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Washington, DC, US

Maryland, United States

Partnering with academia, industry, and government to conduct advanced telecommunications research.

Maryland, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Developing Advanced Intelligence Collection Technologies
• Supervise and mentor Federal government personnel, and tasked Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) contractors, working for IARPA.
• Develop and manage Science and Technology programs in: ground-based imaging of satellites, high performance computer architecture, threat assessment of DNA sequences, molecular analysis of gas-phase chemicals, field.
• Develop strategies and policies in support of IARPA’s S&T programs, acquisitions, personnel recruitment and development, and operational support of IARPA, DoD, and IC efforts.
• Interact with DoD and IC agencies, FVEY agencies, other USG agencies, industry, and academia in support of IARPA intelligence collection efforts.
• Serve as IARPA representative to the IC Postdoctoral program.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Supported the NRO AS&T Basic Research portfolio in Advanced Phenomenology

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Lead the NGA Research portfolio on Geophysical Science
• Supervised and mentored Federal government personnel, and tasked Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) contractors, working at NGA facilities in Springfield, VA, St. Louis, MO, and Los Angeles Air Force.
• Developed Science and Technology programs in: geophysics, geodesy, gravimetry, gradiometry, geomagnetism, alt. PNT, tunnel detection, planar optics, hypersonics, and counter proliferation. These programs were developed.
• Developed strategies and policies in support of NGA/Research S&T programs, acquisitions, personnel recruitment and development, and operational support of NGA, DoD, and IC efforts.
• Interacted with NGA components, DoD and IC agencies, other USG agencies, industry, and academia in support of NGA/Research geophysics efforts.
• Hosted the 2019 Hypersonic Technology & Systems Conference at NGA.

Gaithersburg, MD

Managed the international relations of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Advised executives on, and support the development and evaluation of, science and technology strategy, policy, and programs in the FBI Science and Technology Branch (STB).
• Strengthened the FBI S&T interactions with academia (including the NAS), other Federal agencies (e.g., DOC, DOD, DOE National Labs, DOJ, EOP, IC Agencies, NSF, and ODNI), and Industry. Principal liaison between the FBI.
• Encouraged the development of the FBI S&T workforce by the establishment of internships, postdoctoral and visiting scientist programs; and by helping nominate FBI staff for S&T awards and prizes. Helped develop the NSF.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Executive Office of the President (EOP)
• Managed the interagency process of developing science and technology policy for the Executive Office of the President by overseeing the collaboration among more than 1000 government executives across 56 interagency.
• Advised executive staff and facilitated the development of 36 Presidential science and technology policy documents produced by National Science and Technology Council.
• Served as OSTP policy analyst for, and liaison to, NSTC interagency groups and National Security Staff IPCs on Biometrics and Identity Management, Forensic Science, Transnational Organized Crime, and Network and.

Gaithersburg, MD

• Participated on various U.S. Government teams that helped resolve the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
• Served as NIST Program Analyst for greenhouse gases S&T efforts.

Paris Area, France

• Established and managed the BIPM Office for International Affairs.
• Developed draft international metrology policy.
• Promoted the technical and economic benefits of measurement science during official visits to over 40 countries.
• Negotiated with officials from Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Peru, Saudi Arabia Zambia, and Zimbabwe for the participation of the governments in the activities of the BIPM.
• Developed three international conferences on metrology and directed an annual international marketing campaign in support of measurement science.
• Served as a liaison to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Paris Area, France

• Managed the worldwide implementation of the CIPM MRA (an international treaty).
• Developed draft international metrology policy.
• Developed international workshops to enhance the state of measurement science in developing countries.
• Organized the top meetings among metrology scientists in the world.
• Liaison to the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Joint Committee on Coordination of Assistance to Developing Countries in Metrology, Accreditation and Standardization (JCDCMAS).

Gaithersburg, MD

• Science advisor to the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory Management Team.

Gaithersburg, MD

• Managed the delivery of seven NIST calibration services and one standard reference material.
• Chaired the International Society of Automation (ISA), Flow Technology Committee.
• Designed, constructed, and tested three new NIST calibration facilities – best in the world.
• Chaired and represented the United States on the top international committees in flow metrology.
• Implemented ISO/IEC 17025 in seven NIST calibration services and served as laboratory assessor in national laboratories abroad.
• Authored over 100 NIST calibration reports.

Gaithersburg, MD

• Pioneer the use of the internet for the remote calibration of flow meters.
• Designed and built the first auto exhaust flow meter calibration facility for use by the U.S. Auto Industry.

Gaithersburg, MD

• Conducted experimental and numerical investigations of the fluid dynamics of supersonic base flows (flow behind a bullet) and the gas-metal atomization processes.
• Designed, constructed, and tested the world's first gas-metal atomizer controlled by artificial intelligence.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Experimental Fluid Dynamics

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Air Force ROTC