Engineer Engineering

Work Summary:

Twenty-six years of hands-on experience in engineering and management.

Experienced public speaker, including formal teaching, informal tutoring,

and briefing of senior Department of Defense executives. Extensive

experience in multiple disciplines of engineering, and managing and

supervising engineers, military technicians (officer and enlisted) and

civilian contractors. Highly skilled in developing personnel with a

variety of experience levels including young sailors, senior technicians,

junior officers and new graduate engineers.

Education:

1993 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA

Naval Engineering

1993 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA

MS Electrical Engineering

1982 University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN

Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering

Additional Training:

1993 Bettis Reactor Engineering School Pittsburgh, PA

Graduate of the Bettis Reactor Engineering school, a Masters-level program

sponsored by the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.

1987 Surface Warfare Officer School Newport, RI

Graduate of the Division Officers Course of the Surface Warfare Officer

School in Newport, Rhode Island. Received the Admiral Burke Prize for

outstanding graduate.

1993 Engineering Duty Officer Basic Course Mare Island Naval

Shipyard, CA

1997 Advanced Program Management Course Fort Belvoir, VA

of the Defense Systems Management College

LEVEL 3 Certified Program Management

LEVEL 3 Certified Planning RD&E

Work Experience:

July 2009 - Present Converteam Naval Systems Pittsburgh, PA

Engineering Operations Manager

Engineering Operations Manager for North American research and development

component of international company developing power conversion equipment

for commercial markets and U. S. Navy ships.

Supervised senior and junior engineers, drafters, technicians, and co-op

students.

Responsible for developing and executing operating and CAPEX budgets;

personnel recruiting, scheduling, allocation, evaluation and development;

and program organization, execution and reporting.

Managed growth of R&D unit from a small startup to a 25-person organization

with 2 functional test labs; completed first operational prototypes which

are now in testing. Successfully obtained facility security clearance.

June 2005-June 2009 White Knoll and Dreher High Schools Lexington and

Columbia, SC

High School Teacher

High School math and science teacher, certified as part of the Troops to

Teacher program, which enriches the educational experience by bringing real

life applications of math and science into the classroom.

Go-to teacher in math department for assistance with technology and

questions regarding real-life applications for math topics being taught.

Responsible for teaching Honors Algebra 2, Honors Pre-Calculus, Honors

Physics, Calculus and Advanced Placement Pre-Engineering.

Coached school Math Team and girls and boys bowling teams.

Scoutmaster for local Boy Scout troop.

April 2004-June 2005 Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems

Sudbury, MA

Principal Engineer

Principal Engineer responsible for ship integration issues on a team

designing a new high-power radar suite for a Military Sealift Command

specialty ship.

Developed interface requirements for shipboard electrical system to ensure

proper operation of radars and support for embarked operators, technicians

and analysts.

January 2002-February 2004 ORION International Technologies White

Sands Missile Range, NM

Senior Engineer/Support Contractor

Senior Engineer/Support Contractor for the Center for Countermeasures, an

agency of the Department of Defense, Operational Test and Evaluation

Directorate.

Analyzed US precision-guided weapons during the development process for

possible vulnerabilities to foreign countermeasures.

Evaluated vulnerability of new design missiles to GPS jamming, co-authored

handbook for sensor vulnerability analysis.

1983-2001 United States Navy, Engineering Duty Officer

Feb. 1999 - Dec. 2001 Naval Air Warfare Center White Sands

Missile Range, NM

Weapons Division

Executive Officer and Weapons Officer

Executive Officer and Weapons Officer of the Naval Air Warfare Center

Weapons Division, White Sands Detachment.

Responsible for leadership and management of approximately forty-five

military and forty-five civilian government employees in the performance of

testing and evaluation of U.S. Navy missile systems and launching of NASA

sounding rockets.

Supervised live-fire testing of Standard Missile variants and NATO

Seasparrow.

Developed and administered ordnance safety program, qualified technicians

and validated procedures for hazardous evolutions.

July 1996 - Feb. 1999 Naval Sea Systems Command, Arlington, VA

Engineering Directorate

Division Director

Division Director in the Engineering Directorate of the Naval Sea Systems

Command, the Navy's technical headquarters for ships and ship systems.

Director of the Electrical Power and Distribution Systems Division,

responsible for all electrical generation and distribution equipment on

Navy ships. Supervised 21 government civilian engineers and support

contractors.

Initiated effort to qualify commercial circuit breakers in shock-isolated

switchboards for use in Navy Warships in response to dwindling supply of

shock-hardened circuit breaker manufacturers.

Aug. 1993 - July 1996 Supervisor of Shipbuilding Newport News, VA

Project Officer

Project Officer at the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair,

USN, Newport News, Virginia.

Managed Navy contracts with Newport News Shipbuilding for the inactivation

and nuclear defueling of the USS LONG BEACH (CGN 9), the first nuclear-

powered surface ship, and the complex overhaul of the USS DWIGHT D.

EISENHOWER (CVN 69), the second NIMITZ-class aircraft carrier. These

contracts combined for a total value of nearly $1B.

Senior Docking Observer, coordinated Government oversight of all docking

evolutions in the shipyard, as well as training and qualification of all

Docking Observers.

Completed defueling of USS LONG BEACH ahead of schedule and under budget.

Coordinated with shipyard, Supervisor of Shipbuilding engineering and Naval

Reactors representatives (Joint Refueling Group) to ensure nuclear work

handled properly and safely.

Apr. 1990 - July 1993 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge

Graduate Student

Graduate student in Electrical Engineering and Naval Construction and

Engineering.

Graduate Teaching Assistant for two graduate courses (one in electrical

power and machinery and one in Naval Ship design and configuration).

Developed and taught a mini-course in basic electrical engineering for non-

electrical engineers to prepare them for graduate-level electrical

engineering courses required by the Naval Construction and Engineering

curriculum.

Aug. 1987 - March 1990 USS Simon Lake Dunoon, Argyle, Scotland

Division Officer on the USS Simon Lake (AS 33), a submarine repair ship

Managed the Repair Department's Planning and Estimating Division,

Electrical Repair Division, and the Repair Department Administrative

Division.

Responsible for managing all technical work and administrative functions

for each division with up to thirty-five junior enlisted personnel.

Led divisions in completion of over 25 fleet ballistic missile submarine

repair availabilities, as well as emergency repairs on attack submarines

and surface ships.

Coordinated ship preparations for and performance of inspection by the

Bureau of Inspection and Survey.

Nuclear Drill Team member, evaluated performance of emergency response

teams during drills and simulations. Coordinated administrative

preparations for Radiation Controls inspection and Naval Reactors audit.

March 1983 - April 1987 Naval Reactors Arlington, VA

Nuclear Engineer

Nuclear Engineer in the Instrumentation and Controls Division, and the

Secondary Components Division of Naval Reactors (NR). NR is the Navy's

headquarters organization responsible for all aspects of the Naval Nuclear

Propulsion Program.

Managed engineering work performed by numerous activities, including Naval

shipyards and civilian laboratories.

Managed rotating pool of spare pumps for critical applications on pre-LOS

ANGELES Class submarines.

Led development of technical specifications for SEAWOLF Class seawater

pumps.

Coordinated Naval Reactors (08L) review and approval of SEAWOLF ship

construction specifications.

Awards/Commendations:

Navy Commendation Medal, US Navy

2002, for meritorious service to the US Navy Detachment at White Sands

Missile Range

1999, for meritorious service to the Naval Sea Systems Command

1996, for meritorious service to the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Newport

News

March 1990, for meritorious service onboard USS SIMON LAKE

Naval Sea Systems Command award for outstanding graduate of the Naval

Construction and Engineering program at the Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, 1993

Engineering Duty Officer School, Founders' Award for contributing the most

professionally to the class and to the overall success of the course, 1993

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