•Aeroelastic Design & Verification: Led the aeroelastic design for V-280 EMD and HSVTOL aircraft, guiding comprehensive aeromechanics verification and substantiation as part of the JMR-FVL program.•RCAS Analysis & Flight Test Leadership: Managed RCAS technical volume for Bell’s PoR RFP submission, including scheduling, cost estimation, and technical execution. Directed rotor dynamics flight tests for the V-280, ensuring successful test planning and resolution of issues with minimal impact to the schedule.•Innovative Systems & Trade Studies: Developed a real-time flight dynamic stability monitoring system and led critical rotor dynamics and aeromechanics trade studies to inform V-280 production design, supporting enterprise-wide efforts across various programs including HSVTOL, M407, V22, and NEXUS

•Comprehensive RCAS Analysis: Conducted extensive RCAS analyses for AVX coaxial rotorcraft systems, including studies on ASE stability, ground resonance, blade loading, tuning, and rotor wake effects.•VTOL Test Bed Design & Analysis: Designed and analyzed a VTOL "iron bird" test bed, integrating GVT results with rotor analysis programs to support extensive testing of isolated propulsion systems.•Innovative Dynamics Programs: Developed a MATLAB drivetrain dynamics program to assess torsional stability, integrating it into a fully coupled ASE flight dynamics model. Completed advanced training in RCAS and FLIGHTLAB.

•Analytical & MATLAB Innovations and Testing: Authored a key analytical report for the DARPA TERN program and developed MATLAB programs for dynamic system analysis and automated data processing; performed wind tunnel tests for aerodynamic performance, enhancing model correlation and testing accuracy.•Simulation Division Leadership: Oversaw all aspects of AVX’s simulation division, including hardware, graphics systems, software support, and MATLAB/Simulink technical support, ensuring effective simulation model updates and data management.•Real-Time Simulation Implementation: Managed real-time flight simulations using Simulink and FLIGHTLAB, including successful OSC data transfer in a multi-system environment and the creation of SL architecture for rotor performance models.