In his capacity as Senior Program Manager (PM), he has a combined 23 years of Special Operations experience as a combat-proven leader and a Program Manager, including over six years of managing complex CONUS and OCONUS programs supporting United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) organizations across the globe. Mr. Borgen currently oversees Spathe Systems OCONUS programs supporting USSOCOM efforts focused in IT support. He will be leading the USSOCOM SOF Core Services IDIQ, NAVWAR IDIQ, and NSWC M-SOF IDIQ efforts.
He retired from the U.S. Army after 21 years of service as a Master Sergeant where he participated in over 15 deployments supporting USSOCOM strategic and theater objectives with 7th Special Forces Group and Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT). Mr. Borgen lead numerous combat missions as an Operational Detachment A Team Sergeant and was awarded numerous Bronze Stars and an Army Commendation Medal for VALOR. Since his retirement he has worked in the Defense industry in roles as a Program Manager at the USSOCOM, Component, and TSOC level.
Mr. Borgen earned a Bachelor of Arts in Multi-Disciplinary Studies with a minor in Business. He is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) PM and in Information Technologies Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3 Foundation. He graduated from some of toughest courses the military has to offer. These include Ranger School, Special Forces Assessment and Selection, Special Forces Weapons Sergeant Course, Combat Diver Qualification Course, Combat Diving Supervisor, Jump Master, and numerous U.S. Army leadership courses.