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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 schedules, technical and evaluation reports, and other materials needed to plan and execute the FAA's evaluation of Remote Tower systems.

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, deliverable review, performance review, and resource management functions for multiple contract subtasks.

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, analysis, requirements gathering, software implementation, testing, and deployment.• 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 capability improvement requirements, identifying potential implementation options, develop and test prototype software in Java, and generate supporting documentation. • 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 conformance to published approach procedure paths in accordance with FAA Order 8260.58A. Prototype system delivered as TARGETS plugin.• 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) mesoscale forecast wind data into statistical wind speed and direction summaries at airport location in accordance with FAA Order 8260.58A. Improved turnaround from one week to one day.

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 and operational schedules. Safety oversight resulted in zero Class A or B mishaps during operations and maintenance at sea and in port. Integrated ship-air wing safety supervision, analysis and training to execute 20,134 mishap flight hours on 2014 deployment. Ship recognized with 2 consecutive Battle Efficiency "E" awards, 2 consecutive TYCOM Safety "S" Awards, graded 99.6% compliance on OSH inspection and 100% compliance for Environmental Protection measures.

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, ensured timely development and submission of requests for information and briefings to congressional members and staff resulted in informed policy and budget decision.• 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 graphically for leadership review. Identified critical business process functions to evaluate OPNAV congressional response process for improvement in timeliness and cost of effort.

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 during CVN deployment to Western Pacific, enabling squadron to fly over 2700 mishap free flight hours in support of PACOM pacific maritime influence strategy and achieve the squadron's highest level of combat readiness in its 20 year history. Increased safety performance by extending human factors review and safety culture to the 200+ maintenance personnel in squadron (in addition to existing programs for flight crews) enabling 5770 sorties with over 3600 flight hours without mishap

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, target coordination, unique aircraft equipment, and meet all evaluation and safety oversight requirements for aircrew/detachment pre-deployment tactical training.• 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 limited resources to develop plans to meet demanding schedule and ensure 130 aircrew combat qualifications, 85 torpedo and 39 live fire hellfire missile training events.Developed comprehensive database to track historical trend analysis on aircrew performance of missile and torpedo employment and incorporate training improvements leading to a 25% improvement in training hit rates.

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; Computer graphics using OpenGL and X3D, Artificial Intelligence; Computer Vision; Agent Based Simulation; Discrete Event Simulation.

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 Commanders Emergency Response Program. Demonstrated sustained flexibility and initiative to complete planning duties in a wide range of knowledge areas to include: disaster relief, refugee contingency operations, host nation contracting programs, conceptual development of business development centers, and assess the capability and capacity needs of U.S. military Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan.

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 S. Korea crucial to brief, coordinate, and train jointly with U.S. Army aviation forces in Korea.OEF-Philippines deployment, conducted mission specific training and tactical development for detachment of two helicopters.Air NTTP revision for SH-60B, applied subject matter expertise and strong document writing, editing, and review skills as member of technical manual revision team that produced product adopted by the Navy SH-60B community of pilots and aircrew.

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

B.S., Mechanical Engineering - Aerospace