Carl Schaefer Email & Phone Number

Woodbridge, VA, US

Manassas, VA, US

Fairfax, Virginia, US

• Instructor for fourth-year robotics and embedded systems courses.
• Awarded 2015 GMU Adjunct Faculty Service Award for outstanding service to George Mason University.
• Directed a student team in 2015 that developed and demonstrated an award-winning swarm robotics application.
• Awarded School of Information Technology and Engineering 2001 Outstanding Adjunct Professor award for teaching excellence.
• Directed an award-winning student team in charge of developing a prototype Urban Search and Rescue telerobotic vehicle; the student project won 1st Place in the GMU Century Club 2000 IT Student Project Showcase.

Program Manager for the Boeing Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA), Defiant X, helicopter and the DARPA Hunter XLUUV programs.Previously, program manager, Pegasus PAV4 urban air mobility system. PAV4 is the next generation passenger air vehicle that will redefine the future of air mobility and transportation.

Manassas, VA, US

• Program manager for a “Skunkworks”-type, $105M, 42-month program to develop a 12,000-pound hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft for DARPA’s VTOL X-Plane program. Led our team to a successful PDR.
• Designed, fabricated, and successfully flew a 325 pound subscale vehicle demonstrator (SVD) to validate flight control laws, avionics, aerodynamics, and aircraft configuration for the full-scale 12,000 pound X-Plane..
• Directed a number of key technical risk reduction efforts, including three wind tunnel tests, development of a hardware-in-the-loop simulator, and a full-scale power generation and propulsion test cell.
• As prime contractor, managed several subcontractors, including two large aerospace and defense conglomerates and introduced SCRUM/Agile as the key management tool for this program.

Manassas, VA, US

• Profit-loss responsibility reporting directly to the President and COO.
• Directed the design, development, manufacturing, marketing/sales, and post-sales support for all SUAS products and special projects.
• Led the development of the second-generation Skate SUAS, a small unit tactical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) asset, from initial design to deployment to the warfighter in 13 months. The system.
• Developed a five-year strategic plan and annual operating plans covering the productization and support for all products in the SUAS business sector including research and development programs, special programs, and.

Manassas, VA, US

• Program manager for the Sikorsky CH-53K main rotor pylon design/build program and the CH-53K engine nacelles build-to-print program. Worked directly with manufacturing and production staff to manage production flow.
• Program manager for the Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft (ACCA), an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) program to investigate cutting-edge composite wing, fuselage, and empennage manufacturing materials and.
• Successfully led the design, development, and test of four unmanned air vehicle systems over a period of five years; GoldenEye 100, GoldenEye 50, DARPA OAV-II, and the GoldenEye 80.
• Responsible for the management, leadership, and profit/loss performance of the DARPA Organic Air Vehicle (OAV-II) and the US Army Future Combat System Class II unmanned air vehicle systems with a combined contract.
• Delivered all OAV-II program milestones and deliverables on time and on budget, including the Systems Requirement Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), and prototype flight vehicle.
• Developed reliable and consistent bottoms-up cost analyses, basis of estimates (BOE), and detailed MS Project schedules for multiyear development programs. Managed Earned Value and consistently met program budgets on.

US

• Co-founded profitable, boutique engineering services firm and developed five year business plan, pro forma financials, and marketing plan for outside investment and corporate financing.
• Wrote and negotiated FFP, CPFF, and IDIQ contracts for commercial and federal clients.
• Implemented and managed accounting system and company health care, insurance, 401K, and payroll and tax administration plans.
• Designed and built extensive information technology infrastructure, including one of the first corporate intranets to support both internal operations and client projects.

Patuxent River, Maryland, US

• Program Manager, Air Vehicle Diagnostic System Advanced Technology Demonstration Program, (4/95 - 5/96).
• Director of Plans and Programs, Hunter Shipboard Program, rotational assignment with Program Executive Office for Cruise Missiles and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (PEO, CU), (10/94 - 4/95).
• Project Engineer, Helicopter Loads and Dynamics, Air Vehicle Division (1/92 - 10/94).
• Project Engineer, F/A-18 Structures, Air Vehicle Division (7/90 - 12/91)
• Project Engineer, Helicopter Loads and Dynamics, Air Vehicle Division, (3/87 - 6/90)

Project Engineer, Rotary Wing Aircraft Test Directorate.

M.Eng, Systems Engineering

Ph.D. (Candidate), Information Technology And Engineering

Bs, Aerospace And Ocean Engineering