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Alexander, Arkansas, United States

Manage and operate travel insurance agency for worldwide adventure travel. Provide financial protection for travelers on their safaris, cruises, flights, trips, hotels, or entire vacation packages. Establish short and long-term goals and plans for the company.

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

• Responsible for reviewing retirement applications and verifying member history, calculating retirement benefits and adding members to the monthly retiree payroll. Counseling members on retirement benefits using.
• Interpret state retirement legislation and policy.
• Prepare monthly retirement reports for Board of Trustees.

North Little Rock, AR

• Perform enhanced air quality monitoring throughout the state using specialized equipment to test for levels of ozone, nitrous oxide, and sulfur dioxide in the air, and organized the Air Quality Index (AQI) for the state.
• Utilize air sampling equipment, such as Particulate Matter (PM2.5 and PM10) samplers, located at 16 sites and in 13 different cities/towns throughout the state of Arkansas. Travel daily to one or two locations to do.
• Recognized by the EPA for having a 95% or higher rate of successful sampling runs.
• Assist Arkansas residents with testing air quality based on unusual odor or other noticeable issues.

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

• Analyzed driver license photographs and data to detect potential fraud and identity theft using a unique facial recognition computer.
• Utilized the system to assist the FBI in finding wanted persons who used aliases to obtain driver licenses.

Denver, CO And Memphis, TN

• Monitored radar and radios to guide all aircraft (civilian and military) at all altitudes during the entire duration of their flights at Denver and Memphis Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ATRCC).
• Monitored the airspace over several states, working with several hundreds and thousands of aircraft daily as they flew through the controlled airspace, requiring constant attention to detail and critical split-second.
• Member of a board of experts tasked with thoroughly investigating incidents or crashes and determining the fault or cause.
• Instructor/trainer for new controllers in training, developing methods and procedures to assist individual trainees as they progressed in their training.

Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa Beach, FL

• Provided appropriate separation of arriving and departing aircraft on the airport and within local airspace.
• Managed various agencies in handling aircraft emergencies as they occurred.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Professional Aeronautics, 3.97

Activities and Societies: graduated Summa Cum Laude Earned Bachelor of Science degree in Professional Aeronautics

Certificate Of Completion, Quality Assurance Training, Pass

Completed course in Quality Assurance

Yes, Faa Enroute Radar Controller Degree

Enhanced radar training for controlling enroute aircraft.

High School Diploma, Mathematics And Science

Earned high school diploma