Malachi Taylor Email & Phone Number

Boise, ID, US

• Led the application development initiative that resulted in savings of $8M/year for the 55th Wing, the largest of Air Combat Command
• Directed the development of multiple enterprise-level virtual reality and PC-based training simulations by orchestrating a team of twenty simulation development experts and working with stakeholders to understand their.
• Managed enterprise application development of the RC-135 program -- supports 78 ACC-approved Air Force syllabi embedded training, which saves an average of 8,000 labor hours, enhancing operational efficiency, resource.
• Ran the execution of the game development process for 1 to 4 simultaneous projects at any given time
• Managed all aspects of production for VR/PC simulations and trainers including developer communications, tracking build progress, comparing and contrasting against roadmaps, risk analysis, and risk mitigation
• Offered direct support with higher levels of program management including ROM creation, ROM analysis, and higher levels of reporting to stakeholders

• Conducted a 100% overhaul of the Jira pipeline, scrum events, and scrum artifacts resulting in consistent increases in team efficiency
• Managed multiple iterations of the EC-130 Compass Call, FLITE, and MC-12W Liberty programs
• Coordinated with active duty and developers in the creation of Aircrew Flight Equipment and survival equipment training scenarios. These support annual training requirements for Aircrew and the simulations have been.
• Led relationship-building with interdepartmental Leads, Seniors, and Directors
• Led all Scrum Events/Rituals
• Actively sought out and removed blockers in development and resolved both interpersonal and pipeline conflicts

Meridian, Idaho, United States

• Carried out research using both quantitative and qualitative methods
• Communicated summarized research results effectively to stakeholders and the development team
• Provided design suggestions based on observation
• Crafted and edited reports and surveys
• Led multiple team members consisting of a UX Designer, UI Artists, and QA Testers
• Evangelized player experience

Boise, Idaho, United States

• Led 30 simulation development staff to support 55th Wing -- largest Wing in ACC, in VR simulation development
• Led development of RC135 Rivet Joint simulations used to support ACC IQT training and the 338th CTS, the largest aircrew flight training Squadron in the USAF
• These simulations support up to 78 ACC-approved syllabi training events and save millions in related training costs, and thousands of Maintenance labor hours annually
• Coordinated with active duty and developers to assist with configuration and equipment requirements supporting Offutt AFB's first-ever VR lab
• Coordinated with active duty and led developers in the creation of the first-ever RC135 firefighting scenarios. Firefighting training is an ACC requirement and VR provides far more realistic firefighting training than.
• Coordinated with active duty and developers in the creation of Aircrew Flight Equipment and survival equipment training scenarios. These support annual training requirements for Aircrew and the simulations have been.

Eagle, Idaho

• Investigated user needs and advised designers and marketing of roadblocks
• Advised issues users faced in UI elements and web design
• Conducted small-scale quantitative analysis to provide design and context revisions, actionable recommendations, and implementation methods
• Created data-gleaning surveys to obtain the pain points of our customers
• Identified users, analyzed market data, compared findings, and executed recommendations based on aggregated data
• Created user personas to accurately reflect our diverse customers and to better inform our design process

Boise, Idaho Area

• Augmented team of 119/2 hrs; assembled 2K JFAKs worth $409K--AOR life-saving hub in support of 24k members
• Responded to a wide variety of calls, such as car crashes, chemical spills, flooding, general rescue as well as fires
• Worked in tandem with USAF aviation ground maintenance, military police, aircrew personnel, and high-level leadership to conduct safety recommendations and emergency response planning
• Controlled and extinguishes aerospace vehicle fires; performs ventilation, salvage, and overhaul operations
• Fought structural fires; shuts off building utilities, evacuates people from buildings, operates tools and equipment
• Performs hazardous standbys, airfield surveillance operations, and fire inspections as part of prevention program

Boise, Idaho Area

• Attended Department of Defense Fire Academy where I graduated with a 98% academic success score, to be the top Firefighter in my class
• Deployed for the third time to the Middle East (Qatar) in order to support the mission against the war on terror in Operation Inherent Resolve
• Worked in tandem with USAF aviation ground maintenance, military police, aircrew personnel, and high-level leadership to conduct safety recommendations and emergency response planning of multi-million-dollar aircraft.

Nampa, Idaho

• Operated, drove, and controlled construction equipment including bulldozers, forklifts, backhoes, dump trucks, cargo trucks, and hydraulic truck cranes
• Loaded and unloaded equipment from vehicles used to transport it
• Inspected equipment before and after use to ensure it’s in good working order
• Drove or controlled heavy equipment to complete tasks at the construction site
• Monitored performance and adjusting settings as required to perform tasks correctly
• Tracked scheduled maintenance of equipment and notifying their Supervisor if maintenance is past due

Camp Pendleton, California

• Served as an infantryman from 2010 to 2014 in the United States Marine Corps
• Cross-trained from a mortarman to a machine gunner during first combat tour in Helmand Province, Afghanistan
• Duties ranged from daily patrols to closing with and destroying the enemy Taliban
• Conducted a deployment on a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to display U.S. naval power in the Indian Ocean
• Awarded the Combat Action Ribbon
• Meritoriously promoted, twice