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Retired after 27 years as a Certified Air Traffic Control Specialist.Graduated from the FAA Air Traffic Control Academy as an Honor Graduate 1989. Salt Lake City Center Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZLC) from June 1989 to January 1999. Served as an Area Representative for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) 1996-1998. Completed training in Interest Based Bargaining.Kansas City Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZKC) January 1999 to February 2016. Served 2 years as a NATCA Area Representative. Completed NATCA's FacRep course, twice. Completed Basic as well as Advanced Arbitration training for NATCA and have served as an Arbitration Advocate multiple times. Served on the Central Region NATCA Grievance Team. Participated in Communicating For Safety and NATCA's Lobby Week.

Represented the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) as an Operational Test Evaluation Subject Matter Expert working on the ERAM System. Participated in operational testing to expose deficiencies in the system prior to field deployment enabling engineering to correct those deficiencies, ensuring the safety and integrity of the National Airspace System.Beginning February 2011 I was the lead Flight Plan Processing SIG SME, leading the operational testing of large functionality changes to the ERAM software.

Graduated USN Boot Camp as the Company Academic Award Winner. Graduated from Electronics Technician "A" School as Honor Graduate. Served the remainder of my time in the Ready Reserve serving one weekend per month and two or more weeks per year as an Electronics Technician - ET3.