Director of Aviation Programs

• Apr 2023 - Present

Provide leadership and vision for three programs: Aviation Sciences - Pilot, Air Traffic Control, and Management. Oversee flight operations with multiple flight school partners to comply with FAA regulations in Part 141 & 61 programs. Accountable executive for Safety Management System and Safety Program Management functions including drug & alcohol testing program. Coordinate with Admissions, Marketing, Financial Aid, and Housing for recruiting events, and Alumni Foundation to retain students for sustainable growth. Ensure compliance with all FAA and other federal- and state-departments regulations and policies for Part 141 collegiate flight training programs and ATC-CTO program. Develop partnerships and articulation agreements with national/regional/state/local employers, local- and state-universities and high schools to leverage capacity and assets for a robust aviation ecosystem of opportunity, training, and occupation for the next generation of aviation professionals. Full-time faculty, staff, adjuncts, flight instructors, work force study, and interns are administered within a union-based college with very diverse student populations which contribute to a rich, inclusive-culture and globally diverse-ethos across three operational locations: Main campus, Center City Campus, and Airport Campus location(s). Show less

Visiting Management Professor

• 2000 - 2023

Lineman II

• Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

Uncompromising integrity in work effort, relentless pursuit of excellence in customer service, and unmatched knowledge of general aviation for our high net worth customers, based customers, and transient customers. ‘Merica! Uncompromising integrity in work effort, relentless pursuit of excellence in customer service, and unmatched knowledge of general aviation for our high net worth customers, based customers, and transient customers. ‘Merica!

Aviation Curriculum & Instruction (C&I) Designer

• 2022 - 2022

Created and developed 2 prospective aviation programs and 1 certificate program with all syllabi, assessments, textbooks, course mapping for credit and non-credit credentials. Developed partnerships between stakeholders, community partners, and academic leadership. Coordinated and co-conducted ‘Sunshine Meeting’ with BHC Dean and QC aviation stakeholders. Programs: AAS Professional Pilot, AAS Aviation Management, & UAS Certificate. 4 month contract. Created and developed 2 prospective aviation programs and 1 certificate program with all syllabi, assessments, textbooks, course mapping for credit and non-credit credentials. Developed partnerships between stakeholders, community partners, and academic leadership. Coordinated and co-conducted ‘Sunshine Meeting’ with BHC Dean and QC aviation stakeholders. Programs: AAS Professional Pilot, AAS Aviation Management, & UAS Certificate. 4 month contract.

Professor of Management

• 2017 - 2020

Taught prior-and during-Pandemic in online formats and classrooms for juniors and seniors. Developed, published and served as inaugural Editor-in-Chief for a NEW e-journal celebrating undergraduate students' artifacts in creative and academic scholarship. Taught prior-and during-Pandemic in online formats and classrooms for juniors and seniors. Developed, published and served as inaugural Editor-in-Chief for a NEW e-journal celebrating undergraduate students' artifacts in creative and academic scholarship.

Patent Awardee

• 2016 - Aug 2016

Approximately 30% of all patent applications become patents, and this effort was successful under budget and within timeline. It’s powerful human factors psychology for your nose. Approximately 30% of all patent applications become patents, and this effort was successful under budget and within timeline. It’s powerful human factors psychology for your nose.

STEM Field Advisor - Rural & Remote Initiative

• 2013 - 2016

Co-architect, with Dr. John Kriekard, for implementing the seminal Rural & Remote Initiative for Arizona K-12. Grant written to improve science and math performance across the board in identified school districts throughout Arizona. As the POC lead for all school district Superintendents, Principals, Assistant Principals and Science&Math teachers spanning 16 districts in Northern AZ, I presented the grant initiative, timing, deliverables, measurements, and monetary commitment to all leveled stakeholders while maintaining complete discretion, privacy, and reporting to SFAZ leadership and grant donors. Each teacher in math/science would receive up to $10K for math & science labs and equipment, additionally each teacher would receive up to $100 in gift cards for classroom supplies, additional tutoring in applying for grant opportunities, grants from local organizations to National Science Foundation, and lastly SFAZ would provide all resources for teacher professional development for the three year duration of the grant. My position was additionally expected to reconcile all receipts with gift cards and equipment purchases, ensure equipment purchases were appropriate for grant goals, coordinate across all districts for mass purchasing power, maintain all reporting for stakeholders, school boards, SFAZ leadership and donors. Finally, the position would distribute and collect all performance data points for SFAZ analytics team and compare across individuals, grades, buildings, and districts performing to AZ-state testing standards. The seminal Rural &Remote Initiative was a $15 million dollar grant project over three years, and designed to reach 385,000 kids and 1500 teachers. One AZ Middle School was developed into an aviation academy and continues today. Show less

STEM Technical Advisor - HELIOS

• 2013 - 2016

HELIOS grant for implementing STEM in-school immersion programming for 7 school districts in Arizona. This $4 Million grant was termed for 3 years to implement STEM immersion at various grade-levels within various geopolicultural K-12 school districts collecting quantitative data with an abridged STEM MISO survey to determine kids awareness and readiness for STEM-related college degrees and careers both pre- and post-treatment. My position was to administer the grant, from cradle-to-grave, for 3-of-the-7 school districts while maintaining budgets, purchases, activities, data collection, performance measurement, reconciliation, and reporting to SFAZ leadership until grant close out. One of the culminating events was the inaugural, first of its kind National Conference for STEM, ‘21st Century STEM: Integrate2Innovate’. Show less

Vice President, Education Outreach & Development

• 2010 - 2013

Developed and administered a full territory en-suite of STEM engagement products and identify custom stakeholders for a corporate afterschool provider of STEM aviation programming. Developed the STEM curriculum, NGSS alignment, Common Core alignment, related-product offerings, and strategy for customer contact for the state of Arizona’s summer camps, weekend camps, after school programming and created the pathways for roll-out in New Mexico, California, and Utah. Responded to RFPs and awarded contracts with multiple districts for afterschool enrichment. Hired, trained, terminated afterschool providers, para professionals, and contractors. Responded and received a NASA grant to teach math/science professional development seminars utilizing the NASA-based aviation curriculum and conduct educational outreach with STEM flight camps at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for up to 30 middle school teachers each camp. Company provided in-school, after-school, summer-school programming for nearly every district in AZ including Deere Valley, Glendale, Scottsdale, Tucson, Flagstaff, Prescott Valley, and Mesa along with nearly every BIA Indian Reservation district. First Flight reached over 10,000 kids and provided STEM PD for over 85 teachers. (Pandemic closed FFE 2020). Show less

Assistant Professor, Safety Science

• 2007 - 2012

Taught graduate and undergraduate courses, including Human Factors, Intro to Aerospace Safety, Safety Program MGMT, Airport Management, Safety Management Systems, and Research Methodology. Served as MS graduate committee member, and committee chairman for over a dozen students. Two students won ‘Best Graduate’ awards, and a few have placed in research poster competitions. Research topics included: Aircraft Crash Survivability, HEMS, Emergency Aircraft Evacuations, Airport Noise, Flight Simulation, and Flight Attendant training. Responded to RFPs and awarded multiple grants. Primary investigator (PI) or co-PI responsible for pre-award coordination with OSP office, RFPs response writing, budget creation, milestone analysis and reconciliation, milestone- and final-reporting. FAA grant: $350,000.00, ERAU Foundation grants: $14,835.00, $8,035. Show less

Judge, Arizona Science & Engineering Fair(s)

• Apr 2008 - Apr 2011

Judge for Middle School innovations at the State-level Competition in Phoenix, AZ. Judge for Middle School innovations at the State-level Competition in Phoenix, AZ.

Assistant Professor

• 2004 - 2007

Taught in classroom environments, advised up to 40 students, served on multiple committees of shared governance. Taught in classroom environments, advised up to 40 students, served on multiple committees of shared governance.

Human Factors Design Engineer

• 2001 - 2003

Rotation 2: Human Factors Design Engineer within TacAir and PhantonWorks. Utilizing 1472D and a half dozen other Mil-SPECs we researched and determined design limits and tolerances for existing and future human interactions of pilots and maintainers and support personnel. Work was performed in SolidWorks, physical drawings, NASA TLX, F/A-18 & F-15 & UCAV flight simulators, Virtual Reality headsets, ECG machine, BP cuffs, O2 readers, prototype settings, MS Excel and SPSS. My Projects: USN F/A-18, Canadian F/A-18, Malaysia F/A-18, RAAF F/A-18, USAF F-15, Korea F-15, UCAV, JHMCS, Strike 21, and LEP. Secret Clearance (expired). NDA (expired). Show less

Estimating & Pricing Analyst- Contracts

• 1999 - 2001

Rotation 1: Understand customer needs, participate in design engineering reviews, coordinate all departmental responses, quantify all levels of effort and associated timelines, determine project values and determine tolerances to variances, present to military leadership, present to Boeing leadership, and close out projects when completed. Parametric and non-parametric analysis, variance analysis, cost-based analysis, stochastic modeling, monte carlo modeling, fuzzy set analysis, and regression analysis were tools in financial accountability with our company and customers. Contracts ranged in value from $72 Million (my first) to $265 Million (my last). Work was solely performed in MSExcel and Pivot Tables with Extensive Macros and Formulas. Taught 800+ business management personnel MS Pivot Tables w/Boeing Developer. Received a ‘Cost Reduction Initiative’ award from 767 tanker program. Show less

Emergency Dispatcher

• Aug 1996 - Jul 1999

Emergency dispatcher for police, fire, maintenance, with 1,644 apartment units known as ‘Married Student Housing.’ I was the roaming, remote, and on-site dispatcher providing first response for electrical, plumbing, mechanical, emergencies, repairs, and tenant complaints. Exercised prudent discretion and sound judgement to determine higher responding agency and level-of-response for situations. Briefed emergency responders, calmed tenants and assured tenants of emergency responders participation and oncoming presence. Log, record, and report events for supervisors. Show less

Live Fire Demonstrator BGM-71

• 1992 - 1993

Top Secret Clearance (expired) NDA (expired) Non Compete Clause (expired) Anytime of day, anywhere in the world, any geopolitical situation with impossible logistics, BFN locations, and unconventional players, when nobody else could or would, the precision, versatility, mobility and lethality of the TOW II was demonstrated for prospective customers around the world. Top Secret Clearance (expired) NDA (expired) Non Compete Clause (expired) Anytime of day, anywhere in the world, any geopolitical situation with impossible logistics, BFN locations, and unconventional players, when nobody else could or would, the precision, versatility, mobility and lethality of the TOW II was demonstrated for prospective customers around the world.

Airborne Infantry

• 1987 - 1991

Airborne Infantry | Top Gun | EIB I 11B/H 1P Secret Clearance (expired) Ft. Kobbe, 1/508 Diablo Rohos Airborne Infantry | Top Gun | EIB I 11B/H 1P Secret Clearance (expired) Ft. Kobbe, 1/508 Diablo Rohos

FCC-licensed Disc Jockey

• 1985 - 1987

Running 8-tracks Pod-to-Pod and tapes Reel-to-Reel on nights and weekends for the adult contemporary crowd of 17-35 listeners on 92.1 FM, and Talk Radio on 1450 AM. Madonna, Mike and the Mechanics, and Bruce Hornsby and the Range are just some of the the groups that put me in therapy for years after… Running 8-tracks Pod-to-Pod and tapes Reel-to-Reel on nights and weekends for the adult contemporary crowd of 17-35 listeners on 92.1 FM, and Talk Radio on 1450 AM. Madonna, Mike and the Mechanics, and Bruce Hornsby and the Range are just some of the the groups that put me in therapy for years after…