Disruptive anti-counterfeiting technology marrying physical security with virtual (blockchain). US and international patents pending.

• Executive manager, formulating and executing short and long-range business strategy and tactics, for manufacturer of expanded polystyrene insulation for a wide range of building products, molded and fabricated packaging, and rotational molded OEM contract manufacturing and marine products. • Managed company’s engineering, design, research & development, new product development, and technical support teams. Executed intellectual property strategy, including patents, trademarks and internet domains.• Cost analysis and financial modeling for R&D investment decisions and new product development. • Managed company quality control program.

-- Chief Technology Officer for entrepreneurial aerospace company providing professional, engineering, scientific, technical, advisory and assistance, management, and information technology services and solutions for US Department of Defense, Federal, and commercial customers. -- Analyzed, recommended, and executed company's technology and competitive strategy; assisted CEO in business development, marketing, proposal writing, and planning for a new, small business, aerospace entrant. -- Assessed emerging technologies for corporate adoption and integration into emerging small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) / drone services business. Conducted business case modeling and analysis. Wrote company's FAA Section 333 for commercial sUAS business operations.-- Conducted subcontracted study of competitive analysis of emerging space launch vehicles and satellite demand modeling for aerospace prime customer.

-- Managed integrated product team with over 20 NASA, contractor, and DoD members for analyses in aerodynamics, controls, mass properties, aeroacoustics, aerothermodynamics, loads & dynamics, etc. for a space launch vehicle development program. Led conceptual design / flight performance trades.-- Conducted program development planning, business development, risk management, investment capital strategy, and long-range strategic planning for entrepreneurial space launch vehicle company.-- Co-authored company’s business plan and created and maintains launch market demand model.-- Created & executed company’s competitive strategy and space launch vehicle requirements analyses.-- Directed intellectual property strategy and writes company’s space launch vehicle technology patent applications. Completed and submitted four patent applications and drafted a fifth.-- Managed contract and led technical study of transformational, low cost, booster applications to US Army needs including space lift, space support, technology demonstrations, and prompt global strike. Evaluated global proliferation risk of launch vehicle commercial-off-the-shelf technology applied to long range ballistic missiles.-- Provided technical consulting to Air Force Space Command on hypersonic cruise missiles, reentry vehicles, and booster systems for Prompt Global Strike Analysis of Alternatives and follow-on studies.-- Co-wrote updated solutions manual for college managerial statistics text,"Statistics, Data Analysis, and Decision Modeling," Evans, 5th Edition.

-- As an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) employee located at customer’s headquarters, consulted senior Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) management on technology issues, investment strategy, and guidance and prioritization of AFRL’s $350M/yr. space science and technology portfolio.-- Helped create new AFSPC Space science and technology (S&T) guidance document and promote its adoption by AFRL. Instigated several innovative improvements to developmental roadmap process that better linked AFRL S&T planning and programs to AFSPC mid- and long-range plans. Processes to enhance technology investment strategy eventually broadly adopted by Air Force.-- Recommended modifications to requirements for planned space acquisition programs through technology insertion. Evaluated technological feasibility of proposed space development programs.-- Participated as voting member in Air Force Space Experiments Review Board, working closely with command organizations to prioritize and align proposed experiments and flight demonstrations with science and technology maturation needs.

-- Managed broad $20M/yr. portfolio of space research and development programs, reviewing and critiquing existing and proposed projects spanning nine laboratory directorates. Developed portfolio technology strategy with customers and stakeholders. Lauded by customer for optimizing AFRL’s broad technology investment portfolio and greatly enhancing customer knowledge and advocacy.-- Managed development of novel, customer-focused, technology portfolio value model. Directed management consultant contracts, and integrated tool into AFRL planning processes.-- Led AFRL space force applications technology planning integrated product team and worked extensively with space launch technology portfolio manager.

-- Initiated and managed $20M/year reusable launch vehicle technology development and demonstration program, building a five-person program office in a severe downsizing environment. -- Reviewed and advocated for a broad spectrum of AFRL technology programs, trained staff, and acquired customer buy-in, gaining political support and contributing to ~400% budget increase.-- Evaluated reusable launch vehicle designs for overall viability, technology maturity, and suitability for AFRL investment. Assessed current state-of-the-art technology and investment opportunities.-- Organized and executed four-day Conference on Next Generation Launch Vehicles at the 1999 Space Technology and Applications International forum. Enlisted and managed technical session chairs, arranged plenary sessions, and acquired invited speakers. Senior member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; technical committee leader, chaired conference sessions and workshops.

-- Managed (as COTR) $7M contract with Boeing to design, develop, and flight-test the X-40A experimental spacecraft. Directed technology development and customer requirements analysis, and leveraged $10M of contractor, NASA, and U.S. Army contributions. Helped lead program to a fully successful flight test, first of its kind for this vehicle class, and a critical first step for the follow-on X-37B program that has completed several successful space missions.-- Planned, proposed, and executed customer-funded cooperative program with NASA and AFRL to assess X-40A hypersonic aerodynamics and aerothermodynamics for atmospheric reentry. Managed in-house analysis team of seven engineers, and oversaw hypersonic wind tunnel test at NASA LaRC and X-40A wing box structural test at AFRL.-- Developed and taught graduate course, AE508 Aircraft Performance and Control, at University of Dayton.

-- Created position as focal point in 185-person Aeromechanics Division for hypersonics and space technology and rebuilt analysis capability and customer base that had been abandoned in prior downsizing. Translated customer mission deficiencies to system requirements and technology needs, working extensively within customer's IPTs. proposed, negotiated, and managed several customer-funded, cross-organizational research efforts.-- Anticipating Air Force policy change, advised AFRL Air Vehicles Directorate redirection of numerous technology programs from aircraft to space vehicle applications. Recommended programmatic and technical changes and acquired critical political support from competing organization, resulting in reversal of $80M budget cut.-- Developed cooperative program with government, industry, and academia to conduct R&D of advanced engine nozzles employing fluidic thrust vectoring and area control in place of current mechanical methods for Air Force aircraft.-- Conducted extensive conceptual design and flight performance support for a number of reusable launch vehicle and hypersonic technology programs & conceptual design studies. Established and managed cross-AFRL team that performed technical assessments of more than a dozen entrepreneurial and prime contractor launch vehicle designs; evaluations forwarded through senior management as high as Secretary of the Air Force. Consulted customers on launch vehicle design, flight performance, and orbital mechanics.-- Software development and project management to develop and transition several software products, including industry standard, Optimal Trajectories via Implicit Simulation (OTIS) computer program. Air-to-air combat modeling & simulation expert and project manager for two computer programs. -- Conducted extensive research in chaos and nonlinear motion in astrodynamics, satellite attitude dynamics and aeroassited orbital transfer. Extensive computer programming, primarily in Fortran.