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I founded Lockheed Martin Geospatial Technology (LM-GT) to productize unmonetized intellectual property for commercial markets. Design and execute overall product development strategy and operations. Lead a team of 30 engineers and operational contributors in technology development, technology productization, and transition into core Lockheed Martin lines of business. Manage business development, partnerships, and product and program commitments.My Achievements Include§ Delivered ground-breaking PrecisionTerrain® commercial targeting product in partnership with Maxar. Leveraged GBDx cloud platform to enable 3m@SE90 coordinate accuracy from automated production workflows.§ Improved aerial material reconciliation service for open pit iron ore mining by pioneering development of space-based MineRECON®, for BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Mining Group. § Advanced Lockheed’s science and engineering capabilities by architecting Lockheed Martin’s OneLM® Globe enterprise geospatial platform to fuse and exploit global space-based and aerial sensor data for machine learning and ground truth solutions. § Established Lockheed Martin’s Commercial Finance Model to transition out of the company’s traditional IR&D model and enable the team to maintain proceeds from commercial products for reinvestment into the next offering. § Negotiated Lockheed’s 1st Revenue Sharing Agreement with DigitalGlobe (Maxar) for use of the “Rosetta” (R3D™) geospatial engine to streamline production workflows for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).§ Nominated to the Lockheed Martin Fellow program.§ Member of the Lockheed Martin Ventures strategic investment advisory board.§ Obtained a Patent Award for generating a Physical 3D Map Using Different Data Sources; US10679521B1.§ Bestowed with the Lockheed Martin MFC Facility of the Year in recognition of Innovation of Commercial Mining Applications.

I rejoined Lockheed to revitalize a struggling F22 simulation trainer program on behalf of the United States Defense Department. Built and directed a 12-person team in design and integration of discriminating geospatial solutions into Lockheed Martin systems. Managed up to 4 simultaneous multimillion-dollar Special Operations Command projects. Subject matter expert in imagery processing, 3D rendering and geospatial technology.My Achievements Include§ Co-developed the 2010 LM MFC Invention of the Year, “Rosetta” (R3D™) geospatial engine used in F35 Synthetic Environment production, GeoData Cooperative, PrecisionTerrain® and Maxar P800/P2020 Pixel factories.§ Spearheaded revolutionary design of GeoSketch®, an interactive 3D modeling capability that integrates smart images with camera models into Google Sketchup for the insurance, gaming, security, and defense markets.§ Led team that received the 2010 Team Special Recognition Award in recognition of outstanding support to DigitalGlobe / NGA Rapid Dissemination of GEOINT (RDOG) program.§ Inducted into Lockheed Martin’s Group Technical Staff / LM Fellow Track.§ Received numerous Patent Awards for Automated Texture Mapping of 3D Objects from Oblique Imagery; Vector Correction through Ground Control Point Mapping; and Dynamically Geo-registered Database.§ Acknowledged with 4 Intellectual Property Awards for Rosetta Data Abstraction; Automated Ground Control Point Generation; Novel Real-time IR Simulation; Novel Real-time NVG Simulation; and Adaptive Terrain Generation.

I co-founded the GeoData Cooperative, a government-industry-science partnership, designed to modernize National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) global terrain production capabilities and enhance Department of Defense (DoD) readiness. Integral in lobbying and gaining congressional support to re-invent how the US Government produces foundation GEOINT by leveraging GPU, cloud, super computers, AI, automated workflows and new business models. Architect technical solutions, define organizational structure, engage .gov, .org, .com, .mil, and .edu organizations, and prioritize technical initiatives. My Achievements Include§ Brought on board ~12 leading institutions to participate in the cooperative including Lockheed Martin, NASA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, GeoNorth , GeoYeti, KDSpatial Solutions, and Alaska Satellite Facility.§ Architected the cooperative's cross-organizational operating structure by establishing hierarchy of mission-focused Agile Product teams that together implement the cooperative’s strategic vision.

In 2000, I was hired by this rapidly growing start-up to lead a 7-member engineering team in the development and customization of commercial software and data algorithms to deliver critical defense solutions for 3D visualization and synthetic environment generation.

I launched my career with Lockheed as a member of the systems engineering team. Charged with developing real-time 3D rendering systems to support advanced visual simulation for mission rehearsal and hardware-in-the-loop simulations.