
Glenn Bollinger
Board Member
Position Specific Qualifications:
- Veteran recipient of a Healing Towers trip 2019
- CVC Mentor for Healing Towers veterans 2020
- Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessel with 100-ton Master’s upgrade
- Assistant fishing guide for Navarre Kayak Fishing
- Competitive Sports Fisherman “Team Reels n Dirt” La Paz Mexico
- Active member in multiple Outdoor recreation veteran organizations
Qualifications Summary:
24-year veteran Special Forces officer with nine years of command experience leading diverse organizations. Consistently recognized as a top 5% executive in a competitive field. Acknowledged for success in leadership, project management, policy development, and fiscal consulting. Management experience derives from leading diverse organizations from 12 – 1000 employees in the most complex & volatile environments imaginable.
- Special Operations
- Strategic Leader
- Strategic Planner
- Systemic Operational Design
- Operational Management
- Counter Terrorism
- Unconventional Warfare
- Coach, Train, & Evaluate
- Security Clearance – Top Secret–SCI–SAP
Experience
2018-Current: President, B3 Professional Consulting, Gulf Breeze, Florida:
- Provide performance assessment, evaluate and the develop short-term goals and strategic vision.
- Provide clients with a nation-wide network offering opportunities to in government contracting and enter new research and development markets within the Security & intelligence space.
- Serve as a “Turnaround Expert”, provide clients with a premier solution to leadership and program management shortfalls by working directly with senior leaders to achieve requirements in “at risk” portfolios.
2017-2018: Chief Operating Officer, The Institute of Human and Machine Cognition, Pensacola, Florida:
- Responsible for daily operations synchronizing research teams with administrative staff directorates to optimize performance
- Responsible for maintaining three research facilities as well as all construction and renovation
- Synchronized facilities support with special events in order to gain maximum exposure for the organization facilitating fund raising.
2016-2017: Accessions Director, United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida:
- Consult a four-star general, regarding a $13 billion portfolio covering 21 programs.
- Coordinate across the DOD regarding fungible equipping requirements to maximize the return on investment while maintaining competitive edge over adversaries.
- Oversee five chief financial officers ensuring subordinate headquarters adhere to budgetary compliance and programing guidance.
2014-2015: Director of Operations, Combined Joint Task Force – Syria Train & Equip, Al Ueid Air Force Base, Qatar:
- Reported daily to a two-star general
- Synchronized operations of moderate Syrian fighters & the coalition partners
- Defend the Syrian people
- Stabilize local villages & promote the conditions for a negotiated settlement
- Facilitated the tactical victory of moderate Syrian fighters over ISIL/Daesh
2014: Commander, “Task Force Valiant,” Zabul Province, Regional Command South, Afghanistan:
- Commanded 1000 personnel & a small city of 3000 occupants in hostile territory
- Duties / Responsibilities:
- Defeat terrorist networks
- Utilize surveillance drones
- Manage informants
- Intercept enemy cell and radio signals
- Establish satellite communications networks.
2012-2013: Commander, Special Troops Battalion, Fort Knox, Kentucky:
- Commanded 700 personnel
- Trained a BN TF, Advise & Assist Operations, SFAB academy, FT Polk, LA
- Duties / Responsibilities:
- Engineering company (horizontal construction & route clearance)
- Intelligence company (collection & analysis of technical surveillance data)
- Satellite communications networking company.
2010-2012, Executive Officer, Deputy Commander, United States Special Operations, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida:
- Reported daily to a three-star general
- Duties / Responsibilities:
- Design solutions to complex problems
- Communicate strategic guidance across the Dept. of Defense
- Facilitate a secure, flexible, & mobile headquarters, expedite projects through executive/national level boards such as, National Security Council, Chairman Joint Chiefs, & the Director National Intelligence.
2008-2010, Assistant Director of Operations, United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida:
- Conducted program oversight (manage long & short-term goals) for nine classified portfolios
- Consulted the Department of State, FBI, CIA, & DOD on portfolio activities
2007, Operations Officer, 3rd Battalion 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina:
- Synchronized the training management of 300 Green Berets & special skills Soldiers as they prepared for combat operations in Afghanistan
- Deployed 72 Green Berets & a forward logistics node as part of the “Surge”
2006, Commander, Task Force “Bushmaster” 2006-2007, Camp Morehead, Kabul, Afghanistan:
- Commanded 72 “Green Berets” & a small city of over 300 employees in hostile territory
- Duties / Responsibilities:
- Neutralize terrorist networks
- Train and fighting alongside Afghan commandos
- Manage informants
- Intercept cell & radio signals
- Establish satellite communications networks.
2002-2005: Observer Controler, Fort Polk, Louisiana:
- Led 2-man team of Green Berets (ODB O/C)
- Responsible for Coaching Teaching & mentoring Special Operations Forces during Pre- Mission Training events at the Joint Readiness Training Center
- Train & Prepare Operational Detachment Alpha’s for employment
- Infiltrate & Exfiltrate Special Operations Forces
- Foreign Internal Defense at the Regimental or Brigade size
- Special Operations Command & Control Element or Special Forces Liaison Element
- Advanced Operating Base to expand Command & Control for a Joint Special Operations Task Force or Special Operations Task Force
- Isolation facility
- Led a 3-man team of Green Berets (ODA O/C)
- Responsible for Coaching Teaching & mentoring Special Operations Forces during Pre- Mission Training events at the Joint Readiness Training Center
- Unconventional Warfare
- Subversion
- Sabotage
- Guerilla warfare
- Training partner nations security forces
- Counter Terrorism
- Hostage rescue
- Reconnaissance & surveillance
- Unconventional Warfare
- Responsible for Coaching Teaching & mentoring Special Operations Forces during Pre- Mission Training events at the Joint Readiness Training Center
- Responsible for Coaching Teaching & mentoring Special Operations Forces during Pre- Mission Training events at the Joint Readiness Training Center
1999-2002: Special Forces Commander, Okinawa, Japan:
- Commanded 12 Green Berets
- Unconventional Warfare
- Subversion
- Sabotage
- Guerilla warfare
- Training partner nations security forces
- Counter Terrorism
- Hostage rescue
- Reconnaissance & surveillance.
- Unconventional Warfare
1993-1996: Platoon Leader, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii & Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia:
- Commanded 30 Army Infantry & Rangers
- Small Unit Tactics (Rifle Platoon)
- Reconnaissance & Surveillance (Reconnaissance Platoon)
- Direct Action & Forced Entry Operations (Ranger Rifle Platoon)
Education
1992: Bachelor of Science, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky. BS from WKU focused on Physical Education.
2005: Masters of Arts, The School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. MA focused on “Design Thinking” & Strategic planning. Apple & Nike have used “Design Thinking” to outperform the S&P 500 for over 10 years.
2015: Masters of Arts, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. MA focused on strategic leadership & the development of U.S. military policy.
Additional Training & Education
- Infantry Basic Officers Course
- Airborne School
- Air Assault School
- Pathfinder School
- Ranger School
- Master Fitness Trainers Course
- Infantry Officers Advanced Course
- Special Forces Selection
- Special Forces Qualification Course
- Combat Diver Qualification Course
- Joint Personnel Recovery
- Advanced Personnel Recovery
- Advanced Special Operations
- Jump Master Course (Master Rated)
- Command & General Staff College
- Combined Arms & Staff School
- Special Forces Advanced Reconnaissance & Target Acquisition Exploitation Course