Experience

National Transportation Safety Board

• Public Safety
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Chief, Safety Recommendations Division

  • Feb 1999 - Present

  Chief of NTSB division evaluating and responding to safety recommendations issued in accident investigation. Perform research on previous NTSB accident investigations and issues of concern in new investigations. Supervise a staff of 6 specialists in each mode of transportation, Manage database containing information, including associated correspondence, for over 15,000 recommendations the NTSB has issued Chief of NTSB division evaluating and responding to safety recommendations issued in accident investigation. Perform research on previous NTSB accident investigations and issues of concern in new investigations. Supervise a staff of 6 specialists in each mode of transportation, Manage database containing information, including associated correspondence, for over 15,000 recommendations the NTSB has issued



University of Maryland Global Campus

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Associate Professor

  • Feb 2007 - Present



Federal Aviation Administration

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Acting Manager, Aeromedical Research Division

  • Jan 1998 - Feb 1999

  Managed research division at the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI). Division included unique research facilities for toxicology analysis of fatally injured pilots, impairments associated with medications, human physiology in aviation environments, and research on protecting airplane occupants from dangerous environments

• Manager, Protection and Survival Laboratory

  • Jan 1992 - Feb 1999

  Managed FAA laboratory doing research on survival factors in airplane crashes. Managed unique facilities, including a sled impact seat testing facility, an airplane passenger cabin for studying emergency evacuation issues, and a human anthropology program. Obtained funds for and managed the purchas and installation of the first new altitude chamber in the US in over 20 years



National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA

• United States
• Public Safety
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Mechanical Engineer

  • May 1980 - Jan 1992

  Biomechanical Engineer - Research on human impact tolerance and kinematic simulation. Signal processing of instrumentation from impact tests with post-mortem human subjects and crash dummies. Simulation of human brain under impact conditions. Development of injury criteria Ran NHTSA's Head Injury Research program. Administered the Biomechanics Database Biomechanical Engineer - Research on human impact tolerance and kinematic simulation. Signal processing of instrumentation from impact tests with post-mortem human subjects and crash dummies. Simulation of human brain under impact conditions. Development of injury criteria Ran NHTSA's Head Injury Research program. Administered the Biomechanics Database