Experience

North American Flight Control

• United States
• Airlines and Aviation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  FAA Aircraft Dispatcher Training -North American Flight Control is an Aviation Academy, focused on developing the next generation of aviation leaders! We look forward to completing our FAA approval process to become a Part 65 Approved School with the FAA this summer and tentatively launching our first aircraft dispatcher licensure classes in early 2022. Visit our website to learn more! www.northamericanflightcontrol.comWe'll be growing our business into other aspects of aviation/airline operations and we look forward to sharing that news with you in the future.



Life Link III

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Operations Control Specialist

  • May 2020 - Present

  Working closely with other OCC (Operations Control Center) staff, Communication Center team members and Flight Crew Members to support the safe transport of patients, employees and protecting company assets. Providing risk analysis of each flight operation.Providing pre-departure weather briefings to flight crew members and reviewing all applicable data/information to ensure safe flight operations.Communicating to flight crews while en-route to advise of any changing or hazardous weather information.Continuous review of weather, NOTAM's and other flight safety information on an on-going basis for the flight operations theater.



Compass Airlines

• United States
• Airlines and Aviation
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Director System Operations Control & Crew Resources

  • Apr 2019 - Apr 2020

  • Overall responsibility for managing day to day airline operations to include managing six managers, leading/managing 68 employees and overseeing the daily operation of approximately 310 daily flights.• Managing System Operation Control team to include Flight Dispatch, Operations management, Crew Scheduling, Maintenance Control, AOG/Parts allocation and MX Planning interfaces. • Experienced with IOSA, DoD and FAA audits, including the current industry transition to Safety Management Systems (SMS). I’ve been able to build a very good working relationship with the Minneapolis Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) towards resolving any regulatory issues that arise. Experienced with various regulatory organization interactions including FAA, DOT, NTSB.• I have managed several company wide initiatives such as implementing a fuel conservation program that has saved fifty thousand dollars a month in un-necessary fuel expenditure, improved flight completion factor and Departure Zero (D0) Initiatives, including designing a lanyard that is given to all employees.• Currently 1 of 2 Emergency Command Center Incident Commanders at Compass Airlines.

• Manager of System Operations Control

  • Jan 2016 - Apr 2019

  • Managing System Operation Control team to include Flight Dispatch, Operations management, Crew Scheduling, Maintenance Control, AOG/Parts allocation and MX Planning interfaces. • Experienced with IOSA, DOD and FAA audits, including the current industry transition to Safety Management System (SMS). I’ve been able to build a very good working relationship with the Minneapolis Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) towards resolving any regulatory issues that arise. Experienced with various regulatory organization interactions including FAA, DOT, NTSB.• Trained and active as an Emergency Command Center Incident Commander at Compass Airlines.

• System Operations Control Duty Manager

  • Dec 2009 - Jan 2016

  • Managing System Operation Control team during my shift to include Flight Dispatch, Operations management, Crew Scheduling, Maintenance Control, AOG/Parts allocation and MX Planning interfaces. • Managing Flight Schedule integrity and communicating irregular events to the senior leadership team.



Pinnacle Airlines Corp.

• United States
• Airlines and Aviation
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Hub Operations Coordinator

  • Sep 2007 - Dec 2009

  • Managing/Coordinating all hub operations for Pinnacle Airlines for the Minneapolis hub (124 Daily flights). • Managing ops coordination team with daily interactions with station vendors to ensure all our operational needs & expectations have been met.

• Flight Dispatch Sector Supervisor

  • Feb 2005 - Sep 2007

  • Managed the daily operation for one of the airlines operations hubs and assisted in overseeing our daily flight schedule of over 850 daily flights. • Continually monitoring and overseeing flight dispatchers to ensure adequate flight following and consistently monitoring aircraft status, crew allocation needs, and maintenance information to help formulate an effective operations plan.

• Hub Operations Coordinator

  • May 2004 - Feb 2005

  • Coordinating all hub operations for Pinnacle Airlines for the Minneapolis hub (140 daily flights).• On a daily basis coordinating with station vendors to ensure all our operational needs & expectations have been met. • Coordinating with various groups within the SOC (Dispatch, Load Control, Maintenance Control, SOC supervisor, Tail Router) to help ensure Minneapolis operational integrity and for conflict resolution management.

• Flight Attendant

  • Apr 2003 - May 2004

  Ensuring Safety of customers on board by following Company and Regulatory Guidance. Also ensuring level of customer service met and exceededd company guidelines.