Experience

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  Detroit desiel allison

  Sept 1974 - Aug 1975

  Experimental test mechanic

  Test Cell Mechanic in Experimental Test Department installing, maintaining, and operating TF-41, T56, XT-701, M250, GT404, GMA500 gas turbine engines on experimental test cells. Also performed endurance testing on Allison M-1 tank transmission on dyne stand.

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  Detroit diesel allison

  Aug 1975 - Jul 1981

  Field service representative

  Field Service Representative for Allison T56/501D turboprop engines on C-130, P-3, CV580, Electra aircraft at Lockheed, Marietta, GA; NAS Brunswick, Brunswick, Maine; Imperial Iranian AFB, Bandar Abbas, Iran; Nigerian Air Force, Lagos, Nigeria; Bolivian Air Force, La Paz, Bolivia; Lockheed, Burbank, CA; Canadian Forces CFB Greenwood, Greenwood, Nova Scotia.

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  Allison gas turbines

  Aug 1981 - Apr 1984

  Usn e-2c customer support project desk

  Customer Support Project Desk handling all U.S. Navy E-2C and C-2A technical and logistics support issues. Member of the NAVAIR Maintenance Engineering Assistance Team that investigated and developed solution for the E-2C "Bogdown" problem, including briefing every Navy E-2C/C-2A squadron world-wide on maintenance solutions for the issue. Member of Bogdown solution flight test team at NATC Patuxent River, MD

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  Allisone gas turbines

  Apr 1984 - Dec 1995

  Customer support manager

  Customer Support Manager at Washington DC Zone Office supporting Air Force, Navy, Marine, and Pentagon customers on T56 and TF-41 engines. Managed Field Reps in North East quadrant of United States. Liaison with NAVAIR Propulsion Engineering for development of T56 Series IV engine, including supporting flight test qualifications at NATC Patuxent River and carrier suitability trials on USS Enterprise (CVN 65).Allison Gas Turbines was sold by General Motors Corp. to LBO firm in 1994 and a year later sold to Rolls-Royce NA Show less

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  Rolls-royce corporation

  Jan 1996 - Nov 2006

  Business development manager / capture lead

  Pursued turboprop new application / re-engining opportunities, as well as Performance Based Logistics opportunities with Department of Defense and foreign military customers

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  Rolls-royce

  Dec 2006 - Jan 2015

  Proposal center manager / crm on demand administrator

  Manage the development and production of proposals to US Government and Defense Industry. Assure comliance to customer RFP requirements, maintain proposal schedule, and manage technical editting and formatting of proposal document to customer specifications. Administrator for CRM On Demand for Rolls-Royce Defence Sector.

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  None

  Jan 2015 - now

  Retired

  Living the good life of leisure on the banks of the mighty Wabash River in Cass County Indiana. Looking forward to traveling in our RV and spoiling the grand kids and great grand kids.