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San Jose, CA, US

San Jose, California, United States

Experimental Test pilot supporting Archer in developing, executing and analyzing flight test results leading to the civil certification of Midnight eVTOL aircraft.

West Palm Beach, Florida Area

Patuxent River, MD

Director of Safety and Standardization of United States Naval Test Pilot School, oversee the safe and effective training of over 70 test pilots and engineers per year. Qualified as flight instructor on all core syllabus events in the UH-60 and UH-72.

Responsible for the Maritime Infrastructure Protection (MIP) of Iraqi oil platforms in the Extreme Northern Arabian Sea. Currently training and equipping the Iraqi Navy to take over this mission as soon as they are capable.

Patuxent River, MD

Rotary Wing Operational Test Director at VX-1, oversaw all operational test on two separate ACAT-1D programs, MH-60R Block 1, MH-60S Armed Helicopter, and five separate systems of Airborne Mine Countermeasures.

NAS North Island, San Diego, CA

Officer in Charge of an at-sea two-helicopter detachment, with nine aircrew and sixteen maintenance personnel, responsible for the 24-hour airborne maritime security of the aircraft carrier. Upon return, as squadron operations officer, oversaw operations for the entire squadron of 12 aircraft and over 300 personnel.

HX-21, NAS Patuxent River

MH-60R Lead Project Officer, Transitioned the MH-60R through techeval culminating in the successful completion of operational test and fleet introduction.

US Naval Test Pilot School

Graduated as a member of class 124 from the United States Naval Test Pilot School.

NAS North Island, San Diego, CA

LAMPS Mk-III FRS Instructor Pilot, As lead flight Instructor, ensured all squadron training of new pilots and aircrew was safe, effective and standardized.

Deployed, Homebase HSL-49, NAS North Island, San Diego, CA

LAMPS Mk-III Pilot, Deployed as helicopter aircraft commander and operations officer on the first Armed SH-60B detachment with night vision goggles, developed initial tactics for this capability.

Master'S Degree, Masters Of Science In Systems Engineering, 4.0 Gpa On A 4.0 Scale

The systems engineering process coordinates and leads the translation of an operational need into a system designed to meet that need. It.

Aviation Safety Officer Certified, Aviation Safety, Honors Graduate (#1 Of 65)

Study aviation safety to identify hazards; manage risks; investigate and report hazards and mishaps; develop and administer command safety.

Flight Test Pilot, Flight Test Engineering

Activities and Societies: Class 124

Bs, Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace, Emphassis Thermodynamics

Sk-92 Type And Atp-H