As Crowley Solutions Vice President of business development for all Government services, Mr. Hilburn develops strategies to build a customer pipeline, qualifies opportunities, and manages all aspects of marketing, bid and capture management. He played a leading role in Crowley’s successful bid to land the U.S. Transportation Command’s Defense Freight Transportation Services (DFTS) contract in 2016-17. He helped lead Crowley’s Government response to the 2017 hurricanes, including relief and recovery efforts in Puerto Rico resulting from Hurricane Maria; and led the 2015 logistics effort as part of Operation United Assistance in West Africa during the Ebola virus crisis, supporting 3,000 deployed troops and 17 treatment centers. Mr. Hilburn served in the U.S. Army as a transportation and logistics officer; earned a B.A. in marine transportation from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, a Master’s in business administration from Nova Southeastern University, and an M.A. in military art and science from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.