Experience

Sigmatech

• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• SOCOM Liaison to PM UAS

  • Jul 2018 - Present



US Army

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• UAS Integration Engineer

  • Jan 2006 - Jun 2018

  FUTURES LEAD: Responsible for determining the Army's future UAS gaps, identifying the requirements to fill those gaps, and writing the CONOPS which support the development and acquisition of those unmanned aircraft and the related UAS ground control systems, related hardware and software, and supporting data links. INTEGRATION ENGINEER: Integration Engineer and UAS subject matter expert, addresses all UAS issues and provides a proposed position for leadership regards new aircraft, software, avionics, architecture, payloads, tactical messaging, communications, ground control station development/fielding, logistics, sustainment, and the integration of DoD and OSD mandated capabilities and requirements. LOGISTICS MANAGER: Sustainment/Logistics lead and Subject Matter Expert for all Integrated Product Support issues for Army UAS. Advises leadership in the execution of the organization's logistics objectives based upon operational requirements for assigned weapon systems. Develops supportability concepts and plans, and developing maintenance concepts and plans for Army UAS. Reviews and provides input and concurrence to integrated logistics support plans, life cycle sustainment plans, Supportability Strategies, and other logistics acquisition milestone decision (MS B and MS C) documentation for Army UAS and their associated payloads. Ensures developed life cycle sustainment plans are synchronized with other program elements including the acquisition plan, fielding plan, and system testing. UNIVERSAL GROUND CONTROL STATION (UGCS) LEAD: Interfaces directly with PM UAS UGCS lead on all issues related to the requirements, production, system support plans, operation, and fielding of the system. Provides proposed software and hardware changes to PM UAS based upon user feedback and analysis of operational capabilities versus requirements.



TRADOC System Manager -Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems (TCM UAVS) (NDGI)

• Fort Rucker, AL

• UAS System Engineer

  • Oct 2004 - Jan 2006

  Served as the lead system integrator on the Future Combat System (FCS) program for the TRADOC System Manager (TSM) for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems (UAVS). Provided for the functional integration of FCS UAVS to include material requirements development, concept development, acquisition strategy, logistics, maintenance, test and evaluation, experimentation, and training, and in all aspects of the DOTML-PF process from System Development and Design (SDD) to fielding. Represented the TSM UAVS in the development, evaluation, and assessment of the Army user's system requirements in the development of UAV concepts and material requirements and provides and promotes them to the FCS and UAVS Program Office. Evaluated UAVS and Aviation concepts and associated material requirements related to Manned/Unmanned (MUM) systems integration for FCS. Performed quality control checks of UAV system documentation to ensure users requirements are correctly integrated into the System of Systems Specification, Statement of Work, Prime Item Development Specification, and Test and Evaluation Master Plan for each class of UAV. Ensured the FCS ORD and the Item Specification for the four UAS class vehicles addressed all Integrated Product Support (IPS)/Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) elements in accordance with the operational requirements and the system CONOPs by submitting document change requests.



Air Maneuver Battle Lab (NDGI)

• Fort Rucker, AL

• UAS System Engineer

  • Jan 2002 - Oct 2004

  Supported the Joint DARPA-Army Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR) program with the documentation required to support the Joint Capability Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process. Provides assistance to the TSM UAVS on matters of UAVS airspace integration and collision avoidance in tactical and civil airspace. ACCOMPLISHMENTS: - Wrote the Initial Capabilities Document (ICD) and a draft Capabilities Development Document for the Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR). - Conceived and wrote a campaign plan for Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD) addressing the development of the Army's airspace management capability to support the future force structure incorporating the use of unmanned aircraft. - Performed an analysis and developed a presentation on the ability of the Army to utilize current training areas and civilian airspace to perform air-ground integrated UAVS training. - Evaluated UAVS airspace command and control procedures, policies, initiatives, and technology from both the civilian and military communities and authored a White Paper on the DOTML-PF implications of air-ground integrated UAVS operations for the Army.



Camber Corporation - Technical Solutions Group Huntington Ingalls Industries

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• TADS/PNVS Test Engineer

  • 2001 - Jan 2002

  Principle advisor and subject matter expert to the Apache TADS/PNVS Product Manager for test and evaluation. Provided project coordination, engineering, operations, system test and evaluation, and program management support for aviation systems undergoing Army acquisition. Defined system requirements and diagnosed application problems. Generated and investigated problem reports. Made recommendations for process requirements, schedule requirements, contractual requirements, and source selection procedures. Developed, reviewed, and used studies and analysis in support of the Apache Pilot's Night Vision System's (PNVS) acquisition milestones. Coordinated test plan updates and corresponding and testing updates. Compiled data and defined changes required in testing equipment, testing procedures, manufacturing processes, or new testing requirements IAW government regulations and requirements. ACCOMPLISHMENTS: - Wrote and implemented the Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) for the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system program. - Developed crosswalk between the life cycle sustainment plan (LCSP) and the TEMP to ensure it addressed key Integrated Product Support (IPS) elements including the scope of logistics and sustainment evaluations such as the Logistics demonstration.



US Army

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• CW4, Maintenance Examiner and Instructor Pilot

  • 1997 - 2001