Chuck Whitzel
PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Chuck serves as a Senior Strategist for GSX, where he applies more than 30 years of Air Force, Army, Joint and inter-agency operational, leadership, management, planning and outreach experience as a US Air Force officer, defense contractor and senior consultant. He is experienced in the areas of all-source intel, targeting, collections, geospatial analysis, force protection, counter-IED, modeling and simulations, Joint and Service planning, policy, and doctrine development, and training.

Check led theater-level kinetic targeting operations during six real-world contingencies, and used his Instructional Systems Design background to improve trainee outcomes at the FBI Academy. He currently leads a team of professionals providing direct support to a DoD client for the Certified DoD All-Source Analysis (CDASA) certification program.

Chuck retired from the U.S. Air Force after a 26-year career as an intelligence officer. Since “retiring,” he has contributed to several Joint and U.S. Army programs in the acquisition and intelligence communities. He came to GSX from the FBI, where he used his knowledge of Instructional Systems Design to assess and analyze training needs to improve trainee outcomes at the FBI Academy. He earned a Master of Education at The University of Oklahoma where he specialized in Adult Education.

Chuck holds a Doctor of Business Administration (ABD), Capella University
MA, Education, University of Oklahoma
BA, Telecommunications, Texas Tech University
Air War College
Air Command and Staff College
Marine Corps Command and Staff College
Squadron Officer School
Master Certificate in Program Management, Villanova University (PA)
I.C.E. Certificate Program for the Credentialing Specialist
Intelligence Fundamentals Professional Certification (IFPC)

Chuck is an avid fantasy sports fan, and volunteers for Honor Flight, an organization that celebrates America’s veterans by flying them to Washington DC to honor their service and show them our nation’s memorials.

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