James L. Whittington

3289 Caminito Ameca

La Jolla, CA 92037

jlwmanagement@gmail.com

Mobile: 619 316-6630

Education

Fielding Graduate University

Human and Organizational Systems

Current Doctoral Student (ABD); my dissertation focuses on requisite conditions for collaboration and organizational improvisation of ad hoc groups performing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) efforts, with a specific focus on groups that include a Joint Task Force.  Coursework has included organizational culture and organizational development, and the application of complexity theory and systems theory to open organizations.

2007-Present (Expected completion 2012)

Fielding Graduate University

Master of Arts in Human Development

2009

University of Redlands

Master of Arts in Management

Emphasis in Total Quality Management.  Thesis subject area was in Competitive Intelligence and the development of a framework for the use of Competitive Intelligence in long range business planning. 

1997

University of the State of New York

Bachelor of Science in Sociology

1981

Military Education

Naval War College, Newport RI

College of Command and Staff

Graduate level three year off campus seminar held in Annapolis MD providing in depth analysis of strategy from the Peloponnesian War to present day, with courses in Defense Department procurement methods and operational aspects of naval warfare.  Studied Strategy and Policy under Dr. Philip Crowl, the preeminent World War II historian who developed the widely imitated Strategy and Policy curriculum for the Naval War College in the 1970s. 

Graduate 1986

US Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Quantico VA

Graduate level one year resident course providing instruction for mid career officers in strategic planning, management, and administration duties in preparation for major staff duties, including in depth study in the Department of Defense Programming, Planning, and Budgeting System.  Required monograph addressed the use of indigenous personnel and troops engaged in Military Operations Other than War.  The only Naval Officer selected for the second year School of Advanced Warfighting (SAW). 

Graduate 1993

Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk VA

Graduate level four-month resident course providing a curriculum that develops proficiency in Joint military operations through systematic knowledge and collaboration with all military services.  All military services are represented, and participate in an extensive scenario that includes logistical and operational planning based on student developed detailed strategic plans.  Joint Paper covered the utility of the Joint Task Force in Disaster Relief.

Graduate 1993

Air Command and Staff College, Montgomery AL

College of Command and Staff

Graduate level correspondence course that provides an in depth understanding of the use of air power in history, and its potential use in a range of military operations from humanitarian assistance and low intensity conflict to war.

Diploma 1995

Credentials

US Naval Academy

Instructor, Department of Seamanship and Navigation 1986-1988:

Courses taught:

NS 100 Fundamentals of Naval Science

NN 200 Navigation and Piloting

NS 300 Celestial Navigation

NS 302 Second Class Cruise (Third year students conducting seamanship operations during a one week trip from Annapolis to Philadelphia to Norfolk to Annapolis.)

Officer Representative for the Varsity Cross Country Team

Officer Representative for the National Eagle Scout Association Chapter

University of Phoenix, Adjunct Faculty, 2000-2005

Courses taught:

MBA 590 Strategic Implementation and Alignment (Graduate Strategic Management)

Topics include implementation and execution of plans; managing the organization as a portfolio of businesses; cross-functional reviews and coordination of operating strategies; ensuring strategic alignment of business unit objectives with organizational objectives; alignment of business unit tactics, infrastructure, and processes to strategic imperatives; adapting stakeholder relationships to changing strategic priorities; and best practices in project management. 

Courses qualified to teach:

COM 310 Communications Theories and Practices

Explores the various theories of the communication that create the foundation for study of communications in the bachelor's degree program at the University of Phoenix. Major communication areas examined in this course include intrapersonal, interpersonal, group and teamwork, organizational, intercultural, and mass media.

MGT 330 Management Theory, Practice, and Application

Management in theory and practice, and as both a science and an art. The course also addresses the role of managers in the current world of rapid change, increased competitive forces, and increased expectations for the successful performance of employees and organizations. The focus is on some of the ways and means of achieving desired goals. The student will leave this course with a solid background in the nature and work of management and managers. Applications of concepts to current workplace issues will be stressed.

MGT 350 Critical Thinking: Strategies in Decision Making

Analysis, synthesis, prescription, and application of critical thinking and decision making within the organization. Emphasis is placed on preparing managers who can deal clearly, rationally, and creatively with a diverse workforce and dynamic workplace. This course equips students with concrete skills in critical thinking and decision making that will allow them to identify and solve organizational problems, as well as provide strategic direction.

MGT 449 Quality Management and Productivity

Continuous improvement and quality management, viewing quality as a systematic process that improves customer satisfaction. The course covers methodologies that will aid managers in assuring that the organization's quality system is effectively meeting the organization's continuous improvement goals.

Tactical Training Group Pacific

Surface and Amphibious Warfare Syndicate Head (Dean)

2005-2008

Led curriculum development, instructor certification, classroom instruction, and the development of war game scenarios that provided a realistic operational picture for Strike Group Commanders and their staff officers to engage in the collaborative process of the Composite Warfare Command concept.  Provided mentoring and evaluation of the Surface Warfare Commander and staff during scenarios designed to increase in complexity and difficulty, in preparation for operations overseas.

Courses taught:

Joint Maritime Tactics Course

A two week course for students O4 and above, comprised of classroom lectures, seminar war games, computerized decision aids on desktop computers, and computerized war games on the Enhanced Naval Warfare Gaming System (ENWGS), covering the following topics:

·      Joint War fighting and naval concept of joint operational planning

·      Undersea Warfare

·      Surface Warfare

·      Air Warfare

·      Command and Control Warfare

·      Mine Warfare

·      Strike Warfare

·      Intelligence Support

·      Amphibious Warfare

·      Rules of Engagement

Staff Tactical Watch Officer

A two week course for Strike Group, Air Wing, Cruiser Destroyer Group, and Destroyer Squadron staff officers, comprised of classroom lectures, seminar war games, and computerized war games on the Enhanced Naval Warfare Gaming System (ENWGS), covering the following topics:

• Joint Warfighting and Maritime Operations
• Undersea Warfare
• Surface Warfare
• Air Warfare
• Command and Control Warfare
• Mine Warfare
• Strike Warfare
• Intelligence Support
• Tactical Decision Aid
• Practical Watch Standing Skills
• Amphibious Warfare
• Rules of Engagement

Sea Combat Commander Fundamentals (SCC 101)

The course is designed to teach Sea Combat Commander (SCC) skills to Carrier Strike Group/Expeditionary Strike Group SCC staffs.  The 5-day course consists of classroom instruction combined with staff participation to develop and refine techniques and procedures required to operate dual warfare areas (surface/sub surface) in a tactical environment.

Combined Warfare Commanders Course

CWCC is tailored training for the intermediate/senior level decision-maker on Strike Group planning, tactics and procedures through war game planning and execution.  Specifically, Strike Group Staff (N00, N2, N3, N6, KM, STWOS, GCCS-M, chat and CENTRIXS operators), all warfare commanders and alternate warfare commanders.

A ten day course at the beginning of the Fleet Response Training Plan where the Strike Group staff and warfare commanders (WC) come together to collectively plan and execute a mission, utilizing the Enhanced Naval War Gaming System (ENWGS).  CWCC focuses on unit capabilities, command control (C2) issues, OPTASKs, Pre Planned Responses (PPRs) and other areas specific to each WC. CWCC is comprised of Strike Group briefings, one tabletop wargame, and an ENWGS wargame.  CWCC objectives are building staff processes and working relationships, review/refine draft OPTASKs and pre-planned responses (PPRs), and tabletop/exercise draft OPTASKs and PPRs.

Fleet Synthetic Training-Group Commanders/Joint (FST-GC/J)

Group in-port exercises are distributed training events conducted throughout the Fleet Readiness Training Plan (FRTP) to provide the appropriate level of tailored training for Strike Groups. The GC is restricted to a “Naval only” audience while the J is targeted at Naval, Joint and Coalition participants.  Exercise scenarios are distributed from TTGP to ships/Maritime/Joint/Coalition units. FST-GC/J is a pre or post-COMPTUEX Naval training event that stresses Group and Warfare Commander planning and battle rhythm through the execution of a complex scenario using their own OPGENs/OPTASKs and pre-planned responses. Likewise, actual group communication and link architectures will be verified.  The first five days of the FST-GC/J is testing and preparations of the communications and distributed synthetic systems used to provide the simulated operational picture.  The second week is one day of RMP/rehearsal development plus three days of scenario execution (6-8 hours per scenario).

The FST-GC/J is a Joint National Training Capability (JNTC) supported, TTGP developed, executed and mentored distributed in-port exercise.  The goal is to train a Strike Group in a synthetic distributed training event combining live, virtual and constructive forces.  The event strives to integrate joint forces, geographically separated, in a realistic, tactically and operationally demanding training environment.  It is conducted on the ships and at Joint and Coalitions sites to allow the Group and Warfare Commanders to execute various missions and train shipboard personnel. When directed by fleet or higher authority, a multi-strike group FST-F may be conducted. These events will focus on Battle Force/Strike Force training in context of specific OPLANs or skill sets associated with multiple OPLANs.

Publications

Co Author

Bruhn, D., Saulnier, S., & Whittington, J.  (1997).  Ready to answer all bells: a blueprint for successful naval engineering.  Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press

Completed the major revision for the US Navy Manual for Material Maintenance   Management (3M) System (300 pages) in 2000 to support reintroduction of the 3M Inspection process.  Coordinated with three major staff organizations and developed point papers and decision briefs for major commanders on specific issues.

Research

Organizational Culture: Changes in the acceptance of women as naval aviators before and after the Tailhook incident. (Coursework in Social Psychology, Fielding Graduate University)

Organizational Structure:  Analysis of Naval Installations Command and recommendations for the development of t-shaped mangers and a collaborative interactive framework to improve the operations of a weak matrix structure.  Coursework, Fielding Graduate University)

Joint Task Force Structure and Culture:  An examination and explication of the structure and culture of the military services engaged in Joint Task Force support of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operations.  (Coursework, Fielding Graduate University)

Presentations

US Navy Speakers Bureau 1988-1990: Provided presentations for civilian audiences on the capabilities of the Navy-Marine Corps Team in amphibious operations, providing detailed descriptions of ships, aircraft, boats, and the combined abilities of an afloat expeditionary strike group. 

Provided regular presentations and briefs to flag and general officers and to senior Department of Defense officials while serving on the staff of Naval Air Forces, Naval Forces Europe, and Multi National Force-Iraq. 

Practical Experience

Engineer Officer, USS Francis Hammond (FF-1067), USS Prairie (AD-39).

Responsible for all propulsion and hotel services aboard the ship.  Developed and managed training of all operators and maintenance personnel to support safe and efficient operation of all shipboard systems.   Ensured readiness for operational missions through rigorous material inspection and exercise of operator response to simulated casualties.  Performance in rigorous fleet engineering examinations was consistently above the fleet average.  Budget exceeded $800K, supervised 200 people.

Material Officer, Destroyer Squadron Thirteen.  Selected for this position as a direct result of success as an Engineer Officer, promoted 18 months early to Lieutenant Commander.  Responsible for conducting focused training in support of safe and efficient operations; provided specific and up to date guidance on necessary maintenance and repairs to facilitate successful completion of a rigorous inspection process for over sixteen ships.

Missile Warning Officer, US Strategic Command, Omaha NE.  Staff Officer in the Command Center.  Monitored national level systems and advised the National Command Authority of potential ballistic missile threats. Conducted training and indoctrination for personnel working in the Strategic Command Center, to include visits to related sites such as Cheyenne Mountain and Falcon Air Force Base.

Executive Officer, USS Rentz (FFG-46).  Acted as second in command (Chief Operating Officer) for a guided missile ship with multiple mission capabilities.  Oversaw the day to day activities of a diverse group of technically oriented sailors, conducted long range and short range planning to maintain the level of training required for the highest levels of performance.  Acted as a naval ambassador in a number of port visits in the Eastern Pacific; including Canada and Mexico.  Supervised over 200 people; managed an operating budget of over $850K

Operations Officer, USS Tarawa (LHA-1).  Planned and executed coordinated operations in conjunction with embarked Marine Corps units in support of national interests in the Middle East, to include training foreign military personnel in Kuwait, Qatar, Eritrea, and Jordan.  Represented the ship and Amphibious Squadron in the Rapid Response Planning Process (R2P2) during the Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Certification (MEUSOC) and during real world responses.  Provided long range and short range schedules, and conducted audits of team effectiveness to insure that training was effectively supporting mission accomplishment.  On return from this Middle Eastern deployment, served as coordinator (Project Manager) for a $97M complex overhaul of the ship, to include a complete installation of communications and sensors that supported combat operations underway.  Supervised over 300 people, with responsibility for over 3,400.

Readiness Officer, Naval Air Forces. Conducted audits and provided necessary training for propulsion operators on all US Navy conventionally powered aircraft carriers.  Provided maintenance expertise and oversight, to include management of over $5M of damage control and survival equipment.  Directly supervised eight senior technicians, responsible for the training of over 2,300 people.

Joint Planner, N3, Naval Forces Europe. Coordinated planning for exercises in Europe that included all US military services, as well as NATO forces.  These exercises included Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief; Foreign Consequence Management focused scenarios, as well as Combined Naval Exercises with NATO, Partnership for Peace, and other nations. 

Completed training at US European Command and JFCOM in the structure of the Standing Joint Task Force Headquarters Organization.  Deployed to Tbilisi, Georgia for a Joint/Multinational MEDCAP Exercise

Conducted training for the Croatian Navy on the structure of the Joint Task Force (JTF).  Traveled extensively in Europe and Eastern Europe, working with over twelve countries on a continuous basis.

Strategist, Multi National Force-Iraq.  Worked for one year as part of a small team reporting directly to the Commanding General developing plans to further the establishment of the new government of Iraq.  Familiar with DoD level policy and strategic considerations as applied in theater at the operational level of war.

Many of the programs developed during this time have reached fruition and have provided needed relief for the Iraqi people. Notable is the implementation of the Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) concept, which has developed into a steadily improving program to improve conditions for all Iraqis.

The significant effort in the war at this point in time was the counter insurgency effort focused on Al Queda in Iraq (AQI), and on several Shia and Sunni groups engaged in the struggle to gain power.  Speechwriter for the Commander, MNF-I, drafted responses to all of General Casey’s correspondence.  Provided quick turnaround responses for SECDEF “Snowflakes”.  Also provided in depth briefing books for General Casey’s meetings with political and military dignitaries, and briefing books for congressional testimony.

Instructor/Mentor, Tactical Training Group Pacific (TTGP).  Surface Warfare and Amphibious Syndicate Head (Dean), Scheduler, and Instructor/Mentor conducting classroom training on current and developing naval tactics, and providing instruction and mentorship to senior level staff officers in the conduct of carrier and expeditionary (Navy/Marine Corps) operations using synthetic and distributed war gaming systems.  Developed curriculum and conducted periodic reviews as Naval Tactics developed.  Conducted detailed evaluations of Strike Group Staff performance in intensive wargaming conditions. TTGP has the unique ability to provide distributed synthetic training that incorporates Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps units in scenarios that test operational concepts and the ability of staff officers to respond appropriately to increasingly intense levels of conflict.

Installation Training Officer, Naval Base Coronado.  Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, Ohio) contracted position.  Provide coordination and integrated training leadership for Naval Base Coronado, which consists of Naval Air Station North Island, Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Imperial Beach Outlying Field, La Posta Mountain Training Center, Warner Springs, and San Clemente Island.  Assess readiness and develop training exercises to improve the installation’s ability to support over 140 operational tenant units, including three nuclear aircraft carriers and over 12 aviation units.  Training is integrated among ten mission areas that include security, emergency response, medical, air operations, port operations, and family services, in order to develop coordinated efforts in response to natural and man made disasters.

Military Qualifications

Reactor Mechanic (3385 Navy Enlisted Classification)

Officer of the Deck Underway

Ship’s Weapons Coordinator

Surface Warfare Officer

Small Craft Officer in Charge

Engineering Officer of the Watch (400psi/600psi/1200psi Steam)

Tactical Action Officer

Tactical Watch Officer

Missile Warning Officer

Command at Sea

Joint Qualified Officer