Jay Foraker Email & Phone Number

Annapolis, Md, Us

- Educated over 860 midshipmen in 12 different courses, including calculus, linear programming, simulation, data cleaning and visualization, search and detection, and Python programming- Supervised 71 faculty and staff members in all aspects of daily operations and was directly responsible for leading the department’s 18 military personnel as Mathematics Department Associate Chair- As Graduation Coordinator for 3 years, directed all activities associated with the graduation and… Show more - Educated over 860 midshipmen in 12 different courses, including calculus, linear programming, simulation, data cleaning and visualization, search and detection, and Python programming- Supervised 71 faculty and staff members in all aspects of daily operations and was directly responsible for leading the department’s 18 military personnel as Mathematics Department Associate Chair- As Graduation Coordinator for 3 years, directed all activities associated with the graduation and commissioning ceremony for over 1,000 midshipmen including working with advance teams for then Vice President Biden and Secretary of Defense Carter to satisfy any special requirements for their principals- Led a two-year simulation and modeling effort on fueling alternatives for NAS Kingsville allowing them to generate an average of 48 additional flights per day with zero additional investment- Directed study on F-35 Lightning II supply chain which identified a methodology for determining the optimal allocation of funds to increase supplier capacity and purchase additional spare parts- Developed an integer programming model in Python to help VFA-106 produce a daily flight schedule during detachments to Key West that decreased the length of detachments by 3 days and saved over $104k annually Show less

- Initiated new training and mentorship programs which increased Plane Captain qualifications by 46% and resulted in an incredible 91.9% mission capable rate for six E-6B aircraft, supporting over 3200 flight hours, and exceeding the secretary of defense-mandated readiness target by over 10%- Built a front-end for a Microsoft Access database to streamline collection of post-mission report data and wrote code to automatically display the data, eliminating the need for daily, manual slide… Show more - Initiated new training and mentorship programs which increased Plane Captain qualifications by 46% and resulted in an incredible 91.9% mission capable rate for six E-6B aircraft, supporting over 3200 flight hours, and exceeding the secretary of defense-mandated readiness target by over 10%- Built a front-end for a Microsoft Access database to streamline collection of post-mission report data and wrote code to automatically display the data, eliminating the need for daily, manual slide creation- Wrote software to automate the collection of required reporting data for the squadron, reducing the time it took to complete this monthly process from several hours to less than five minutes Show less

- Implemented a training regimen qualifying 10 catapult and arresting gear officers, contributing to the safe launch and recovery of over 17,000 flights, including 1,500 combat missions in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM- Created a Zone Inspection Management System which allowed personnel to view and update outstanding discrepancies for assigned spaces, contributing to Air Department correcting over 300 damage control deficiencies, and leading to the department achieving the highest… Show more - Implemented a training regimen qualifying 10 catapult and arresting gear officers, contributing to the safe launch and recovery of over 17,000 flights, including 1,500 combat missions in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM- Created a Zone Inspection Management System which allowed personnel to view and update outstanding discrepancies for assigned spaces, contributing to Air Department correcting over 300 damage control deficiencies, and leading to the department achieving the highest scores ever earned by an aircraft carrier during their material inspection by the Board of Inspection and Survey- Developed software for ship-wide liberty accounting system, providing increased security and improved accuracy of directed reports Show less

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Operations Research

Master Of Arts (M.A.), National Security And Strategic Studies

Part of team that earned the James V. Forrestal Award for Excellence in Strategy and Force Planning

Master Of Science (M.S.)

Studied Electrical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering