Experience

Virgin Galactic

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

• Principal Engineer

  • Aug 2022 - Present



Parker Aerospace

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

• Engineering Manager

  • Sep 2021 - Aug 2022

  Responsible for all engineering aspects related to the design, development, and manufacturing of the Lockheed Martin (LM) hydraulic flight controls product lineSupervision over a team of 12 engineering direct reportsLeadership over the design and development of a new flight control actuation system ($50M budget over 6 years & 15-30 resources depending on phase) for a classified military aircraft currently under developmentAccountable for the engineering support of the F-35 and F-16 production lines, whose value streams contribute to 40% of the division annual sales planProposal manager over new product introduction opportunities, such as Requests for Information (RFI) and Requests for Proposal (RFP) Show less

• Sr. Project Engineer

  • Aug 2020 - Sep 2021

  Expertise in Electro-Hydraulic Servo-Actuation (EHSA) and Electrohydrostatic Actuation (EHA) design and development for commercial and military flight control systemsLed proposal teams consisting of engineers with various industry experience and expertise to generate proposal responses to new product introduction (NPI) opportunitiesF-35 value stream Integrated Product Team (IPT) LeadLed the early adoption and validation of aPriori, a costing software tool, and then helped with its division-wide deployment Show less

• Project Engineer

  • Nov 2007 - Aug 2020

  Responsible for the qualification of four Electro-hydrostatic Actuators (EHAs) used on the primary flight control actuation system of the F-35 Lightning II family of fighter jets, and served as technical focal point to the customerLed a team of Product Development Engineers to perform Tier 3 requirements audits on commercial FBW system programs (Airbus A220 & Gulfstream G500/G600 platforms) per ARP4754 guidelines in support of Safety of Flight Declaration (SOFD)Supported proposal teams to generate proposal responses to NPI opportunitiesManaged $1M of the division's FY19 innovation, research and development (IR&D) budgetDesigned a commercial flight control actuator concept with 25% lower manufacturing cost, and created value analysis/value engineering (VA/VE) guidelines for future cost-effective actuator designsMentor to Engineering Leadership Development Program (ELDP) engineers, who are college graduate new hires under a corporate initiative aimed at selecting candidates with leadership potentialMentor and project coordinator for college summer interns within the hydraulic engineering department Show less

• Customer Support Engineer

  • Nov 2005 - Nov 2007

  Aftermarket technical support for the Boeing legacy programs (737, 757, and 767 aircraft platforms)Maintained component maintenance manuals (CMM), and authored service bulletins and service letters as well as engineering directives, exclusively for internal repair shop useParticipated in face-to-face technical coordination meetings with customers to discuss fleet-specific issues with Parker components and their respective resolutionsConducted engineering investigations on various fielded components Show less



Honeywell

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Design Engineer

  • Jun 2004 - Nov 2005

  Generated CAD models and drawings under the direction of applications and product engineers Implemented GD&T onto drawings to accurately describe design intent and convey manufacturing requirements Generated CAD models and drawings under the direction of applications and product engineers Implemented GD&T onto drawings to accurately describe design intent and convey manufacturing requirements