Dave Whaley
Operations | Space Planner | Joint | Acquisitions | Space Control | Electronic Warfare | SDA
- Role
- Isr Acquisitions Program Management Support at Cherokee Federal
- Location
- Colorado Springs, CO, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Dave Whaley
Army Veteran leveraging over 20 years of proven experience in leadership, operations management, space operations, counter-space, Space Domain Awareness, Space Situational Awareness, Business Development, program management, and training. Adept at leading teams of over 200 in a dynamic, fast - paced environment. Possesses a comprehensive background in Operations Management, Space / Satellite Technology, and Personnel Management derived from conducting domestic and global operations. Demonstrated capacity to manage program priorities, budget, logistics, lifecycle management, and continuous planning cycle activities ensuring alignment with corporate strategies, plans, and initiatives. Career supported by a Master of Science in Space Operations. Active Top-Secret SCI Security Clearance with CI Poly. Key areas of emphasis: Project Management, Operations Management, Space Domain Awareness (SDA), Space Control, Counter-Space, Space Force Enhancement, Global Integrated Planner, Cross-Functional Leadership, Strategic Planner, Policy Development, Unified Land Operations, Airborne Operations, US Army Military Decision Making Process (MDMP), Information Operations Planner, SATCOM, VSAT and GPS/PNT. TS/SCI with Active Poly.
Experience
Isr Acquisitions Program Management Support
May 2025 — Present · Peterson SFB, CO, US
Assist with Program Management and Acquisitions for USSF ISR programs and capabilities
Education
USAF 300
Certificate, Air and Space Operational Art and Science
2015 — 2015
US Army Special Technical Operations Planners Course
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences
2014 — 2014
Advanced Orbitial Mechanics at ASpOS
Certificate, Advanced Orbitial Mechanics
2017 — 2017
American Military University
Master of Science - MS, Space Operations
2015 — 2017
The Ohio State University
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Agriculture, Landscape Horiculture
1997 — 2000
CGSC
Intermediate Level Education
2011 — 2012
USAF Space 200
Certificate, Military Space Systems Operations
2014 — 2014
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