Experience

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  Enerquest systems llc

  Dec 2000 - Dec 2002

  Lidar/gis analyst

  GIS and LIDAR analyst

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  Us marine corps

  Oct 2002 - Aug 2011

  Director of Operations for Department of Defense Aviation Organization, ultimately accountable for the safe and efficient execution of ALL operations, planning, and strategy for Marine Corps squadron. Directed and managed team responsible for all aspects of operations & training execution, encompassing more than 600 service members and $755M in PP&E.• Oversight of Marine professional development and training and initiating practices that support Marine culture.• Management of 12 Managers and multiple direct reports. Formal management experience from teams of 1 to 600 personnel. Engineers, logisticians, EMS, construction, IT, intelligence, and other professionals.• Creating metrics that effectively measure key performance attributes and drive specific actions.• Project management, planning, or new program startup roles.• Daily briefs and presentations to the Commanding General and his staff. Understanding CG needs and disseminating those requirements to my Marines for proper execution.• Complex program/project related experience across multiple programs, operations, and disciplines, requiring adaptability in a dynamic and sometimes hostile environment. • Experience prioritizing and deploying resources to meet multiple program demands.• Seamless collaboration between US military units, along with other multinational forces and external partners. Show less I was responsible for the operation of the suite of sensors on board the F-18. This included the AN/APG-73 radar, AN/AAQ-28(V) LITENING Advanced Targeting Pod (FMV,FLIR), Advanced Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System (ATARS), and MIDS-LVT(1) - Link 16 Tactical Airborne Terminal. I also operated all communication and navigation systems, while also targeting and deploying the many air-to-ground and air-to-air weapons of the Hornet. Attended Naval Fighter Weapons Ground School (TOPGUN). Taught tactics and avionics operations to new pilots in the squadron. Coordinated numerous Marine helicopter squadrons, ground units, and Naval units for exercises and operations that included day and night live fire exercise involving ground and air units across multiple military services and government agencies. Also during this time I participated in Key Resolve exercise in Korea as the Marine Tactical Air subject matter expert. Also participated in Red Flag 10-4, where I was mission commander for 20+ aircraft strike comprised of a multinational force of American, Singaporean, Pakistani, and Saudi fighter aircraft. Show less

  • Director Of Operations

    Sept 2010 - Aug 2011

  • F/A-18D Weapons and Sensors Officer

    Dec 2006 - Aug 2011

  • Officer

    Oct 2002 - Aug 2010
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  Merrick & company

  Feb 2012 - Nov 2015

  Airborne operations lead and gis / lidar analyst

  Air Operations Manager responsible for:• Tasking collection aircraft (two fixed-wing, two UAS, one helicopter) to meet client requirements and project manager priorities, throughout the US and internationally• Coordination with pilot for safe operations of the aircraft• Manage and deconflict schedules of operators, pilots, and maintenance of aircraft• Advise project managers on the best utilization of aircraft and personnel• Coordination with survey teams and clients to provide ground support for collections• Created a fixed wing and helicopter operators’ checklists to standardize and teach the operations of sensors on company fixed wing and helicopter platforms• Airborne Sensor Operator Instructor, instructing new aircrew in the proper and safe operation of flight equipment.Geospatial Technician, and Light Detecting and Ranging (LIDAR) Analyst responsible for: • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis, • Data coverage checks, data filtering and classification, breakline and contour placement • Orthomosaic production, digitization. • Carried out the research and wrote a technical paper titled “Helicopter Based LiDAR: Point Density in Relation to Groundspeed and Altitude” Show less

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  Jeppesen, a boeing company

  Dec 2015 - Jun 2021

  Team lead/government programs quality control/geospatial analyst

  • Graduate of Boeing Leadership Next Program. A Boeing wide program in which 200 participants are selected as high potential for senior level leadership.• Partnered with Capture Team Leads to build outreach packages for Boeing Strike, Surveillance and Mobility international F/A-18E/F/G sales campaign to India, UAE, Germany, Switzerland, Finland and Canada, identifying individual country needs, opportunities, and stakeholders.• Evaluating key processes and identifying effective process improvements and corrective actions to drive cost and schedule savings or improve performance.• Identified a weakness in compilation/QC/delivery process and created a new innovative process that showed a 136.6% increase in QC and 68.93% increase in compilation productivities (sustained). This saved the project $1.4M annually.• Product Owner with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)/Scrum/JIRA experience in developing the new look of Boeing Digital Solutions and Analytics (DS&A) in a post COVID-19 environment, including team formation, site layout and virtual work scalability. • Designed and taught a training program for new hires to quickly and effectively learn the many different rules and nuances of the government contract. • Developed and taught a training program for new Quality Control personnel.• Creating and delivering contract-required deliverables (e.g. CDRLS) to evolving client specifications. • Interview and assess potential candidates throughout the hiring process, and establish performance standards to continually evaluate and improve new hire progression.• Work with the client as a subject matter expert to ensure best possible product for the end users.• Run meetings and guide workflow of a team of 30 full time and contract employees.• Anticipate and forecasts project needs for personnel, in both quantity and ability, to ensure that all projects are completed in time and with accuracy that the client demands.• ISO 9001 Certification Experience. Show less

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  Boeing intelligence & analytics

  Jun 2021 - now

  • Program Manager

    Oct 2021 - now

  • Deputy Program Manager

    Jun 2021 - Oct 2021