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Active 235th Combat Airfield Operations Squadron
Air Traffic Controller (AFSC 1C1X1)
Apr 2015 - Present
Serves as an Air Traffic Controller with the 235th CAOS, supporting expeditionary and domestic airfield missions across the full tower control spectrum.
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Active VR Villa
Event Operations and Product Lead
Jan 2024 - Present
Built Event Ops Manager to replace a manual Google Forms and Sheets workflow used during live VR activations, within a 100+ activation program spanning 60+ events per year. Designed the product as an offline-first operations platform for check-in, digital waivers, live player information, and staff coordination, then led it from architecture through production use.
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Active TEST Squadron
Community Operations Systems Lead
Oct 2024 - Present
Designed, built, and operate an open-source Discord operations platform for TEST Squadron covering token-based member verification, role management, voice channel orchestration, analytics, and staff workflows. The platform establishes a governance and operations layer for a 40K-member Discord ecosystem tied to a roughly 24K-member Star Citizen organization, with privacy-conscious data handling and role-scoped staff tooling.
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Active ShepherdTech
Project Coordinator
Mar 2024 - Present
Ongoing ShepherdTech advisory and coordination work that turns broad technical goals into practical modernization plans, delivery steps, and business-facing operating improvements.
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Active Happy Manic
Technical Producer
Oct 2025 - Present
Technical Producer for Nope Challenge on Meta Quest through the Reality Breach mixed reality rollout. Owned the delivery loop: roadmap planning, Jira priorities, Perforce workflow coordination, developer/designer/QA alignment, community testing operations, and feature prioritization informed by live test feedback. Helped maintain a 4.5+ player rating while shipping mixed reality and hand-tracking features.
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Active 235th Combat Airfield Operations Squadron
Landing Zone Safety Officer (LZSO)
2017 - Present
Certified as a Landing Zone Safety Officer for the 235th CAOS, providing organic LZSO capability for expeditionary and contingency missions where established airfield infrastructure does not exist. The work applies structured hazard assessment, operational readiness evaluation, and coordinated execution under real constraints: terrain limits, surface conditions, tight timelines, and no established support chain.
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Active VR Villa
Operations Systems Manager
2025 - Present
Built a Google Sheets operations system for VR Villa staffing schedules, role assignments, event hours, pay calculations, and expense tracking across a live-event program that supports roughly 50 to 60 events per year, events up to 30 staff members, and a staffing model where roughly 70% of staff are contractors.
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Active 235th Combat Airfield Operations Squadron
Air Advisor
Nov 2024 - Present
Completed Air Advisor training in November 2024, qualifying to advise, assist, and train foreign partner nation air forces on aviation operations, airfield procedures, and Air Force standards in support of U.S. security cooperation and capacity-building objectives.
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Active 235th Combat Airfield Operations Squadron
Combat Airspace Operator (AOC)
Jun 2025 - Present
Qualified in June 2025 to manage and deconflict airspace inside a Combat Air Operations Center for deployed and contingency missions.
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Active 235th Combat Airfield Operations Squadron
Informal Unit IT Specialist
Apr 2015 - Present
Serve as the 235th CAOS's informal IT resource, maintaining SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Outlook, and Microsoft 365 workflows that support documentation, meetings, permissions, and day-to-day unit operations.
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Active TEST Squadron
Program Lead / Community Operations
Ongoing
Built and led the TEST Squadron Event Coordinators program as part of a broader leadership operating model for a roughly 24k-member Star Citizen organization and roughly 40k-member Discord. The program organizes overlapping coordination, management, admin, development, and design functions around recurring operations, training, and story-driven events.
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Active Bar Citizen International
Community Operations Lead
Apr 2024 - Present
Led international operations planning for Bar Citizen events and community activations, creating repeatable structures for organizers, partners, and on-site teams across regions.
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Active TEST Squadron
Director of Operations & Community Strategy
Ongoing
Launched and manage an on-demand Fourthwall storefront for TEST Squadron as part of a broader operations strategy, creating a sustainable fundraising channel while giving members access to 50+ custom community products, including items made by community creators.
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Active TEST Squadron
Director of Operations & Community Strategy
Ongoing
Led end-to-end Discord governance for a partnered TEST Squadron community of roughly 40,000 members as Director of Operations & Community Strategy, setting the policy, permissions, onboarding, and moderation model that keeps member experience and staff execution consistent at scale.
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Active Bar Citizen International
Event Cordinator
2021 - Present
Organize and host 4 to 5 Bar Citizen meetups each year across North Carolina, creating recurring in-person events where Star Citizen players can connect, plan future activities, and build local community momentum.
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Active ShepherdTech
Project Coordinator and IT Operations Support
2024 - Present
Support ShepherdTech endpoint and workplace IT operations by deploying Windows and Linux machines, configuring Microsoft 365 collaboration environments, and rolling out core security tooling for daily business use.
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Active T. Riley Productions
Creator and Product Builder
2026 - Present
Built this portfolio platform to solve a core problem: a typical resume does not capture the real scope of my work across multiple simultaneous projects. The goal was to create a clean, fast site that shows who I am, what I have worked on, and gives people a clear way to connect and collaborate with me.
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Active VR Villa
Producer / Event Operations Lead
2024 - Present
Lead production and event operations for VR Villa's free-to-play live activations across the United States, coordinating staffing, logistics, partner alignment, attendee experience, and staff-facing workflow design across a 100+ activation program spanning 60+ events per year.
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Active T.Riley
Systems Builder / Technical Program Manager
2024 - Present
Use GPT, Claude, Ollama, and GitHub Codex to accelerate coding, documentation, resume and portfolio iteration, operational tooling, and workflow delivery across personal projects. The work is practical applied AI: reducing friction in program management, documentation, status/reporting, and software delivery with human review.
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