Kendrick L. Revier has over 25 years of experience as an executive in the military, leading large organizations and managing multi-million dollar budgets. He has extensive experience in strategic planning, budgeting, personnel management, and international relations. His most recent roles include developing counterterrorism strategies between US and partner nation commanders and leading training exercises globally to enhance readiness. He holds a Top Secret/SCI clearance and master's degree in management and leadership.
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1. KENDRICK L. REVIERE
11911 Harpswell Drive Home (813) 672-9856 Cell (910) 988-7901
Riverview,FL33579 kreviere@aol.com
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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)