• Responsible for daily operations including primary client interaction, business development, and strategic partnerships.

• Strong relationship builder experienced at forming new partnerships across industry, academia, and government resulting in 150 new company collaborations annually. • Expert knowledge of current trends in smart technologies demonstrated by serving on the board for 3 industry non-profit organizations. • Conduct new technology integration and evaluation projects for manufacturers sharing best-fit solutions via 3 keynote speaking engagements and 2 popular media articles.

• Coached business startups including LivFul, Sumo Robot League, and The Stair Barrier using Lean Startup principles contributing to an economic benefit of over $118k.• Initiated new strategic partnership with GT K12 InVenture Prize supporting the formation of a nationwide summer program for product design. • Executed a comparative analysis of manufacturing education programs in Georgia resulting in a journal publication presented at the North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC).

• F-35 Quality Team Lead: Defined success criteria and led interdisciplinary team of 10 to develop and implement 86 work instruction documents for Safety of Flight inspections delivering ahead of schedule. • F-35 Production Supervisor: Managed 6 direct reports, created a cross functional training program, and redesigned the shop floor layout using Lean principles reducing production lead times by 12%.• Facilities Engineer: Managed a portfolio of projects worth $250K overseeing site renovations with contracted and in-house firms.

• Identified constraints through quantitative data analysis and implemented process improvements achieving a 22% defect reduction for the mid-fuselage production team. • Developed training curriculum as Subject Matter Expert for SAP Quality Engineering Workbench teaching over 300 engineers and receiving 2 leadership awards for leading and inspiring others.• Initiated internal trade studies to highlight applications for 3D printing and drones resulting in the publication of 2 white papers.• Designed and validated a novel method of aircraft inspection using Internet of Things technologies resulting in improvements in production scheduling by 82%.• Mentored and administered workload assignments for the C-130 quality program summer intern program.