The White House announced Friday evening President Trump intends to nominate former Huntsville City Schools Superintendent Casey Wardynski to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.

Mr. Wardynski most recently served as the CEO for FISH Technologies. Previously, he served as the Superintendent for Huntsville City Schools from July 2011 to September 2016.

During Wardynski’s tenure as superintendent Huntsville City Schools initiated construction of new schools totalling over $279 million and implemented the nation’s largest conversion to digital curriculum for grades Pre-K to twelve.

Mr. Wardynski spent over thirty years as an officer in the U.S. Army where he served as Director of the Army’s Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis and was awarded both the Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Merit. He holds a Ph.D. from the Rand Graduate School, an M.A. from Harvard University, and a B.A. from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.