Managed teams of aerospace personnel to manufacture/engineer stealth aircraft on cost, schedule, and scope. Coordinated engineering, change requests, and scheduling to improve Earned Value Management targets. Increased aircraft production rate out of the red utilizing creative scheduling, engineering analysis, and process improvements. Led 5S, continuous improvement projects, and innovation team utilizing change management and transformational management to achieve full compliance. Reduced quality deficiencies significantly within 6 months of taking on role.

Resolved a variety of engineering and manufacturing related constraints and quality deficiencies in a cross-functional F-22, F-35, U-2 and ADP environment including producability, manufacturing engineering, systems/process engineering, quality engineering, equipment replacement and refurbishment, material management changes to meet increased cadence demand of manufactured aircraft composites, instructing/informing technicians and briefing managers on recommended process improvements. • Conducted research and corrections (planning calls) on planning error anomalies utilizing Shop Floor Manager, SAP, and QMS • Initiated process improvements throughout the business area and invented a new, concise production completion and forecast report which precisely forecasted parts manufacture completions to within a few days utilizing SAP improvements to improve total quality pass rates from 30% to over 90%, and parts completions improvement by 1000% • Assisted Manufacturing Engineers and Industrial Engineers in their daily roles supporting systems/equipment engineering and problem resolution, with occasional fill-in duties. • Designed and fabricated shop aids, researched and implemented new technology to replace aging equipment to improve core business ADP completions • Assisted in roll-out of Advanced Development Programs iteration of new composite material, reducing delays by coordinating and conducting meetings and following up on team action items, systems needs

Directed and executed annual budgets, expenditures and resources, creatively formulated $500,00 acquisition solutions resulting in cost savings of over $220,000. Procured >$2.5 Million in contracts and funding to refurbish Langley AFB key aircraft sustainment facilities. Approved daily operational travel and logistics for 400 personnel with $7 Billion of equipment assets within America's premiere F-22 Air Defense Fighter Squadron. • Command Staff position, supervised and led acquisitions and procurements section in daily operational logistical sustainment and supply utilizing several procurement accounts and coordinating across several support organizations, amassing dozens of project improvement initiative completions to include technology upgrades • Coordinated and amended contracts, statements of work, and contractor repairs and systems support/upgrades utilizing Federal Acquisition Regulations to sustain America's premier 1st Fighter Squadron of F-22s, to include upgrade of aircraft hanger power systems • Created and managed F-22 squadron organizational budget while serving as Facilities Manager for five F-22 facilities and simultaneously leading team of Command Staff Squadron Emergency Management Unit Control Center • Langley Air Force Base Wing Ground and Flight Safety Inspector conducted safety and operational integrity inspections of daily flight/ground operations, equipment use and airfield conditions while conducting emergency response and accident/incident airfield investigations and submitting reports to the Wing Safety Officer

Executed >$200,000 of equipment and services procurements to enhance daily operations and global deployment taskings. Directed daily travel and deployment logistics for 200 personnel and >$2 Billion of equipment assets, leading to first ever combat deployment of F-22 stealth fighter. Led and overhauled Aviation Safety, Environmental Management, Deployment, and Records Management programs, assuring Organizational Excellence rating by MAJCOM inspection staff. • Directed movement of over 100 F-22 warfighters and specialized equipment around the globe to meet war-time taskings, readiness and sustainment levels • Command Staff position, managed team of five specialized squadron deployment mangers in the logistics coordination, training and movement of equipment and highly trained personnel globally • Operated, inspected and tested aircraft systems, ground equipment and aircraft software/database systems • Led Lean Six Sigma team in a substantial cost performance initiative by systematically identifying and removing excess equipment, while organizing F-22 weapons systems inventory at the instruction of the base Commander • Researched and procured over $150,000 of F-22 equipment to support sustainment and daily flight operations • Led F-22 Configuration Management Data Integrity Team's daily inspection, identification and correction of F-22 maintenance database entries to ensure integrity of flight records and onboard equipment systems status

Managed daily flying operations missions tracking, ammendments, logistics coordination and communication for 300 aviator personnel global transport squadron, assuring world-wide taskings execution for DoD's largest personnel/cargo transport squadron. Planned, calculated, flew and engineered global transport flights in support of DoD operational taskings resulting in over 50 successful mission executions and over $1 Billion in assets transport.• Instructed student aircrew system engineers in total aircraft systems layout, theory, operation and procedures • Conducted and coordinated aircraft systems Engineer Dispositions globally while flying abroad and stateside while directing daily flights under the purview/title of Mission Control NC Officer-in-Charge • Reporting directly to the Director of Flying Operations, directed, mentored and trained 17 member Mission Control Section composed of systems engineers and load masters to create, schedule, monitor, coordinate global mobility flights