Innovation-driven executive and licensed Professional Engineer with over 25 years of progressive leadership of multi-disciplinary teams and technical program management across all sectors - from advanced undersea and aerospace systems to large-scale capital expenditure (CapEx) construction and mission critical infrastructure. 🔹Currently overseeing AELIUS' engineering programs and contracting for novel technology development vital to Defense, Aerospace, and Maritime innovation. With a PE license, Defense Level III Contracting, extensive program/project experience, and Top Secret clearance, I bring a breadth of expertise to executing complex tech programs.🔹My leadership experience, gained from commanding 80 to 450+ personnel and managing a $1B capital program, translates into robust contract oversight and strategic project execution. At AELIUS, we advance cutting-edge tech dev in AI/ML, autonomous systems, rapid prototyping, "big data" analyses, and digital engineering, empowering our team to meet the nation’s most pressing challenges across Aerospace, Maritime, Defense, and Intelligence sectors.🔹Honored to have led as a U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps Officer and Navy Diver. 🔹Gained global perspective and engineering diplomacy, having operated across the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East, Europe, the Caribbean, and throughout the U.S.🔹Successfully led high performing teams in extreme environments, from a deep saturation dive in the Navy Experimental Diving Unit's ocean simulation facility, to the desert combat zone of Iraq.🔹Active Top Secret clearance and granted access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) based on Tier 5 (T5: Single Scope background investigation).