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Greensboro, North Carolina, Us

I am an engineering leader for payload and launch system technology development across the full product life cycle, from concept of operations through verification, validation, and deployment, including risk analysis and reliability engineering. I leverage my strong background in physics and aerospace systems engineering to provide depth in requirements generation and tracing, risk mitigation, reliability analysis including Fault Tree Analysis, Failure Hazard Analysis, and quantitative criticality and failure mode analysis via FMECA. I employ numerous standards and databases including MIL-STD-1629A, FMD-91/-16, NPRD/EPRD, MIL-HBK-217F, MIL-HBK-338B, and MIL-STD-882. My expertise in space systems analysis, computational modeling, and control systems design extends my support to rapid design iteration for space technology demonstration, COTS design qualification, and analysis (with Matlab, Octave, and C++).

As the principal systems engineer and founder of Corvectra, I built an extraordinary team to design and develop a disruptive sensing technology with applications to a variety of aerospace, defense, and biosensing needs. I raised investor capital to support prototype testing for the first few years, then this project culminated with a Colorado Advanced Industry Accelerator grant-funded clinical study at Colorado State University in 2019, leading to additional patent work.* Synthesized remote sensing techniques from aerospace and ADAS for biomedical use cases* Created patent-pending disruptive medical technology for non-invasive blood tests* Team management across multiple projects in aerospace & biophotonics* Comprehensive engineering design of optics, electronics, data analysis and modeling* Capital Fundraising* Risk, Financial, & Resource analysis* Clinical trial design and FDA regulatory knowledge (e.g. 21 CFR 820), IRB approval* Grant writing, including experiment protocol design, schedules, resources, and budgets* Verification and ValidationRelated Skills:Entrepreneurship, Business Development, Data Analysis, Financial Modeling, Market Analysis, Medical Devices, FDA, Optical Engineering, Team Building and Project management, C / C++, Data analysis and presentation, Computer Modeling, Electronics, PCB Design, Laser Systems.

Front Range, Colorado, Us

As program lead I started an innovative project-based teaching curriculum for calculus based engineering physics focused courses, astronomy and astrophysics, and engineering computing. I improved data driven outcomes of STEM education using active learning focused on transferable skills and real world problem-solving.I also started a career mentorship pilot program for STEM students, co-hosted events with the Science and Math Career and Academic Community, including a bi-annual STEM internship fair, organized science talks, and I started a weekly educator support group during COVID-19 to find innovative ways to adapt to the challenges of teaching college level STEM classes with lab components online.

As a software systems engineer for field deployable remote sensing systems (LiDAR) I used my experience in remote sensing, programming, control systems and automation to streamline production verification and validation processes. I also handled product support for domestic and international accounts on Velodyne's LiDAR systems, diagnosing end user problems with telemetry and GPS using C++ Visual Studio with MFC, and I designed new test criteria and identified process improvements for sensor validation.

Menlo Park, California, Us

I managed operations teams, experimental facilities systems, designed control systems software (including systems management functions and UI/UX), and managed the safe operation and repair of experiment control hardware, to successfully execute the mission of multiple particle accelerator programs. Three of these programs are internationally recognized, span the fields of x-ray free electron laser science, plasma wakefiled accelerator science, and matter-antimatter particle physics, and include the LCLS free electron x-ray facility, FACET, and PEP-II.

Menlo Park, California, Us

At this Department of Energy research facility at Stanford University, I operated and maintained multiple particle accelerators and experiments, including: the PEP-II accelerator, used to study matter-antimatter asymmetry in the Standard Model; the ANITA probe, a high-altitude Antarctic microwave array used to indirectly detect the presence of neutrinos; FACET, an experimental facility used to study the physics of the acceleration of leptons via plasma wakefields; and the LCLS free electron x-ray laser, used to study the molecular and atomic structure of materials on femtosecond time scales. While in Operations, I built numerous original diagnostics and tuning software for accelerator control, laser and RF systems telemetry, as well as the first training and technical documentation for Operations on multiple x-ray experimental facilities and accelerator systems.

As the Chief Engineer and Founder of this aerospace sensor systems R&D firm, I designed & built prototype multi-spectral sensing technology for space based applications. My chief responsibilities included team and project management with tight deadlines and budgetary constraints. I also built an electronics and prototyping laboratory, procured vendors, and sourced investors to support this work. My team's work led us to enter the Qualcomm Tricorder X-Prize competition, and led to the foundation of Corvectra, Inc. a medical device development company.

At Bill Copeland Technical Writing, I performed contract science consulting and writing services for a number of topics within astronomy and astrophysics. Through regular consulting sessions, I delivered weekly publication reviews and white papers, each connecting a rich architecture of fundamental physical processes within a narrative that explored cosmology, astrophysics, and engineering design.

Bozeman, Mt, Us

Built and characterized a variety of infrared remote sensing test systems, data acquisition software, and laser stabilization electronics. Constructed and field tested a remote sensing prototype system for standoff detection of explosives and landmines. Also constructed and tested a prototype remote sensor for CO2 detection.

Bozeman, Mt, Us

Characterized infrared external cavity diode lasers for remote sensing applications; characterized Hydrogen Raman lasers for research; built and tested laser stabilization electronics and data acquisition software.

Conway, Ar, Us

Worked on a team to analyze the x-ray black hole binary star candidate CI Camelopardus with a 16" Newtonian Reflector in UCA's research observatory. Reduced light curve data with IRAF and built data analysis algorithms in Matlab. Later research focused on optical sensory system modeling of an intertidal species, using Matlab and Python. Presented all research at UCA Research Symposia, 2000-2001

Graduate Studies, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Master’S Degree, Physics

Bachelor’S Degree, Physics

Entrepreneurial And Small Business Operations