James "Bryan" Mackey Email & Phone Number

Hurlburt Field, Florida, United States

As the Chief Operations Analyst I am responsible for setting the vision, goals, and direction of a team of highly skilled analysts and software developers. We employ classical and contemporary analysis techniques in support of developmental flight testing for rotary wing and eVTOL aircraft.

Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Key Responsibilities: Provides detailed analysis of flight data for AC-130J and MC-130J Air Force Special Operations aircraft. Coordinates with test engineer and program manager to develop test plans and schedules. Consults in authoring Design of Experiments for test efficiency. Drafts written reports on test mission data and system performance, identifies out of tolerance test parameters for further review--liaison with US government and defense contractor. • Routinely builds Monte Carlo/Bootstrap simulations for systems under test, providing cost effective modeling and first order estimates of system performance before and during testing.• Constructed a detailed breakdown of the Interface Control Document for cutting edge terrain following radar and data bus for MC-130J aircraft. 400 flight parameters captured for verification of aircraft flight performance. • Prime analyst for new Multi-function Control Display/airdrop cargo delivery system testing, identified lock timing discrepancy; corrective action validated performance. Applied multivariate statistical techniques validating of C-130J Block 8.1 GPS accuracy performance. • Identified voltage saturation of key accelerometers during AC-130J surge testing, then validated performance of higher threshold replacements.• Developed Matlab based statistical/mathematical simulation to model electro-optical altitude and position system on MC-130 aircraft, enabled rapid assessment of system accuracy and test plan modification.

Pensacola, Florida Area

• Instructed 200 students in college mathematics and analytical problem solving courses. • Selected as campus Instructor of the Quarter and general education Instructor of the Year.

Greater Seattle Area

Responsible for the strategic and operational guidance to an organization of 479 members and $103 million in resources throughout Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, and Japan that provides combat ready operational aerospace support, homeland defense, and contingency response forces to US and allied nations in the Pacific region. Directed the daily functions of a 35 member staff performing ten distinct functions, and the planning and execution of a $4.2 million annual budget.Key Achievements:• Directed the organization’s response to tsunami relief efforts, meeting a 30% surge in work.• Conducted a detailed statistical analysis of safety mishaps within the organization, constructed a highest likelihood profile and directed subsequent efforts that decreased mishap rate by 40%.

Greater Seattle Area

Served as executive director of a 78 member organization responsible for aviation, staff, and operational weather support to Army organizations throughout the Pacific. Ensured all personnel met compliance and training requirements. Responsible for codifying formal agreements with multiple agencies and the execution of $250,000 annual operating budget.Key Achievements:• Negotiated a $6 million comprehensive facility construction project to meet 20% growth.• Analyzed training shortfall, solved by pioneering use of simulation programs in training, which enabled the organization to surpass standard deployment rate by 29% and meet all requests.• Steered preparations for major compliance inspection, resulted in overall “excellent” with 50% of the programs evaluated selected as laudable for bench marking.

Eglin Afb, Florida

Facilitated daily operations of seven departments and 1,000-member organization. Oversaw base operations, air traffic control, and flight testing for the largest test and training range in the Department of Defense. Liaison to the State of Florida Legislature/Acquisition and Preservation Council. Coordinated high level projects for senior executives. Member of pre-testing formal safety review panel. Key Achievements:• Applied AFSO21 lean process to address restricted airspace problem, built a team of experts then developed and implemented a solution that increased usable airspace by 21 square miles.• Integrated numerous agencies into a successful $1.2 million airfield construction project. • Airborne Test Review/Safety Board member: 3,400 flight hours; 15,000 missions, no mishaps.• Led test mission change process, fusing operations and maintenance teams into synergistic relationship resulting in a 30% reduction in preventable mishaps and saving $140,000.• Developed process revision plan for failing ISO9001 certified organization resulting in “excellent” scores upon re-inspection.

Graduate Certificate, Operations Research, 3.9

15 month program focused on applied operations research, decision analysis, empirical modeling and statistics.

Post Graduate, Appied Statistics, 4.0

One year graduate applied statistics program focusing on regression analysis, design of experiments, multivariate methods, data.

Bachelor'S Degree - Cum Laude, Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Sigma Nu (Chapter Commander/President), Mathematics Honorary, Inter-fraternity Council, Order of OmegaOrder.

Master Of Science - Ms, Atmospheric Sciences And Meteorology, 3.5

Primarily focused on analysis and forecasting, my thesis focused on developing a technique to forecast the occurrence of wet microbursts.

Master'S Degree - Honors, Space Studies

Interdisciplinary degree, my thesis focused on using nation state development as a means of classifying mature and growing space powers.

Undergraduate Program (Air Force Sponsored), Meteorology

Activities and Societies: National Meteorology HonoraryChi Epsilon Pi meteorology honorary, volunteer at local soup kitchen.