Tim "Fitz" Fitzpatrick, Csm Email & Phone Number

United States

AVATAR Partners, Inc. (AVATAR) specializes in Simplifying Complex Systems™ by providing scalable, advanced training systems for the Warfighter, First Responder and Business User Communities. We support the entire product lifecycle – and its digital thread – from design through maintenance. AVATAR’s "point-of-need" based, hardware agnostic, intelligent Extended Reality (XR) solutions enable users to learn, train and execute in multiple immersive environments and in the “real-world.” We turn novices into experts, from day one.

Orlando, Florida, United States

Valiant Integrated Services has a proven record of outstanding performance over the past several decades supporting our Military community and training the Warfighter. Training and Maintenance Support are the key capabilities of Valiant’s Sea and Air LVC End Market. With over 35 years of experience in the operations, maintenance, and support of military training systems, and nearly 20 years of pilot and aircrew simulator and academic instruction, Valiant has demonstrated cost effective and timely solutions to ensure: - Training requirements are satisfied with the desired "mission ready" training effect: increased safety of flight, survivability, lethality & combat readiness; - Training devices are maintained ensuring the highest rate of reliability and availability for training; - Pilots and Aircrew receive the most relevant and standardized simulator and academic training.

Orlando, Florida Area

Business Development• Designed, developed and delivered Integrated Training Solutions for Textron Aviation Defense (T-6, AT-6), Beechcraft (King Air 250/350) and Cessna (Piston 172/182/206, Caravan 208) aircraft. • Routinely leads Pilot and Mission training service proposals valued over $100M+; keenly focused on the voice of the customer/warfighter while seeking to integrate learning technologies/innovation such as Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) and performance-based training.• Created, implemented and managed commercial and military pilot training programs of instruction for International Air Forces offering Total Training Solutions inclusive of synthetic and live-flight operations.

Joint Air Power Competence Center (Japcc)

• Portfolio Manager for NATO Air Power Center of Excellence: Maritime-Strike, Close Air Support, Forward Air Controller (Airborne). Provides Strategic/ Operational guidance to NATO & international staffs for future capabilities development integrating doctrine, technology and exercises.• Authored NATO Standardization Agreements and mentored Headquarters staff personnel resulting in increased operational competency and capacity. • Training Director for NATO Exercises.• Decision-maker and Fund Manager for annual project budget designed and implemented to deliver effective Joint Air and Space Power solutions to NATO and its Member States.• Supervised multinational team of experts in change management of NATO organization resulting in reduction in manpower requirements and annual cost savings to the operating budget.

Uss Theodore Roosevelt Cvn-71

• Training Director- Project Manager: Directed enterprise level change management of USS Theodore Roosevelt’s Training Division with oversight of 15 operational departments resulting in improved training and readiness for 2700 personnel; Established senior approval authority to manage and reconcile annual travel and training budget.• Trained and mentored 48-member Air Traffic Control Division as Air Operations Officer to execute the safe launch, recovery and control of U.S. Navy Carrier aircraft resulting in improved readiness, safety & maintenance processes.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Directed a team of 40 senior requirements experts, as Global Force Program Manager, in the management of coalition capabilities for combat and support operations resulting in the successful deployment and redeployment of over 1 million personnel to Iraq, Afghanistan & Africa.• Composed strategic classified executive decision guidance to US Central Command Commanders: General David Petraeus, General Martin Dempsey and Admiral William Fallon; empowered Commander’s participation in executive level U.S. Joint Staff sessions and congressional testimonies.

Strike Weapons And Tactics School Atlantic Swatslant

• Created and implemented comprehensive, integrated, cross-functional training programs as Training Program Manager (Strike Fighter Weapons and Tactics Instructor) resulting in the qualification & certification of over 300 Naval Aviators in the operational employment of the F-14 Tomcat.• Ensured Naval Aviators were combat ready and compliant with the Federal Aviation Administration Regulations and the Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization programs.

Fighter Squadron Two One One (Vf-211) / Fighter Squadron Eleven (Vf-11)

• Led and mentored an aviation maintenance department of 275 personnel overseeing $330M in assets; supervised 41 Quality Assurance maintenance programs resulting in zero aircraft mishaps.• Directed the formulation, preparation, integration and execution of operational plans and policies for 30 Naval Aviators and 11 x F-14B Tomcat Aircraft; improved overall productivity by 30%.• Managed Squadron Flight Hour Program budget, reconciling discrepancies to maximize aircrew flight opportunities resulting in improved aircrew proficiency, skillsets and increased safety of flight.• Planned, briefed, executed and debriefed successful large scale (“20+ aircraft”) combat missions as Mission Commander managing risk to aircrew and aircraft in complex, dynamic environments.• Mission Commander during Operation Anaconda providing Joint Fires support to aircrew of a downed MH-47 helicopter engaged in a ‘danger close’ firefight with enemy forces; ‘on-call’ Close Air Support enabled the rescue and recovery of 21 coalition soldiers.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Navy ROTC

Master'S Degree, National Security And Strategic Studies