● Program Engineering Management: Spearheading all engineering disciplines in the role of a Program Engineering Manager, overseeing a $19+ million Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) system upgrade project and a multimillion-dollar Global Position System development initiative. Additionally, obtained Federal Aviation Administration Technical Standard Orders (TSO) Authorization for TSO-C112e and TSO-C166b.● Cross-Functional Team Collaboration: Collaborated with multifaceted teams spanning operations, engineering, contracting, finance, and export departments to successfully shepherd multimillion-dollar projects from inception through program completion. Responsible for project scheduling, risk management, opportunity identification, and Earned Value Management (EVM).● Project Engineering Team Leadership: Managed a project engineering team comprising 10-25 professionals, with a primary focus on achieving exceptional customer success

Systems Engineering Leadership: As a Lead Systems Engineer and integral member of the Integrated Product Team (IPT), assumed responsibility for the oversight of technical, budgetary, and scheduling aspects of a $2 million Air Force IFF upgrade program.● Technical Lead Experience: Garnering over a decade of experience as a technical lead for IFF programs, including F-16 IFF upgrades, I have a proven track record of resolving technical challenges and crafting solutions that align with AIMS, RTCA, DOD (Army, Navy, Air Force), and international customer performance specifications.● Specification Management and Analysis: Proficient in the management and analysis of IFF specifications, utilizing the IBM DOORS database application to generate Verification Cross Reference Matrices, Functional Bench tests, and various technical documents.● Proposal Development and Training: Competent in generating Base of Estimate proposals and adept at authoring and delivering technical training materials tailored to warfighter customers.● Engineering Team Leadership: Successfully led engineering teams in integrating situational awareness/combat identification (CID) capabilities into LINK-16, leveraging my skills in requirements analysis and analytical problem-solving.● Functional Bench Testing and R&D Leadership: Spearheaded multiple Functional Bench Tests for various IFF products, ensuring requirements validation and functional verification. Furthermore, led a $500,000 research and development initiative aimed at integrating CID capabilities into tactical aircraft.

Captain● C4I Implementation Management: Oversaw the deployment of Theater Command, Control, Communications, Computer & Intelligence Systems (C4I) for Intelligence units.● Strategic Technical Guidance: Formulated Air Force-level technical strategies and provided guidance for a substantial $4.9 billion "info structure" project.● Tactical Communications Leadership: Managed tactical communications capabilities on the South Korean peninsula and established comprehensive base-wide architecture and policies for the implementation of SIPRNET.● Tactical Deployment Coordination: Directed the research and execution of Time-Phased Force Deployment Data (TPFDD) for the Operational Plan, ensuring effective deployment of tactical communications assets in South Korea.● Sensitive Network Requirements Processing: Successfully handled 75 top-secret network requirements, enhancing mission capabilities by 50% for USAFE imagery collection programs.● Bilateral Intelligence Project: Developed a communication architecture and integration plan for a UK-US bilateral Intelligence project, significantly improving intelligence product generation capabilities for both the US and UK.● Air Force One Upgrade Assessment: Led the assessment of the Air Force One upgrade, conducting thorough testing of throughput and overhead to provide a comprehensive in-flight office solution for the President of the United States.● Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Initiative: Served as the technical lead for the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Battlelab initiative, specializing in the analysis of Special Ops UAV video compression.● IT Architectural Development: Designed IT architectures for high-frequency radio and commercial satellite services, establishing a common rule set that allowed for the integration of new technologies, meeting the command and control operational needs of fixed and deployable units.