ANTI-RADIATION MISSILE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Support the development long-range strategy plans; monitor geopolitical and global security environments; support the identification and analysis of burgeoning mission requirements and market needs; support the development customer and stakeholder engagement and acquisition program, strategies. Analyze international regulations and support development of export and offset strategies compliant with ITAR/EAR and foreign government requirements.

ADVANCED R&D/TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT: Responsible for overall development of next-generation, large-format (>1 m3 build volume) metal laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) 3D printing technologies to support new product development for metal LPBF printers with >8x build volume and >30x laser power (20-30kW) of current product line. Led the development and validation of a technology development roadmap targeting customer needs 2-5 years out. Developed a suite of 12 interrelated internal research and development (IR&D) projects including technical objectives, schedules and budgets to secure Intellectual Property (IP) rights on critical LPBF technologies. Led lobbying and proposal activities that secured over $24M of Congressional Interest funding to develop a full-scale 1 m3 build volume advanced technology demonstrator (ATD) for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Re-vamped department personnel to align staff experience-levels and expertise to optimally support the technology development roadmap and AFRL program.FEDERAL R&D CONTRACTING: Advanced R&D, Metals was setup and run as a standalone, federally funded profit center and required significant organizational adaptation to federal standards and requirements. As the recognized Corporate expert in developing, pursuing and executing government programs with >25 years’ experience, trained Corporate staff from various functional groups in the development and implementation of program planning, management and cost accounting procedures; accurate and timely cost accounting and reporting compliant with federal regulatory requirements including FARs/DFARs and DCAA/DCMA; and, government contracting including procurement contracts, cooperative agreements and OTAs as well as the various forms of cost reimbursable and fixed-price contracts. Worked closely with various functional groups including Contracts, Finance, Accounting, AP/AR, Procurement, Facilities, IT, Security, etc. to ensure smooth and seamless operations.

CLASSIFIED SUBSEA PROGRAM: As Project Engineer, responsible for overall technical and programmatic execution, led the conversion of a technically failing high priority program projected to lose over $200M over three years into a successful program projected to earn over $700M in new revenue. Coming to the program 12 months after award and finding the program ~$30M overrun, implemented a series of analyses including a system-wide technical risk assessment, contract statement of work and requirements analysis and cost/schedule analysis to determine root causes. Analyses determined that: 1) the system architecture and component technologies were of insufficient maturity for contracted cost and schedule and posed a high risk of failure; and, 2) the overall program plan failed to take full account of both explicit and implicit contract scope requirements. As a consequence, the original program was significantly under-bid resulting in and inadequate funded award. The program quickly overran planned budgets and triggered the DoD’s Over Target Baseline/Schedule (OTB/OTS) process. As Project Engineer, I lead the overall re-plan effort which required hiring and training additional project management staff, and arrived at a scope/schedule/cost solution upon which the contract was re-negotiated resulting in a positive outcome for both the Government and L3Harris.

DIII-D NATIONAL FUSION FACILITY UPGRADES: Led the execution of a $15M multi-disciplinary, collaborative program between General Atomics, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) to develop, build and test a novel 20MW lower-hybrid current drive (LHCD) microwave fusion plasma heating system.DIII-D TOKAMAK REMAINING USEFUL LIFE: Led the effort to estimate the remaining useful life (RUL) of critical elements of the DIII-D National Fusion Facility nearly 50 years after its original design. This required reconstituting the design and design basis from incomplete documentation, the use of failure networks (a form of FMECA), and the development of multi-physics electro-magneto-thermal-structural modeling and simulation including nuclear exposure effects.DIII-D NATIONAL FUSION FACILITY SUSTAINING ENGINEERING: Led the development and planning of nine (9) facility sustaining engineering projects and 10 tokamak capability improvement projects valued at over $60M. Implemented structured project planning and reporting processes, trained ~40 staff in their use, assembled project teams and provided oversight and leadership in project kick-off and execution.

SUBSEA TECHNOLOGIES: Led the development of a new business area in Maritime Power, Communications and Propulsion systems performing multiple roles including pursuit manager, proposal manager, program manager and principle investigator and developed of a portfolio of undersea products and systems that won four contracts worth over $3.5M in new business revenue from ONR. Portfolio included concepts for a deepsea, galvanically isolated meshed power & communications systems, the use of SiC-SiC CMCs for deepsea network and UUV payload external pressure vessels, ultra-quiet electric propulsion motors and deepsea UUV hybrid power systems.

ADVANCED POWER SYSTEMS: Lead multi-disciplinary teams in the development of various technology solutions and proposal efforts on a variety of projects including DDG-51 Hybrid Electric Drive Development; electric submarine hatch and control surface actuators; high-speed, direct drive generators for shipboard gas turbine generators; high voltage, high-speed dc circuit breakers; and bybrid power systems for various applications including unmanned vehicles (UxVs) and SOCOMs TALOS “Ironman” suit. Invented a novel high voltage dc circuit breaker capable of opening 1000 times faster than conventional breakers. Proposal efforts resulted in over $36M of new revenue.

ELECTROMAGNETIC AIRCRAFT LAUNCH SYSTEM (EMALS): Led the transformation of the failing $16M EMALS T&E program that threatened cancellation of the EMALS technology into a successful $180M T&E program that ultimately passed IOT&E and resulted in the deployment of the system on the Gerald Ford class aircraft carriers. Developed and deployed a previously non-existent corporate function for test and evaluation compliant with US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) requirements and procedures for development of man-rated aeronautical systems. Developed processes & procedures; defined and established T&E engineering roles and responsibilities; established procedures for test planning, execution, data analysis, data traceability and reporting. On the strength of my efforts and the T&E briefing I gave at the Program Critical Design Review, the Navy who was on a path to cancel due to excessive technical risk, changed course, issued formal actions and continued the program resulting in the system deployed today on the US Navy’s most advance aircraft carrier.

SUPERSONIC LAUNCH (RAILGUNS): Led the return of GA to a leadership position in hypersonic launch (railgun) technology development that that won over $57M of new business from ONR for the development of a 200 nm railgun system. Led the development of a 200 MJ/10 kV capacitor-based modular railgun pulsed power system 87 MJ of which was deployed to Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren (NSWC-DD). Built the team that developed multi-physics (structural-thermal-EM) FEA techniques to analyze in-bore railgun physics years before the advent of commercially available tools. The tool analyzed transient in-bore physics under high temperature, high voltage and high strain rate conditions. The tool was used to develop and test the first “successful” railgun, i.e. a gun that survived >100 shots.

PROGRAM MANAGER - Responsible for managing all sustaining engineering initiatives for excimer laser light sources used on semiconductor photolithography systems including: production Yield Improvement, Mfg Cost/Cost of Operations reduction, product Life Extension, product performance Improvement/Enhancement and Released Products budgets, planning & management.PRODUCT/QUALITY IMPROVEMENT - Lead the development & release-to-manufacture of long life versions of the three core excimer laser products: laser chamber, line narrowing module (LNM) and wavelength stabilization module (WSM), doubling the operating life of Cymer’s 6000-series excimer lasers. Lead teams that resolved critical field issues in Cymer’s 7000-series excimer lasers thereby eliminating ~$1M/yr in warranty replacement costs.SYSTEMS ENGINEERING/PRODUCT-PROCESS DEVELOPMENT - Developed the Released Products/Sustaining Engineering phase of Cymer's corporate Product Development Process (PDP) that defined the role of the Released Products function, program objectives, infrastructure & staffing requirements and established an RP product improvement roadmap.

RESEARCH SCIENTIST: Expert in a wide range of laboratory skills, including development of experimental plans, procedures and processes; design and fabrication of experimental systems, devices, and apparatus; assessment of toxicological, radiological, and electrical hazards; utilization of standard laboratory instrumentation and computer-controlled data acquisition and analysis systems. Extensive experience and expertise working with and around high-voltage, high-power pulse, high-power RF, vacuum, cryogenic, and radioactive systems.SUBSONIC ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCH (EMALS/ALM): Developed, staffed and led a Test & Evaluation Group to support major government programs including EMALS, AAG and ALM. Led subscale test efforts that substantiated the efficacy of electromagnetic aircraft launch and recovery.SUPERSONIC MAGLEV: Designed, built and operated the on-board and off-board remote controls and data acquisition systems for a Mach 2 magnetically levitated rocket sled at the Holloman High-speed Test Track (HHSTT). Developed test plans and safety procedures for working with cryogenics and high magnetic fields ~7T.ELECTROMAGNETIC RECOIL CONTROL: Co-developed and tested at subscale electrorheological recoil control system for 155mm howitzers.HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REMEDIATION: Co-developed a magnetic method for separating plutonium fragments from desert soil at the Nevada National Security Site (formerly Nevada Test Site) based on the differential diamagnetic properties of plutonium and silica.SOLID-STATE HIGH POWER MICROWAVE & EMP GENERATORS: Co-developed and tested several novel solid-state devices for the production of high microwaves and electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) including: the first ever 100 KV magnetically segmented Blumlein EMP-generator; 1 GW/1 GHz shockline microwave generator utilizing non-linear dielectric and ferromagnetic materials; and, a 100 MW/1 GHz soliton microwave generator.