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Huntsville, AL, US

Huntsville, Alabama Area

Huntsville, Alabama Area

• Builds and maintains professional relationships with military aviation end users and industry leaders.
• Develops winning strategies to capture new market growth. Identifies growth opportunities in new markets and lead a cross functional teams through the business development process from idea generation to feasibility.
• Consults with customers and is recognized by the customer as their advocate for product and service requirements for… Show more
• Consults with customers and is recognized by the customer as their advocate for product and service requirements for existing and emerging issues. Ensures product solutions meets customer's needs.
• Inspires, coaches and mentors engineer teams, proposal managers, and capture team leads through business development process.
• Delivers results in the form of new ideas, campaigns and wins resulting in increased orders, revenue and earnings. Show less

Huntsville, Alabama Area

Develop and implement program project plans, manage schedules and budgets, as well as monitor and direct a cross-functional team. Provide technical expertise through sales presentations and product demonstrations. Asses potential application of company products to meet customer needs and prepare detailed product specifications for the development and.

Huntsville, Alabama Area

Provide expertise for ground-to-air and air-to-air interoperability efforts directly related to Aviation Systems, including technology research and analysis, development of strategic roadmaps, integration of platform avionics and other related trade studies and analysis.

Responsible for conducting compliance audits on company’s manufacturing and maintenance processes. Developed new and current policies to reflect company standards, ethics, and customer service orientation. Recruited, on boarded, and trained new employees above and beyond, OSHA, FDA, and DOT standards. Demonstrated strong, problem solving, communication.

Ft. Carson, CO

Plan, lead, and develop tactical operations in support of US Army Brigade Combat Team in the Global War on Terrorism. Lead a small group of officers and soldiers in coordinating the aviation, personnel recovery, and security operations for a multinational command group.

Lead a professional group of soldier and civilians in design and instruction of survival tasks, applicable to an austere enviornment. Responsible for the survival training, safety, and management of over 4000 soldiers, 5k worth of training aids and equip, and 1.2 million in facilities.

Ft Campbell, KY

Pilot in Command of the US Army attack helicopter, Longbow Apache. Flew over 1500 hrs of accident free hours and over 1350 hrs of combat flight. Served 8 years as flight lead, communications officer, and lead planner for a combat aviation company.

Camp Pendleton, CA

Obtain by visual observation or other detection methods information about an enemy or potential enemy through the use of special operations tactics, techniques, and procedures.

B.S, Professional Aeronautics, Aviation/Airway Management And Operations, Gpa 3.65

Honors: Magna Cum Laude

Master’S Degree, Terrorism And Counterterrorism Studies, Honors: Magna Cum Laude

In the master’s degree, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Studies, there is a focus on mastery of core skills such as intelligence writing.