Building Australia's space, launch, and advanced manufacturing sectors by commercialising researchManagement of a $180M research and product development portfolio of aligned interests in academia, industry and governmentProviding strategic leadership of the program to align towards commonwealth goalsReporting to iLAuNCH advisory board on project status and program objectives

Bootstrapping an aerospace technology startup to further Australia's aero/space aspirationsBuilding an aero/space skilled workforce by mentoring engineersInnovating autonomy products through software development, industrial and mechanical design

Designed and architected next generation C-UAS products Drove innovation and business development efforts in C-UAS projectsSecured $3.6MM project funding to develop new systems for defenceDeveloped new R&D funding streams and resulting technical effortsEnhanced RF signals analysis workflow by integrating novel AI/MLSupported legacy product improvements while designing new systemsDeveloped R&D plans to manage risk while achieving high velocityProvided strategic leadership across business areasFostered a culture of continuous improvement with a vision for the future

Built new products with an entrepreneurial approach to leading R\&D teamsLed people by communicating inspiring vision to the team and the companyManaged SW back end, front end, reverse, hardware, test and product teamsEstablished and maintained industry-leading privacy and security infrastructureDeveloped drone radio direction finder and integrated into product linesRe-imagined the product line and developed design and manufacturing pipelinesImplemented new product features to enhance drone detection capabilitiesLed antenna analysis, design, selection and test effort for radio systemsCoordinated and ensured development and integration of multiple client-facing platforms across multiple geographiesMigrated legacy systems, infrastructure and architecture to modern and future-proof technologies with edge-computing, IoT, cloud-centric, and high-securityMoved engineering, IP, software, hardware and team from USA to AustraliaReported to board of directors on technical and engineering activities

Led multiple project teams for technical delivery along new product roadmapsDrove efforts for new market expansion with HW and SW solutions Headed cross-disciplinary teams for replacement aircraft platform productisationIntegrated Hovermap autonomy onto Boston Dynamics Spot robotInterfaced with defence customers for specialised technical product developmentPushed software quality improvement plans for existing and future stackResponsible for planning, scheduling, budgeting and resourcingGrant preparation and business development

Developed GNC & flight SW for orbital launch vehicle programmeArchitect of GNC, SW and avionics systems and rocket sizingDrove a rapid capability demonstrator guided rocket program Responsible for spiral design process of vehicle performance and sizingArchitected and developed digital twin simulations for V&VLed range safety effort in One Vision sounding rocket test flight Built system engineering plans to inform budgets

Performed Scientific Lead role for HIFiRE 7b flight testSimulated, analysed and designed flight experimentsDeveloped instrumentation to suit experimental requirementsBuilt simulations to assess rocket performance for flight testsDeveloped and V\&V'd simulations to assess range safety limitsPerformed flight qualification testing of payloads: gravimetrics, antenna pattern, balancing, vibration, thermal, vacuum, static loadsOperated in control room and performed build-up for flight tests

Led as deputy tech advisor for high speed strike weapon design effortDirected hypersonic weapon design studies and generated preliminary designs Managed CFD analysis of hypersonic vehicles to build 3 and 6-DOF simulationsResearched optimal trajectories for hypersonic terminal guidance lawsDeveloped optimal trajectories for weapon performance trade studiesPerformed preliminary design studies on Air-Air weapon conceptsPlanned and evaluated wind tunnel tests on Air-Air weapon designsAssessed performance and controllability of Air-Air weaponsEvolved research plans and coordinated schedule, funding and contractsExpanded basic research of turbulence effects on dronesManaged programs to develop and transition wind tunnel test capabilitiesManaged program to develop and transition wind tunnel 6-DOF robotic armObtained grants and completed Ph.D. degree concurrently with full time dutiesDeveloped defence drone designs and capabilities

Developed tools for weapon and aircraft loads analysis of F-16 and A-10Analysed loads and stress to develop flight certifications for F-15, F-16, A-10Planned and executed loads flight testing on F-15, F-16, and analyzed resultsPerformed wind tunnel testing and simulated loads to develop flight certificationsImproved store loads analysis processes through software tool development efforts

Performed hot-wire characterization of new subsonic wind tunnelDeveloped and tested novel gust-mitigating and high lift wing designsPerformed wind tunnel tests, data reduction, analysis, and reportingCorrelated changes in loads to flow behavior through PIV and flow visualizationDesigned, fabricated and instrumented UAVs, and performed flight testingParticipated in International MAV Competition 2006 and wrote paper that won first place

Assisted with wind tunnel testing on high subsonic cavity flows Modified Mach 0.7 cavity flow wind tunnel for aero-optic distortion testing Machined and installed Schlieren and PIV systems around test section Installed and calibrated wind tunnel instrumentation, configured data acquisition Converted anechoic chamber to large scale anechoic wind tunnel Designed and analyzed wind tunnel turning vanes with Abaqus FEA Developed process for fabrication of 100 fiberglass turning vanes Developed software for spectrography instrumentation experiments