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Breckenridge, Colorado, United States

Extensive managerial and operational expertise encompassing air traffic operations, advanced equipment integration, quality assurance and traffic management. Complete Air Traffic capacity and procedural evaluations providing in-depth analysis and recommendations. Training development, improvement and effective implementation. Provide content composition and editorial support for numerous contractual proposals.

Breckenridge, Colorado, United States

Provide level 1 to level 5 ski instruction.

Team lead for Chinese Air Traffic capacity and procedural evaluation providing in-depth analysis and comprehensive recommendations. Provided content composition and editorial support for numerous contractual proposals. Diverse aviation related training development, improvement coupled with practical implementation.

Managerial oversight to daily air traffic operations at major enroute air traffic facility. Provided direct supervision of three operational areas including over 130 air traffic controllers with associated front line managers. Direct oversight of multi-million dollar overtime expenditures.

Directed and actualized FAA National Training Program at the local level. Maintained local written training directives, ensuring developmental, supervisor and facility adherence. Provided direction and methodology to reduce training timeframe to achieve journeyman controller status. Provided direct supervision of entry level air traffic developmentals and facility training contractor.

Direct supervision of facility quality assurance program and implementation of national facility requirements. Direct oversight of investigative processes involving all air traffic incidents and accident. Providing written investigatory findings to local and national entities. Maintained local written quality assurance directives, ensuring facility adherence.

Provided regional oversight of National Quality Assurance Program. Provided written guidance to facility quality assurance procedures and investigatory practices. Acted as liaison to National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for aircraft accident / incident investigatory findings. Regional liaison to National Evaluations Branch, participating as an evaluator during full facility evaluations.

Direct supervision of air traffic controllers and operations. Maintained administrative oversight of air traffic controller crew. Managed Denver Center Scholarship Association.

Developed and coordinated traffic management initiatives to manage and meter airborne inventory within Denver Center and adjacent facilities. Provided direct link between tower and center operations during severe weather events ensuring gate balancing and flow management. Collaborated with NASA/AMES Research in enhancing the FAA / NASA Air Traffic Advancement Program.

Provided air traffic control services in the mountain and Denver terminal specialty. Participated in core group of controllers who utilized and modified the original terminal metering program. Provided on-the-job training to developmental control personnel.

Provided pilot weather briefings, in person and via telephone. Maintained airport advisory service. Certified weather observer providing hourly weather observations to National Weather Service.