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Melbourne, FL, US

Titusville, Florida, United States

Redstone Arsenal, AL

Deputy Product Manager for the Army’s top priority aviation developmental program. Responsible for cost, schedule, and performance in all phases of the materiel acquisition life cycle to include development, testing, qualification, acquisition, fielding, product improvement, and sustainment of the system. Manages a government team consisting of assigned.

Melbourne, Florida Area

Serves as the Deputy Director, overseeing the Contracts, Budget, Operations, Maintenance, Safety and Logistics branches for the Department of State Air Wing with responsibility for aircraft operating in eight countries and a budget, with supporting contracts, valued at over $400M. Oversees the Worldwide Aviation Support Services contract to ensure that the.

Melbourne, Florida Area

Served as the Administrative Officer, overseeing the Program Management and Budget Branches for the Department of State Air Wing with responsibility for a budget and contracts valued at over $400M. Responsible for coordination and supervision of the Program Support Staff in the areas of Budget, Contracts, Human Resources and Administration. Worked with the.

Pentagon, Washington, DC

Performed the duties of the Acting Director and Deputy Director. Provided program acquisition and life cycle management and oversight for Army’s aviation fleet of more than 6000 aircraft and the broad array of critical intelligence assets for the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology. Led an organization of Department of.

Pentagon, Washington, DC

Served as the Army lead for all Acquisition program reviews at the Army and Office of the Secretary of Defense levels. Managed the Assistant Secretary of the Army and the Vice Chief of Staff, Army chaired Army Systems Acquisition Review Council; which reviews all major Army programs before they can proceed to the next stage of development, enter production.

Arlington, VA

Supervised an organization comprised of senior military officers, civilians and contractors. Implemented the conversion of the Directorate’s contractor work force to Department of the Army civilians. Oversaw the CH-47 Chinook Helicopter program and its $1B+ annual budget, for the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology..

Arlington, VA

Oversaw the CH-47 Chinook Helicopter program and its $1B annual budget, for the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology. Conducted budget analysis, development and defense. Developed and defended program plans and strategies. Briefed Congressional staff members from the Defense Appropriations and Authorizations committees.

Macdill AFB, FL

Provided program management and technical expertise in support of the $4.1B rotary wing aircraft program for the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM). Supported the Program Executive Officer, Rotary Wing and the assigned System Acquisition and Program Managers in all phases of acquisition, development and sustainment. Regularly assigned by the Program.

Arlington, VA

Oversaw the CH-47 Chinook Helicopter and Joint Heavy Lift programs and their $1B+ annual program budget for the Army Acquisition Executive. Prepared the Army submission to obtain Undersecretary of Defense certification of the program following a significant unit cost breach. Chaired the Integrated Product Team that obtained Department of the Army approval.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Analyzed warfighting requirements (operations, maintenance and logistics) and evaluated major defense acquisition programs, including the RAH-66 Comanche, AH-64D Longbow Apache, UH-60 Black Hawk, CH-47F Chinook, Abrams Main Battle Tank, Interim Armored Vehicle, and Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAAV). Led programs through the Joint Requirement.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Oversaw the Comanche Program, the Army's top priority aviation research and development system. Instrumental in obtaining Department of Defense approval of a major restructure of the Comanche program. Supervised an organization comprised of senior military officers, civilians and contractors. Selected over several more senior officers to serve an extended.

Greater St. Louis Area

Managed the $672 million test and evaluation program for the RAH-66 Comanche and directed all matters pertaining to the conduct of the Comanche flight test program. Redesigned the test and evaluation program, to include developmental, operational and live fire testing, to support a major program restructure. Established the Combined Test Team, an on-site.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General, 4.0

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), General Engineering/Economics

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, General Engineering And Economics