Served in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps from 2005-2014. Activities included:
A deployment in support of force health protection for Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2007,
Lead for veterinary planning in support of the U.S. Navy humanitarian Continuing Promise mission, 2013
Section Lead for the U.S. Army reportable medical event surveillance in the Disease Epidemiology Program of the Army Public Health Command
Deputy Director of the Division of Integrated Biosurveillance, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center
Faculty for the development and implementation of the Veterinary Support to Stability Operations courses
Worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture from 2014-2017 as the Diagnostic Services Section Head at the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Plum Island Animal Disease Center
Managed the diagnostic component of the USDA's foreign animal disease investigations
Collaborated with international partners in the Caribbean, South and Central America, Horn of Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa
Lectured and taught on transboundary animal diseases to domestic and international colleagues and students
Advised on surveillance and diagnostic policy
Assisted in the study design and evaluation of diagnostic assay validation projects
Developed and diagnostic algorithms for efficient and appropriate support to field services