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Australia

• Responsible for the day to day execution of individual project and program activities on behalf of the program manager. This includes definition and stakeholder engagement of project scopes, objectives and budgets.
• Led the development and communication of a multi-year statement of work for the next phase of a collaborative aircraft development program, and subsequent successful negotiation of an AUD$ 100 + million contract.
• Developed and implemented a workforce strategy to enable Air Force to strengthen sovereign aerospace development capability, increase program influence and grow skilled resources to support future Teaming Air System.

Australia

• Responsible for engineering and logistics aspects of the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter acquisition with regard to maintenance and survivability. This included development and delivery of fundamental inputs to capability.
• Led a review of AIR6000 Phase 2A/B Material Acquisition Agreement (MAA) maintenance and survivability requirements in light of evolving RAAF CONOPS, F-35 Program of Record (PoR) and non-PoR technologies.
• Developed and implemented updated Phase 2/B MAA milestones and supported development of Australian Phase 2C and UK MoD capability definition documentation as a subject matter expert for LO technologies.

Australia

• Responsible for developing and maintaining technical systems, controls, processes, and tools for the directorate of Air Force technical capability. This included managing program and project documentation, performance.
• Reviewed individual Force Element Group execution of improvement programs and advised key stakeholders of risks and opportunities with regard to compliance, efficiencies and quality controls.
• Developed the Air Force Maintenance Productivity Improvement Program closure and transition report for Chief of Air Force signature, detailing 10+ years of improvements programs and projects covering all aspects of the.

United States

• Placed on exchange within the United States Navy, Naval Air Systems Command above rank and responsible for one of seven lines of a Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) investigation into fast jet aircrew Physiological.
• Rapidly developed SME level understanding of fast jet environmental control and breathing air systems and then utilised this knowledge to establish a process to determine if contamination was a root cause, including.
• Collation and dissemination of coherent guidance and support to align US domestic and foreign research and development portfolios, including the successful deployment of prototype air quality capture systems on the USS.
• Established, empowered and led an international team comprising of RAAF, USN, NASA, US Air Force Research Labs, US Navy Medical Research Unit and industry aviation and medical experts to execute the RCCA effort.

United States

• Responsible for overall engineering management, initial design acceptance certification and Commonwealth receipt of the EA-18G Growler weapon system. Notable Achievements
• Developed, communicated and oversaw the approval of a revised project design acceptance strategy within three months of assuming the role and two years after initial release.
• Appointed as the Commonwealth Representative responsible for development and oversight of the acceptance test program and subsequent aircraft acceptance on behalf of Australia from the United States Government.

United States

• Responsible for the successful completion of all aspects of the EA-18G Certification Program Plan (CPP), including the expansion of extant F/A-18F Super Hornet engineering management and system safety programs to.
• Developed, implemented, and managed all aspects of EA-18G Type Certification, recommending initial operations under Special Flight Permit and later, Australian Military Type Certification.
• Critically reviewed Defence Aviation Safety Authority initial drafting of Type Certification and Design Acceptance regulations during the transition from TAREG to DASR, with several recommendations incorporated aimed.

Australia

Australia

Master'S Degree, Systems Engineering

In Progress

Master'S Degree, Project Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering, Honours