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Odessa, FL · Active TS/SCI · Open to Director of Operations roles

Dmitri Sapoznikov

Director of Operations · Program Manager

Twenty years of running operations where the timeline is fixed and the tolerance for error is zero. Integrated special operations planning at the CENTCOM Joint Operations Center and briefed the CENTCOM Commander directly. Held the senior US seat on the ground for a 6,700-personnel Iraqi Special Forces build. Earned a 98.9% CPARS rating at CACI. Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, PMP in progress, active TS/SCI.

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Readiness
DS · 2026
Dmitri Sapoznikov
Dmitri Sapoznikov
Odessa, FL
Trajectory, 2002 to present
Clearance
Active TS/SCI
CI Polygraph Eligible
Method
Lean Six Sigma
Black Belt
Certification
PMP
In Progress
Languages
Russian 3/3
Ukrainian 2+/2+
Degree
BS Strategic Studies
Norwich University
0%
CPARS Rating
0
Personnel Program
0+
Analytic Products
0+
Years Operating
The Approach

Synchronization is not a meeting.
Synchronization is the product.

Dmitri Sapoznikov
Dmitri Sapoznikov
Director of Operations

Every organization that struggles under pressure struggles the same way. Six parties each hold a piece of the mission, each runs a separate timeline, and nobody owns the seam. The status call gets longer. The decision gets later. The cost of the delay lands somewhere downstream, usually on the people with the least room to absorb it.

My work is the seam. Converting requirements into decision-ready products, holding multi-party efforts to one synchronized timeline, and giving the commander a picture accurate enough to act on today rather than complete enough to admire tomorrow. That discipline came from the Joint Operations Center, and it moves cleanly into any operation where the deadline does not negotiate.

Signature Method

The synchronization board: many parties, one timeline.

Six independent efforts, five phases, one commander's intent. Select a lane to see how each one was held.

Multi-Party Synchronization
Select a lane
Intent
Design
Sync
Execute
Assess
Intent to Assess
SOF Elements
Requirements in, decision-ready products out.
At CACI supporting USSOCOM, converting operational requirements into the planning products senior leaders use for design and risk decisions. The customer measure is CPARS, and the rating came back at 98.9% across program deliverables.
Selected Record

Four assignments where the seam held.

01
CACI, USSOCOM · 2024 to Present
SOF Sensitive Activities Senior Planner
98.9%
CPARS Rating
The Customer Measure

Scored 98.9% on CPARS, the rating the customer actually uses.

Supporting United States Special Operations Command as a senior planner on sensitive activities. Converting operational requirements into planning products that senior leaders use for design and risk decisions, then aligning multi-party DoD and interagency efforts to one synchronized timeline against commander's intent. CPARS is where that work gets graded, and the rating across program deliverables came back at 98.9%.

98.9%
CPARS Across Deliverables
USSOCOM
Supported Command
Multi-Party
DoD & Interagency Timeline
02
U.S. Central Command · Dec 2022 to Sep 2024
SOF Integrator, Joint Operations Center
Daily
Commander's Update Brief
The Battle Rhythm

Briefed the CENTCOM Commander directly, every day, weekends included.

Inside the CENTCOM Joint Operations Center, owning the daily operational picture through battle-rhythm products relied on across the command. The Commander's Update Brief does not move for holidays or weekends, which means the picture has to be right on a fixed clock with no room to slip. Integrated SOF planning into theater priorities across the CENTCOM area of responsibility.

7 Days
Brief Cadence, No Exceptions
Theater
SOF Planning Integration
Command-Wide
Battle-Rhythm Products
03
U.S. Army, Iraq · 2018
First Sergeant / SF Operations Sergeant
6,700
Personnel Program
The Build · Senior US Representative On The Ground

Ran the US side of a 6,700-personnel Iraqi Special Forces build with four coalition partners.

Senior US representative on the ground for the Iraqi Army Special Forces build, while directly leading half an Operational Detachment Alpha. Coordination ran across UK, Australian, New Zealand, and Norwegian forces on a single program. Built the Iraqi SF primary schoolhouse end to end, from curriculum design through facility reconstruction, and evaluated three battalions against it.

4 Nations
Coalition Partners Coordinated
3 Battalions
Evaluated Against Standard
1 Schoolhouse
Curriculum To Facilities
04
Leidos / JIDO · 2012 to 2019
Senior Operations Integrator
100+
Analytic Products Delivered
The Delivery Portfolio

Delivered 100+ customized analytic products to the customer, on time.

Managed the lifecycle and delivery of a portfolio of more than 100 customized analytic products feeding counter-threat decisions, every one delivered on time to the primary customer. Ran threat, risk, and hazard analysis alongside CIA, DIA, and multinational partners, unifying separate operational strategies into a single line of effort.

100+
Products, On-Time Delivery
7 Years
Continuous Portfolio Ownership
Interagency
CIA, DIA, Multinational
Two Tracks

Government operations on one side. Built businesses on the other.

The defense career runs continuously from 2002. Alongside it sit three ventures built and run from the ground up, which is where the cost discipline and vendor scar tissue come from.

Track One

Defense and national security

Twenty-plus years across SOF planning, joint operations, interagency analysis, and coalition programs. Continuous accountability for people and equipment under conditions where a missed detail carries real consequence.

  • Continuous accountability for a 12- to 22-person team and $1M to $5M in mission-essential equipment
  • Directed six teams running regional operations across six Arabian Peninsula countries, 2014 to 2015
  • Led 25+ personnel producing intelligence and atmospheric reporting in a deployed combat environment
  • Coordinated end-to-end review of the Annual Report to the President and Congress as RFPB Operations NCO
Track Two

Founder and operator

Three ventures where the numbers were mine to make. Procurement, estimating, scheduling, hiring, and cost control all ran without a staff section to hand them to.

  • Special Construction Forces: built from zero to $250K revenue in two years across a 120-vendor network
  • Zactler, Inc.: founded a construction-services procurement software venture and own the product roadmap and AI-enabled workflows
  • Built and directed a 17-person Zactler team including a CTO across product, engineering, and finance, hiring four executives
  • KDSInvest, LLC: advising a $2.3M real estate and equities portfolio, cutting operating costs by $15K to $20K per year
Career History

The full sequence.

2024 to Present
SOF Sensitive Activities Senior Planner
Planning products senior leaders use for design and risk decisions. 98.9% CPARS rating.
CACI, USSOCOM
Tampa, FL
Dec 2022 to Sep 2024
SOF Integrator, Joint Operations Center
Daily Commander's Update Brief. Battle-rhythm products across the command.
U.S. Central Command
MacDill AFB, FL
2002 to 2025
First Sergeant / SF Operations Sergeant
Iraqi SF build, coalition coordination, schoolhouse construction, regional operations across six countries.
U.S. Army, Army National Guard
Worldwide
2021 to Present
Advisor
$2.3M real estate and equities portfolio. Renovation, vendor, and cost-control decisions.
KDSInvest, LLC
Tampa, FL
2019 to Present
Founder & CEO
Construction-services procurement software. Product roadmap, AI-enabled workflows, 17-person team.
Zactler, Inc.
Tampa, FL
2019 to 2022
Founder & CEO
Rapid-response construction and emergency repair. Zero to $250K revenue, 120-vendor network.
Special Construction Forces, LLC
North Potomac, MD
2012 to 2019
Senior Operations Integrator
100+ analytic products delivered on time. Threat and risk analysis with CIA, DIA, and multinational partners.
Leidos / JIDO
Reston, VA
2012 to 2013
Director of Global Business Development
International defense and security markets. Market entry and partnership advisory.
Beyond SOF
2010 to 2011
Atmospheric Manager
Led 25+ personnel producing intelligence and atmospheric reporting for force protection.
AECOM / AGS
Afghanistan
Credentials

Cleared, certified, and tested in the languages that matter.

Clearance

Active TS/SCICurrent

CI PolygraphEligible

Certification

Lean Six Sigma Black BeltSix Sigma Global Institute, 2025

PMPIn progress, 2026

Education

BS, Strategic Studies and Defense AnalysisNorwich University

AS, Telecommunication EngineeringTallinn Technical University

Language

RussianDLPT 3/3

UkrainianDLPT 2+/2+

Program Management Operations Management Mission Planning SOF Planning & Integration USSOCOM / CENTCOM Interagency Coordination Coalition Operations Battle-Rhythm Products Logistics & Supply Force Readiness SOP & KPI Design Risk Management Budget & Resource Accountability Procurement & Vendor Management Estimating & Scheduling Safety & Compliance Training & Development Lean Six Sigma
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Targeting Director of Operations and program leadership roles across defense, government services, technology, and construction. Based in Odessa, Florida, cleared and current.

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Odessa, Florida
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