Michael D. Masty

Senior Army Space Operations Officer and capability development leader with more than two decades of military experience, including progression from enlisted service and Noncommissioned Officer leadership to Lieutenant Colonel. Brings a rare full-spectrum leadership perspective across tactical execution, Soldier development, operational planning, institutional training, Army space operations, and senior-level modernization. Recognized for translating complex and ill-defined military problems into clear operational concepts, training products, executive briefings, requirements documents, and decision-ready recommendations.

Available for part-time remote consulting, defense writing, proposal support, executive communication, operational concept development, training support, and military-to-civilian résumé/bio translation.

Army Space Operations Officer / Capability Development Leader - U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command / Space Center of Excellence - Redstone Arsenal, Alabama

(2023-01)

Serve in a senior Army space capability development role supporting space interdiction, counter-SATCOM, counter-surveillance and reconnaissance, training modernization, operational concept development, and Program of Record integration. Advise senior leaders on requirements, capability gaps, doctrine, training, fielding considerations, modernization pathways, and operational risk.

• Lead capability development efforts for Army space interdiction mission areas, including counter-SATCOM and counter-surveillance and reconnaissance.
• Translate complex space, electronic warfare, targeting, modernization, and acquisition issues into executive-level products for senior military leaders.
• Develop, review, and refine CONOPS, CONEMPs, requirements products, lessons learned, decision papers, operational assessments, and capability gap analyses.
• Support Program of Record analysis involving operational need, doctrine, training, fielding, sustainment, user integration, transition pathways, and modernization risk.
• Coordinate across capability developers, materiel developers, schoolhouse stakeholders, operational units, and senior staff elements.
• Represent Army space capability interests in requirements, modernization, and operational assessment discussions.
• Contribute to future Army space concepts involving data-centric command and control, theater-level space effects, targeting integration, and contested-domain operations.
• Apply enlisted-to-Lieutenant Colonel leadership experience to ensure concepts are practical, trainable, sustainable, and relevant to operational formations.

Senior Space Operations Observer-Coach/Trainer - National Training Center - Fort Irwin, California

(2021-01 - 2023-12)

Served as a Senior Space Operations Trainer for the National Training Center, integrating space capabilities, information-related capabilities, and contested-domain effects into large-scale combat operations training. Helped commanders and staffs understand how space, electromagnetic spectrum considerations, GPS degradation, commercial imagery, and mission products influence tactical operations.

• Led planning, integration, coordination, and implementation of space capabilities and information-related capabilities into rotational training events.
• Identified operational gaps and requirements for training support, then developed courses of action to improve training realism and tactical relevance.
• Revamped space operations scenario injects, training plans, and training support devices to better replicate the operational environment.
• Helped establish space operations as a premier training program at the National Training Center.
• Enabled tangible space-domain outputs for training through commercial space-based imagery, GPS-denied training, and mission product development.
• Expanded operational force participation and helped tactical units better understand the role of the space domain in land operations.
• Recognized by senior raters as a top-performing Space Operations Officer and trusted advisor within the training enterprise.

Space Operations Training Liaison Officer / Assistant Dean, Space Warfare College - U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command / National Security Space Institute - Colorado Springs, Colorado

(2019-01 - 2021-12)

Served as SMDC liaison to the Air Force National Security Space Institute and Assistant Dean for the Space Warfare College. Oversaw institutional space training development and execution, coordinated Army space training requirements, and served as a land-component space subject matter expert within a joint/interservice training environment.

• Oversaw course development and execution for institutional space warfare training.
• Conducted course task analysis and ensured course material aligned with approved joint standards and classification guidance.
• Coordinated with Army space personnel development stakeholders to synchronize training schedules and certification requirements.
• Served as a certified instructor for six Air Force space courses.
• Served as the Army land-component subject matter expert for use and integration of space capabilities.
• Developed lesson plans for the Air Tasking Order cycle and Introduction to Joint Targeting for the Joint Space Planning Course.
• Supervised a team of contractors developing three new courses in support of U.S. Space Command.
• Strengthened interservice space training relationships and helped maintain Army equities within joint and U.S. Space Force training environments.

Infantry / Space Control / NCO and Commissioned Officer Leadership Assignments - U.S. Army - Multiple Locations

(2002-01 - 2018-12)

Served in progressive Army leadership and operational roles, beginning in enlisted service and advancing through Noncommissioned Officer leadership before commissioning and continuing into senior officer responsibilities. Built a leadership foundation in Soldier development, tactical operations, combat leadership, training management, staff coordination, operational planning, and space control operations.

• Progressed from enlisted service and NCO leadership to Lieutenant Colonel, developing a practical understanding of leadership at the team, platoon, company, battalion, brigade, and institutional levels.
• Led Soldiers and teams in demanding operational environments, building credibility in tactical execution, discipline, training, and mission accomplishment.
• Served in infantry, space control, and operational staff assignments requiring adaptability across tactical, technical, and institutional mission sets.
• Developed expertise in planning, training management, operations synchronization, commander support, and staff coordination.
• Built a career foundation that connects tactical realities with senior-level planning, requirements development, training modernization, and capability decisions.

Master of Science - Space Studies - American Military University

Bachelor of Arts - Indiana University Northwest (2010-05)