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Air Warfare Systems Analyst, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Washington DC.Air Force Colonel responsible for formal oversight of operational test and evaluation planning, execution, analysis, and reporting for a portfolio of over a dozen Major Defense Acquisition Programs including F-22A, F-15E and B 2 aircraft and avionics systems; Small Diameter Bomb, Joint Standoff Weapon, Joint Direct Attack Munition, and Joint Air-to-Ground Missile precision guided weapons; and emergent classified air warfare programs. Identified DoD and service-specific resources necessary for adequate operational test and reported through the Director to the Congress and Secretary of Defense on test adequacy and system operational effectiveness and suitability in test venues.

Commanded handpicked organization of aircrews, maintenance and munitions experts, operations analysts, engineers, and support personnel conducting test and evaluation of precision-guided weapons in realistic combat scenarios. • Directed $6M annual test budget and evaluated over $40M of weapons employed by Air Force fighter, bomber, and unmanned aerial vehicle units yearly.• Executed 600+ flight test missions and support activities evaluating 360+ weapons annually.• Organization’s lead instructor pilot for weapons evaluation flight test missions. Employment expert in all Air Force precision-guided weapons.• Identified weapon system performance trends and training shortfalls, in annual presentations to the Air Force Chief of Staff and senior Air Force Commands and agencies.• Acclaimed excellence – Air Force 53d Wing’s Analytical Team of the Year 2005 and Gulf Coast International Test and Evaluation Association’s Test Team of the Year 2004.

Planned, prioritized, executed, and reported results of operational testing for combat aircraft, armament, avionics, life support, and automated mission planning systems.• Managed annual test budget exceeding $15M and supervised 240 military and civilian personnel conducting over 100 major Air Force test programs, capabilities demonstrations and experiments.• Executed weapons and avionics flight test as instructor pilot for F-15E air-to-air missile and air to-ground weapons evaluation and avionics flight test missions.• Led US Central Command Unconventional Targets Cell as Time Sensitive Targeting Chief in 2001 supporting Operation Enduring Freedom melding national intelligence equities, advanced technologies, and non-traditional air combat

Supervised 325 military and civilian personnel conducting operations support, air traffic control, weather services, intelligence, weapons and tactics, aircrew training, aircraft maintenance analysis, and mission planning for the Air Force’s largest F-15E operational and training organization.• Awarded Air Force Air Combat Command’s Maintenance Analysis Team of the Year honors, fiscal year 2000 for overcoming daunting supply system and manpower shortfall challenges.• Supervised daily flight operations and training programs for over 40 instructors and 90 upgrading F 15E aircrews annually as 334th Fighter Squadron Assistant Operations Officer.• Conducted aircrew academic, ground, and flight instruction across four Air Force formal course syllabi as F-15E weapons and tactics instructor pilot.

Command staff officer for Air Force F-15E operations, weapons and tactics, and employment programs. Directed and managed Air Forces Europe weapons range development and sustainment initiatives. • Chaired European Tactics Analysis Team publishing findings on adversary air forces capabilities.• Conducted definitive F 15E aircraft handling qualities study; secured removal of flight restrictions for entire Air Force operational fleet.• Led tactical air planning efforts for Operation Deliberate Force as 5th Allied Tactical Air Force Combined Air Operations Center.

Flight test program manager, assistant operations officer, and weapons and tactics instructor pilot. Combat mission commander, Operation Desert Storm. 3000+ flight hours in multiple fighter aircraft. Graduate, United States Air Force Weapons Instructor Course. Air Force Air Armament Center developmental test engineer.

Ms, Aeronautical Science

Graduate, Advanced Weapons And Tactics - F-15E Weapons Instructor Course

Graduate, Air Force Pilot Training

Bs, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Sigma Gamma Tau National Aeronautical Engineering Honor Society Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps