Veteran-owned small business · Northern Virginia

Operations stood up where the infrastructure isn't

Ex Uno Solutions helps government and mission-driven organizations plan, launch, and run operations in hard places, and lead the organizational change that follows. Twenty-six years of military aviation and command, applied to your mission.

Expeditionary operations
Defense strategy & policy
Organizational transformation
Crisis leadership

CapabilitiesWhat we do

Core competencies

Four lines of work, all built on the same discipline: plan in detail, start fast, and keep the operation running once the first team leaves.

Expeditionary operations & site activation

Standing up bases, hubs, and field operations in contested or underdeveloped locations.

Site survey and activation planning
Logistics, sustainment, and host-nation coordination
Disaster-relief and humanitarian operations support

Defense strategy & policy advisory

Advisory support drawn from senior staff work in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Air Force.

Strategy development and staff process design
Requirements, concepts of operation, and decision support
Personnel recovery and rotary-wing operations expertise

Organizational transformation

Process improvement and change delivery for organizations that need measurable results.

Lean and Six Sigma process improvement
Program and portfolio management
Readiness and performance measurement

Leadership & crisis teams

Building teams that perform under pressure, from executive offsites to crisis task forces.

Crisis task force design and facilitation
Leadership development and executive coaching
Speaking on leadership and teamwork under pressure

RecordResults delivered

Past performance

Ex Uno Solutions has supported federal defense and security customers as a subcontractor to KPMG LLP.

Customer	Role
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)	Subcontractor to KPMG LLP
National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB)	Subcontractor to KPMG LLP
Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)	Subcontractor to KPMG LLP

Operational record

Selected results from our principal's operational and command experience.

<2 wks16.97°N 7.99°E · Agadez, Niger

Brought an air operations location online at Agadez in under two weeks, from site arrival to operating capability.

$108MAnnual operating budget

Oversaw a $108 million operating budget as Vice Commander of the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing and Air Expeditionary Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

100%Mission capable · 80 days

Sustained a 100 percent mission-capable rate for 80 consecutive days on a 2009 combat rescue helicopter deployment in Afghanistan.

6Combat deployments

Six combat deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq, with more than 1,000 combat and combat-support flying hours. Led Six Sigma improvement teams as a commander at squadron and wing level.

PrincipalWho you work with

Colonel Christopher C. Barnett, USAF (Ret.)

Chris Barnett is the founder and President of Ex Uno Solutions. He served 26 years on active duty, first as a U.S. Navy Naval Aviator and then in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a Colonel in 2017.

He commanded the 34th Weapons Squadron at the USAF Weapons School, served as Vice Commander of the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing at Ramstein Air Base, and was Director of Staff to the Chief of Staff and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. His final assignment was on the faculty of the Air War College. A command pilot with more than 3,000 hours in the H-60, he is a two-time recipient of the Silver Star.

Education: U.S. Naval Academy, B.S.
Touro University, MBA
Air War College, M.S.S.
Wharton Advanced Management Program
Service: U.S. Navy, 1991–2001
U.S. Air Force, 2002–2017
Retired as Colonel
Clearance: Active TS/SCI

Company dataFor contracting officers

Legal name	Ex Uno Solutions LLC
Entity type	Virginia limited liability company
Headquarters	Northern Virginia
Business size	Small business, veteran-owned
Point of contact	Christopher C. Barnett, President cbarnett@exunosolutions.com