Experience

BlueForge Alliance

• United States
• Engineering Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director Manufacturing Technology

  • Mar 2023 - Present



Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

• United States
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Applied Programs

  • Mar 2021 - Mar 2023



National Institute for Aviation Research

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

• Technical Director - Advanced Manufacturing Development

  • Jul 2018 - Mar 2021



Stratasys

• Israel
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director - Aero/Auto/Defense Solutions Development

  • May 2014 - Aug 2018

  Responsible for leading the solutions development team in executing the technical activities of the company’s strategic plan for penetrating high-value, manufacturing focused applications and capabilities across Aerospace, Transportation, and Defense verticals. Collaborate with multi-discipline teams within the company to develop and shape the Advanced Materials, Manufacturing Systems, and Direct Digital Manufacturing product technology and capability roadmaps. Built a 3-year strategic and annual operating plan for the Aero/Auto/Defense Team.  Established a ranking protocol for aligning capability, system, and material roadmaps to an industry based application universe. Acquired and developed highly regarded engineering talent to establish team as vertical experts. Created an environment to drive innovation and promote expanse of IP portfolio resulting in multiple patent filings and tradesecrets. Show less

• Business Development Senior Research Manager

  • May 2013 - May 2014

   Portfolio Manager of both Internal and Contract Research and Development programs (multi-million dollar budget); expanding material offering, application exploration, throughput and scale enhancements, improving repeatability and reliability for additive manufacturing systems. Set directive, priorities, and resource allocations to ensure on-time, on-cost deliverables and execution of multiple concurrent projects for a team of six engineers. Governance Board member and Roadmap Advisory Board co-chair for AmericaMakes; proposing, evaluating, and endorsing updates to the National Additive Manufacturing Roadmap and Investment strategy.  Proposed and secured collaborative projects and contracts; aligning to strategic goals and roadmaps to accelerate advancement of company technologies. Show less



Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs

• Marietta

• Materials Engineer Senior

  • Sep 2009 - May 2013

  Program Manager responsible for task planning, cost and schedule adherence for multi-year Internal R&D projects advancing state of the art technologies in manufacturing. Recent emphasis on Additive Manufacturing (AM) aka Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM) capabilities. Second roles as a Capture Manager focused on developing, shaping, and responding to government solicitations for Cooperative Research and Design (CRAD) opportunities, supporting transition of DDM into current and future Government Platforms. • Non-Destructive Inspection of E-Beam Direct Manufacturing program capture: shaped, set directive, developed white paper, negotiated contracts, proposal manager, lead author for final proposal • Manufacturing Lead on classified program capture: contributing author, subcontractor management, BOE development. • Cross Business Area principle investigator for multi-year IRAD, holding budget to 1% with successful deliverables provided • Coordinated all 6 business areas within LMCO to provide a single response and support for National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute. • Direct Digital Manufacturing Community of Practice co-chair: educating and sharing experiences using Additive Manufacturing within the company resulting in database and design guide development • Corporate Production Council Working Group member working to create cross corporation business opportunities for manufacturing. Produced NNMI response recognized by Senator Brown. • C-130J assembly redesign reducing 80% of touch labor and material expenditures; designed and implemented variable tooling using Additive Manufacturing reducing QAR activities by 25% and touch labor by 50%. Show less



Intel Corporation

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Process Engineer

  • May 2006 - Aug 2009

  • Sustained safety, quality, and cost effective output within my toolset(s) by producing systems that prevent safety and quality incidents. • Co-manager of 25 on shift technicians. Mentoring them on their development paths and took disciplinary actions as needed. • Specification owner; wrote and updated procedures on preventative maintenance, advanced troubleshooting RFC's, and operations guide. • Set up process control systems to flag mismatched tools to enable consistent tool performance based on statistical matching; currently maintaining 52 tools to a particle performance within 5% variation. • Factory trainer and implementer helping to bring Lean Manufacturing to Intel, continual improvement projects have already added up to saving 25 hours per week worth of savings • Factory wide lean facilitator for maintenance boot camps providing general guidance and systems to improve standard maintenance procedures. Show less



Microelectronics Research Center

• Student Assistant

  • Aug 2003 - May 2006

  • Responsible for baseline running and optimization of microelectronic tools. • Performed mission-critical physical maintenance requiring the use of advanced troubleshooting skills and a deep understanding of how each piece of equipment operated, with a workforce of over 200 undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate and industry level users depending on the functionality and reproducibility of the equipment • Primary trainer on over a dozen pieces of specific processing and analytical instruments • Central safety coordinator for cleanroom orientations and standard laboratory operations Show less



Engi-Mat Co.

• United States
• Nanotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student Assistant

  • Aug 2002 - Dec 2002

  Ran depositions and DOE's in a cleanroom environment utilizing CCVD (combustible chemical vapor deposition). Emphasis on thin film growth and material science knowledge as well as labratory protocol and documentation. Ran depositions and DOE's in a cleanroom environment utilizing CCVD (combustible chemical vapor deposition). Emphasis on thin film growth and material science knowledge as well as labratory protocol and documentation.