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Maryland, United States

14 years in engineering and technical leadership roles for Navy combat systems, weapon systems, ships, aircraft, and sensors. I have led people, projects, and programs at all stages of the acquisition lifecycle.

Global

Led over twenty personnel in the maintenance and performance of the Aegis weapons system, to include fire control system, radars, computers, consoles and equipment. Air warfare coordinator, conducting maritime domain surveillance, awareness, tracking, and area defense. Officer of the deck (bridge watch-stander) conducting maritime patrol operations, safety of navigation at sea, anti-piracy operations, exercising freedom of navigation, and complex multi-ship operations, replenishment at sea, and operations.

United States

Managing a $4 million government IDIQ goods and services contract for midshipmen to receive flight training from civilian and military instructors via a local vendor.

Annapolis, Maryland, United States

Teaching undergraduate, ABET-accredited aerospace engineering courses, and mentoring students who will commission as officers in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.Hands-on laboratory work with students on small satellites and small scale rockets, including electrical power systems, solar power, antennas, communication systems, command and data handling, attitude determination and control, thrust chamber testing, wind tunnel testing, and launch of small rockets.Creating and updating course content for multiple core and astronautics track courses, while accommodating online, hybrid, and in-person course presentations on very short notice to mitigate COVID impacts and still achieve all course student objectives.Course coordinator for EA467 Space Systems Laboratory; department coordinator for summer internships with other DoD agencies, research labs, and industry partners; and the astronautical engineering summer seminar program for rising high school seniors.Courses taught:Engineering Mechanics and StaticsFundamentals of Aerospace Engineering Rocket PropulsionSpace EnvironmentSpace Systems LaboratoryEngineering Analysis (intro to MATLAB)Spacecraft Communications and Power Systems

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Aegis Modernization (AMOD) manager overseeing nationwide teams conducting $100m+ contracted combat systems upgrades including installation, integration, testing, and crew training. Virtualization Pilot Ship Project Officer for rapid prototyping initiative to enhance capability using Infrastructure as a Service and fielding a working system 80% faster than traditional timeline. Delivered all planned capabilities on budget and on time. Ship Integration Deputy Principal Assistant Program Manager for PEO IWS 1.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Integrated Product Team Lead for Advanced Airborne Sensor Integrated Pod

Port Hueneme, Ca

Conducted planning and risk management for amphibious ship combat systems maintenance and testing during sequestration. Stood up and led a tiger team for an engineering investigation of an issue with the Ships Self Defense Sytem impacting amphibious ships and aircraft carriers. Determined root cause, way ahead, and communicated the resolution to fleet stakeholders in less than 6 months, more than 50% faster than typical timeline.

Port Hueneme, Ca

Project officer for all Aegis Combat Systems Assessment & Training ship visits to Port Hueneme and San Diego. Lead Deployed Ship Liaison, coordinating fleet support efforts for all deployed and forward-deployed Aegis ships. Increased operational availability by over 20%Dedicated Liaison for all Aegis ships homeported in Japan and Hawaii. Coordinate Aegis in-service engineering agent services for distance support, CASREP response, tech assists, casualty tracking, parts expediting, metrics, internal and external reporting.Engineering duty officer qualification tour.

Monterey, Ca

M.S. in Space Systems Engineering

Annapolis, Md

Coordinator for midshipman character capstone seminars, guest lecturers, VIP receptions, character education functions, etiquette lessons, and military protocol instruction. Supervisor of midshipman (student) character and protocol staff.

Iraq

Liaison to the Strategic Operations Center. Coordinated tracking and response for all oil- and electricity- related items to include refinery statuses and production stats, infrastructure damage and repairs, electricity production, future plans for upgrades, and infrastructure security. Provided briefs and reports to commanding general, state department counterparts, civilian contractors, and other joint units. Assessed options for future power production, and transmission and distribution infrastructure upgrades. Worked closely with international allies from UK, Australia, Romania, Iraq, as well as the Iraq Transition Assistance Office (ITAO).

Led a division of approx. 20 personnel. Responsible for Tomahawk mission planning and exercises, Vertical Launch System maintenance and performance, Combat Information Center daily operations and crew performance including maritime domain awareness, safety of navigation, sensor operations and tracking, tactical evaluations and decision making. Responsible for 300 lives and a billion dollar ship as officer of the deck (navigation, safety, watch team management, mission performance, multi-tasking, flight quarters, small boat operations, special evolutions, maritime safety and awareness, freedom of navigation). Qualified as Engineering Officer of the Watch, Officer of the Deck, CIC Watch Officer, TLAM Engagement Control Officer, Gunnery Liaison Officer. Also served as public affairs officer and mess treasurer. Gained international experience operating with the navies of Canada, Iraq, UAE, Bahrain, Greece, Australia, and Italy.

Newport, Ri

Taught 76 students foundation physics (high-school physics equivalent) at the Naval Academy preparatory school.

Ms, Astronautical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Network of EDO women (NEW), Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), Sea Service Leadership Association.

Ms, Space Studies

Activities and Societies: Honor Society

B.S., Aerospace Engineering (Astronautics)

Activities and Societies: Varsity Rifle Team Captain