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Planned and flew a broad spectrum of flight test activities in support of Northrop Grumman airborne systems product development. Operated test aircraft serving as surrogates for U.S. and allied country's major weapons systems. Managed initiatives to improve and adapt test capabilities including aircraft fleet additions.

Serving as the company's expert for flight test activities including preparation for review boards, development of program plans, and supervision of engineering development. Support simulator, ground and flight test activities by designing tests, executing flight events and reporting results.

Supporting development and integration on the P-8A Poseidon aircraft. Guiding the design team from requirements development and definition through design verification and test.Advising program leadership on multiple cross-functional challenges including Earned Value Management (cost accounting), contracting strategy (fee based contracts), proposals, engineering trades studies (mechanical, aerodynamic & thermal) and budget submissions to the resource sponsor.

Supported flight test and development of the Department of Defense's next generation encrypted identification system. Managed company employees and a $7M flight and lab test support contract. Led a large scale operational test using airborne and seaborne assets from every military service to test interconnectivity of combat identification system.

Patuxent River, Md

Oversaw 20 separate upgrades and initiatives for the T-45 Goshawk jet trainer. Planned and budgeted over $200M of development and sustainment of avionics solutions.

Stuttgart Area, Germany

• Managed and coordinated classified operations and intelligence in the Joint Operations Center (JOC), Operations Directorate. Handled communications between various government entities using both unclassified and classified data systems.• Coordinated the movement of personnel between Europe and Iraq or Afghanistan.

Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland

• Planned, designed and conducted tests and evaluations of aircraft and weapon systems. Provided the primary user input and ensured that product performance matched or exceeded specifications and requirements.• Managed the training, scheduling and operation of unique organization test aircraft.

Naval Air Station North Island, Ca

Deployed twice aboard USS Constellation to the Western Pacific and Persian Gulf . Piloted the S-3B over 1,000 flight hours and completed 350 day and night carrier landings during operational missions.

Master Of Science, Aerospace Engineering

Cooperative Program between the US Navy Test Pilot School and the Naval Postgraduate School. Course work included Software Methodology.

Engineering Test Pilot, Engineering Test Pilot

Bachelor Of Science With Merit, Aerospace Engineering

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