Rex Curtin is a senior leader and former Navy Captain with more than two decades of operational aviation and large-organization leadership experience, now serving at the Department of Homeland Security. He combines deep program and financial management expertise—having managed and defended multibillion-dollar naval aviation budgets and led PPBE processes—with hands-on operational credibility as a Naval Aviator and flight instructor with over 3,000 pilot hours. Rex commanded squadrons and a training airwing, drove measurable training productivity improvements (12% enterprise increase), and implemented internal control and audit-ready processes across complex organizations. His resume spans acquisition, cost/risk analysis, legislative liaison, and workforce optimization, informed by three master’s degrees including an MBA in Financial Management and National Strategic Resource Management. Comfortable briefing senior leaders and Congress-level stakeholders, he has a reputation for converting strategic requirements into defendable, finance-aligned decisions. A pragmatic operator by temperament—“done is better than perfect”—he blends aviation technical depth with fiscal discipline and change leadership.
13 years of coding experience
Master of Science, National Strategic Resource Management, Master of Science, National Strategic Resource Management at National Defense University (ICAF)
The University of Utah
MBA, Financial Management, Beta Gamma Sigma National Business Honor Society, MBA, Financial Management, Beta Gamma Sigma National Business Honor Society at Naval Postgraduate School
MBA, Aviation, 4.0, With Distinction, MBA, Aviation, 4.0, With Distinction at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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