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Blackstone, Va, Us

Blackstone, Virginia, United States

Virginia, United States

- Certified as External Pilot, Operator Instructor, and Maintenance Instructor. - Responsible for scheduling and facilitating all Aerosonde flight operations at KBKT. - Produce daily/weekly flight schedules and flight metrics to track company goals and contractual deadlines. - Facilitate and perform duties as EP/OI/MI for Foreign Military and Fee For Service training classes. - Facilitate and perform duties as EP for R&D and Production test flights.- Create/maintain new/existing training material, technical manuals and standard operating procedures.

Greater New York City Area

Responsible for managing, planning and executing all ULC flight operations. Oversee the development and maintenance of ULC’s fleet of specialized UAV’s and support systems including software/sensor integration and testing to ensure aircraft functionality and safety. - Designed a large multi rotor UAS capable of lifting a variety of payloads required by the customer in order to collect data on utility infrastructure. Developed standard operating procedures, maintenance programs and pilot training programs to operate this system commercially IAW FAA regulations.- Designed a large gas/electric VTOL hybrid fixed-wing UAS capable of lifting a variety of payloads required by the customer in order to collect data on utility infrastructure. Developed standard operating procedures, maintenance programs and pilot training programs to operate this system commercially IAW FAA regulations.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Primary duties: -Perform all sUAS operations within FAA guidelines. -Construct, test and maintain aircraft. -Train customers on proper sUAS operations.Additional duties and accomplishments: -Actively suggested improvements on current sUAS to enhance quality and reduce costs. -Assembled and tested production equipment. -Designated as chief test pilot. -Developed training material for a variety of sUAS. *Designated as Instructor Pilot. -Designated as lead Research & Development Technician. -Designed and developed new sUAS aircraft and aircraft related components to further the company’s product registry. -Lead a series of Autopilot/Airframe configuration testing programs. -Assisted in geospatial data collection and image processing. -Created and maintained an inventory, training and logistics tracker.

Dugway, Ut

Performed a variety of duties IAW Army regulations to maintain an efficient UAS test and production flight line for the RQ-7B Shadow TUAS FATP program. -Qualified Air Vehicle Operator with 100 logged flight hours. -Qualified External Operator with 120 logged flight hours and designated as an Instructor Pilot. -Qualified Mission Coordinator with 20 logged flight hours. -Designated as the Flight Operations Assistant Manager. Actively produced daily flight schedules and flight logs to maintain production deadlines. -Designated as Technical Inspector. -Designated as Aviation Safety Officer. -Designated as Flight Line Safety Officer. -Regularly emplaced and displaced associated ground equipment IAW Army regulations and technical standards. -Prepared required documents for training and flight operations conducted by the NET/GOCO team. -On an as-needed basis, supported engineering test flights, submitted technical reports and performed demonstration flights for various customers.

Hunt Valley, Md

Performed a variety of complex technical functions related to the support of engineering activities such as set-up, operation, maintenance, modification, testing, calibration, detailing and/or troubleshooting of systems, circuitry, prototype models or specialized equipment. -Assisted in the proto-type fabrication of new aircraft and aircraft related components. -Assisted the mishap investigation team to diagnose potential causes of mishaps. -Proficient in composite, wood and metal fabrication.

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

Performed a variety of duties in order to maintain FBO operations. -Regularly fueled, moved and cleaned General Aviation aircraft. -Maintained a clean and efficient office while performing day-to-day airport operations.

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Diploma, General Studies