Accomplished aerospace professional with over 19 years of experience in commercial avionics systems engineering, spanning the full life cycle from pursuit, design and requirements capture, integration and test, verification, validation, and certification. Experience includes flight displays, flight controls, flight management systems, integrated modular avionics, human factors, and user experience design. I have over 22 years of experience as a commercial pilot and flight instructor, with ATP and CFII certificates, including Embraer 550 Praetor and Cessna Citation X+ type ratings, as well as a Cirrus Training Center Instructor (TCI). Experienced in numerous GA aircraft as well as Embraer Phenom/Praetor and Cessna C208 Caravan.As a pilot and flight instructor on the side, I bring my passion of flying and training to my day job by focusing on designing and enhancing products with an operational mindset. I co-lead a community of practice that aims to enable avionics engineers to think like pilots by providing operational training and testing methodologies. In my current role, I support future technology and concept maturation through research studies, prototype development, and user evaluations. I am passionate about fostering innovation and have led several initiatives to help manage and connect innovation activities within the business, including leading an annual innovation challenge event.Specialties:- Systems Engineering: Requirements Capture, Design, Integration, Testing, Verification, Validation- Human Machine Interfaces- User Experience (UX)- Project Engineering: Managing cost & schedule, bid estimates, project execution- Tools: DOORS, JAMA, ClearQuest, Subversion, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, VAPS, ALM, Visio- Languages: Python, HTML