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Twenty four years of Army and Air Force leadership and supervisory experience as an Air Traffic Controller at five faculties. Instructor certificated and in Tower, Radar Approach Control, Ground Control Radar, Terminal Radar Procedures. Instructor/Evaluator Senior Surveillance Technician on Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS), Senior Director Technician on Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS), Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge E-3 Interoperability Requirements Managed over one Billion dollars worth of AWACS interoperability and sensor improvement programs. Identified, defined, tested, and implemented E-3 data Link enhancements. Coordinated with North Atlantic Treaty Organization AWACS, and software support activities to analyze and correct software interoperability deficiencies. Regional Interface Control Officer (RICO) for data link operations managed the daily operations of the Navy, Marines, and Air Force units in the Okinawa training area. Joint Interface Control Officer Instructor at Ft. McPherson GA. Responsible for Joint Training of Multiservice and Multi National forces in basic data link operations to include setting up and operating the peripheral equipment related to data link operations.