Work History:
2006 - Present - Chief Engineer, The Enterprising Edge, Inc, (TEE)
Ashburn, VA (Washington DC area).
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1997 - 2003 - Federal Aviation Administration. I retired from the Federal Aviation
Administration as Assistant Division Manager in the Alaskan Region, responsible for the
installation and maintenance of ground-based communications, navigation, RADAR, and
automation equipment used in the National Airspace System (NAS). I provided the day
to day management of 500 FAA employees, and oversite of the Division's $63M budget.
While in Alaska I participated in the development and implementation of a National
Pilot Program to study the operational and financial impacts of a redesigned maintenance
operational policy. During the pilot program the NAS operational availability and
reliability improved to historically high levels. The FAA recognized the Pilot Project team
for improved service and reduced cost of operations.
1995 - 1997 - Federal Aviation Administration, Manager, AF-21 Evaluation Staff Office,
Ft. Worth, TX. I developed and conducted program and management evaluations for the
FAA Airway Facilities Division Manager. The evaluation teams identified problems,
developed reports,provided recommendations for improvement, and tracked the recommendations
to completion.
1993 - 1995 - Federal Aviation Administration, Manager, Technical Inspection Field Office,
Atlanta, GA. As Engineering Manager of 20 Evaluation Engineers and Inspectors, I
was responsible for conductiong on-site inspections of NAS Facilities in the
FAA Southern Region. The T.I.F.O. generated technical reports, with trackable action items
to improve the service provided by the Facilities, and the Technicians who maintained
them. While Manager, I participated on a National Team to develop the current
NASTEP program, which replaced the previous technical inspection program. The NASTEP
refined previous inspection processes and developed an automated tool to schedule,
conduct and track facility evaluation processes.
1990 - 1993 - Federal Aviation Administration - Supervisor ASO-400 Management Evaluation Staff,
Atlanta, Ga. Supervised staff of Engineers and Technicians to conduct Program and Management
Effectiveness Evaluations in the FAA Southern Region.
1988 - 1990 - Federal Aviation Administration - Washington, DC. Project Engineer responsible
for the development and deployment of a National Maintenance Control System. Deployed three
different systems designs and narrowed the prototypes down to the current fielded systems.
1984 - 1988 - Springfield, Il. I supervised three staff Engineers and two Technicians with the
responsibility for improving the operation of NAS Facilities within the Illinois Sector,
Great Lakes Region.
1973 - 1984 - Federal Aviation Administration - various positions providing maintenance and
engineering support for NAS Communications, Weather, and NAVAIDS in the FAA Southern and
Great Lakes Regions.
1969 -1973 - United States Air Force - Attained SSGT Rank while maintaining NAVAIDS facilities.
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