1. Samuel A. Butzbach
707 Willow Street
Lansing, KS, 66043
(270) 312-4171
email: samuel.butzbach@gmail.com
CAREER FOCUS – OPERATIONS AND TRAINING MANAGEMENT
PROFESSIONALPROFILE
Over twenty-five years of project management, supervision, and training development in a corporate
setting. Supervised individual and collective training events for over one thousand personnel in an austere field
environment. Developed plans and mission orders at the operational and strategic level, coordinating activities
of military, interagency, and multi-national organizations. Synchronized operations, personnel, logistics,
organizational contract support, and financial functions.
AREAS OFEXPERTISE
 Proven innovator with consistent success in building and supervising teams to achieve goals while leading
and managing organizational change.
 Directed operations, strategic planning efforts, research, and analysis. Developed and implemented project
work plans, adjusting and revising as needed to meet changing requirements and environment.
 Dynamic communicator who creates a sense of commitment at all organizational levels.
 Worldwide operational experience focused on Europe, the Middle East, and CentralAsia.
 Planned and directed contingency operations through personal engagement and collaborative approaches.
 Created and presented documents and briefings using common office software programs - Word, Excel,
PowerPoint and Outlook.
 Maintain current security clearance.
EDUCATION
 Currently enrolled in Master’s Degree Program in Administration, Central Michigan University,
Graduation in 2017
 Command and General Staff College, United StatesArmy, 2004
 Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, University of SanFrancisco, 1983
MANAGEMENT
 Oversaw operations of a 1200-memberArmy brigade based at Fort Bliss, TX responsible for testing new
Army systems in a field environment. Developed and executed an innovative training and operations
model that increased brigade readiness levels in support of deployment readiness.

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 As Chief of Operations in Kabul,Afghanistan, effectively managed coalition forces operations. Ensured
successful oversight and coordination of multi-national combat operations and humanitarian assistance
missions in the central and southAsia region.
 Oversaw building of Afghan National Army partner capacity, ensuring the development and transition of
the government ofAfghanistan.
PLANNING
 Served as the lead plans officer for the U.S. CentralCommands manpower and personnel directorate (J-1),
responsible for planning operations involving more than forty-thousand personnel serving in Afghanistan
and the central Asian region.
 Developed, reviewed, and validated DoD level policies, staff estimates, plans and orders involving
complex, large scale military and political operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan.
 Headed the team that developed the United StatesArmy Recruiting Command strategic plan, resulting in
improved processes and mission accomplishment.
TRAINING DEVELOPMENT
 Managed and synchronized internet basedArmy Training Network (ATN) content used daily bymore than
five-hundred thousand personnel worldwide.
 Coordinated the employment ofArmy mobile training teams (MTTs) to educate leaders and train managers
organization-wide to apply best practices to plan, prepare for, conduct, and assess complex training events.
 Developed and modernized training doctrine that served as the foundation for Army training management
processes worldwide; worked with teams to update and standardize training methods.
PROFESSIONALAWARDS
Defense Meritorious Service Medal (2Awards)
Meritorious Service Medal (5Awards)
Army Commendation Medal (7Awards)
Army Achievement Medal (5Awards)
AfghanistanCampaign Medal w/ Campaign Star
NATO Medal
Kuwait Liberation Medal
MILITARYEXPERIENCE
RetiredArmor Lieutenant Colonel (O-5) with28 Years’Active Duty Service inthe UnitedStatesArmy
**OperationDesert Storm/ Operation Enduring Freedom**
Chief, Training Management Branch, U.S.Army, Fort Leavenworth, KS 2014 - 2015
Joint Strategic Planner, U.S. CentralCommand, Tampa, Fl 2011 – 2014
Deputy Brigade Commander, 5th Brigade, 1st Armor Division, Fort Bliss, TX 2010 - 2011
Future Operations MissionPlanner, U.S. 3rdArmy, Kuwait 2008 - 2010
Chief, Strategic Plans, U.S.ArmyRecruiting Command, Fort Knox, KY 2007 – 2008
Chief of Operations, U.S.Army Coalition Forces Command,Afghanistan 2006 - 2007