Responsible for the contract execution and technical oversight for Conair's flight simulation programs. Responsibilities included:Avro RJ100 Full Flight SimulatorOversight of purchase, disassembly, relocation, and assembly of a Reflectone Level D RJ100 FFS from CAE Training Centre in Brussels, Belgium to Abbotsford BC. Upgrade of hydraulic system, visual system and dual FMS system installationDesign of K. Barry Marsden Training and Tactics CentreConcurrent building construction of training centre and simulator installationTransport Canada and FAA certificationEstablishment of scheduling and billing processesOperational oversight of CAE operations and maintenance contractAnnual budgeting, work order management and financial reportingDay-to-day operations and customer schedulingNew customer onboarding.Mission Training System - https://vimeo.com/conairaerialfirefighting/mtsContract execution and technical oversight for the construction of six custom Flight Training Devices networked in a common virtual firefighting environment. This project spanned 5 years and included vendor technical support and oversight in Canada, USA and India.As the technical POC for the development of this system, I was responsible for the execution of the multiple contracts, amendments and change requests required to see this project to its successful completion in March of 2023.Coordinated the Transport Canada certification of the system to Level 4 Flight Training Devices in October of 2023.

Reporting to the Director of Maintenance, responsible for the Planning team maintaining aircraft maintenance programs for a fleet of 80 aircraft, consisting of 8 distinct types and inspection programs.Introduced hierarchy to department with the introduction of Senior Planner position. Other accomplishments included: Development of standardized job descriptionsSalary band initiation and wage standardizationIntroduced career development plans for staffAnnual performance appraisalsAnnual department budget developmentReduced open audit findings from thirty two to zero.Redesigned physical Planning department layout to provide more functional and personal work areas.

Responsible for Planning and Resource Management activities for up to 8 lines of modification and maintenance activities.

Engineering and Technical resource management, program planning, work order management and contribution to new program development.

Responsible for the technical execution of maintenance and mod programs for the DND fleet of 17 Lockheed Martin CC130J Super Hercules aircraft.

Assigned to directly support the Cascade Engineering department under the guidance of the Director of Engineering. Responsibilities included ERP system management, resource assignments and day-to-day management of Engineering staff.

Responsible for heavy maintenance and modification package quote preparation including package analysis, material allocation and schedule creation for initial event.Post induction activities included:• Technical support during package execution, material coordination and expediting,• Liaison with Engineering to manage technical package data issues,• Primary customer interface with Customer for daily progress meetings and reporting and billing reconciliation,• Post check review with technical staff for incorporation of lessons learned for next package execution.

Annual and field maintenance to Conair's fleet of air tankers and bird dog aircraftGrumman S2 Turbo Firecat modification program lead handDaily line maintenance services Coordinator for FedEx Fokker F27 service at YVRDash 8 Crew Chief and Program Manager for C Check and Lease Return inspections for Bombardier and Horizon Airlines Dash 8 100, 200 and 300 aircraft.