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Denver, CO, US

Englewood, Colorado, US

• Led the control room on the first flight of XB-1; history's first independently developed supersonic airplane
• Led the flight test team through all integrated subsystem, ground & taxi test campaigns
• Served as Chair of the Configuration Control Board

Englewood, Colorado, US

• Established the company's culture for test discipline. Authored standards for all integrated vehicle testing
• Created tools, defined & introduced processes for: Systems Engineering, Human Factors, System Safety Analysis & Mass Property management
• Served as test pilot on the company's first flight test campaign demonstrating high bandwidth telemetry connectivity at range; expanding the envelope of a commercially available radio system

Englewood, Colorado, US

• Early stage (seed round) employee at a capital intensive, hardware focused aviation startup
• Performed the clean-sheet layout of numerous subsystems on the XB-1 supersonic technology demonstrator aircraft

Mojave, California, US

• Led the subsystem design team during the development of the world's largest aircraft; Stratolaunch's carrier aircraft "Roc"
• Served on the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) board for new vehicle first flight approval

Mojave, California, US

• Responsible for hydraulics, flight controls, landing gear & environmental control subsystems on a prototype experimental aircraft through ground activation, first flight and envelope expansion test campaigns
• Flew as third seat Flight Test Engineer aboard the Virgin Galactic White Knight Two carrier aircraft. Coordinated flight test logistics for this experimental aircraft operating in the R-2508 military airspace complex
• Attended formal Test Conductor training with the USAF 412th Operations Group at Edwards Air Force Base

Mojave, California, US

• Designed subsystems & hand fabricated air frame components of a full-scale hybrid-electric flying car concept on a project that went from the drawing board to first flight in less than 6 months
• Owned the design of mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic subsystems for a 30,000 lb experimental aircraft powered by a General Electric F110 turbofan. Lead a team of technicians and produced all definition for component.
• Engineered the firewall forward installation of a prototype Jet-A burning piston diesel aero engine into an existing air frame

Kittery, Maine, US

• Civilian Nuclear Test Engineer, responsible for reactor safety aboard US Navy submarines
• Led joint military & civilian teams ranging from 2 – 20 individuals. Briefed and trained the ship's force crew duty section daily
• Set safe work conditions for nuclear mechanical and electrical subsystem maintenance, modernization, and repair work
• Directed reactor plant and subsystem qualification tests, e.g. initial steam plant & reactor criticality operations after prolonged maintenance periods
• Responsible for radiological controls during the conduct of work on nuclear systems
• Qualified Shift Test Engineer on S6G, S9G, & NR-1 reactor plants installed on Los Angeles, Virginia, and NR-1 class submarines, respectively