Carl is a retired Marine Corps Officer with extensive experience in joint and special operations, military intelligence, strategic and operational planning, assessments and functional analyses, process development and management, and executive-level product development and delivery. Carl has served in numerous high-level executive positions, most recently as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command.
As Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command for 3 years, he oversaw all facets of the command’s Intelligence Portfolio, from intelligence combat capability and future force requirements development to major intelligence program strategic reviews. He also served as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Training and Education, Exercise, and Modeling and Simulations Programs within MARFORSOC as well as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence at 2d Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force, where he drove change and innovation in processes for enhanced outcomes.
Carl was a senior planner in the US Transportation Command’s Joint Enabling Capabilities. He was a principal author of a Geographic Combatant Command Contingency Plan and is a recognized expert in the joint planning process. He also led multiple cross-functional planning teams to solve complex challenges for senior officials at the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (J-5 Directorate), Geographic Combatant Commands (USEUCOM, USAFRICOM), US and Allied Joint Task Forces (UK-headquartered Joint Expeditionary Force, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan, NATO, U.S. Army Europe/Africa), and the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA).
Carl’s extensive background and expertise in joint operations, special operations, military intelligence, concept and strategy development, readiness assessment, and doctrine development provide TMST Clients with an unmatched resource. Carl’s intergovernmental/agency experience, combined with National and International experience, supports a wide array of requirements.