Of counsel, Flanagan Consulting LLC

Steve joined Flanagan Consulting LLC after retiring from the United States Army as a Lieutenant Colonel with 20 years of active military service.  Steve held a variety of jobs throughout his military career, culminating in 4 ½ years in the Pentagon Army Operations Center as a General Staff Officer.  During his service in the Army Operations Center, Steve served in the following capacities:

• Commandant of the Army Operations Center ("AOC").  The Army Operations Center is the Army's highest-level command and control facility, responsible for supporting all aspects of theater combat operations.  The AOC enables the Secretary of the Army and Chief of Staff of the Army to fulfill their "Title X" responsibilities as required by statute.  Steve also was liaison to all governmental and non-governmental agencies supporting the AOC.

In addition to supporting Title X functions, Steve was selected to serve as the Army POC for development of the Unified Command Concept and the Army Operations Center Redesign and relocation.  As AOC Commandant, he was instrumental in enabling AOC readiness for crisis management and response -- a role that it played in responding to the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy, Washington area sniper attacks, and Operations Iraqi Freedom, Noble Eagle, and Enduring Freedom.  As Commandant, Steve also served as Operational and Infrastructure Security Manager and Force Protection Advisor for the AOC.

• Senior Watch Officer.  The Army Watch is responsible for providing senior Army leadership with global information on the status of all Army forces. Steve was charged with regularly monitoring, screening, and reporting in writing through the line of command to senior Army leadership, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Secretary of Defense on local, national, and international events with the potential to affect U.S. national security and homeland defense.

• Program Manager for the Strategic Readiness System.  As a readiness expert and Chief of Strategic Readiness, Steve served as Program Manager for the development and deployment of the Army's Strategic Readiness System.  He was responsible for developing the automation architecture to support the horizontal and vertical integration of readiness data across the Army.  In this capacity, Steve researched and analyzed application software for possible use throughout the Army worldwide.   This provided him with extensive experience in information technology planning and the development of unique automation architectures.  As Program Manager, Steve also developed and supervised the implementation of a comprehensive strategic communications plan to apply the "Balanced Scorecard Methodology" throughout the Army, while concurrently working with Office of the Secretary of Defense to deploy its new readiness reporting system.

• Army Transformation Officer.  Steve also served as an Army Project Officer responsible for key components of the Army's Transformation Campaign Plan.  While working in this arena, he also dealt extensively with and directly supported the Quadrennial Defense Review.

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