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Colorado Springs, Colorado

Chantilly, Va

• Managed all manpower/workforce issues for a large office of joint military, civilians, and contractors. Led workforce transition; 72% of government positions reassigned, new support contract in place; increased office output 25% despite turnover• Linked architecture and program budget requests; ensured funding profile narrowed enterprise capability gaps and advanced agency strategic vision; directly informed 66% of multi-billion dollar agency budget• Chaired agency-wide forum; promoted architectural discussion and collaboration; ensured developmental efforts across all directorates were aligned with enterprise architecture; resolved conflicts prior to systems being developed or contracts being awarded• Defined architecture to integrate commercial imagery sources to offset loading of dedicated NRO assets; included tasking requests, data flow development, and incorporation of security concerns; allowed an increase of 50% of the dedicated capacity to focus on high-priority tasks• Integrated business elements into enterprise architecture; incorporated non-materiel aspects enterprise, such as policy, human resources, contracting, IT, and other support services; incorporated a more holistic view of new development efforts

Chantilly, Va

• Created an enterprise Indications and Warnings activity model; linked IC/DoD investments and operations efforts in Space Situational Awareness; model used as basis for joint US Strategic Command/USAF/NRO Indications and Warnings Concept of Operations. Resolved requirements allocation between space and ground systems to ensure enterprise capabilities were achieved between several major system acquisition programs• Merged configuration management process with architecture review; creative solution eliminated redundant process; saved 2k+ man-hours• Directed systems engineering innovation efforts; developed and instituted creation of NRO Makerspace for concept exploration, low-cost prototyping, and hands-on engineering education; sponsored NRO Solving Problems and Rewarding Knowledge (SPARK) program, an InnoCentive based crowd-sourced problem solving platform; enabled local offering of courses to design and build small satellites from Air Force Institute of Technology• Led large team from all directorates to develop an NRO Enterprise Concept of Operations; communicated content of enterprise architecture description in layman’s terms; described high-level mission, business, and information technology aspects of the enterprise, how they contributed to achieving the NRO strategy, and how the NRO met US national security and intelligence objectives

Melboure, Fl

• Led 79 member joint test organization; tested all USAF airborne ground surveillance systems; tested 6 E-8 Joint Surveillance Targeting Attack Radar System (JSTARS) upgrades, Block 40 Global Hawk radar, plus other experimental systems• Rebuilt organization from scratch after funding cut; preserved unique intellectual base; met projected JSTARS and JSTARS Recapitalization requirements; cut costs from $1.9M to $200k/year• Verified JSTARS mission system complete technical refresh; tested all radar and command and control functionality with completely new software re-hosted onto Linux, new server and user terminal hardware, and new radar signal processor; prevented hardware obsolescence; completed 9-month test schedule 1 month early, saving $1.5M • Tested new JSTARS capabilities: airborne network speed 3.5x faster, maritime and small UAV tracking modes, integration of two independent beyond line of site data feeds (JREAP-C and IBS); net result in 10x increase in aircraft mission capability • Single representative of developmental test community to major acquisition program requirements development team; developed initial test strategy and schedule; ensured key requirements were measurable, testable and met or exceeded legacy capabilities; program passed first major acquisition milestone

Eglin Afb, Fl

• Directed operations of 515-member test organization; managed test execution of 402 programs, $115M annual budget; became go-to site for USAF command and control/cyber/intelligence testing• Executed urgently needed datalink integration test on C-17 and C-130 aircraft; verified accuracy and performance; informed aircrews of air and ground in-theater situation updates in real-time• Managed major Air Operations Center test with 102 testers over 9 months; directed 497 fixes for integrated suite of multiple independent applications; improved time between maintenance downtime from 2 hours to days• Negotiated airspace agreement with FAA; articulated implications of on-range missile firing safety footprints to civil air traffic; developed workable mitigation plan; enabled aircraft defense system testing and preserved safety of commercial and civilian aviation• Redesigned Eglin AFB test engineer training curriculum; standardized core training across all organizations with specialty addendums as required; ensured new employees provided essential understanding of test principles and local processes

Cold Lake, Ab, Canada

• Directed Canada’s largest fixed-wing flight test program; tested and certified complete upgrade of communications and cockpit avionics systems; ensured CP140 (P-3) aircraft met evolving mission requirements and new international certification standards• Developed novel approach for off-the-shelf aircraft acquisition; used flight test data and demos to pre-qualify aircraft against key requirements prior to contract bid; selected to 5-member source selection committee; guaranteed $4.9B contract award met or exceeded most important needs• Led 11-member team through complex structural test of new CP140 wingtip sensors; identified aerodynamic interaction that would cause fleet grounding; prevented retrofit; saved over $5M• Designed and executed test series to reverse engineer specialized aircraft requirements from operational flight maneuvers; identified essential features necessary to accomplish search and rescue mission; ensured replacement aircraft program would continue to meet mission needs

Edwards Afb, Ca

• Managed 20 control room engineers covering 6 subsystems; monitored integrated avionics performance in control room for 116 flight test missions; verified key aircraft requirements• Headed Edwards AFB support for 3-month flying test bed deployment to help resolve software stability; reduced development cycle from months to days; 100% improvement in stability• Redesigned control room displays; developed intuitive design added 150 data parameters while making information easier to process in real-time; doubled system information available to control room engineers

Schriever Afb, Co

• Led 20-member crew; executed 4000 contacts/year on over 30 satellites; personally certified on 5 satellite programs; earned Air Force Space Command’s Crewmember Excellence Award• Lead engineer for $250M satellite launch; directed over 80 worldwide experts; accelerated early orbit testing by 3 months; satellite operational for start of Operation Enduring Freedom• Identified inadvertent overlapping orbit assignments through recurring conjunction observations between military and civil spacecraft; researched civil operator and learned other spacecraft’s operational constraints; redesigned satellite maneuver schedule to avoid future conjunctions with negligible impact to spacecraft lifespan

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Astronautical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Graduate, Flight Test Engineering