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Orlando, Fl, Us

Orlando, Florida, Us

Responsible for Red 6's software development and test organizations, providing first-of-its-kind augmented reality technology for pilots flying high-speed jet aircraft.

Advise startups that are pre-Series A, specializing in businesses that carry heavy government regulation.

Provided mid to long-term guidance for Wriggle Brew, an agri-tech company that makes a unique organic fertilizer that accelerates growth, repairs damage, and kills pests - all without any chance of chemical burn or harm to the environment. Won $400k of federal seed money through the National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Agriculture.

Plantation, Florida, Us

Spearheaded business growth with new research and product initiatives to originate, incubate, innovate, launch, and mature into market-ready offerings in the augmented reality/digital twin space. Advise commercial and government partners in the emerging technology and digital engineering space to meet operational goals without disruption to existing business lines. Specialize in B2B and B2G contract negotiations.

Published two full-length novels that were in the Amazon Top 25 for Speculative Fiction for seven weeks. Ghostwriting, editing, and story-telling flow.

Founded augmented reality (AR) boutique firm, focusing on enterprise whole-body wearable products for the medical, manufacturing, and military spaces. Worked extensively with the XR worldwide ecosystem, forging partnerships with leading-edge visual, audio, and haptics XR providers. Responsible for all contract negotiations, accounting, business strategy, hardware engineering, and user experience (UX). Grew from boot-strapped to over $30MM in revenue and bookings. Acquired by Magic Leap in February 2018.

Ashburn, Va, Us

Led the research, development, launch, logistics, supply chain, and maintenance of the Dismounted Soldier Training System (DSTS), the world's first mass-produced, multi-player virtual reality (VR) application built for over one million users. It is the first of its kind: 200+ soldiers training together, fully immersed in whatever part of the world they were or needed to be in. Due to its massive user base and as a nascent widespread use of VR, DSTS has been a preeminent case study in the XR industry for enterprise applications and is found in 110+ published research studies.

Arlington, Va, Us

Held various leadership positions of increasing responsibility in administration, finance, and/or engineering - for programs involving ballistic missile defense, fighter jet simulators, enterprise-wide supply chain operations, and large-scale live training solutions.

Mclean, Va, Us

Led or had key roles for projects with the CIA, NSA, NGA, NRO, USPS, FAA, FEMA, IRS, and a wide assortment of commercial entities primarily in telecommunications and energy sectors. Focused on operations strategy, digital re-invention, inter/intra-organizational mergers, and enterprise systems solutions.

Rhythm guitarist, lyrics writer, pro audio engineer, occasional bassist/pianist, and co-founder of the band 'Failed Pro Athletes'. We had reasonable success, catching some air time here and there - as well as had some decent venue invites.

University Park, Pa, Us

Taught 'Facility Layout' & 'Location and Safety Engineering'. Used discrete event simulation tools such as Arena, AutoMod, ProModel, and ProcessModel.

Columbia, Maryland, Us

Development, design, testing, and business optimization consulting with ProModel and ProcessModel for PROMODEL Corporation (acquired by BigBear.ai). Wrote algorithms for the discrete event simulation engines. Worked with clients from defense, to manufacturing, to space craft, to banking, to hospitals, and seemingly everything under the sun.

Bethesda, Md, Us

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) project. Did all the little things no one else wanted to do - and loved it.

M.S., Industrial Engineering, Focus On Artificial Intelligence And Automation

B.S., Industrial Engineering & Systems Management