Experience

Innoflight, Inc.

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Electrical Engineer

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  Lead engineer developing a navigation payload that will serve as a Low Earth Orbit testbed for new signalling schemes and architectures that will enhance current Positioning, Navigation, and Timing resiliency. Lead engineer developing a navigation payload that will serve as a Low Earth Orbit testbed for new signalling schemes and architectures that will enhance current Positioning, Navigation, and Timing resiliency.



SPAWAR

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Branch Head

  • Feb 2018 - Aug 2019

  Provides leadership, management, and supervision to 25 employees. Applies knowledge and experience in engineering principles and project management in the field of Positioning, Navigating, and Timing (PNT). Plans, assigns, and directs tasks. Sets employee expectations and worked through multiple challenging personnel issues. Provides mentorship with technical and career guidance to both senior and junior employees. Demonstrates a strong commitment to positive team dynamics.

• Deputy for Navy

  • Jul 2017 - Aug 2019

  Representative for the Navy to the Office of the Secretary of Defense Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Modeling and Simulation (M&S) working group whose mission is to provide the DoD with PNT models, tools, and frameworks to evaluate the capability of platforms to navigate to targets using various combinations of PNT technologies in worst-case environments.

• Project Manager

  • Jan 2013 - Jan 2018

  Served as project manager to build a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) RF simulator for the United States Air Force used to perform independent validation and verification of modernized GNSS receivers in threat environments. Set priorities and delegated key tasks to system development team. Provided team members with resources necessary to meet challenging deadlines. Led bi-weekly meetings with sponsors and key project members. Performed well as team leader and team member.

• Lead FPGA Designer

  • Jan 2003 - Jan 2018

  Designed and developed Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) for a GNSS simulator, which replicates RF environments as seen from global navigation sources including, but not limited to, satellites, pseudolites, and jammers. Each FPGA has 16 independent signal emitters responsible for carrier/code wave generation with Doppler modification (velocity, acceleration, and jerk) for modulation with navigation message data and internally generated pseudo-random codes.

• Lead FPGA Designer

  • Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Worked cross-agency to design and develop a fast, flexible data communication hub that interfaces with several independent digital sub-systems having unique protocols for an undersea acoustic data recording array. The design includes a custom-built Secure Digital (SD) host controller. Presented with the SPAWAR Team Achievement Award by Rear Admiral Brady.

• Lead FPGA Designer

  • Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  Worked cross-agency to design and develop a digital controller to replace an analog device which controlled and communicated with a legacy undersea acoustic data recording array through a proprietary Time Division Multiple Access protocol.