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Patrick AFB, Florida, United States

• Dedicated Integrated Product Team member developing and integrating an ARINC 771 compliant next generation L-Band Satcom terminal for aviation safety services voice and data, and non-safety cabin communications.
• Responsible for systems engineering and system integration activities related to the development, verification, acceptance testing, qualification testing (DO-160G), and certification testing of an L-Band Satellite Data.
• Developed use cases and system test procedures to thoroughly and efficiently drive verification and regression testing in the Satcom System Integration Lab.
• Reduced requirements creep and time to market by defining, analyzing, and modifying system requirements throughout product development as a member of the requirements review board.
• Represented Thales as technical liaison during new product introductions at multiple aircraft OEM’s throughout the U.S. and Europe that aided Thales in winning several multi-million-dollar contracts to supply Satcom.

Melbourne, Florida, United States

• System development, integration, acceptance testing, qualification testing (DO-160E), and Iridium certification testing of a first-generation L-Band Satcom terminal for use on multiple aviation platforms.
• Responsible for providing engineering services for the successful development, integration, and test of an L-Band Satcom terminal on a highly modified military KC-135 aircraft (Test Tanker II).
• Provided integration engineering services for the installation of an L-Band Satcom terminal on a JetBlue A320 – resulted in obtaining a prototype STC.
• Responsible for face to face customer technical support in the following market segments; business aviation, rotorcraft, research aircraft, military, and commercial air transport.
• Performed specialized climatic and dynamic qualification testing of a first-generation L-Band Satcom terminal that allowed LiveTV LLC to sell into the retrofit Business Aviation, and the line-fit Rotorcraft markets.

Melbourne, Florida, United States

• Responsible for leading all test activities for fast-paced start-up company Widefi Inc. full duplex 802.11b/g Wi-Fi repeater. Responsible for developing the product test architecture and overseeing all test team.
• Provided test result feedback directly to Software/Hardware engineering teams that drove product development and enhanced features resulting in a product that dramatically increased the range of Wireless networks.
• These activities allowed Widefi Inc. to secure a series B funding round, and to successfully develop a product from proof of concept to pre-production.

Patrick AFB, Florida, United States

• Responsible for providing technical direction and integration of the Range Standardization and Automation Phase II Program at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
• Created integration plans that allowed for the transfer of legacy communications networks to the new Range Standardization and Automation communications backbone.
• Performed communication systems requirements analysis as a means of implementing cost savings for the United States Air Force.
• Security Clearance - Secret

Satellite Beach, Florida, United States

• Responsible for directing Engineering and Installation services for a multi-year $16 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide an Asynchronous Transfer Mode communications network at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
• Led a team of 12 Engineering and Installation professionals to the successful and on-time installation of an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) communications network within 40 facilities located at Cape Canaveral Air.
• Directed the development of the Network Management System that allowed Air Force commanders to view health and status of the entire ATM network from a central location.
• Security Clearance - Secret

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical Engineering Technology

Master Of Business Administration - Mba