1. KENDRICK L. REVIERE
11911 Harpswell Drive Home (813) 672-9856 Cell (910) 988-7901
Riverview,FL33579 kreviere@aol.com
www.linkedin.com/in/kendrickreviere
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP PROFILE
Extensive leadershipandoperational experience inlarge organizationsvalidated across a broad
spectrum of national and international settingsovera 25 year career as an executive inthe military.
Provenability to successfullyleadlarge,multi-facetedorganizationsand manage multi-milliondollar
budgetswhile achievingstrategic objectives. Extensive recordofmanaging projects,achieving
financial efficiencies,acceleratingcritical processes,and leadingmajor organizational change.
Current Top Secret / Sensitive CompartmentedInformation(TS/SCI) clearance (Expires23 June 2018)
CORE COMPETENCIES
StrategicDesign& Planning Management& Leadership
Strategy& PolicyInterpretation Personnel Organization&Supervision
BudgetPlanning&Monitoring Government&International Relationships
Complex ProblemSolving Team Building
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
OperationsOfficer,Tran-regional Counter Terrorist SynchronizationBranch, LieutenantColonel
United StatesSpecial OperationsCommand,(USSOCOM),Tampa, FL March 2016 – August2016
DeveloperandmediatorbetweenUSGeneral OfficersandUS PartnerNationcommanderstwice
weeklyinaformal settingonmethodstocounterglobal terrorism.
As memberof an Operational PlanningTeam(OPT),demonstrated in-depthknowledgeof
doctrine andtrainingskillsthatsupportedsignificanteffortstotranslate national level policy
and guidance intotangible plannedobjectives.
Branch Chief,GeographicCombatantCommand (GCC) & Theater Special OperationsCommand (TSOC),
LieutenantColonel
United StatesSpecial OperationsCommand,(USSOCOM), Tampa,FL July 2013 – March 2016
Designed,scriptedanddeployedgloballytoexecute national leveltraining exercisesforthree
TSOC’sand twoGCC’s enhancingtheirwarfightingreadiness.
ExpertlytaughtPresidential Policiesonprotocol andrelationshipsof SpecialOperationsForces
and General Purpose Forces duringtwoCounter-Weaponsof MassDestructionscenarios.
Providedin-depthinstructionandpractical exercise of the JointOperationPlanningProcess
(JOPP) annuallytoTSOCandGCC staffsensuringtheirabilitytooperate atStrategiclevels.
Providedformal writtendocumentsaddressingstrategicobservationsand facilitatedGeneral
OfficerlevelAfterActionReviewstodiscussrecommendationsatconclusionof eachexercise.
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Branch Chief,Iraq & Yemen,LieutenantColonel
Special OperationsCommandCentral,(SOCCENT),Tampa,FL August2011 – July 2013
Ledthe planningteamforestablishmentof the CrisisResponse Element(CRE) locatedinthe
UnitedArabEmirateswhichhave and still remainsreadytoact uponany in-extremissituations.
Deployed toYementoadvise YemenGeneral Officersonthe establishmentof theirfirstSpecial
OperationsCommand;acommandwhichstill recruits,trainsandexecutesoperationstoday.
Ledthe firstpostOPERATION NEWDAWN (OND) mission backintoIraqto re-engage withour
Iraqi Special OperationsForcespartnerstoensure theywere trainedandequippedtoconduct
counterterroristoperations.
Officerin Charge,Special Operations ForcesIraqi Transition Team, LieutenantColonel
Special OperationsCommandCentral,(SOCCENT),Tampa,FL July 2010 – August2011
Commandeda100+ US JointForce incombat to trainand equipourIraqi Special Operation
Forces(ISOF) partnerstoconduct combatoperations.
Advisedandmentored bothUSand Iraqi Generals oncurrentcombat operations,Soldier
readinessandself-sustainmentduringaone yeardeploymentwithzero USor Iraqi fatalities.
AssessmentOfficer,UnitedStatesSpecial OperationsForces J-8,LieutenantColonel
United StatesSpecial OperationsCommand, (USSOCOM),Tampa,FL April 2008 – July 2010
Maintainedacomprehensiveandbalancedinvestmentportfolioof over$39 Billionacross
USSOCOM’ssix year planconsistingof: SPEARbodyarmor,protective combatuniform, night
visiondevices,SOFuniqueweaponsandgroundmobilityvehicles.
Ledthe USSOCOMJ8 througheach phase of the StrategicPlanningProcess(SPP) during
developmentof the 2012-2016 ProgramObjective Memorandum(POM12).
Branch Chief,Individual TrainingBranch, Major
United StatesArmy Special OperationsCommand, (USASOC), FortBragg,NC April 2006 – April 2008
Primarystaff officerforsupervisingandmanagingindividual trainingforover28,000 Army
Special OperationsForces (ARSOF) Soldiersforsevencomponentsubordinatecommands.
Maintained ArmyTrainingRequirementsandResource System(ATRRS) school quotas by
achievinga124% fill rate: filling5,445 of 4399 available quotas.
Officerin Charge,Border Transition Team, Major
United StatesArmy Special OperationsCommand, (USASOC), FortBragg,NC April 2005 – April 2006
Commandeda12-man Border TransitionTeam providingdefense alongthe Iraq/Syriaborder
againstinsurgentsduringaone year deploymentinOPERATION ENDURINGFREEDOM.
Successfullytrainedandledover3500 Iraqi BorderPatrol Forceson bordersecurity,checkpoint
operationsandsmall unittactics. Manageda $360,000 operationsfundwithoutloss.
Plannedandexecutedhundredsof successful unilateral,jointandcombinedoperationsalong
the Syria/Iraqborderwithzerofatalities.
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Company Commanderand Battalion OperationsOfficer,Major
United StatesArmy John F Kennedy SpecialWarfareCenterand School,(USAJFKSWCS), FortBragg,NC
April 2003 – April 2005
Commandedthe sole Special Forces TrainingCompanyresponsiblefortrainingandqualifyingall
new Special ForcesWeaponsSergeants,EngineerSergeantsandCommunicationSergeants.
Developedandmanaged aprofessional cadre consistingof 57 non-commissionedofficers and
22 Departmentof the Armyciviliansandcontractors.
Servedasthe OperationsOfficerof a400+ man Special Forces TrainingBattalion;plannedand
advisedthe commanderon all mattersconcerningtraining,operationsandplans,force
developmentandmodernization,graduatingover750 Special Forces Soldiers annually.
ObserverController,JointReadinessTraining Center,Major
JointReadinessTraining Center, (JRTC),FortPolk,LA April 2001 – April 2003
Servedasthe SeniorObserver/Controllerof a12-man Special Operationsteam responsible for
coaching,teachingandmentoringaSpecial ForcesBattalion toconductSpecial Forcesdoctrine
ina controlledenvironment.
Preparedandpresentedaformal AfterActionReview forall phasesof trainingaswell asa
writtenTake Home Package to facilitate future training andreadiness.
EDUCATION
Master of Arts – Management and Leadership – Webster University, 2008
Joint Forces Staff College – Joint Professional Military Education II – Norfolk, VA, 2008
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College – Fort Leavenworth, KS, 2005
Bachelor of Science – Industrial Technology – Southeastern Louisiana University, 1991
HONORS & AWARDS
Bronze Star Medal,Defense MeritoriousService Medal (2), MeritoriousService Medal (4),Army
CommendationMedal (3),ArmyAchievementMedal (2)