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Navy Military Flight Operations Quality Assurance (MFOQA) Integrated Test Team coordinator. Led the development and execution of software/system tests and supported design scrums and backlog grooming for Agile software development activities. Planned and coordinated all software vendor, Human Systems, Reliability & Maintainability, and aircrew test activities. Primary interface between the PMA209 program office and platform aircrew for developing platform specific test scenarios, operations documentation, and assessing system performance. Responsible for the development and presentation of test results, trouble reports, and status at program technical reviews.

Assembled, intergraded, and managed contractor team (including prime contractors Boeing and Harris Corporation) responsible for the development of the Terrain Awareness Warning System (TAWS), the US Navy’s premier collision avoidance system. Served as the government’s primary point of contact responsible for both program and contract technical performance. Responsibilities included contract negotiations, development of SOWs, oversight of technical performance, risk management, conduct of design and status reviews, assuring adherence to master plans and schedules, assessing readiness for technical reviews, coordination with Contracting Officer and Contracting Officer’s representative, the review and submission of all contract deliverables, and financial management and tracking of program revenue totaling over $3,000,000 annually.

Performed Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) conformance testing for the Navy TAWS CSCI Unit of Portability (UoP). Executed detailed analysis of system design elements for compliance to the FACE 2.0 Data Model. Prepared full compliance matrix and prepared detailed trouble reports documenting observed issues.

US Navy Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) IPT Lead Flight Test Engineer and Test Coordinator; responsibilities included test planning, developing instrumentation requirements, resource coordination, preparation of detailed test matrices and flight cards, as well as real-time flight test monitoring, data analysis, report writing and aircrew training. Acted as the Navy GPWS IPT primary test POC for all fixed and rotary-wing platforms interfacing with system and program contractors, vendors, and Government representatives regarding the technical aspects of F/A-18A/B/C/D/E/F, EA-18G, EA-6B, E-2D, MH-60 R/S, AV-8B, T-45, AH/UH-1, CH-35K and VH-60N aircraft for both GPWS and Terrain Awareness Warning System (TAWS) programs. Testing covered a wide range of flight profiles including simulated weapons deliveries, weapon separation, evasive maneuvers, carrier suitability, and ACM. Also responsible for the development and execution of highly specialized test techniques and monitoring procedures required for the effective and safe testing of a critical military safety system. Selected to present is unique test philosophies at the Royal Aeronautical Society’s International Flight test Conference in London, England. Conducted and monitored hundreds of test events at NAWCAD Patuxent River Real-Time Telemetry Processing Station (RTPS), Manned Flight Simulator (MFS), and the NAWCWD China Lake Range Control Center (RCC).