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Alexandria, VA, US

Rockville, MD, US

Provides project management and aviation subject matter expert support to the FAA Office of NextGen Remote Tower program to conduct research and develop safety studies, technical reviews and analysis. Applies project management skills, aviation operations knowledge, and safety risk management experience to prepare white papers, test plans, project.

Rockville, MD, US

Project Manager of eFAST engineering services support contract to FAA Office of NextGen. Interface between government Contracting Officer Representative (COR) and company operations group to provide contract management and oversight to meet customer Statement of Work (SOW) and company quality management requirements. Performed recruiting, hiring, training.

Mclean, VA, US

• Member of Precision Based Navigation Standards and Analysis department that researched prototype solutions for efficient design and implementation of the U.S. National Airspace System. Responsibilities included design.
• Contributed to team responsible for FAA Terminal Area Route Generation Evaluation and Traffic Simulation (TARGETS) software capability improvement and issue resolution. This role primarily involved clarifying.
• Completed key portions of design, development, verification, and testing of a Java based prototype software tool to enable FAA procedure designers to evaluate localized impact of wind on aircraft flight path.
• Produced historical wind analysis reports for U.S. airports upon request from FAA, MITRE, and external users. Report generation relied on a Hadoop Map-Reduce process to transform a large set of NOAA Rapid Refresh (RAP).

Washington, DC, US

SH-60B pilot, Standardization Pilot, Instrument Flight Instructor, Weapons and Tactics Instructor, Aviation Safety Officer, Laser System Safety Officer.

Washington, DC, US

Direct and manage operational safety, risk management, and occupational health programs for 3300 personnel onboard U. S. Navy aircraft carrier.Safety expert who sets the highest standards leading to mission success. Implemented effective safety management system while forward deployed and under strict host nation scrutiny and within compressed maintenance.

Washington, DC, US

• Assists preparation and coordination of Department of the Navy responses to Congressional inquiries regarding Navy programs and budget. Led daily coordination efforts across all levels of Navy headquarters staff.
• Applied advanced education to complete a detailed business process review of OPNAV congressional response task management; Analyzed business process to determine primary performance metrics and how to present.

Washington, DC, US

Demonstrated leadership and tactical systems knowledge by skillfully leading two helicopter detachment with 21 personnel embarked in U.S. Navy DDG in safe execution of over 220 flight hours with a 96% mission completion rate during two compressed deployment exercises. (Feb 2008).As squadron safety officer, he expertly managed all squadron safety programs.

Washington, DC, US

• Planned and conducted classroom and in-flight instruction for Defensive Maneuvering, FLIR/Hellfire missile employment, and Low Slow Flyer intercept. Planned and scheduled all flight requirements for weapons ranges.
• Efforts and expertise enabled a thorough evaluation of the Tactical Operational Flight Trainer, integrating the device into the revised SUW training syllabus, and implementing FLIR/Hellfire training at HSL-40.Balanced.

CA, US

Completed Master's degree in Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation. Master's thesis titled "Fiducial Marker Detection and Pose Estimation from LIDAR Range Data". Course work included statistics and design of experimens; programming in C++, Java, and Python; Management and Acquisition principles for military Modeling and Simulation systems.

Staff planner. Coordinate and synchronize CJTF-82 future operational plans with US government, Afghanistan, UN, and non-governmental organizations working to support security and stability operations in Afghanistan. Developed staff-to-staff coordination relationships that proved instrumental to effectively plan and employ limited resources through the.

Developed initial versions of an online Tactical Training Center to consolidate disparate tutorial and mission planning resources to integrate with the training flight syllabus and daily flight schedule/maintenance schedule that increased quality of pilot ground and flight training.Planned, coordinated and executed quarterly detached training exercises in.

M.S - Modeling, Virtual Environments, And Simulation, Modeling, Virtual Environments And Simulation

B.S., Mechanical Engineering - Aerospace