Experience

Titan Advanced Solutions

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  Leading and supporting projects that include large and small antennas, radars, telescopes, and similarly related industries. Efforts are cradle-to-grave including concepts, R&D, design, analysis, prototyping, procurement, fabrication, packaging, shipping, assembly, worldwide installation, maintenance, and support.

• VP Engineering

  • Dec 2016 - Mar 2019



General Dynamics

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

• Project Engineering Manager

  • Oct 2005 - Dec 2016

  As a Project Engineering Manager, routinely led teams of varying size and skill to drive projects to successful completion while providing cradle-to-grave support and technical leadership throughout all phases of execution. Space Fence Radar Array Program for tracking orbital space debris. Led mechanical team of 30 direct reports out of severe schedule and technical deficit to full execution recovery. Provided guidance and mentoring to 4 team leaders overseeing major areas of the project. Staffed teams internally and recruited talent as hiring manager of 10 new employees. Managed mechanical schedule and plans, status and cost controls of $2.4M budget. Provided technical leadership across broad spectrum of program challenges. 25m Beam Waveguide Antenna Program. Led team of 12 engineers and designers providing tasking, direction, and mentoring. Technical leadership throughout system and detail design, test, fabrication, preassembly, and field installation. Conceived and implemented new and novel approach to mirror alignment significantly reducing installation time while greatly increasing accuracy. End-to-end execution of program technical goals on schedule and under budget. Multi-Site Refurb Program to upgrade existing antennas. 27m antenna upgrade brought asset back into use at higher operating frequency. Directed team in design and installation concepts including coordination with site and customers. 20m antenna upgrade increased capability of retired asset. Led activities from design to installation including managing the site installation and perform key alignments. Additional Project Engineering Manager roles: 11m antenna 11m antenna follow-on with modifications Enhanced build-to-print 18m antennas Cobra Judy vessel-mounted X-band radar JPL 1.2m fixed antenna 13m antennas 12m upgrade Also performed numerous site surveys, proposals, customer design reviews and program TIMs.



Lockheed Martin

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

• Mechanical Engineer

  • 2001 - 2005

  PAC-3 MSE long range guided interceptor. Canister design efforts involving concepts, trades, designs, and prototyping of missile sabots, canister connectivity, blast cover, EMI and venting. Army TACMS missile payload research and development. Generated numerous concepts, conducted trades, developed prototypes, and conducted experiments for various payloads. PAC-3 MSE long range guided interceptor. Canister design efforts involving concepts, trades, designs, and prototyping of missile sabots, canister connectivity, blast cover, EMI and venting. Army TACMS missile payload research and development. Generated numerous concepts, conducted trades, developed prototypes, and conducted experiments for various payloads.



Latus Lightworks

• Richardson, TX

• Mechanical Engineer

  • 2001 - 2001

  Long Haul DWDM telecom equipment. Fiber optic module design included PCB layout, component design, prototyping, packaging trades, and manufacturing studies. Long Haul DWDM telecom equipment. Fiber optic module design included PCB layout, component design, prototyping, packaging trades, and manufacturing studies.



Harris Corporation GCS

• Palm Bay, FL

• Mechanical Engineer

  • 1994 - 2001

  Miniature precision mechanisms, devices, and assemblies. Provided creative solutions to engineering challenges, generated numerous concepts, performed trades, developed designs, performed analysis, and built working proof-of-concept models in a highly aggressive R&D environment. These designs pushed the limits of manufacturing and functional operation, requiring both high precision and accuracy, and innovative solutions to exceptional technical problems. These advancements led to numerous contract extensions and follow-on work. LHGXA ground-based offset-reflector deployable antenna. Provided quick-turn feed boom design including mounting of equipment on very aggressive delivery schedule. Large aerospace deployed array antenna. Generated designs of hinges and mechanisms to control deployment of array on orbit. Designed support tooling and test equipment to validate equipment performance. Participated in all phases of the design and manufacturing process.