Leading and mentoring a team of 10 electronics professionals in the fabrication and repair of complex test systems supporting development and production products for aerospace industry. Successful customer service and documentation of repair services conducted for internal and external customers.

Lead Test Engineering Technician• Lead Test Engineering Technician for a team of 8 Test Engineering Technicians. • Responsible for the creation, repair and maintenance of test systems and supporting equipment. Conducts electrical, mechanical and software troubleshooting to determine problems in non-functioning test equipment.• Troubleshooting, fabrication, and tracking of proprietary test systems and fixtures. Repairs consisting of component identification and replacement, wiring, and system faults across a variety of platforms daily providing support to production lines and vendors.

Production Test Technician Specialist 2 • Responsible for the testing, verification, and repair of high-power supplies and avionics equipment. Flight Critical Certified Technician.• Component level troubleshooting, schematic interpretation, and new product support. Produces a high level of direct support for internal and external customers.• Advanced environmental and vibration testing. Setup and testing using Automated and manual test systems to support certification of new products.• Leadership and oversight of technicians on a daily basis with program management. Lean manufacturing practices utilized in a production environment. • Redlining of test procedures, schematics, and drawings used for New Product Introduction programs and production products.

23 years of military leadership and professional experience in testing, installing, modifying, troubleshooting, diagnosing, maintaining, and repairing complex electronic and information systems. Thorough knowledge of schematics, technical manuals, and logistical parts procurement. Well versed in Information Technology in management of Local Area Networks, switches, routers, servers and clients. Led technicians in troubleshooting and repairing electronic equipment down to component level. Instructed United Stares Navy electronics as a Master Training Specialist on operation, maintenance and repair of Communications, Radar, Switchboards, Power Distribution and Associated Indicators. Planned and coordinated Satellite Communication, Bandwidth Expansion, Wide-band, Base-band, RF Communications, and other electronic system installations and upgrades for U.S. Military and Allied Forces in the European Area of Operation. Current U.S. Government Secret Clearance. U.S. Government Top Secret-SCI clearance previously held. Six Sigma Green Belt Certified.

• Managed 70 technicians and three Civilian Contractors with electrical/electronic and physical/dimensional calibration on 20,000 items annually for over 158 NAVAIR/NAVSEA customers.• Responsible for all administrative duties for command to include creation, revision, and enforcement of complex standard operating procedures. Managed personnel training, standards, daily operations were in accordance with laboratory standards. • Chairman of the Code 900 Safety Committee for 600 Sailors and Civilians. Led safety walkthroughs, inspections, and safety drills throughout the Command creating a culture of safety awareness. Active member of the VPP Safety Committee.

• Managed 41 technicians with scheduled maintenance and repair of critical Interior/Exterior Communications, Radar, IFF, Navigation, alarm panels, power distribution and cooling systems for various shipboard electronic systems in Forward Deployed Communications Command Ship.• Conducted preventive/corrective maintenance, initialization, casualty response, shutdown procedures and operation for tactical IFF systems, Radar, Navigation and Communication equipment.• Created and incorporated Electronic Casualty Control Manuals for all shipboard electronic systems including diagrams, procedures, and corrective actions. Trained five departments and 150 personnel on operation and use of manuals for first certification as a crew in 10 years.• Ambassador to the city of Gaeta, expertly organized and coordinated the command’s first community visit day for 800 visitors fostering positive relations with the local community.

• Instructed electronics theory and operation for three years to 416 students in courses covering utilization of technical manuals, as well as initialize, operate, troubleshoot and maintain critical Navy electronic systems.• Installed and administrated eight electronic classrooms including display boards, computers, and projection equipment. Created an advanced Navigation classroom with operational SPA-25G RADAR indicators, simulation laptop, and sound powered phone circuits for RADNAV course of instruction.• Recognized as the Senior Instructor of the Year, FY 2009.

• Leading Petty Officer for Tactical Automated Information Systems (T-AIS) onboard CVN-72. Led 25 Sailors in operation and maintenance of eight command tactical classified systems including TS/SCI networks, GCCS-M, and JSIPS-N.• Operated, maintained, and repaired intelligence systems, Alcatel switches, Cisco routers, servers/clients and other electronic systems.• Managed multiple work centers including scheduling of maintenance, part procurement, equipment configuration, troubleshooting/repair, and involvement in various training teams.