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Florida, United States

Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, United States

Eglin Afb, Florida

Eglin Afb, Florida

Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

Leads AMC's 9-member division managing over 50 Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) activities for a $128B Rapid Global Mobility Portfolio: Mobility Air Force aircraft communication, navigation, defense, command and control systems, ground support, logistics, and IT defense business systems. Provides objective test results to senior decision makers, illuminating operational risk and facilitating its mitigation.- Ensured worldwide presidential airlift through test strategy development for $164M avionics modernization - Kept next-generation tanker capabilities on-track by guiding $48.9B OT&E preparation.- Delivered fielding decisions for 7 software programs as AMC lead for USAF defense business systems tests.- Ensured 100% global aircrew situational awareness overseeing tests for $1.3B transport aircraft upgrade.

Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

Directed OT&E of new or modified aircraft systems for AMC's $48B fleet modernization and recapitalization effort. Command's test focal point for mobility aircraft self-protection systems against surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles. Develops AF & Joint service T&E plans; reports findings to DoD Senior leadership in support of full-rate production decisions.- Averted six-month schedule slip to aircraft flare test; optimized 2 new infrared threat defense capabilities.- Secured future defense capabilities by authoring critical AMC threat simulation requirements documents.

Kirtland, Afb, Nm

Led 38-member branch performing Research and Development (R&D) at DoD’s 2nd largest observatory to transition next-generation secure satellite communication and advance 24/7 space situation awareness technologies for Air Force Space Command (AFSC) and national customers. Directed $300M optical range operations and chaired site configuration management board. Managed a $43M annual budget covering salaries, infrastructure, R&D, and field experiments. - Won 2013 AFRL Classified Program Team Award as a result of four “worlds 1st” R&D breakthroughs.- Prevented three-month schedule slip in $274M directorate observatory operations & support contract effort.- Increased annual R&D budget $2M by establishing first ever site true-cost model and defending critical needs to Senior leadership.- Reduced $50M telescope system failure risk 92% by improving site systems engineering/configuration management processes.Deputy Site Commander for wing-level organization with 800+ military/civilians, $650M budget providing critical DoD space & directed energy technologies- AFRL’s 1st dual “Excellent” Inspector General combined unit inspection score.

Eglin Air Force Base, Fl

Led 83 engineers and scientists in the development and transition of advanced munitions technology. Managed a $32M annual budget covering salaries, infrastructure, research, development, and T&E programs. Guided research to develop next-generation munitions capable of precision guidance, targeting and identification in all weather. Provided acquisition strategy and technical direction for over 60 efforts advancing warfighter munitions capabilities. - Saved $18M seeker core technical capability portfolio ensuring future adverse weather/hard target strike.- Enabled all weather C-130 gunship ground targeting demonstration through advanced radar flight test. - Reduced GPS hardware size 77% through $4M micro-weapon navigation R&D program.- Propelled AFRL-wide exercise as Test Director for 5 directorates performing 11 advanced technology demos.Deputy Site Commander oversaw 500 military & civilian personnel ensuring morale, health, welfare, and operations.- 1st “In Compliance” unit compliance inspection in 12 years.

Eglin Air Force Base, Fl

Led a 20-member Weapon Seeker Sciences Branch responsible for developing target precision engagement. Conducted research to develop next-generation munitions capable of precision guidance, targeting and ID without GPS. Responsible for mentoring branch junior force and assigning military specific duties, physical training and deployments- Increased Improvised Explosive Device (IED) identification 66% through laser radar receiver development.- Designed and developed advanced optical system to characterize helicopter brown-out sources.

Af Plant 4, Fort Worth, Tx

Responsible for operations at a $250M national Electronic Warfare test facility and briefing test results to senior DoD and allied leaders. Led a 42-member team to maintain/upgrade unique hardware-in-the-loop test facility. Planned, programmed, executed and analyzed aircraft survivability tests, simulator upgrade and development tasks- Saved $2M by crafting a plan to improve/reuse scarce, hi-value EW simulation components.- Ensured realistic testing for critical acquisition program by serving on a critical Mobility Air Force aircraft source selection.

Air Force Plant 4, Fort Worth, Tx

Managed 21-project portfolio valued at over $33M covering new developments, upgrades, lab testing and operations and maintenance. Infrared (IR) technical lead for 45-person government and contractor team. Developed methods to test and evaluate RF and IR countermeasures (CMs) against threat missiles. Created test plans, oversaw test conduct, analyzed data, reviewed and approved reports for RF and IR EW testing- Won 2004 USAF Modeling & Simulation Team Award for Acquisition as a result of $5M advanced infrared scene generation and projection capability development program.- Secured $3M to enabled combat-like aircraft IRCM joint service test using design of experiments methodology to link open air and simulation assets.- Saved $1M in model development by inventing method to determine aircraft signature complexity needs.- Averted invalid survivability assessment for $6.9B CV-22 operational test program.

Kirtland Air Force Base, Nm

Led a multidiscipline branch of civilian and military analyst responsible for the identification, advocacy, and development of a broad range of operational test assets and capabilities.- Enabled combat like test for CV-22, F-35 and C-17 IRCM system as Air Force lead on tri-service threat simulator development activity.

Kirtland Air Force Base, Nm

Led a multidiscipline branch of civilian and military analyst responsible for the identification, advocacy, and development of a broad range of operational test assets and capabilities.

Kirtland Air Force Base, Nm

Responsible for identifying test facilities and instrumentation required to operationally test directed energy and aircraft self-protection systems.- Exposed ill-defined OT requirements averting $1M mistake saving large aircraft IRCM test program from technical disaster.- Secured $335K of funding to implement solution to ground-based missile warning system stimulator limitation.

Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Oh

Managed, operated and maintained a $750K in-house semiconductor laser tests facility and directed laser testing.- Increased communication speed 22% and reduced weight for fighter aircraft by advancing high speed lasers capable of high temperature operation.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Electro-Optics

A multidisciplinary study in electronics, laser physics, and optical devices which considers the theory and application of electro-optic.

Intermediate-Level Professional Military Education

Basic-Level Professional Military Education

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Physics

The study of the nature of basic things such as motion, forces, energy, matter, heat, sound, light, and the atom.