Successful and highly motivated program systems engineer, with a strategic plan to be a key player in the defense training systems domain. 10+ years experience working with and for the United States Department of Defense, specializing in the technical program management of various high visibility, dynamic, and cutting edge war-fighter supported training devices. Possess exemplary leadership, team working , technical writing and presentation skills.

As a Systems Engineer for the United States (US) Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEOSTRI) and in support of the United States war-fighter, day-to-day activities included: interfacing with the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Program Integration Office, (TPIO-L) and the Army Training Support Center (ATSC) in an effort to design, develop and test the US Army's One Tactical Engagement Simulation System (OneTESS); it's first Non-Line-Of-Site (NLOS) and Beyond-Line-Of-Site (BLOS) Tactical Engagement Simulation System. OneTESS will ultimately be the system that succeeds MILES, MAIS and OT-TESS.

In part, responsible for the multifaceted technical development and technical program management of OneTESS. This was accomplished by leading four working group level Integrated Product Teams (IPTs).

• Served as acting lead engineer
  

• Insured horizontal integration with PM-TRADE hardware and software product lines; yielding a cost effective path to future Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) training exercises.
  

• Via a Department of Defense (DoD) Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office (MSCO) Engineering Change Proposal (ECP), I managed the OneTESS Live Terrain Format (LTF) integration and consolidation into OneSAF; yielding a fair fight, common terrain database for all Live, Virtual and Constructive entities.
  

• Work with the Lead Systems Integrator (LSI) Cost Account Manager's (CAMs) to ensure working group level activities remained in budget and scope
  

• Work with Program Management Office (PMO) to execute sound systems engineering technical management processess
  

• Demonstrated exemplary technical expertise in communicating and managing technical criterion for developing, integrating and documenting cutting edge fully integrated and interoperable software product line components; yielding cost and schedule effective fair-fight training capabilities
  

• Responsible for the execution of the Information Assurance, Security Engineering and the Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP).
  

• Successfully managed the execution of Department of the Army Information Assurance guidance (AR 25-2, DoDI 8500.1 and DoDI 8500.2)
  

• Recognized as one of the premier Information Assurance Security Officers (IASO) in PM TRADE
  

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
M.S, Aerospace Engineering
Design and Fabrication of a Full-Featured Labscale Hybrid Rocket Engine

Florida Space Institute, Cape Canaveral, Florida Jan. 2002
DARPA Grant Funded, 1kW Microwave Electro-Thermal Thruster (MET)

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Jan. 2002
Micro-Nozzle Flow Visualization Utilizing Schlerin

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Jan. 2001
Miniaturized Mono-Propellant Attitude Control System

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Jan. 2001
Vacuum Chamber Development

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Jan. 2002
Sub-Miniature Butane Thruster

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Jan. 2002
PICO-SAT Design, Integration and Test

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Mar. 2003
Visual Basic Graphical User Interface (GUI) for remote terminal access
of satellite attitude control

"The MET (Microwave Electro-Thermal) Thruster Using Water Vapor Propellant." Plasma Science 2004. The 31st IEEE International Conference, June 2004, 325.
In its simplest design, the MET uses a directly driven resonant cavity empty of anything except gaseous propellant and the microwave fields that heat it. It is a robust, simple, inexpensive thruster with high efficiency, and has been scaled successfully to operate at 100 W, 1 kW, and 50 kW using 7.5, 2.45 and 0.915 GHz microwaves respectively.

ACQ 101 - Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management, Defense Acquisition University, Orlando, Florida, Jan. 2006

ACQ 201A - Intermediate Systems Acquisition, Defense Acquisition University, Orlando, Florida, Oct. 2007

ACQ 201B - Intermediate Systems Acquisition, Defense Acquisition University, Orlando, Florida, May 2007

SYS 101 - Fundamentals of Systems Planning, Research & Developmental Engineering, Defense Acquisition University, Orlando, Florida, July 2007

SYS 202 - Intermediate Systems Planning, Research & Developmental Engineering, Defense Acquisition University, Orlando, Florida, June 2008

SYS 203 - Intermediate Systems Planning, Research & Developmental Engineering, Defense Acquisition University, Orlando, Florida, Sept. 2008

SYS 302 - Technical Leadership in Systems Engineering, Defense Acquisition University, Orlando, Florida, Feb. 2009

LOG 101 - Acquisition Logistics Fundamentals, Defense Acquisition University, Orlando, Florida, Jan. 2006

TST 101 - Introduction to Acquisition Workforce Test and Evaluation, Defense Acquisition University, Orlando, Florida, Jan. 2006

Army Acquisition Corps (AAC), U.S. Army, Nov. 2008

President, Delta Upsilon International Fraternity, Orlando, Florida, Nov. 2000 to Nov. 2001

Alumni Academic Advisor, Delta Upsilon International Fraternity, Orlando, Florida, Dec. 2001 to Dec. 2002

Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Orlando, Florida

Member, American Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Orlando, Florida

Available upon request

Engineering Intern, Florida Board of Professional Engineers, Tallahassee, Florida, Dec. 2001

CompTIA Security+ Certified, May 2008

Information Assurance Security Officer, U.S. Army, Jan. 2007

Systems Planning, Research & Developmental Engineering (SPRDE-SE) Level 1 Certified, Aug. 2007

Systems Planning, Research & Developmental Engineering (SPRDE-SE) Level 2 Certified, Sept. 2008

Systems Planning, Research & Developmental Engineering (SPRDE-SE) Level 3 Certified, Feb. 2009

Program Systems Planning, Research & Developmental Engineering (SPRDE-PSE) Level 1 Certified, Jun. 2007