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Maryland, United States

Act as the Product Owner, responsible for defining and prioritizing product features, creating and maintaining the product backlog, and ensuring alignment with customer needs and business objectives.Lead a diverse team of approximately 10 professionals, including engineers and other relevant stakeholders, in developing and delivering high-quality products.Coordinate with stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and prioritize user stories, epics, and requirements, translating them into actionable tasks for the development team.Utilize agile methodologies, such as Scrum or Kanban, to plan and manage the development process, ensuring timely delivery of product increments and addressing any impediments or risks.Continuously refine and evolve the product roadmap, incorporating customer feedback, market analysis, and technological advancements to drive product innovation and maintain competitive advantage.Foster a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging the team to adopt and experiment with new tools, techniques, and best practices in model-based systems engineering and product development.

Utilize model-based engineering techniques to develop, analyze, and validate complex systems throughout their lifecycle.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to capture and translate customer requirements into models, ensuring clarity, completeness, and traceability.Apply systems thinking and engineering principles to ensure the overall system coherence and alignment with customer needs and project objectives.Contribute to continuous improvement efforts by evaluating and incorporating emerging model-based engineering methodologies, tools, and best practices into the engineering processes.

New Bern, North Carolina

Facilitated the role of Project Manger and Systems Engineer, managing the RQ-21A “Black-Jack” Simulator program on behalf of the Department of Defense which encompasses 63 aircraft simulators located abroad (Foreign Military Sales) and within the United States in the areas of maintenance & support services, software development, information assurance, acquisitions, and configuration management.

Huntsville, Alabama Area

New Bern, North Carolina, United States

 Designated the Operations Chief of the first Marine Corps UAS Training Squadron to manage/oversee all flight and normal operations. Developed, directed, and managed a daily, weekly, and monthly flight schedule which governed all personnel and class schedules. Rewrote the local flight procedures/course rules to assist the integration of the RQ-21A in the national airspace to improve de-confliction from manned and unmanned platforms. Coordinated and scheduled future ground and flight operations in conjunction with external and internal agencies. Strategically planned and established future flight procedures/course rules for forward/overseas UAS operations. Standardized and evaluated the preliminary NATOPS pilot pocket checklist for future employment of the RQ-21A. Managed and directed military and civilian personnel to achieve the overall objective.Fleet Readiness Squadron Instructor VMU-FRS, MCAS Cherry Point, NC Developed and evaluated course curriculum, course materials, plans, and simulator events, to include standardized test, lectures, and publication readings to improve the student knowledge base. Instructed and Qualified 52 military UAS operators alongside Insitu’s Mobile Training Team. Developed student and instructor guides to direct simulator and live training events. Designed and implemented simulator training to enhance the student knowledge-base on commonly used applications. Instructed Marine Corps personnel on how to strategically plan, brief, and analyze flight operations. Coordinated and produced troubleshooting methods for simulator devices to ensure the correct functionality.

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Early Operational Capability (EOC) VMU-Detachment, Providence, Afghanistan Flew 142.6 flight hours as a test pilot towards the research and development of the RQ-21A. Developed sensor and aircraft positioning techniques to maintain positive identification and minimize fuelconsumption. Facilitated and analyzed flight operations while experimentally testing various payloads in conjunction with UAS. Managed and directed a flight crew of 5 UAS operators. Performed field maintenance and troubleshooting procedures to facilitate flight operations.Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operator VMU-2, MCAS Cherry Point, NC Flew a total of 415.6 hours navigating National Airspace, restricted areas, and combat environments to facilitatemission sets and training requirements. Provided group 3 UAS research for Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 22 to produce a massproduction rate decision. Preformed briefing and debriefing of overall objectives during training evolutions.

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Systems Engineering, 3.70/4.00

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Aeronautics/Engineering Sciences, Current Gpa 3.44/4.00

Ass, Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science And Technology, General, Current Gpa 3.44/4.00

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Unmanned Aircraft Systems, 3.41/4.00