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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Developing dual use technologies that will change how businesses and people interact with the world.
• Spearheaded strategic initiatives with a multi-disciplinary deep tech team (sensor, electronics, packaging, software) to identify and cultivate new business opportunities.
• Connected in-house hardware solutions to multiple DoD customers including DARPA MTO, ARL, JPEO Armaments Center, AVMC Redstone Arsenal.
• Managed agreements, partnerships, outreach, security, HR, IT, and contracts facilitating growth of the company and build relationships with outreach to large DIB primes, aerospace, and commercial clients.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Guiding in house BD and Marketing while trying to keep the Operations side of the business on track.
• Spearheaded transition of DoD funded technologies into industrial and commercial markets for the company across all verticals, and customers.
• Developed comprehensive cost, technical, and go-to-market strategies for spin-off products.
• Provided BD and PM expertise across all market verticals of the company, Additive Manufacturing, MEMS and Microsystems, UAS Payloads.

Huntsville, Alabama Area

• Led the Optical and Mechanical Systems Department to solve problems for the DoD from idea generation to prototype demonstration.
• Successfully managed Optical R&D and Optical Systems Engineering programs, encompassing diverse projects such as the development of fiber optic payout systems for submarines and the cutting-edge gimble-less LADARs for.
• Developed pivotal funded relationships with US Army Lab (Redstone Arsenal), AFRL (Wright- Patterson), ARL (Aberdeen Maryland).

Huntsville, Alabama Area

Spearheaded optical programs involving micro-spectrometry at several wavelengths. In addition I led development of several optical fiber based programs focused on inertial sensors and structural health monitoring for carbon fiber composites.

Boca Raton, Florida

Engineer evaluating components for ultra-long haul transmitters. I worked with a fabulous group of people at Qtera from leading entrepreneurs, to excellent RF Engineers, to Optical Communication Experts.

Master'S Degree, Optics/Optical Sciences

Bs, Physics