Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States
I'm a Technical program manager in aerospace with over 25 years of professional experience. My background spans aerospace systems, embedded software, flight controls, autonomy, HMI, systems integration, project management, and product life cycle. I've led multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-reliability systems for general aviation, and R&D programs from a clean sheet of paper to successful products and demonstrations. I have a wild history and breadth of career experience. I've been an auto mechanic, worked retail sales, worked on Programmable Logic Controllers, spent almost a decade in civil engineering, and toured the US as drummer in a folk rock band - all before getting my MS in Mechanical Engineering from UNC Charlotte (AXES UP!) and diving into aerospace. I've worked my way from an individual contributor of embedded systems algorithms development up through complex systems integrations and now lead $40MM programs. I am a life-long learner, always picking up new technologies and toys. Currently, I'm fascinated with modern software deployments - how cloud, automation, containerization, observability, and AI-enabled tooling can streamline and accelerate engineering teams. I'm deep-diving on foundational tools like Linux, Bash, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring systems such as Prometheus and Grafana. If any of that sounds interesting or compelling to you, please reach out! I'd love to have a chat!
Program Manager for the Adaptive Digital Automated Pilotage Technology (ADAPT) program, focusing on advanced optimal flight control strategies and their demonstration in piloted simulation, subscale aircraft, and full scale (man-rated) systems. Project Manager for AAL/Teleidoscope Micro Rocket Air Vehicle Development, leading a team to develop a low-cost counter-UAS missile platform. Project Manager for NASA/CDI Aeroacoustics program, focusing on acoustics data collection for Urban Air Mobility analysis using subscale and full scale platforms. Project Manager for the Air Scout / UAH Collaborative Research program, a business development program designed to push the boundaries of flight control. Technical lead for company-wide deployment of autonomous capabilities, digital flight control systems, and other avionics.
Program Lead for Leonardo-USG/DoD R&D Efforts Technology and Innovation Lead for US - Strategy, Planning, Budget/Resource allocation, and Execution Engineering Next - Innovation Management Process Development Team with personal focus on Big Picture Innovation Culture
Chief Engineer for ADAPT Flight Control program, managing novel flight controls and autonomy for UAV and full-scale air vehicles Strategic Planning, Company Culture, and Organizational Restructure team Lead Project engineer for CRG medically-managed maneuver control system ARES Systems Engineering Reviewer SBIR/STTR Proposal writing, Business Development, Contracts
Implementation, analysis, and development of control methods and sensor fusion techniques for embedded AHRS systems. Development of new system-level architectures for OEMs and retrofit clients. R&D of new avionics products and improvements to existing units.
Researching implementations of iterative learning control and internal model principle for use with modulated tool path machining.
Researching control systems for modulated tool path machining