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Serves as a Training Program/Pipeline Manager leading seven career fields / functions across the organization, for development and implementation of a training program for global aviators and customers. • Expert Training Program Manager for USAF, DoD partners, and security assistance training programs. • Led major program and pipeline initiatives, and prepares and documents technical data to support the acquisition of candidates, multi-functional training equipment, and services for career enlisted aviators. • Served as Analyst with subject matter expertise (SME) applicable to technical and flying training principles to manage and/or review the development / revision of instructional materials for DoD customers, including international partners. • Represented enlisted aviator career fields for functional management, and managed global pipeline for enlisted career fields. ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Built framework, established requirements, and initialized a new career field and capability for the Air Force, entitled ‘The Enlisted Pilot.’• Enabled first ever non-prior service continuing education / undergraduate rotary flight training.• Led manning and operations of 77 courses for 4,192 students annually.• Cross-utilized management oversight to enable first ever ‘off-the-street’ students the ability to enter geographically separated rotary flight training 10-months ahead of timeline.• Initiated a 134% capacity surge to fix a chronically shorthanded career field, received executive stakeholder approval and initiation in one week.

Managed flight policies and procedures for 4.3K assigned / 1.5K student aviators in 33 specialties. Advised joint stakeholders on mobility systems, capabilities, and training requirements.• Authored policy changes, enhanced safety protocols and work design, affecting 38K employees annually.• Coordinated division policy position on lead directives, serving as SME for policies, directives, and syllabi.ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Streamlined database migration, preventing two years, and 1.2K items, of historical data loss.• Key advisor on multi-divisional data merge, integrating 14 programs and guaranteeing interoperability.• Assessed wireless communications requirements and reallocated equipment, realizing an 88% reduction, and savings of $15K per year.• Pivotal on fuel conversion program, researched effects on 1.5K aircraft, saving $4.35M / year.• Led organization-wide electronic publications working group, integrating seven divisions and six major commands, keeping program on track to save $931K / year.• Implemented program management database, enabling real time tracking and timely decisions.

Served as advisor, providing guidance for flying training policies, procedures, and syllabi, training 1,500+ graduates annually for MAJCOM, DoD, and international allies. • Served as mobility policy SME, providing guidance governing student administration, conduct, and records management. Subject authority for 27 courses and syllabi / training plans for five major systems.• Division SME, providing key input for future USMC airdrop and joint cargo concept of operations.ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Created syllabus template adopted by 62 courses, reduced errors and coordination time by 25%, saving 360 man hours annually.• Authored Air Force Instruction 36-2221, Formal Flying Training Administration and Management, laid ground work for global training management. • Led AF / contractor meeting to integrate international requirements, solidifying $4B+ economic ties.• Advised and assisted in publishing the first C-17 training syllabus for India's Air Force.

Responsible for manning and resource allocation, aircrew proficiency, and validating flight training programs.• Managed aircrew library, coordinating with MAJCOMs to ensure safe procedures and accurate guidance.• Instructed and evaluated basic, instructor, and evaluator Flight Engineers on all aspects of C-130 combat airland / airdrop missions.ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Program lead / chief trainer for emerging technology, including low-cost/altitude aerial delivery system.• Standardized five capabilities and provided singular synergistic focus to multi-organizational design. • Revolutionized aircrew library, streamlining requirements, and benchmarking program for two units.• Handpicked to augment Pacific Air Forces’ Standards and Evaluations, authoring flight evaluation guidelines. Achieved standardization of three aircraft types and seven aircrew positions.• Led multi-nation exercise, aided Thai Air Force and coordinated ramp / international training.

Supervised three-person Standards and Evaluation team, managing three vital programs.• SME on aircraft performance, preflight, and maintenance questions, advising on correct procedures.• Fostered foreign training / cross-instruction with the Bangladesh Air force aiding international ties. • Additionally, served as Flight Engineer Refresher Instructor, Functional Check Flight Engineer, and Exercise Evaluation Team member.

Instructed on normal, emergency, and mission procedures, systems, and performance data, ensuring flight ready status.• Performed aircraft preflight, thruflight, and documentation review, documented aircraft maintenance and usage reports and data forms, and operated environmental, fuel, and electrical systems to monitor system status during operation. Reported conditions, and performed emergency procedures.• Revamped unit training manager program, and designed detailed continuity procedures, lauded as ‘irreplaceable asset for Standards and Evaluations.’• Served as an ‘Iraqi Advisory Support Team Instructor’ and The Unit Training Manager.• Managed simultaneous in-flight incidents, directing crew members, and safeguarding $35M aircraft.• Led air show training team, first South Korean defensive countermeasure display in 50 years.• Managed multi-national operational exercise, leading to 99.5% mission success rate.