Project Manager / Integrated Product Team Lead / Special Program Office LeadOver 30 Years of Experience Leading Specialized Aerospace and Airborne Engineering Teams, Developing Innovative Solutions, and Providing Planning for Successful Development of Space and Airborne AESA, RF Communication, and Multi-spectral Systems

 Project Manager responsible for all organization and planning with JSI Program Office stakeholders, and leading a team of engineers to stand up, verify, and sell-off JSI F-15 AESA NISPOM (WIN10) compliant, automated RF LP and HPNF System Test Equipment, to meet JSI antenna requirements IPTL responsible for planning and coordinating IMS, BCRs, labor loading, future Planning Packages, and planning options with the Program Manager, Chief Engineer, and Program Office Stakeholders, to mitigate cost and schedule impacts from external dependencies  Successfully completed Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews Senior REA managing a multi-discipline team of RF, Electrical, Mechanical, SW, and Test Engineers  Responsible for development of HW and SW Requirements, Test Plan Documentation, Trade Studies, Procurement, HW and SW Reviews, Dry Runs, Test Readiness Reviews, Validation, and Sell-Off

 Program Lead Engineer responsible for set up and verification of over ten complex STEs exceeding $20M  Reported directly to the Program Manager while leading a multi-discipline team of Spacecraft System, RF, Digital, SW, and Test Engineers  Developed spacecraft Requirements, Automated STE Requirements, and STE Test Plans for five Subsystems, including Digital Waveform Generation, Receiving, Transmission, and High Power

 Project Manager responsible for all organization and planning with B-52 BMRS Program Office stakeholders, and leading a team of engineers to stand up, verify, and sell-off B-52 BMRS AESA automated RF LP and HPNF System Test Equipment, to meet B-52 BMRS antenna requirements Coordinated with PMO Cost Account Manager, Finance, and Planners for planning, scheduling, financial budget, actuals, and work produced  Successfully developed and presented two follow-on proposals valued > $5M Completed successful low risk CDR Performed trade studies to determine additional LP and HPNF AESA STE capabilities, created planning and directed the development of drawings, mechanical reviews, Statements of Work, and Requirements documents for lift fixtures and carts, and worked with Supply Chain Management to procure those materials Responsible for LP and HPNF Antenna AESA STE HW and SW Requirements, Test Plans, HW Trade Studies, Procurement, HW and SW Table Top Reviews, Test Readiness Reviews, Dry Runs, and Sell-Off

 Project Manager responsible for leading development of NISPOM complaint 5th generation multi-beam LP and HPNF AESA STE  IPTL responsible for coordinating all activities with the Program Office Program Manager, Chief Engineer, Schedulers, and Supply Chain Management  Provided all CAM and IPTL support – EV, EAC, LRE, BOM, IMS, PR/PO, BCRs, etc. Managed several subcontractors and a large team of SMEs, RF, Test, SW, Mechanical, and Electrical engineers Lead earned value deep dives resulting in BCRs for SW development and inclusion of missing IMS Tasks Lead EV deep dives and corrected IMS, labor hour, and procurement errors Led team developing Subcontractor SOWs and requirements, and coordinated with Supply Chain

Over 30 Years of Experience Leading Specialized Aerospace and Airborne Engineering Teams, Developing Innovative Solutions, and Providing Planning for Successful Development of Space and Airborne AESA, RF Communication, and Multi-spectral Systems

 Special Program Office Lead, primary point of contact for the Customer, Senior Aerospace Management, Contractor Program Management, and several Contractor Payload Subsystem IPTLs, providing oversight for a multi-constellation multi-spacecraft contract exceeding $1B per spacecraft Responsible for providing Verification and Sell-Off presentations to the Customer and senior Aerospace management for RF and phased array payloads Created multi-disciplined teams of Aerospace distinguished engineers, and in conjunction with Contractor special engineers, approved and conducted root cause experiments and found solutions to design issues that impacted the critical path, caused production shutdown, or delays Oversaw Payload, Antenna, RF, Digital, Power Converter, and Phased Array Spacecraft Systems Provided reliability, risk, and mission impact assessments to Customer and Senior Management Led root cause definition and design modifications for the following critical component failures that resulted in large system level impacts Developed and presented to several Intelligence Agencies a solution for reliability impact to GaAs and InP low-noise amplifiers from high-power RF interference Antenna CLA (Carbon loaded astroquartz) space qualification planning and testing Receiver Spur degradation induced by high frequency microphonics Receiver far out phase noise degradation from VCO debonding VCO phase instability root cause determination and screen test development Multi-parameter fatigue induced power converter wire failure Power converter interface failures due to pulse skipping from noise induced into the PWM Intermittingly failing 3-D printed mixed signal assembly ceramic with gold-silicon traces Transistor current hogging impact assessment Led qualification teams for GaAs and InP, HEMT and HBT product lines Directed HBT pedigree review teams for several launches

 RF and Communication System Engineering Subject Matter Expert (SME), provided communication system engineering expertise and analysis, and designed payload architectures Directly supported SBIRs, AEHF, GPS, GPS F/O, AFSCN, NASA and Break Up Re-entry Recorder Programs Developed award fee criteria, performed cost estimations, developed contract proposals and participated in source selections Developed Computer Concept Design Center communication and sensor spacecraft payload architectures  System engineer for spacecraft payload antenna, RF, and digital subsystems and space to ground interface

 Program Office Lead for SBIRs Low Multi-spectral Sensor Verification, Space to Ground Interface, and ETERTS (end-to-end real time sensor simulation) Responsible for proposal generation, and source selection Developed payload on orbit LWIR, MWIR, and SWIR sensor verification and validation test activities using target type definition coupled with IR end-to-end real time simulator data Defined ground system hardware and software requirements, and provided man-power estimations for on orbit payload test verification  Led software spiral development oversight and audit for ground system command, control, and telemetry software

Provided electrical engineering consulting services for a contract to relocated and consolidate the FAA’s Southern California TRACONs (terminal radar control) facilities Specified multi-personnel Master Control Station positions and electrical routing for air traffic control, network control, and network maintenance resources

ommunications System and Subsystem Engineer - Communication Systems Division 1988-1993 System and subsystem engineer for several spin stabilized and three axis bus, communication spacecraft Led subsystem payload test and gain balance activities, and presented Sell-Off to the customer Galaxy 601 C and K band payloads BSB – British Satellite Broadcasting Direct Downlink Satellite Intelsat VI Responsible for Primary payload, Telemetry tracking and command, and Command and Data Handling subsystem book production for several winning proposals Designed small signal interference analysis software for the 601 Bus product line

 R-2 9th Floor - Responsible for testing high power aircraft microwave circulators

Anti-tank mechanized infantry squad leaderPNOC (Primary Non-Commissioned Officers School)