GREGORY A. REIGHTER
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OVERVIEW
Over 20 years professional experience primarily in electronic, mechanical,
structural, and material testing and evaluation; specifically in operations
and maintenance. Over 15 years as manager. Retired from the USAF in
instrumentation and telemetry with a Top Secret clearance, Meritorious
Service Medal, 4 Commendation Medals, and several others. Worked as a
contractor and designing (inventions). Earned educational degrees from
officially accredited colleges and universities up to a master's degree.
Published and have a Patent.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Self-employed Contracting Engineer & Technician Orlando/West Palm Beach, FL
. Sikorsky Aircraft - Instrumentation Technician. Installed,
maintained, and operated transducers, data acquisition systems, flight
recorders, transmitters, and associated equipment for developmental
testing on various rotary-winged aircraft.
. Pratt & Whitney - Instrumentation & Telemetry Technician. Installed
and maintained transducers, data acquisition systems, and associated
equipment on jet engines. Maintained and operated data reduction
systems, recorders, and associated equipment for developmental testing
of jet engines.
. AC Direct - HVAC ducting engineer for residential and small commercial
construction.
. Designed several inventions primarily using AutoCAD and built some
prototypes.
Systems Engineer Nova Technologies Orlando, FL
. Researched and built a data base for a federal grant award to develop
an interactive teaching program for public schools K-12 nation-wide.
. Subcontracted to Lockheed-Martin as Principle Hardware Engineer on
development of the AC-130H "Spectre" gun ship mission crew trainer.
. Subcontracted to AT&T for development of cable interface box for
digital television.
. Subcontracted to Lockheed-Martin for development of AC-130U "Spooky"
gun ship full motion simulator. Designed, built, and programmed the
Aural Cuing System for all sounds, vibrations, and the communications
system.
. Invented a Telemetry Re-Rad System for stealth vehicles to capture and
re-transmit high-data rate "smart" weapons' telemetry data within an
enclosed weapons' bay.
United States Air Force Instrumentation & Telemetry Whiteman AFB, MO;
Tyndall AFB, FL; Lowry AFB, CO
. Instrumentation Superintendant; Test and Evaluation of the B-2
(stealth) Bomber. Established and managed B-2 Test Team
instrumentation facility and equipment. Responsible for modification &
de-modification of aircraft, pre-mission/post-mission briefs, launch,
recovery, equipment maintenance, and data acquisition.
. Chief of Telemetry for USAF Air-to-Air Weapons' Test and Evaluation.
Responsible for all operations and maintenance of data acquisition and
reduction equipment.
. Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge of the USAF Pavement Surface
Effects Team. Tested runways worldwide for coefficient of friction
and hydroplaning potential.
. Instrumentation and Telemetry Technician, maintain all equipment for
the Instrumentation and Telemetry Technical School.