Leading multi-year, multi-million dollar BAA project focusing on hiring, training and operational factors that mitigate stress in DHS and TSA environment.

*Successfully lead Year 3 BAA project that created new TSA training materials to focus on accelerating the acquisition of expertise in baggage screeners. *Designed and implemented research to develop advanced neurotechnology based adaptive training systems. Acted as program manager and business field lead for projects with DHS and TSA. *Authored project reports and sections of proposals. *Analyzed and interpreted complex data sets using advanced statistical techniques. *Conducted user testing for software designed to assess fatigue levels for NASA and TSA employees. *Created GUI interface designs for a video display quality assessment system. Conducted literature reviews and composed conference papers.

Lead human factors activities and provide human factors support across the product life-cycle including user needs identification, development of user profiles, usage scenarios, task analysis, requirements specification, user interface design support, usability testing, and user error analysis.

* Designed and conducted research on auditory perception (e.g. speech, masking, loudness, attention) * Created and implemented research on training of automatic tasks* Constructed Ideal Observer models* Implemented Signal Detection Theory models* Applied multivariate statistical procedures

* Authored two patents that created cognitive analysis methodologies to create an affordable approach to training* Functioned as Lead Engineer for cognitive training materials for corporate initiative* Designed and implemented Knowledge Elicitation and Cognitive Modeling techniques* Conducted Human Systems Integration Analysis for instructional technologies in health care* Composed white papers, proposals, BOEs, IMPs and IMSs for Cultural Communications training, Non Verbal communications training, and Candidate Selection processes* Functioned as lead tester of the Automated Damage Control component of Safety Systems for a Navy Project* Composed, analyzed, and approved Human Factors requirements for IRADs* Acted as HFE Lead for international proposal* Reviewed and approved system hardware* Authored peer reviewed journal articles in cognitive psychology* Composed business unit policy for use of Institutional Review Boards with human subjects research

* Designed test plans to evaluate pilot workload in existing flight platform* Improved and implemented a study to determine the viability of Voice Command and Control (Voice C2) use in military platform * Evaluated and approved proposed layout of new features for a Tactical Situational Awareness Display (TSAD)* Planned future IRAD investigations