Dan Swayne Email & Phone Number

Worldwide

Afterburner is a team of current and former men and women fighter pilots, US Navy SEALs and other elite military professionals leveraging our proprietary continuous improvement model to build and develop elite, high performing teams and organizations. We believe the insights of Fighter Pilots, Special Forces, and other elite military professionals in execution, leadership, communication, teamwork & discipline empower individuals, teams and organizations to optimize performance while pursuing and achieving a culture of excellence. Afterburner's keynotes, team building seminars and training and consulting programs employ the Flawless Execution methodology to attain that objective. From partnering with Fortune 500's best to Super Bowl champions, we've proven the power of applying the strategies and tactics of Flawless Execution in accelerating performances and closing execution gaps.

Greater Atlanta Area

Executive Consultant, Aerospace, Defense & Middle East AffairsWhile maintaining interaction with US Government, foreign government, and commercial C–level executives, create long-term modernization plans for small and medium-sized air forces, negotiate Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul contracts worth millions of dollars between industry and regional air forces, and execute contracts for US Government, foreign governments, and private companies.

Sumter, South Carolina Area

Primary liaison for air force-to-air force security cooperation at command level, building relationships critical to US National Security primarily in the Arabian Peninsula. Part of operational management team organizing and conducting multi-national exercises and events.

Sumter, South Carolina Area

Supervised formal inspections and staff assistance visits to 36 combat units; produced technical reports for the 9th AF Commander; Board member of annual F-16 Flight Manual review at Lockheed-Martin Aerospace; Primary F-16 Flight Examiner – Evaluator for Active, Reserve and Guard units in Eastern US.

Worldwide

F-16 Weapons Instructor, Flight Examiner, and Operational Test Pilot with more than 4000 hours of flight time in the F-16.

Sumter, South Carolina Area

Responsible for the training and combat readiness of 42 F-16 pilots; Managed flight and maintenance schedule for 26 F-16 aircraft worth; Supervised the East Coast F-16 Demonstration Team; Managed over $7 million in flying hours for squadron readiness training per year.

Sumter, South Carolina Area

Responsible for the safety programs of a fighter wing comprised of over 100 F-16 aircraft and over 5,000 personnel; Led an office managing three separate safety disciplines: Flight Safety, Weapons Safety, and Ground Safety; Devised active safety programs designed to increase compliance and save lives.

Iraq

Led a squadron managing daily combat operations for a large deployment base; Responsible for the safe flow of all civil and military air traffic in the southern half of Iraq; made the airfield a suitable divert base for fighter aircraft on combat missions; Safely conducted coalition flight operations over thousands of events involving fixed-wing, helicopter, and unmanned aircraft.

Ft Walton Beach, Florida Area

Project Officer for operational testing of myriad airborne tactical systems and weapons leading up to combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq; F-16 instructor pilot for all new capabilities of F-16 Block 50 aircraft in USAF; Managed over $20 million in flying hours for operational test flights annually.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Lead instructor of 22 instructor pilots teaching Formal Course Basic and Instructor F-16 flight and ground training to Taiwan pilots in the F-16. Taught most of the initial cadre pilots for the Taiwan Air Force.

Master Of Science (Ms), Aerospace Management

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Geological And Earth Sciences/Geosciences