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Houston, Texas, United States

Imagineer of disruptive solutions for aviation training. Through agile leadership and design thinking concepts, successfully managed project deliverables for key organizations such as NASA, United States Air Force, Texas Southern University, and Houston ISD. Each engagement led to average customer savings exceeding $100,000.Creator of the Virtual Airport, an immersive training technology that breaks down traditional training silos for flight, ATC and airport ground training. Oversaw product development and commercialization of the Cereal Bytes product line, an electrical interface used by general aviation, commercial and military simulator operators to create high-fidelity flight training devices. Creator of a software package that simulates avionics for Boeing and Airbus aircraft, which has achieved a user base in more than 20 countries.More information available at www.CerealBytes.com

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas Area

Aligned technology processes, infrastructure and systems with the evolving needs and vision of the overall organization. Provided key decision making information to executive leadership regarding budgetary and capital improvement requests totaling ~$500M annually and affecting more than 5,000 employees. Built and fostered strong relationships with leaders and executives across more than 20 domains, resulting in enhanced service delivery, significantly increased customer satisfaction and cost savings through greater economies of scale.Responsible for IT budget, strategic planning, project management, business process improvement, software development and IT infrastructure at more than 14 facilities.

Houston, Texas Area

Responsible for business analysis, software development, management of the financial management system, management of the student information system, audit compliance, server management and information security. Managed assets affected nearly 1,600 employees and 10,000 students. Helped recover millions of dollars for the district through enhanced data quality, federal compliance and information security. Increased district's state-required completion rate through the use of predictive analytics and reporting. Lowered district’s operating costs and increased data accuracy via business process automation.

Houston, Texas Area

Developer of client-server based distributed training applications, user interfaces for business applications, large scale engineering cost estimates and ladder logic for PLCs.