Hector M.

Experience

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  Navy

  Jul 1995 - Feb 2016

  UAS : Mission Commander/ Operator.Experience:9/2014-6/2015 (Afghanistan Guardian Eight) Responsibilities: Mission Coordinator/ Non Commissioned Officer in Charge/ UAS Operator. Mission Coordinator. Manage planning, scheduling and execution of missions in support of Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force- Afghanistan. Responsible for the safe and expeditious flow of UAS traffic in terminal, enroute and mission phases of flight.Proficient in MIRC, Palantir, and ATC communications. Bilingual; read, write, speak Spanish.UAS Operator - INSITU certified. 2400 hours accumulated as Mission Coordinator and 200 hours as Scan Eagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and payload/ sensor operator at Guardian Eight Kandahar Afghanistan. Show less 3/1996-3/1998 Ground Control, Clearance Delivery, Radar data, Precision Approach Radar Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL.3/1998-3/2001 Air Traffic Control USS JOHN F. KENNEDY3/2001-2/2005 Facility Watch Supervisor/ Controller in Charge (CIC) Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL.2/2005-3/2008 Facility Watch Supervisor (CIC) Naval Station Rota, Spain.3/2008-5/2011 Tactical Air Control Supervisor, TACRON Two Two, USS IWO JIMA, USS WASP, USS NASSAU, USS BATAAN.05/2011-04/2014 Amphibious Air Traffic Control Center Leading Chief Petty Officer/ Master Training Specialist Naval Air Technical Training Center Pensacola, FL.04/2014-06/2015 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operator/ Mission Coordinator Guardian Eight Kandahar Afghanistan. FAA Certified Air Traffic Controller - CTO, PAR, ASR, ARRIVAL, Tower Supervisor, Radar Supervisor, Facility Watch Supervisor, Master Training Specialist (MTS)Qualified to operate ASR-8, ASR-11, FPN-63 Radars. Show less

  • Chief Air Traffic Controller

    Sept 2011 - Feb 2016

  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Mission Commander/ Operator

    Sept 2014 - Jul 2015

  • Air Traffic Controller

    Jul 1995 - Sept 2011
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  CI² Aviation Inc.

  Apr 2016 - Sept 2017

  Air Traffic Control Specialist

  Air Traffic Control Specialist at FAA Air Traffic Control Tower Aguadilla, PR. Responsible for the safe, orderly flow of air traffic.

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  Robinson Aviation (RVA), Inc.

  Sept 2017 - Sept 2018

  Air Traffic Control Specialist
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  CI² Aviation Inc.

  Sept 2018 - now

  Air Traffic Controller
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  Robinson Aviation (RVA), Inc.

  Feb 2025 - now

  Air Traffic Controller