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Melbourne, Florida, United States

Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States

Managed total program cost, schedule and technical performance of the $55M+ flagship Phacil MEN program through the design, implementation, and testing phases of the contract. Oversaw both existing contract expansion and new business development as capture manager for five engineering change proposals and two new contract opportunities. Led development and implementation of three follow-on subcontracts worth $3.5M+ to replace first tier subcontractor. Responsible for overseeing all aspects of systems engineering and installation execution of a team of 40+ engineers, network design specialists, and network installation technicians.

Patrick Afb, Fl

Led acquisition, engineering, and test oversight of a multi-disciplinary team of 28 government engineers/logisticians and 550 contractor personnel executing a $100M annual system upgrade and sustainment budget. Responsible for program planning, allocation/prioritization of resources, program management, systems engineering, and developmental test for $2.1B Eastern Range ground instrumentation systems. Applied analytical problem solving-methodologies and led system performance requirements definition, system integration, budget planning, and project management oversight for multiple Eastern Range telemetry, radar, communications, command destruct, weather, and optics instrumentation systems. Created and executed project work plans and revised as appropriate to meet changing requirements. Utilized earned value management to track project cost and schedule and applied systems engineering processes to ensure system performance and developmental test requirements were met. Developed project specifications, statements of work, evaluation criteria, and requests for proposal. Extensive experience in Government source selection process evaluating and analyzing proposals. Evaluated proposals against source selection plan technical capability and risk criterion.

Kent, Washington

Extensive experience with systems developmental test planning, execution, and reporting. Directed Government and contractor test force of 70 aircrew overseeing all system level integration and test programs for ground and in-flight developmental testing on $750M aircraft. Led ground and flight test strategy development, test requirements definition, and test execution for $2B AWACS mission system developmental and air worthiness testing. Government lead flight/ground test director on 2 year 125+ flight test program. Oversaw development and implementation of AWACS mission system hardware and software system level test programs, specifications, requirements allocation, test plans, procedures, formal system requirements verification, and final test reports. Authored and reviewed test and evaluation master plan, test directives and coordinated ground and test support aircraft requirements with operational users and support ranges. Presented test strategies, plans and results to Government program management team.

Kent, Washington

Government program manager for $1.3B NATO E-3 Mid-Term Modernization program. Led 12-member Government on-site team. Directed program issue resolution, proposed solutions, monitored contractor progress and validated results. Tracked cost, schedule and performance through first-hand interaction with prime contractor directors. Interfaced daily with NATO, member nations, Headquarters Air Force, Program Executive Officer and contractor senior leaders. Utilized earned value management, led program risk management process to mitigate developmental and programmatic risks. Executed and maintained program management processes and disciplines in the areas of: program schedule management, resource management, cost management, procurement management, risk / issue management, and change management.

Vandenberg Afb, Ca

Oversaw all Titan IV and Titan II West Coast space launch processing for key National Security Space (NSS) customers. Led 41 engineers and technicians in spacelift mission generation, launch, and recovery activities for launch pad infrastructure. Directed execution of $2.5M infrastructure budget. Defined facility project requirements, proposal technical evaluation, task order award, and government cost, schedule and performance oversight and ensured readiness of 53 mission-essential space launch facilities/equipment worth over $1B. Directed pre and post launch operations on vehicle ground systems. Functioned as the Senior Quality Assurance Evaluator responsible for booster processing at Titan IV launch complex. Supervised all booster engineering issue tracking and resolution, maintenance training, environmental and safety programs, and operational coordination center daily activities.

Eglin Afb, Fl

Managed 10-person engineering branch and $450K in contractor support. Directed day-to-day activities including priority-setting, planning, managing, and allocating resources. Formulated project timelines for hardware and software upgrades for F-16 electronic warfare detection and targeting systems. Led database design and software tool development for 350 radar system characterization database. Coordinated test and development requirements with System Program Office in support of the acquisition and testing of currently fielded electronic warfare targeting systems.

Eglin Afb, Fl

Lead systems engineer for hardware and software development of radar location and identification equipment. Applied principles of radar design, operation, and tactics to the development of targeting pod software and data. Represented US Air Force at system design, integration, and test planning meetings. Developed test plans and procedures for lab and in-flight testing of production representative hardware to ensure user requirements were met. Analyzed operational test data and proposed corrective modifications to the affected hardware and software. Developed SQL scripts to automate database changes. Integrated radar location algorithms and hardware requirements into knowledge based visual basic tool. Analyzed current intelligence data (ELINT) for hostile radar systems and created signal characterizations used by F-16 HARM targeting system radar targeting pod. Led operational system testing employing a ground based targeting pod, real world radars, and signal analysis equipment.

Master Of Administrative Science (Mas), Management Information Systems

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electrical And Electronics Engineering