Sean Sandeen

About Sean Sandeen

I am a highly-motivated innovator and problem solver with an active Top Secret - SCI security clearance and Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph who has served in the military as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician. I was driven towards IT and analysis from a very young age. I built computers, experimented with coding, and began using spreadsheets and databases as a teenagerl. As an adult, I took that natural gift for logical analysis and desire for lifelong learning into my military career. Over the course of my military service I became accustomed to applying critical thinking, logical decision-making, coordinating cross-functional team efforts across multiple organizations, and having to adapt on the fly to solve unique problems. I have been directly responsible for over $2 million of equipment at a given time,$1.5 million in contracting costs, worked with budgets of up to $10 million, and have saved organizations hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs. Disarming bombs and working with explosives gave me experience with making high-stakes decisions while under pressure. I also pursued a non-traditional career path that gave me experiences in cybersecurity, information technology (IT), intelligence analysis, human resources (HR), project management, teaching, and leadership, in addition to the public safety and emergency management duties associated with being a bomb technician. I am currently working on my Security+ certification. After earning that, I intend to take my ITIL and PMP exams. I will then continue to work on computer coding languages, with Java being next on my list. Leaving the military has paved the way to move into new careers leveraging my diverse experiences from my time in service. I am excited to take the skills I have learned in the military and use them to enhance a new organization in a role related to software development, data analysis, cyber intelligence, IT, or IT project management.

Experience

1. Exercise Project Manager and Consultant

   4th Security Force Assistance Brigade

   Mar 2022 — Present · Fort Carson, CO, US

   Plans and manages internal and multinational exercises which require collaboration with foreign partners to integrate US teams with partner forces for participation in NATO and USAREUR-AF events which increases organizational and partner force readiness. Utilizes Risk Management to anticipate and mitigate potential problems resulting in successfully completing 6 major exercises. • Coordinates across multifunctional teams to ensure that internal exercises contain realistic scenrios, including WMD, cyber, and space elements, which improved the knowledge and capabilities of over 36 military advisor teams and successfully validated 3 deploying task forces. • Manages the flow of information, storage of lessons learned utilizing Sharepoint and other cloud-based solutions, and research/analysis of open source data to inform current and future exercises which allowed for continual improvement and culminated with the adoption of my exercise architecture by our higher headquarters and 4 adjacent organizations to validate advisor teams headed overseas. • Develops performance work statements (PWS) and generates budget estimates for exercise contracts. Manages and monitors 4 contracts totaling over $1.8 million as the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) to provide necessary support to projects. • Validates the advising strategy for allied/partner nations. Ensures appropriate authorities are approved prior to mission execution and that the authorities and strategy align with the goals of the partner force. • Budgets, plans, and approves over 300 travel authorizations and reimbursement vouchers to ensure timely execution of mission and control over the organizational travel budget and save the organization over $50k in potential waste. • Establishes and codifies EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) training standards as the senior EOD Advisor for the organization to ensure consistency and competency for 41 positions across subordinate elements.

Education

• ACI Learning

  Computer User Support Specialist Program

  2023 — 2023

• US Army Training and Doctrine Command

  Advanced Skills Training, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

  2002 — 2002

• Western Governors University

  Master of Science - MS, Information Technology Project Management

  2020 — 2021

• US Army Training and Doctrine Command

  Senior-level Training, Technical, and Management Course

  2012 — 2012

• US Army Training and Doctrine Command

  Basic Leadership Development Course

  2008 — 2008

• US Army Training and Doctrine Command

  Advanced Leadership and Management Development Course

  2010 — 2010

• American Military University

  Associate's degree, Counterterrorism Studies

  2008 — 2011

• American Military University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Homeland Security

  2012 — 2015

• Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal

  Advanced Skills Training, Explosive Ordnance/Bomb Disposal

  2005 — 2006