Experience

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  Self Employed

  • Anne Arundel County, MD

  • STEM Volunteer Mentor

    • Jan 2001 - Present
    • Anne Arundel County, MD

    Established Engineering Clubs for 5th grade students to interest young students to the fields of engineering and naval engineering using Lego robotics and ONR’s Sea Perch. Currently mentoring 9-11 grade STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and 12th grade students with their Cap...

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  West Shore Associates, Inc.

  • Independent Consultant, Subject Matter Expert

    • 1996 - 2013

    Provided broad naval, marine and systems engineering, systems and technology support to clients, primarily in the early stages of ship and unmanned subsurface, surface and air vehicle concepts and ship systems and logistics systems development. Assisted ONR in their T-Craft Program. Developed and conducted seminars and brainstorming sessions to help clients focus on key issues and develop implementable strategies

  • Member, Naval Studies Board's Naval Expeditionary Logistics Team

    • 1997 - 1998

    Member of the team investigating Naval Expeditionary Logistics to enable the Marcor Operational Maneuver from the Sea strategy relative to Force Deployment, Force Sustainment and Force Medical Support

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  Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, U.S.Navy

  • Armed Forces
  • 300 - 400 Employee

  • Head, Programs Department, Ship Systems & Programs Directorate

    • 1990 - 1996

    The Programs Department was responsible for understanding the customer’s problems (at the highest levels), brokering the Division’s capabilities, and managing some ship system programs for Navsea sponsors.

  • Director, Innovation Center

    • 1988 - 1996

    The Innovation Center is an overhead funded activity where four to six, multi-disciplined team members are assembled for six months to develop high risk/high payoff solutions to Navy problems. . A sample of transitioned projects were the Autonomic Ship which became SMART Ship, Robotic Husbandry Hull Cleaning and Maintenance ROV, Maritime Preposition Ship; and Modeling and Simulation which became LEAPS.

  • Head, New Vehicles Office, Aviation & Surface Effect Department

    • 1980 - 1989

    The New Vehicles Office developed concepts and technologies in the areas of Unmanned Undersea Vehicles, High Speed Ships, Power Augmented Ram air and water-surface vehicles and Unmanned Air Vehicles for the Navy, Marcor and DARPA.

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  Chief of Naval Operations, OP-06

  • Pentagon City, VA

  • Head, Platform Panel, STRATPLAN 2010

    • 1988 - 1991
    • Pentagon City, VA

    STRATPLAN 2010 was a CNO directed study to develop proposed concepts and technology direction for the Navy’s Strategic Deterrence role post 2010, relative to platforms (subsurface, surface and air), weapons and sensor/information systems. I headed the platform panel for all types of platforms, w...

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  David Taylor Model Basin / International Towing...

  • Carderock, MD

  • U.S. Representative, High Speed Marine Vehicles Committee

    • 1979 - 1987
    • Carderock, MD

    The High Speed Marine Vehicle Committee established towing tank testing procedures for vehicles such as Surface Effect Ships, Air Cushion Vehicles, Hydrofoils, Planing Hulls, Round Bilge Semi-Displacement Hulls and SWATHs. I authored all SES testing procedures and participated in other sections ...

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  David Taylor Model Basin

  • Carderock, MD

  • Engineer / Deputy Head, SES Division, Aviation & Surface Effects Cepartment

    • 1965 - 1980
    • Carderock, MD

    Developed SES technology and model testing procedures when the 100-knot SES concept was in its infancy and strongly involved in the SES 100-Ton test craft programs and development of the 3KSES.

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  Boeing, Vertol Division

  • Philadelphia, PA

  • Flight Test and Test Lab Engineer

    • 1963 - 1965
    • Philadelphia, PA

    Involved in the flight-testing of the CH-47 helicopter and in numerous wind tunnel tests of helicopters and tilt wing vehicles