Lt Col Stephen Craig

Air Force | Space Systems Operations Officer

Dates of Service: Jan 1989 - May 2011

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Commissioning Source: ROTC, Jun 1988

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Bio

An established leader with twenty two years’ experience in: operations management, program management, strategic planning, operational requirements, program management, contracting, acquisition processes, command operations; production management; crisis resolution; and team building. Possesses an innate ability to identify issues, motivate and energize teams. Thrive in high-pressure situation

Military Experiences

Mar 2009 - May 2011

Chief, Ballistic Missile Defense Test Divison

Det 4, AFOTEC, HQDAF | Peterson AFB, CO

Led 67 military, civilian, and contractors in four separate locations for test and evaluation of $133B Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). Identified missile defense system capabilities, limitations, &vulnerabilities to Missile Defense Agency (MDA), DOT&E, DoD and Congress. Defined tests concepts, resource and manpower requirements. Defined operational test criteria, missions, and environments to ensure system meets requirements. Saved $7.4M without sacrificing warfighter capabilities by reprioritizing test activities and removing low priority tests.

Mar 2009 - Dec 2009

Director, Division Operations

SIDC, AFSPC | Schriever AFB, CO

Directed division operations of 82-member government/government space capabilities team with an $8.3M annual budget. managed war-games, exercises, and Aerospace Fusion Center operations ensuring effective operational processes. Supervised planning & implementation of divisions' annual operating, research &development travel budget. Oversaw division training, policies, programs, compliance and $26.5M in relationships with external agencies. Spearheaded first ever training cell standup--significantly reduced division training deficiency and cut backlog 90%.

Mar 2008 - Mar 2009

Chief. Aerospace Fusion Center

SIDC, AFSPC | Schriever AFB, CO

Led $19M 12 member Aerospace Fusion Center lab. Advanced research, analysis and rapid prototyping od data fusion tools for Space Situational Awareness. Managed Scientific and technical Intelligence exploitation activities supporting Air Force, DoD, and national organizations. managed development of tools, fused multiple applications in complex trajectory reconstruction--processing time cut 50%. Crafted $19M budget and secured funds to upgrade system architecture. Marshaled seven data fusion integrations efforts into AFC ops--improved Battle space awareness discovery development.

Mar 2007 - Mar 2008

Chief of Current Operations

CMOC J3 | Cheyenne Mountain AFS, CO

Responsible for Cheyenne Mountain Operations readiness and execution of $2.5B world-wide ITW&AA ground/space-based surveillance network. Evaluated/managed impact of equipment outages, malfunctions, and degradations for C3 operational mission systems. Provided operations guidance and maintained facilities and systems for 5 combat ready Command Center Crews.

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Deployments

(4 months)

Jan 1997 - Apr 1997

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Administrative Contracting Officer in support of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR/JOINT GUARD. Administered $550M logistics contract in support of NATO military forces n Bosnia. Streamlined contract proposal process: cut cycle time by 66%, improved efficiency. Resolved customer concerns affecting 30,000 troops in Bosnia, Hungary, and Croatia.