction as the administrator of on line activities to include the maintenance of the course blackboard, training department faculty on the use of in-class and on-line testing systems. Support Cadet Basic Training by performing as an person in charge in the Land Navigation Course training 1400 new cadets in land navigation in a field environment.

Operations and Training head for an engineer organization of 450 personnel that supports a 4000 person deployable army unit by providing enabler support and engineer mission command. Execution agent for external support requests to the Battalion for the Fort Bliss Best Engineer Competition, Brigade Best Soldier Competition, and support to an army wide new officer training program for 2000 officer cadets. Integrate enabler support to the 7 departments in the brigade by providing trained personnel and equipment to support intelligence, wireless networking, combat forces, and Engineer support. Responsible to manage training and operations supporting external departments over a two year training and execution cycle to maneuver departments in the brigade. Support and resource Individual, Collective, and unit training in support of the unit essential tasks. Develop and execute a leader development plan for junior executives in the unit. Develop and Brief unit operations and training plans to the senior executive of a 16,000 person army unit. Develop unit readiness through inspections and exercises with subordinate companies.

Senior Infrastructure Engineer for a 4000 person deployable army combat unit conducting operations in Kandahar Afghanistan in support of NATO/ISAF in operation Enduring Freedom. Responsible for planning, executing, and coordinating external support for engineer operations for engineer tasks and personnel not available in the organization. Senior member of the unit responsible for equipping and training non-standard equipment used for the detection and destruction of explosive hazards. Senior member of the unit responsible for closing and disposal of excess infrastructure to the Government of Afghanistan by transfer, construction management, and environmental certification. Operations chief for clearing explosive hazards from roads by managing 900 external engineer support personnel, and maintaining situational awareness in the unit headquarters.

Deputy to the senior engineer in 16,000 person organization responsible supporting subordinate aviation, logistics, and combat units. Managed the daily operations and administrative requirements for the office of engineering. Operations chief for overseeing engineer projects, training, and personnel management for the whole organization. Coordinated external support for engineer projects and training with other army units across the United States. Chaired a council on engineer operations at Fort Bliss for army engineer training and equipping. Worked with enterprise and civilian engineer organizations to support development of infrastructure for combat operations and training.

Deputy adviser to a United States Army team responsible for manning, training, and equipping the eastern Baghdad Federal Police Force responsible for the safety of 1.5 million people and 12 Government of Iraq locations. Responsible for mentoring police staff in personnel management, logistics, public affairs, information technology, and infrastructure development. Developed the operations center for the Iraq Police by executing contracted construction, equipping, and training police force members for the entire eastern region of Baghdad. Responsible for communicating team operations on a daily basis to three separate U.S. government organizations.

Deputy Engineer in a 40 person training organization responsible for instituting best practices training for reserve and national guard soldiers deploying to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Egypt. Execute live weapons training for each army unit by providing training and resources support. Institute a best practices mindset in each unit through the execution of a leadership seminar. Construct a 1 million dollar training installation to support unit training. Training all visiting soldiers on the latest tactics, techniques, and practices in reacting to explosive devices on the battle field. Budget and equipment officer responsible for monitoring 2.5 million dollars in equipment. Accountability officer for travel, purchasing credit card, safety, and maintenance.

Leader of a 82 person army combat unit responsible for manning, training, equipping, and executing combat operations in Iraq. Responsible owner for 26 million dollars in equipment, vehicles, and construction equipment assigned to the unit. Responsible officer for all combat operations in the assigned local area. Provide engineer support to a 1000 person unit for construction, demolition, and explosive hazards removal. Military adviser to the Iraq province of Karbala government and security forces.

Executes engineer operations for a 16,000 person organization as directed by the department leader on a day to day basis. Plans, tracks, and coordinates with other organizations in the enterprise to ensure success of the organization. Assembles and resources engineer operations and assets to support operations. Manages engineer information flow between the different departments within the organization. Writes and publishes engineer regulations and best practices for publication in the organization. Executes the movement of 280 small army units and 5200 personnel during an organizational change to include property, equipment, vehicles, and buildings. Develop and publish scripted contingency scenarios for training events.

Army Executive Skill training similar to an MBA