Analyzes airspace issues, supporting all airspace facilities in western US from WA state through to AZ, including HI and AK. Responsible for problem solving complex airspace problems and portraying the core underlying causes in a concise manner to stake holders and executive managers.

Was hired in Nov 2009 was to be the environmental specialist for all Flight Standards, FAA actions in the western half of US. Prior to Nov 2009, I had absolutely no experience in aviation or as a federal environmental specialist. Within 3 months, I had not only mastered the role, but started contributing to such a level that superiors in other regions were providing kudos.•FAA Head Quarters (HQ) point of contact for the data analysis support of Flight Standards environmental policy development. This data analysis included statistical methods theory/principles.•Was identified as presenting the solution to a problem which then took an overarching FAA HQ division 1.5 years to independently put forward. The solution would result in cost savings of approximately $150,000.•Solely undertook the statistical data analysis investigating the reliability of a nextgen hybrid landing system. The data analysis took 1.5 weeks as opposed to what normally takes months. Was told by experts, that the analysis was some of the best data analysis seen. The hybrid landing system effort went on to receive an FAA administrator award. •Put forward a new procedure of undertaking noise analysis that reduced work load from hours to minutes.•Consistently received kudos from a variety of stakeholders for dedication, being great to work with and getting the job done through initiative, innovation, great ideas and persistence. •Through successful self instigated data collection and analysis efforts, clarified current Flight Standards, FAA environmental compliance, as well as illustrating the misalignment between current regulations and environmental impact of the actions. •Establishing national environmental procedures for Flight Standards, FAA. This was jointly achieved through industry and regional and HQ FAA training sessions. •Program manager for all environmental actions, within Flight Standards, FAA occurring in the 17 U.S States, west of the Mississippi River.

Was promoted to thermal validation engineer when EXA moved the thermal validation department to HQ, prior to being laid off due to the economy in Feb 2009.•Part of a two-man team to establish HQ thermal validation department for the one of the leading computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solvers used in the automotive industry. •Successfully worked closely with the physics team in order to validate and assess multiple core code improvements, using own analysis and run scripts (shell, tcl, gnuplot).•Regularly presented results to various departmental heads within Exa.

Was responsible for creating a suite of fundamental physics tests aimed at testing the robustness of the underlying code in one of the worlds most respected computational fluid dynamics software application suite for the automotive industry.•One of the initial members of a Quality Assurance (QA) team which validated and tested a whole suite of CFD software for robustness and physical accuracy.•Was integral in the growth of the department. Instrumental in redefining the goal and reach of the QA department.•Solely validated major data format changes within a tight timelines, requiring a high degree of organizational skills and scripting (shell, tcl, python, sed, awk).•Was recognized as the most senior/knowledgeable person in the department within 1.5 years.