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Patuxent River, Maryland, United States

Provide technical support to the Unmanned Mission Control Station (UMCS) AIRWorks Team focusing on establishing test site maintenance planning and stand-up. Responsible for coordinating with the MQ-25/UMCS Integrated Test Team and developing maintenance processes and documentation for UMCS developmental testing. Supports PMA-268 UMCS Project Lead with planning for UMCS compliance with COMNAVAIRISNT 4790, maintenance and sustainment planning for UMCS test sites, and development of sparing plans in support of UMCS test event. Efforts also included planning and execution of system functional and physical verifications of UMCS test sites. Responsibilities included:- Establishment of NAMSOPs- Descriptions of maintenance tasks - Drafting Safe For Flight procedures - Analysis on data for sparing and suitable substitutes- Redlining of maintenance pubs/manuals- Provide reports on failures, remove and replace procedures- Use VidsMAFs, OOMA and NALCOMIS to document maintenance - Analyze test procedures and maintenance procedures for gaps- Work with CM team to validate PN/configurations

Patuxent River, Md

Completed 14 Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) installations at high-risk locations as an Onsite Installation Coordinator (OSIC) and 24 on-site customer interactions as a Field Service Representative (FSR). Liaised between multiple agencies on developing installation plans, acquisitions, systems installations, sustainment, and operations of C-UAS equipment vital to national security for CONUS and OCONUS DoD locations.Coordinated 13 non-routine assessments of facilities at non-standard locations to evaluate structures, network requirements, power distribution, and line-of-sight obstacles to determine the best course of action to install C-UAS at CONUS and OCONUS sites.Responsibilities included:- Install and maintain C-UAS equipment in a multitude of environments.- Trained on multiple C-UAS platforms as operator and FSR technician.- Coordinates with facility leadership and facilities personnel to conduct onsite inspections of facilities and structures to determine the best location for system installation.- Records and analyzes facility-specific data for determining the structural requirements and suitability for the installation of antennas and system components.- Plans and oversees system functional testing of installed systems and coordinates with vendor representatives to test and troubleshoot systems for adequate system performance.- Develops and reviews designs by extracting and analyzing engineering data, drawings, and parts lists.- Assists in the testing and evaluation of C-UAS systems and associated equipment- Collects and delivers data on installed systems for configuration management and sustainment.- Understand and use Linux operating systems.- Understand and use geospatial Intel tools such as ArcGIS and Google Earth.- Maintain practical understanding of unmanned aerial systems (Groups 1-3).- Able to detect, identify, track, decide and defeat threats posed by UAVs threatening the safety or security of identified assets.

Patuxent River, Maryland

Established the Navy’s first Level II Additive Manufacturing work center. Created processes and policies to fulfill U.S. Navy Fleet logistical gaps which employs state-of-the art 3D printing methods and CAD/CAM software in the manufacturing of Aircraft Components, Common Support Equipment (CSE) components, job aids and rapid prototyping samples. Established a qualification-training standard and Job Qualification Requirements task in the Advanced Skills Management System resulting in five proficient technicians, two Collateral Duty inspectors and one Quality Assurance Representative. Responsibilities included:- Training and qualifying personnel in CAD/CAM/Slicer software and FDM/3D Printing processes- CAD/CAM Proficient user- 3D Printer Slicer program Proficient- Familiar with FDM printing machine use, upkeep and repair- Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, quantity of equipment, and skill of personnel. - Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance. - Requisition materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts. - Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements. - Conduct or arrange for worker training in safety, repair, or maintenance techniques, operational procedures, or equipment use. - Develop, implement, or evaluate maintenance policies and procedures. - Confer with personnel, such as divisional management, quality control, to coordinate work activities, resolve employee grievances, or identify and review resource needs. - Monitor tool and part inventories and the condition and maintenance of shops to ensure adequate working conditions. - Interpret specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers.

Patuxent River, Maryland

Supervised 28 skilled artisans at a Fleet Readiness Center in the completion of 7,128 intermediate level maintenance actions, expending 9,301 man-hours resulting in a 92.5 percent ready for issue rate in support of twelve Naval Air Station Patuxent River Tenant Commands.As AirSpeed supervisor and Lean Six Sigma Champion, responsible for the training, sustainment, and project completion of the Naval Aviation Enterprise’s Continuous Process Improvement initiatives for 263 personnel.Responsibilities included:- Qualified Production Control Supervisor- Perform advanced composite repair, structural metal repair/fabrication, hydraulic component repair, hydraulic line repair/manufacture and Non-Destructive Inspections on aviation components. - Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, quantity of equipment, and skill of personnel. - Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance. - Requisition materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts. - Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements. - Conduct or arrange for worker training in safety, repair, or maintenance techniques, operational procedures, or equipment use. - Develop, implement, or evaluate maintenance policies and procedures. - Confer with personnel, such as divisional management, quality control, to coordinate work activities, resolve employee grievances, or identify and review resource needs. - Monitor tool and part inventories and the condition and maintenance of shops to ensure adequate working conditions. - Interpret specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers. - Counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job-skill deficiencies.

Military Qualifications Held:- Production Controller- Lean Six Sigma Champion/Project Sponsor- Master Training Specialist (MTS)- Instructor Evaluator- H-60 Airframes and Related Systems Initial and Career Instructor- MQ-8B Mechanical Maintenance Course Instructor - MQ-8B VTUAV Mech Collateral Duty Quality Assurance Representative/Inspector- MQ-8B VTUAV Plane Captain- MQ-8B VTUAV Ground Maintenance Vehicle Operator (Engine/MPEDD turn-up qualified)- MQ-8B Course Curriculum Model Supervisor for Centers for Naval Air Technical Training- MH-60R and MH-60S Phase Inspection Coordinator- MH-60S Airframes, Powerplants, Electrician, Avionics, Ordnance, Corrosion Control and Line Operations Quality Assurance Representative/Inspector (Full Systems MH-60R QAR)- MH-60R Airframes, Corrosion Control and Line Operations Collateral Duty Quality Assurance Representative/Inspector- S-3B Airframes, Corrosion Control and Line Operations Collateral Duty Inspector- MH-60S and S-3B Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) Turn Qualification- MH-60R and MH-60S Hydraulic Contamination Control Technician- MH-60R, MH-60S and S-3B Tire/Wheel Maintenance Safety Certification - MH-60R, MH-60S and S-3B Brake Rider- MH-60R, MH-60S and S-3B Fuel Surveillance- Air Capable Ship Flight Deck Observer

Coronado, Ca

Supervised 186 aviation maintenance technicians across nine work centers in the completion of 3,057 maintenance actions on twelve MH-60R and two MQ-8B UAS.Completed a Helicopter Advanced Readiness Program (HARP) detachment and deployed two carrier air wing (CVW) detachments to sea culminating in an impressive 98% sortie completion of over 1,024 flight hours. Responsibilities included:- Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, quantity of equipment, and skill of personnel. - Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance. - Requisition materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts. - Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements. - Conduct or arrange for worker training in safety, repair, or maintenance techniques, operational procedures, or equipment use. - Develop, implement, or evaluate maintenance policies and procedures. - Confer with personnel, such as divisional management, quality control, to coordinate work activities, resolve employee grievances, or identify and review resource needs. - Monitor tool and part inventories and the condition and maintenance of shops to ensure adequate working conditions. - Interpret specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers. - Counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job-skill deficiencies. - Compile operational or personnel records, such as time and production records, inventory data, repair or maintenance statistics, or test results.

Coronado, Ca

Trained, qualified and supervised 17 technicians on U.S. Navy’s first ever forward deployed MH-60R and MQ-8B UAS composite aviation detachment. Identified electrical, network and facility modifications that ensured seamless detachment integration during Littoral Combat Ship Concept of Operations demonstration and successful four month deployment. Coordinated with Littoral Combat Ship managers in analyzing engineering data, Preparing and developing Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures and eventual testing and validation of concepts ultimately ensuring the future safe operations of Naval assets. Trained and qualified 23 Collateral Duty Inspectors, four Quality Assurance Inspectors and 25 Plane Captains across MH-60R and MQ-8B UAS platforms. Responsibilities included: - Train and Qualify in MH-60R and MQ-8B UAS Power plant, fuel, airframe, helicopter rotor and drive systems, removal and replacement of mechanical components;- Train and qualify MQ-8B Plane Captains and MQ-8B MPEDD qualified technicians- Train and Qualify Ground Maintenance Vehicle Operators in MQ-8B Engine/MPEDD turn-up.- Conduct or arrange for worker training in safety, repair, or maintenance techniques, operational procedures, or equipment use for MH-60R primary systems and associated accessories. - Trained and Qualified 23 Collateral Duty Inspectors, four Quality Assurance Inspectors and 25 Plane Captains across MH-60R and MQ-8B platforms.- Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, quantity of equipment, and skill of personnel. - Requisition materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts. - Develop, implement, or evaluate maintenance policies and procedures. - Monitor tool and part inventories and the condition and maintenance of shops to ensure adequate working conditions.- Interpret specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers.

Coronado, Ca

Supervised 43 instructors in the upkeep and delivery of 22 H-60 Maintenance Technician courses resulting in the graduation of 2007 highly skilled assets for the U.S. Navy.Coordinated with base facilities manager on identifying, planning, design and eventual completion of facility modifications. Coordinated with PMA-266 and Northrup Grumman in the delivery, inventorying and installation of training aids valued at Six Million Dollars.Coordinated between 17 San Diego based H-60 squadrons in developing and delivering localized aviation maintenance training resulting in 321 hours of added training for 733 technicians.Responsibilities included:- Trained and qualified 52 instructors, 45 instructor evaluators and 34 master training specialists. - Assess training needs through surveys, interviews with employees, focus groups, or consultation with managers and instructors for H-60 and MQ-8B UAS aircraft curriculum improvements. - Design, plan, organize, or direct orientation and training programs for employees or customers for H-60 and MQ-8B UAS. - Offer specific training programs to help workers maintain or improve job skills for H-60 and MQ-8B UAS. - Present information using a variety of instructional techniques or formats, such as role playing, simulations, team exercises, group discussions, videos, or lectures. - Obtain, organize, or develop training procedure manuals, guides, or course materials, such as handouts or visual materials. Monitor, evaluate, or record training activities or program effectiveness. - Develop alternative training methods if expected improvements are not seen. - Evaluate training materials prepared by instructors, such as outlines, text, or handouts. - Keep up with developments in area of expertise by reading current journals, books, or magazine articles.- Select and assign instructors to conduct training. - Schedule classes based on availability of classrooms, equipment, or instructors.

Yigo, Guam

As MH-60S Full Systems Quality Assurance Inspector, performed safe for flight inspections andensured the safe completion of 3,031 maintenance actions ensuring a 100% mission completion rate. Efforts directly led to maintenance department’s Sikorsky "Golden Wrench" Award and Quality Assurance Department ranking in the top 10 percent of Commands inspected by Commander, Naval Air Forces Aviation Maintenance Inspection Teams.Responsibilities include:- Managed Joint Deficiency Reporting System(JDRS)- Managed Support Equipment Misuse and Abuse Program- Monitored Aircraft Logs and Records Program- Monitored Aircraft Technical Directive Compliance Program- Inspect work of aircraft mechanics performing maintenance, modification, or repair and overhaul of aircraft and aircraft mechanical systems to ensure adherence to standards and procedures. - Examine aircraft access plates and doors for security. - Examine landing gear, tires, and exteriors of fuselage, wings, and engines for evidence of damage or corrosion and the need for repairs. - Examine maintenance records and flight logs to determine if service and maintenance checks and overhauls were performed at prescribed intervals. - Inspect new, repaired, or modified aircraft to identify damage or defects and to assess airworthiness and conformance to standards, using checklists, hand tools, and test instruments. - Prepare and maintain detailed repair, inspection, investigation, and certification records and reports. - Investigate air accidents and complaints to determine causes. - Recommend replacement, repair, or modification of aircraft equipment. - Analyze training programs and conduct oral and written examinations to ensure the competency of persons operating, installing, and repairing aircraft equipment. - Recommend changes in rules, policies, standards, and regulations, based on knowledge of operating conditions, aircraft improvements, and other factors.

Yigo, Guam

Supervised 71 Sailors from multiple divisions through a rigorous nine month deployment to Camp Buehring, Kuwait in the completion of over 5300 maintenance actions and 14 major aircraft inspections with extremely limited manpower and support resources. Directly responsible for a 100% mission completion rate, more than 1730 flight hours, and 420 Operational MEDEVACs in support of Coalition Forces throughout Northern Arabian Gulf, Kuwait and Southern Iraq AOR. Personally responsible as HSC-25 Quality Assurance Leading Petty Officer and Naval Air Ambulance Detachment Leading Petty officer in the build up of the Commander, Helicopter Sea Combat Wing Pacific (CHSCWP) Naval Air Ambulance Detachment. Assisted program managers in building up 42 Naval Aviation Programs, guided work center supervisors in building up seven work centers and maintained an open line of communications between three other squadron Quality Assurance Divisions along with the CHSCWP points of contact.Trained and qualified 22 Plane Captains, 17 Collateral Duty Inspectors, eight Collateral Duty Quality Assurance Representatives/inspectors and four Phase Inspector Coordinators on the MH-60S platform.Efforts were lauded by CHSCWP for a "job well done" by ensuring detachment was fully qualified and all 42 naval aviation maintenance programs were in compliance with current policies.

Yigo, Guam

While deployed on the USS Essex and USNS San Jose as the lead Airframes Collateral Duty Quality Assurance Representative/Inspector for MH-60S aircraft, completed over 1033 maintenance actions and nine major aircraft inspections ensuring a 100% mission completion rate.Responsibilities included:- Examine and inspect aircraft components, including landing gear, hydraulic systems, and deicers to locate cracks, breaks, leaks, or other problems. - Conduct routine and special inspections as required by regulations. - Inspect completed work to certify that maintenance meets standards and that aircraft are ready for operation. - Read and interpret maintenance manuals and service bulletins. - Documenting all preventive and corrective aircraft maintenance. - Inspect airframes for wear or other defects. - Measure parts for wear, using precision instruments.- Maintain, repair, and rebuild aircraft structures, functional components, and parts, such as fuselage, rigging, hydraulic units, gaskets, or seals. - Replace or repair worn, defective, or damaged components, using hand tools, gauges, and testing equipment. - Read and interpret pilots' descriptions of problems to diagnose causes. - Measure the tension of control cables. - Spread plastic film over areas to be repaired to prevent damage to surrounding areas. - Assemble and install electrical, plumbing, mechanical, hydraulic, and structural components and accessories, using hand or power tools.- Remove or cut out defective parts or drill holes to gain access to internal defects or damage, using drills and punches. - Install and align repaired or replacement parts for subsequent riveting or welding, using clamps and wrenches. - Clean, strip, prime, and sand structural surfaces and materials to prepare them for bonding. - Communicate with other workers to coordinate fitting and alignment of heavy parts, or to facilitate processing of repair parts. - Prepare and paint aircraft surfaces.

Lakehurst, Nj

Supervised three employees to provide, operate, and maintain facilities for research, development, test, and evaluation of aircraft launch and recovery systems. also provided aviation support for U.S. and foreign military programs.Responsibilities included:- Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. - Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits. - Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers. - Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications. - Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment. - Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding. - Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques. - Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material. - Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations. - Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required. - Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment. - Remove rough spots from workpieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers. - Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter. - Preheat workpieces prior to welding or bending, using torches or heating furnaces.

Coronado, Ca

S-3B aircraft Collateral Duty Inspector for Airframes, corrosion control and Line operations as well as a flight line Final checker/troubleshooter.Responsible for:- Examine and inspect aircraft components, including landing gear, hydraulic systems, and deicers to locate cracks, breaks, leaks, or other problems. - Conduct routine and special inspections as required by regulations. - Inspect completed work to certify that maintenance meets standards and that aircraft are ready for operation. - Read and interpret maintenance manuals and service bulletins. - Documenting all preventive and corrective aircraft maintenance. - Inspect airframes for wear or other defects. - Measure parts for wear, using precision instruments. - Obtain fuel and oil samples and check them for contamination. - Maintain, repair, and rebuild aircraft structures, functional components, and parts, such as wings and fuselage, rigging, hydraulic units, gaskets, or seals. - Replace or repair worn, defective, or damaged components, using hand tools, gauges, and testing equipment. - Read and interpret pilots' descriptions of problems to diagnose causes. - Measure the tension of control cables. - Spread plastic film over areas to be repaired to prevent damage to surrounding areas. - Assemble and install electrical, plumbing, mechanical, hydraulic, and structural components and accessories, using hand or power tools.- Remove or cut out defective parts or drill holes to gain access to internal defects or damage, using drills and punches. - Install and align repaired or replacement parts for subsequent riveting or welding, using clamps and wrenches. - Clean, strip, prime, and sand structural surfaces and materials to prepare them for bonding. - Communicate with other workers to coordinate fitting and alignment of heavy parts, or to facilitate processing of repair parts. - Prepare and paint aircraft surfaces.

Piscataway, New Jersey

Responsible performing unsupervised maintenance of Caterpillar track systems and for the autonomous welding processes utilizing Metal Inert Gas (MIG) method on multiple surfaces. Maintained proficiency in Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG), Metal Inert Gas (MIG), Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) processes, mixed gas cutting and welding/brazing techniques as well as plasma cutting operation. Responsibilities included:- Rebuild Caterpillar heavy equipment track systems and rollers- Setting up autonomous welding equipment for Welding components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. - Operating safety equipment and use safe work habits. - Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers. - Examine work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications. - Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.- operating a wide variety of heavy-duty, self-propelled construction equipment for projects including, building construction, roadway construction, pier construction, grading and excavation- performing minor maintenance on equipment to ensure safe, efficient operation- serving as members of a crane crew to rig cable assemblies and change attachments for various lifting

Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Maintained heavy earth moving machinery and quarry equipment utilizing Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding, Metal Inert Gas (MIG) Welding, Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) processes, mixed gas cutting and welding/brazing techniques as well as plasma cutting operation. Responsibilities included:- Welding components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. - Operating safety equipment and use safe work habits. - Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers. - Examine work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications. - Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.- operating a wide variety of heavy-duty, self-propelled construction equipment for projects including, building construction, roadway construction, pier construction, grading and excavation- performing minor maintenance on equipment to ensure safe, efficient operation- serving as members of a crane crew to rig cable assemblies and change attachments for various lifting and pile-driving operations- preparing operational reports on equipment- operate rock crushing and well-drilling equipment

Avionics Maintenance Technology/Technician

Chief Petty Officer Leadership Senior Enlisted Aviation Maintenance Maintenance Control Project Officer / Quality Assurance Representative.

Unites Services Military Apprenticeship Program, Airframe Mechanic

Welding Technology/Welder

During senior year, was a student elected officer in Vocational and Industrial Clubs of America(VICA) now known as SkillsUSA to represent.

Dive Master

Hold the current certifications: Dive Master Rescue Diver Wreck Diver Mixed gasses(Enriched Air) Diver