I?ve been in IT for several years and would like to move to the management side of the house. My problem is that my spouse is on active duty in the USAF and we move every few years. Just about the time I start to stand out ? we PCS to a new assignment. I earned my MBA from Arizona State in 1998 and have never had it out of the box ? as it were. At that time we moved to Germany for a 3-year tour and a new MBA with little recent business experience was a hard sell, so I reverted to IT there and fell into it yet again at the next assignment. Now we have moved once more (this is likely the last time) and I?ve landed a good IT job working for a government contractor that provides specialized IT solutions to the military. My initial review is coming up this month and I want to let management know that I have aspirations above the IT staff level. Through the years, I?ve owned my own business, owned a non-personal services company for the government, been IT Department Chair at a small business college, et al. My background is broad and deep (I?m not THAT old) and I would like to parlay that fact into a new career direction ? specifically departmental, network security, or project management. I know I will need to improve my skill set (current is MBA, BA, AA, MCSA, CCNA, MCDST, A+, CWP, and CWA [Web certs]), but I don?t want to put the cart before the horse, so to speak. Does anyone have advice or ideas on the best way to approach management without shooting myself in the foot?