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Clearwater, Florida, United States

Greater Boston Area

Led team of 25 and annual IR&D budget for product development and qualification of “TacSAR” (Tactical Synthetic Aperture Radar); RTX’s 3rd generation tactical reconnaissance fast-jet pod for fighter aircraft; providing all-weather & day/night SAR imaging capability with Leonardo’s Osprey 50 SAR sensor.

Greater Boston Area

Controlled P&L for all Direct Commercial Sale Programs and select Foreign Military Sale Programs on contract valued in $100Ms. Led 4 PMs and Integrated Product Teams. Primary focal working with international customers as well as corporate Raytheon Government Relations, Global Trade & Legal to secure export approvals from State Department.

Colorado Springs, CO

Spearheaded all aspects of business development & marketing for state-of-the-art Advanced Concept Ejection Seat (ACES), “ACES 5”, included multiple ongoing USG, Classified & International opportunities.

Windsor Locks, CT

Hand-picked from across the company to join newly-formed team during this period as a Customer Relations Manager; position concurrent with ACES 5 Ejection Seat Business Development role. Improved customer relationships with the US Air Force, US Navy & US Coast Guard. Restored diminished sales of military aftermarket products and services include spares.

Phoenix, AZ

Led sales, marketing and new business development team for all military aircraft products within the Interiors business unit to include: Advanced Concept Ejection Seats (ACES II & ACES 5); fixed and helicopter military seating; interior and exterior military aircraft lighting; life rafts and helicopter floats; cartridges, pyrotechnics, rockets and egress.

Colorado Springs, CO

Responsible for military programs management and business development for the Specialty Seating Value Stream within Goodrich Interiors. Leading the military team in the growth of Advanced Concept Ejection Seats (ACES II & ACES 5), fixed military seating and military aftermarket product lines.

Colorado Springs, CO

Provided program leadership to manage P&L and relationships with customers and key suppliers for the Advanced Concept Ejection Seat (ACES) II supplied to ongoing production of the F-15, F-16 and F-22. Also led business development efforts (including RFPs and FFP proposals) for the follow on, modular design, ACES 5 ejection seat for use in legacy trainer.

Colorado Springs, CO

SENSOR (System Engineering aNd Sustainment IntegratOR) Program, Systems Division, Colorado Springs, COSupervised 20 people; the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) used for SENSOR’s portfolio of over 140 projects with a combined annual budget of nearly $200M; mentoring and training of ~60 project managers.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Promoted to Product Line Manager after 5 months to lead team of 42 (41 projects; over $30M) providing sustainment/systems engineering support to these ground based radar and optical space telescope systems supporting Air Force Space Command’s space surveillance network.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Led team of 20+; oversight of Have STARE Radome Replacement Project ($7M); site in Vardø, Norway.

Culminated a diverse career as the US Air Attaché to Norway. Career fighter pilot having flown the F-15C, F-4G (Wild Weasel), AT-38B and an F-14A Exchange Tour with the US Navy; VF-41 onboard the USS Nimitz & USS Theodore Roosevelt (~200 carrier landings). Served in numerous AF, joint, combined and NATO staff assignments to include: Air Combat Command.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Bs, Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Cadet Group Commander, Air Force ROTC