Darrell Corbitt

Darrell Corbitt

Aircraft Instrument / Electrical Systems Technician

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Database Manager at Defense Forensic Science Center (DFSC) Ft. Gillem, GA

  • Education

    • Mercer University

      2001 - 2003
      Bacherlor's of Science Computer Information Systems 3.85

      144 credit hoursGraduated Magna Cum Laude

    • South Georgia College

      1994 - 1998
      Associate of Science Computer Science 3.62

      Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa Graduated with Honors

  • Experience

    • U. S. Marine Corps

      Jan 1981 - Apr 1993
      Aircraft Instrument / Electrical Systems Technician

      May contact Supervisor: Sergeant Major Brad Poynter, (678) 655-6628. Served as an Aircraft Electrical/ Instrument System Technician. Maintained and serviced US Marine Corps rotary wing aircraft to include CH-53E, CH-46E, UH-1N, and AH-1 T/W helicopters. Inspected, tested, maintained, and repaired components, assemblies, subassemblies, modules, cards, printed circuit boards, and ancillary equipment whose aggregate constituted a complete aircraft electrical/ flight control system or subsystem. Diagnosed, troubleshot, and repaired malfunctions in the armament, electrical, and avionic systems and components including solid state and transistorized subsystems according to pertinent technical manuals, directives and safety procedures. Referred to wiring schematics and diagrams as well as technical manuals, technical bulletins, manufacturer manuals, and Navy/Marine command policies, procedures, and regulations regarding aviation maintenance and logistics. Repaired and maintained aircraft weapon system for AH-1W helicopters during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm and helped to maintain an 86% Fully Mission Capable Status (FMCS). Served as a Quality Assurance Inspector/Technical Inspector in the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance (AVIM) Department. Trained and developed standards of instruction for junior Marines ensuring all weapons systems, electrical systems, flight controls, and instrumentation were repaired and passed quality standards set forth by the US Marine Corps and US Navy. Completed repairs of aircraft electrical systems including aircraft batteries, inverters, generators, and generator control units. Certified as a Micro-Miniature Component Repair Technician. Maintained a Secret Security Clearance. Show less

    • City of Douglas Police Department

      Apr 1993 - Nov 1995
      Police Officer

      May contact Supervisor: LT Jimmy Johnson, (912) 384-2222. Performed routine and standard peace officer duties for the city of Douglas, Georgia.

    • P.C.C. Airfoils, Inc

      Nov 1995 - Nov 2000
      Engineering Computer Programmer

      May contact Supervisor: Ken Nadler, (912) 384-6633. Created computer applications for the Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality Control Departments using Microsoft Visual Basic to create, modify, and manipulate Access and FoxPro databases. Maintained automation connectivity with Microsoft Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations using Visual Basic/ Visual Basic Applications (VB/VBA) scripting. Developed applications which interfaced with Mechanical Stampers and Engravers through RS-232 Serial Communications. Produced reports, charts, graphs, and presentations using Seagate Crystal Reports, Visual Basic, and Microsoft PowerPoint software for company engineers, department managers and supervisors to manage operations. Provided customer support interaction with file transfer protocols using File Transfer Protocol (FTP), CuteFTP, ProComm, and PC Anywhere software. Served as the System Administrator for the Engineering Windows Server and the UNIX Workstations. Maintained and performed upgrades on 35 computer systems in the Engineering Department. Show less

    • Osmose

      Nov 2000 - Nov 2006
      Senior Process Control Engineer / Computer Applications Engineer

      May contact Supervisor: Scott Beardsell, 770-233-4200. Supervised the development, implementation, troubleshooting, and operation of the Process Control Group. Implemented a wide variety of factors to assure the optimum mix of reduced operations costs versus production effectiveness including labor savings devices, automated processes methods improvements, and other similar processes. Formulated, developed, and presented for approval policies and long range planning that directly influence plant maintenance. Provided automation to wood treatment plants by designing, writing, modifying, installing, testing, and debugging the process control systems, using PLC software/hardware, HMI software, database software, reporting systems, Structural Query Language (SQL) (database computer language designed for managing data in Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS), electrical systems, and mechanical systems). Provided on-site and remote support to customers for troubleshooting of treating plant problems. Generated Process, Production, and Chemical Usage Reports using the Crystal Reports 9.0 and Extensible Markup Language (XML). Communicated with customers the magnitude and capabilities of the process control equipment, technical products, and process applications. Coordinated extensively with engineers, customer service, and research personnel to clarify and resolve problems and improve system design. Show less

    • Leed Corporate Services

      Nov 2006 - Oct 2007
      Field Service Rep / Data Analyst

      with assignment in support of US Army, Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, Kandahar, Afghanistan. May contact Supervisor: Eddy Conlon, (256) 289-3071. Recovered aircraft vibration data from UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters by downloading information into an Oracle database providing analysis of flight data to make available corrective actions to reduced wear on aircraft component parts in an effort to extend/sustain the life cycle of equipment. Analyzed data reports for all anomalies exceeding tolerances to discover trends on aircraft components for flight regimes to maintenance test pilots. Provided OJT to pilots and aircrew on the IVHMS, including theory of operation and how the system assisted maintenance personnel with predicting component failure and extending component lifecycles through Fault Based Maintenance records versus Time Based Maintenance on parts. Observed operators/maintainer for proper handling and maintenance of equipment. Assisted user-personnel in making malfunction diagnoses, repair parts determination, level of and maintenance actions to restore equipment to serviceable conditions. Assisted user-personnel in preparation of Equipment Improvement Reports (EIRs), Reports of Discrepancies (RODs) and Quality Deficiency Reports (QDRs), and otherwise provided reliability, maintainability, and supportability information to command headquarters. Provided timely accurate advice, opinions, and findings to the commander on readiness concerns involving theory of operations, interface requirements, maintenance practices, and interoperability of equipment belonging units. Assisted with recommendations to maintenance test pilots for all maintenance preformed on helicopters to include rotor track/balancing, high speed engine shaft balancing, and absorber tuning. Attended daily production control meetings to provide helicopter maintenance status, work schedules, and troubleshooting. Show less

    • Phibro Animal Health

      Feb 2008 - Feb 2009
      IT Manager/Plant Automation Engineer

      May contact Supervisor: Dwight Glover (803) 481-8528. Analyzed customer needs for hardware/software system design and plant automation programming for wood treatment plants. Designed and developed the implementation of Wood Treatment Plant Automation Packages which included Human Machine Interface (HMI) programming, Programmable Logic Control (PLC) computer programming, database creation, and reporting. Provided technical support, training, and sales support for customers, key influencers, and end users ensuring proper use of preservative systems. Supported customers with remote program changes, testing, and troubleshooting. Provided programming, automation, and testing of Modicon and General Electric Process Logic Controllers. Collected, analyzed data, and composed production and chemical usage reports for management and customers. Provided recommendations to improve the wood treatment process while ensuring program modifications and accomplishments increased/improved production goals. Participated in the design and implementation of research demonstration trials to support the accomplishment of marketing and sales. Show less

    • Leed Corporate Services

      Feb 2009 - Aug 2010
      Field Service Rep / IT Manager

      with assignment in Camp Taji, Iraq. May contact Supervisor: Eddy Conlon, (256) 289-3071. Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the Integrated Vehicle Health Management System (IVHMS) on US Army UH-60A/L/M Black Hawk helicopters. The IVHMS monitors the aircrafts engines, transmission, and rotors to detect developing problems and includes a cockpit voice flight data recorder and crash survivable memory unit. Provide SME advice, assistance, instruction, and On the Job Training (OJT) in the proper use of the Integrated Vehicle Health Management System (IVHMS). Focus instruction on theory of operation, component identification, testing, troubleshooting, and functional operation of the IVHMS. Assess the completeness and adequacy of IVHMS training and resolve deficiencies. Assist maintenance and avionics personnel with IVHMS complex aircraft troubleshooting and IVHMS Modification Work Order (MWOs) wiring issues. Conduct comprehensive analysis of aircraft historical and trend data to prepare and forward strip/trend charts to maintenance personnel for testing and troubleshooting of IVHMS components. Furnish sound recommendations to maintenance test pilots on all maintenance performed for helicopter rotor track/balance, high speed engine shaft balance, and absorber tuning. Continually mentor journeyman technicians in networking, troubleshooting, diagnostics, and cross-leveling of field operations to sustain current operations. Experience with DISA Gold Disk Software to ensure System Servers meet and exceed IT Security requirements. Serve as the primary System Administrator for IVHMS Server and aircraft logbooks. Show less

    • City of Douglas Police Department

      Oct 2010 - Oct 2012
      Police Officer

      May contact Supervisor: Sgt. Rick Smith, (912) 389-5441. Certified Peace Officer. Certified Radar Operator. Certified Intox500 Operator. Certified DUI/Field Sobriety Expert. Cybercrimes Investigator, proficient in Computer Forensics Software: TUX4N6 (National White Collar Crimes Commission Propriety Software), EnCase, and FTK (Forensics Tool Kit).

    • LogiCore Corporation

      Oct 2012 - May 2014
      Application Developer

      1.Serve as senior Electronic Publications Specialist developing criteria and providing technical guidance to manage, direct, and control application development for the publication efforts of aviation and missile systems. 2.Use a variety of technology to program, acquire, produce, convert, and support publications applications. Serves as a senior member of the Electronic Publications Applications Team.3. Serve as senior team member to determine, specify, implement, and develop applications software to support creation, management, delivery, and maintenance of electronic publications. 4.The software will interface with various databases and other electronic source data (such as LMP, LSAR, contractor data files, illustrations archives and CALS data). 5.Interact with other applications software (such as ULLS, diagnostics applications and maintenance logs) to form an integrated data environment for the end user. 6.As senior software developer, analyzes systems hardware and software for fitness in the required application environment.7. Develops, plans, and schedules for achieving electronic publications program objectives.8. Assists team members, technical writers and project office personnel to direct contract activities relating to scope of work and level of effort required to prepare and maintain electronic technical manual applications to support a system. 9.Uses ability to design, develop, implement and support specialized Publications applications and information systems using programming technologies. 10.Implements all phases of project planning, systems analysis, systems design, integration and testing, deployment and maintenance through the Software Development Life Cycle. 11.Designs, develops and tests JAVA, C/C++, .NET, C#, ASP, ADO.Net, XML, XSLT and software version control. Trains personnel in the use of electronic technical manual applications. Show less

    • PAE

      Jan 2014 - now

      System Administrator for Classified Servers for the WEAT (WTI Exploitation and Analysis Tool) Program in support of Military Operations.

      • WEAT Systems Administrator/Senior Software Engineer

        May 2014 - now
      • WEAT Systems Administrator

        Jan 2014 - Jan 2016
    • PAE, Inc.

      May 2014 - Mar 2019
      Application Developer / System Administrator

      Senior System Engineer for WEAT Application, a web-based Forensic Exploitation Tool used by the Intelligence Community.• System Administrator for the WEAT Application for the Global Forensic Exploitation Center (GFXC) located at Ft. Gillem, GA and to deploy to regions globally to assist the government with the creation of new sites and maintenance of existing sites.• As a senior member of the development team, assist in the design, development, modification, maintenance and documentation of the WEAT Application Web Sites and ColdFusion Programming files.• Maintain SQL Databases and document their operational capabilities.• Assist the government in the installation of additional WEAT Servers to be posted at other global location sites.• Provide training to current users and new users on a multi-national scale.• Assist with the documentation, software and database fixes and network administration to comply with government certifications of the WEAT Program.• Active Security Clearance Show less

    • Defense Forensic Science Center (DFSC)

      Apr 2019 - now
      Database Manager

      Database Manager

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  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Darrell Corbitt
      Military Awards and Medals U. S. Marine Corps Apr 1993 Navy Unit Commendation, 1984; Meritorious Unit Commendation with 3 Stars, 1988, 1984, & 1983; National Defense Service Medal, 1991; Letter Commendation Navy E Ribbon, 1988; Southwest Asia Service Medal with 2 Bronze Stars, 1991 & 1990; Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia), 1991; Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) 1991; Good Conduct Medal (3rd Award, 1993, 1989, 1985; Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with 3 Stars, 1985, 1984, & 1983; Meritorious Mast (3rd Award), 1984, 1983, & 1982; Rifle Expert… Show more Navy Unit Commendation, 1984; Meritorious Unit Commendation with 3 Stars, 1988, 1984, & 1983; National Defense Service Medal, 1991; Letter Commendation Navy E Ribbon, 1988; Southwest Asia Service Medal with 2 Bronze Stars, 1991 & 1990; Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia), 1991; Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) 1991; Good Conduct Medal (3rd Award, 1993, 1989, 1985; Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with 3 Stars, 1985, 1984, & 1983; Meritorious Mast (3rd Award), 1984, 1983, & 1982; Rifle Expert (8th Award), Pistol Sharpshooter Badge. Show less