Experience

Virgin Galactic

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Maintenance Controller II

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  Spaceport America



United States Air Force

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager, Munitions Inspection

  • May 2019 - Nov 2021

  Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, United States • Direct munitions operations and inspections, identify serviceability and accountability issues. • Design and implement methods that resolve new and ongoing munitions issues. • Implement risk mitigation and management principles that directly reduce explosive risks for personnel, infrastructure and aircraft. • Lead teams for inspection, assemblage, renovation, and storage of munitions, in addition to the demilitarization of non-explosive and explosive munitions, targeting safety… Show more • Direct munitions operations and inspections, identify serviceability and accountability issues. • Design and implement methods that resolve new and ongoing munitions issues. • Implement risk mitigation and management principles that directly reduce explosive risks for personnel, infrastructure and aircraft. • Lead teams for inspection, assemblage, renovation, and storage of munitions, in addition to the demilitarization of non-explosive and explosive munitions, targeting safety, education and personnel training gaps. • Developed and implemented optimized project management processes that advanced accuracy and more effectively utilized infrastructure and resources to maximize facility capabilities. • Leveraged keen understanding of material mode of transportation types to design a more organized supply and equipment resource shipment operation. • Established individual performance standards, advancing strategies that built a safety focused team, while reducing certification time, increasing efficiencies.

• C-17 Instructor Airdrop Loadmaster

  • May 2009 - May 2019

  • Specialized Investigator for aerial delivery malfunctions that targeted root causes and initiated safety procedures for aircraft system failures and human factor causes of injuries and fatalities. • Captained C-17 and C-130 aircraft systems and led US Air Force and Army personnel training and supervised cargo and paratroopers for precision aerial delivery. • Multi-agency liaison specialist that transported NASA WB-57F Longwing aircraft support equipment and personnel upon completion… Show more • Specialized Investigator for aerial delivery malfunctions that targeted root causes and initiated safety procedures for aircraft system failures and human factor causes of injuries and fatalities. • Captained C-17 and C-130 aircraft systems and led US Air Force and Army personnel training and supervised cargo and paratroopers for precision aerial delivery. • Multi-agency liaison specialist that transported NASA WB-57F Longwing aircraft support equipment and personnel upon completion of overseas mission. • Continuously communicated effectively to provide updates on aircraft systems, effectively reduced the risk to crew, aircraft and passengers using crew resource management. • Amassed 150 combat flights, 525 total flights and over 1,700 flight hours as a C-17 Instructor Airdrop Loadmaster. • Headed the Joint Force Crisis Action Team, providing guidance, structure, facilities and equipment to partners in the resolution of Emergency Action Checklists/situations. • Qualified Instructor Airdrop Loadmaster that led aerial delivery operations of cargo and personnel, attaching parachutes, inspecting extraction systems and parachutes, containers, suspension systems, and tie downs in accordance with technical data and flight manuals.

• Munitions Inspector

  • Mar 2001 - May 2009



Lowndes County

• Firefighter

  • May 2007 - Apr 2009

  Valdosta, Georgia, United States Volunteer Firefighter, Station 1 Lowndes County Georgia