Hands-on technical leader with broad range of competencies. Driven to motivate others through personal expertise and direct involvement in planning and implementation. Provide practical solutions leading to tangible results and operational efficiencies. Creator and champion of several legacy software products in continuous use at aerospace parts manufacturing sites; most all aircraft platforms in the western world are positively impacted. US Citizen.Contact: jdwatton@yahoo.comCompetencies in,Materials & manufacturing: - Metal forming processes: closed and open die forging design, plate rolling, and extrusion- Composite manufacturing: fiber-metal laminates, carbon fiber- Metallic materials residual stress & machining distortion analysis & measurement- Computational material models: aluminum, nickel alloys, & titanium- Fatigue & fracture mechanics- Quench induced residual stress, cold-work stress relief, and engineered residual stress processesFinite-element analysis: - Wizard level at LS-DYNA: structural, thermal, dynamic, & manufacturing applications- Abaqus, DEFORM- Applied mechanics: composites, elasticity, plasticity, creepSoftware development : - Expert at Common Lisp programming: domain-specific computer-aided design & analysis programs with advanced GUI's- FORTRAN, C, Python, OpenGL, computer graphics, image processing, 3D meshers, clojure, scheme- Geometric representation & reasoning, computer graphics, AI knowledge-based expert-systems- Curve & surface fittingProject management:- Conception, proposal process, & leadership of government/military contracts- Engineering management & mentoring of junior engineersPredictive data analytics:- Data mining, probabilistic statistical analysis, uncertainty quantification- Optimization, probabilistic data analysis, surrogate/meta model development- Verification & Validation (V&V) of computational models