Malcolm currently serves as a public, private, and non-profit corporate board member, strategic advisor, keynote speaker, faculty member, and executive consultant. Throughout his 31-year military career, he served in numerous strategic and operational leadership, command, and operations director positions in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
Malcolm led the Army’s initial entry training enterprise responsible for annually transforming 130K civilian volunteers into soldiers who are disciplined, fit, skilled, and imbued with values. He served as the Director (Chief) of Public Affairs where he developed and led all strategic communications plans and roll-outs, national media relations, and community engagement for the Army. As Deputy Director for Operations, he led planning and operations of the U.S. Dept. of Defense National Military Command Center performing worldwide monitoring, crisis action, and strategic nuclear and current operational watch functions for our nation’s leaders. As Director of Operations, U.S. Army Pacific, he led operations, training, planning, and exercise development in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
Malcolm has deployed to combat several times in a variety of leadership and command positions. He deployed to Bosnia-Hercegovina as a company commander in 1995. He deployed twice to Iraq as commander of an 800-soldier Cavalry Squadron operating in Tal Afar during the Surge in 2006-7, and commander of a 5K soldier Stryker Brigade Combat Team operating in Diyala, Salah ad Din, and Kirkuk provinces in 2010-11. Additionally, he deployed as director of operations of a 4K soldier airborne brigade task force in Afghanistan in 2002-3.