Highlights
I am a MA student in American History at George Mason Universityand a full-time member of the Army National Guard working at the National Guard Bureau in Arlington, Virginia.
email: cyoungh@gmu.edu
Education
BA in History and Government at Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
International Relations and European History at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Army Leader College for Information Technologies, Ft. Gordon, GA.
Command and General Staff Officer's College, Ft. Lee, VA
Army Force Management School, Ft. Belvoir, VA
Signal Officer's Basic and Advanced Courses, Ft. Gordon, GA
Experience
I have served in the Army National Guard for fourteen years and presently serve at the rank of major in the Army Signal Corps. I am a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, serving in Kuwait and Iraq during the initial invasion from 2003 to 2004.
Prior to my time on active duty with the National Guard, I co-owned Carl Douglas & Associates, LLC with Douglas Williams where we specialized in industrial databases and customized reporting systems.
I have been trained as a Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt, focusing on production efficiency management and quality control analysis. I am also an Army Information Systems Management Officer specializing in Information Technology, Knowledge Management, and Network Engineering and Security.
Career History
Telecommunications Engineer, Army National Guard, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, VA
Force Management, Army National Guard, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, VA
Plans and Operations, 228th Signal Brigade, South Carolina Army National Guard, Spartanburg, SC
Logistics, 151st Signal Battalion, United States Army, Kuwait and Iraq
Operations, 11th Signal Brigade, United States Army, Kuwait
Training, 228th Signal Brigade, South Carolina Army National Guard, Spartanburg, SC
Adjunct Professor (Object-oriented programming), Greenville Technical College, Greenville, SC
Partner, Carl Douglas and Associates, LLC, Spartanburg, SC
Owner, Computer Solutions, Spartanburg, SC
Hobbies and Interests
I enjoy new technology, low flying, smooth sailing, great books, fast cycling, bad golf, and slow fishing
