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Omaha, NE, US

Offutt AFB, NE

Offutt AFB, NE

• Lead 14-member military/civilian team executing four diverse tasks; mentor to 45 personnel
• Rapidly matured new Branch’s roles after four-section merge; lead adaptive planning team
• Manage training/exercise programs; oversee nuclear weapon database and test requirements
• Tripled team’s efficiency with new cross-training concept; final validation authority for OPLANs
• Supervise NATO Liaison team and their support to EUCOM/UK/NATO nuclear planning/policy
• Managed $4M planning software test; quality assurance software and large database user

Edwards AFB, CA

• Led 402-member flight test unit with 4 aircraft types and 44 aircrew, executing 2,300+ flight hours
• Directed program management, engineers, operations, maintenance, and security/facility teams
• Oversaw $118M of B-1/B-2/B-52/C-12 flight/ground test projs; balanced needs of 10 customers
• Commanded 48-member test unit; supervised requirements for 25 building, 129-acre test facility
• Managed $13M flying program & 44 aircrew; excelled in 35 projs with youngest team in 11 years
• Led rapid integration of C-12 mission into bomber test squadron just 1 month prior to inspection

Edwards AFB, CA

• Directed 30 aircrew in AF’s only B-1/B-2/B-52 unit; effectively managed $15M flight hour program
• Led operations in 477-member organization; balanced priorities across 27 test projs worth $217M
• Made proficiency policy change; rallied ops, maintenance, and program managers--tripled fly rate
• Crafted training plan to boost aircrew proficiency--increased dual-qualifications 500%, saved $4M

Offutt AFB, NE

• Led 7-member team; authored nuclear command/control guidance for all USSTRATCOM forces
• Evaluated intel report; ID’d vulnerabilities and drove change in national guidance--mitigated risk
• DoD interagency liaison; led most significant updates to command/control procedures in 15 years
• NC2 expert; reviewed incident reports & provided analysis/corrective-action recommendations

Edwards AFB, CA

• Deputy-lead of ops; led 30 personnel as chief ground/flight scheduler; B-2 Instructor/Evaluator
• B-2 Command Chief Pilot; updated training plans--saved $75K per pilot in requalification costs
• Drove success of CJCS-priority GBU-57; smashed technical hurdles and delivered vital weapon
• Shift Director for Army Division's Combined Joint Operations Center in Afghanistan for 7 months

Edwards AFB, CA

• Led 55-member B-2 test team for $44M in projs; lead pilot for $15M classified flight test program
• Managed training for 5 B-2 test pilots with $1.9M flight budget; ensured aircrew current/qualified
• B-2 Command Chief Pilot; drove complete rewrite of USAF flight test instruction--enhanced safety

Wright Patterson AFB, OH / Edwards AFB, CA

• USAF Test Pilot School graduate with 3.87 GPA; flew 137 flight test training hours in 21 aircraft
• AFIT grad with 3.92 GPA; thesis to improve T-38 safety/life-cycle costs--published in AIAA journal
• Top 20%, AFIT’s engineering students--Tau Beta Pi & Sigma Gamma Tau national honor societies

Whiteman AFB, MO

• Led scheduling flight; executed 3,450 flying hours, met training needs--100% pilots combat ready
• Earned Air Combat Command safety award; created first-ever 16 JASSM training mission scenario
• Crafted Weapons Emphasis & Procedures Training Guide--improved training for 23 combat pilots

Dyess AFB, TX

• Led training qualifications, upgrades, and records for 93 aircrew; directed standardization policies
• Authored syllabus enhancements to B-1 Aircraft Commander training plan--reduced training time
• Distinguished Graduate B-1 initial qualification course; 4-month deployment & 157 combat hours

Vance AFB, OK

• Earned AETC Commander’s Trophy, AETC Flying Training Award, and Distinguished Graduate

Master Of Science - Ms, Aeronautical Engineering, 3.92

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Gamma Tau National Honor Societies

Master Of Science - Ms, Flight Test Engineering, 3.87

Activities and Societies: Society of Experimental Test Pilots and Society of Flight Test Engineers

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Aeronautical Engineering

Military Joint Operations Planning And Strategy

Non-Resident

Air Force Senior Developmental Education

Diploma, Hs