About the Author
"I am passionate about Technology in Training and Education"
Education is our future, and technology is a critical component in enabling both Training and Education (T&E). I am currently studying a Doctorate in Information Technology at Stratford University. My goal is to become and expert in helping organizations identify the best types, and uses of technology, for their T&E requirements.
Hello,
I am Juan Gallego, the son of Spanish parents that emigrated to Canada in the early 1960s and settled Brantford, Ontario, Canada, where I was raised. As a young man I was always interested in the military and was introduced to the Canadian Armed Forces through the Army Cadets, and as a Reservist NCO in the Royal Canadian Artillery. After high school, I joined the Canadian Armed Forces, where I am a serving Lieutenant Colonel. My professional career of 33+ years is with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) as a military pilot and staff officer. I am fluent in English, Spanish, and French.
From 2014 to present, I have served at the Inter-American Defense College (Washington, DC), where I am the Library and Learning Center Manager; Advanced Research and Writing Course Instructor; and Licensure and Accreditation Manager.
My most important personal values are honesty, integrity, humility, caring, sincerity, accountability, fairness, courage, modesty, professionalism, adaptability, logic, and conviction.
Some of my guiding principles are…
Previous professional experience:
I am Juan Gallego, the son of Spanish parents that emigrated to Canada in the early 1960s and settled Brantford, Ontario, Canada, where I was raised. As a young man I was always interested in the military and was introduced to the Canadian Armed Forces through the Army Cadets, and as a Reservist NCO in the Royal Canadian Artillery. After high school, I joined the Canadian Armed Forces, where I am a serving Lieutenant Colonel. My professional career of 33+ years is with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) as a military pilot and staff officer. I am fluent in English, Spanish, and French.
From 2014 to present, I have served at the Inter-American Defense College (Washington, DC), where I am the Library and Learning Center Manager; Advanced Research and Writing Course Instructor; and Licensure and Accreditation Manager.
My most important personal values are honesty, integrity, humility, caring, sincerity, accountability, fairness, courage, modesty, professionalism, adaptability, logic, and conviction.
Some of my guiding principles are…
- The golden rule – treat others the way you want to be treated.
- There is the way the world is, and the way the world ought to be; we should all endeavor to make the world a better place, by trying to make it the way that it ought to be.
- Integrity is what you do when no one is watching.
- People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
Previous professional experience:
- 6200 flying hours on various aircraft including Jet Trainers; Helicopters (Jet Ranger, Bell212, OH58); and multi-engine aircraft (C-130 Hercules, Twin Otter, Boeing 707-AWACS);
- Canadian staff positions, including the High Arctic:
- RCAF liaison to the System of Cooperation Among the American Air Forces (SICOFAA);
- International Training Programs Office;
- Air Operations Training at 1 & 2 Canadian Air Divisions; and
- Canadian Joint Operations Command (CJOC) as the Western Hemispheric Liaison.
- Overseas service:
- UN Operation Nile, Ethiopia;
- OPERATION DESERT SHIELD;
- UN Protection Force, Bosnia-Herzegovina;
- NATO International Stabilization Stabilization Force (ISAF) HQ Afghanistan;
- US Air Force (USAF), 552 Air Control Wing, Oklahoma City as an Aircraft Captain on the E3 SENTRY (AWACS). During this tour in 2008, I flew 400 combat hours on the supporting Operations IRAQI & ENDURING FREEDOM (Iraq & Afghanistan).
- 2017 – Stratford University (Falls Church, VA): Student in the Dr. of Business Administration/Information Technology
- 2014 – Inter-American Defense College (Washington, DC): Master of Science in Inter-American Defense and Security
- 2014 – National Academy of Political and Strategic Studies (Santiago, Chile): Master in Defense and Security Studies of the Americas
- 2014 – American University in Washington DC: Master of International Service
- 2012 – Royal Military College of Canada: Bachelor of Military Arts and Sciences
- 2008 – USAF Air Command and Staff College
- 2008 – USAF Instrument Check Pilot
- 2008 – USAF Instructor Pilot
- 2005 – Canadian Forces Flying Instructor School
- 1992 – Canadian Forces Instrument Check Pilot School
- 1991 – Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Studies (Electronic Warfare and Basic Space Operations)
- 1986 – Canadian Forces Flying Training School – Canadian Forces Pilot.