Advanced Welding & Manufacturing Subject Matter Expert (SME)

STRONG SKILLS

•Welding- all processes (Manual & Automated), Delicate flight to heavy ground support hardware

•Metallurgy experience joining dissimilar alloys through the welding processes.

•Troubleshooting experience as a Team Leader/Team Member/Consultant/ Trainer

•Blueprint/Layout skills, working to various drawings and specifications.

•Use of technical equipment/tools for manufacturing and assembly/ mechanic

•Ability to work to Welding/Torque/Tubing Manufacturing specifications.

•Hydraulic systems/mechanisms troubleshooting/mechanic.

•Oxy/Acetylene – Plasma Arc Cutting

•Tubing Fabrication

•Orbital Welding

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Blue Origin - FEB 2021 to DEC 2023

Supervisor – Launch Systems Fabrication for Test Flight Operations

•Performance Evaluation, training, and certifications for all team members

•Setup and Apply manufacturing processes for vacuum jacketed piping, process piping, structural ground support equipment and tooling.

•Design and Setup Inert Gas Systems for Flight Hardware and GSE Welding

•Developed Resistance Spot Welding Capability (Titanium, Inconel, Stainless Steel)

•Allocate workforce and tasking in Texas, Alabama & Florida

•Work with Engineering on design, drawings, welding codes & symbols, Metal Alloy Decisions and Applications

•Setup and maintain Quality/Workmanship requirements per code and systems.

•Hiring (interviews, testing, certifications, training)

Major Accomplishments:

In April of 2022, I was tasked by leadership to create a shop to manufacture vacuum-jacketed piping, a capability that did not exist at Blue Origin. I took on the responsibility to procure equipment, machines, tooling, and hire personnel for the new division that became known as Launch Systems Fabrication. By Jan 2023, we completed all elements for critical testing. In Feb 2023, the team traveled 4 different times to Marshall Flight Center to correct work that other contractors consistently failed to execute correctly. The team of 15 welders saved the company over $3.5M over one year compared to contractor bids.

Boeing Corp (Cimarron Inc.) - DEC 2017 to FEB 2021

Orbital/ Manual Welding Technician & SME

•Accomplish manned space flight critical welds using the OTW process with various machines.

•Developed many weld programs for similar and dissimilar alloy tubing of different OD and wall thicknesses.

•Worked with multiple groups and disciplines to troubleshoot and accomplish tasks.

•Accomplished tasks and built tooling utilizing the Manual Fusion (TIG) Gas Tungsten Arc Process

•Introduced innovative tools for process improvement, troubleshooting, enhanced production and product assurance including the utilization of Liquid Dewar Argon supplemented with a Drying system that I developed.

•Introduced Manual Fusion GTAW TIG tube tacking process with tooling. Special 3D printed and machined aluminum holding clamps for holding tubing on the vehicle during the fit up and welding process.

Major Accomplishments:

Received the Rockstar Out Of The Box Thinking Award for completing 80+ welds across 5 Crew Module Subsystems to take the weld scope out of critical path to the FIRST MANNED flight test to the International Space Station.

EMF Inc. - APR 2017 TO DEC 2017

Supervisor – Welding & Manufacturing

Ground support and Flight hardware for military and aerospace customers, Lockheed, Boeing, Harris, Orbital ATK, Coleman, Grumman, Blue Origin, SpaceX

Compliance with Military Specs along with AWS D1.1 and D1.2. Tight tolerance

Ensure welder hiring, certifications, testing, training, product quality, process upgrades, modern facility improvements, and on time delivery.

SpaceX - JUN 2014 – MAR 2017

CWI Inspector/ pipe and structural trainer/welder PAD 40, PAD 39A

Performed weld inspections on stainless /carbon steel / Invar pipe.

Introduced automatic pipe welding / weld program development for entire launch pad systems.

Trusted as one of key personnel on troubleshooting teams on launch pad piping and structural systems.

Built Launch mount, reaction fixture, transport erector, hanger work platforms and stations, hardware handling fixtures and devices, RP1 piping systems, liquid oxygen piping systems, nitrogen, helium, hypergolic, MMH, TEA-TEB, Steel structures, multiple alloys.

Multiple forklift and man lifting machine operations, overhead cranes.

Part of the launch team rollout crew. Awards for different accomplishments. Member of the safety committee.

Analytical Services Inc. (ASI) ASRC ORION –

FEB 2013 – JUN 2014

Welder/Mechanical Technician (KSC O&C EFT-1 Orion Spacecraft - #1 Mfg Team)

Hardware assembly and installation utilizing various processes including manual Fusion and automated OTW welding on Flight Hardware and Ground Support Equipment.

Pad Roll out team to Flight

SpaceX / SOS Tradesman - JAN 2012 – FEB 2013

Welder- Launch System Manufacturing Pad 40 Launch Team

Heavy & light structure, Tubing, Piping

GEM Industries - SEPT 2011 - JAN 2012

Manager - Shop & Field Operations,

Direct Reports: 20 shop welders, 5 field crews

Managed all welding processes, sheet metal, machining, paint shop, heavy equip & vehicle maintenance, and logistics (tool crib, ordering)

United Space Alliance - SEPT 1996 - SEPT 2011

Primary Flight Welder- Senior Aerospace Technician,

Manual Fusion / OTW Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Safety Committee

Designated Instructor (DI) Welding- all processes

Major Accomplishments

In 2002, the space shuttle fleet was grounded due to cracks in the hydrogen flow-liners. I was tasked to develop, test, and execute a repair process in lieu of a full hydrogen line replacement and full vehicle re-certification, which would cause a 3-year grounding of the entire shuttle fleet. My team proposed a weld process repair, but it would require extremely difficult welding technique, and a new reverse polarity cleaning process that I invented. Multiple welding technicians were tested, and I was the only technician capable of passing the required tests before being allowed to weld on the flight hardware. I performed the required welds, which passed inspections, and successfully repaired the cracks. I repaired all 4 shuttles, which were able to fly several missions before the shuttle program ended in 2010. I received the highest NASA award, the Silver Snoopy, for my role.

Lockheed Martin – JUN 2010 – AUG 2010

Technician

Temporary Assignment (Night shift) while employed at United Space Alliance

Old Fat Albert - Persistent Threat Detection Systems ( PTDS)

Built 34 units for Afghanistan

Brevard Community College – 2002 – 2006

Instructor -Welding, Metallurgy, Blueprint Reading

Deseret Cattle & Citrus- 300,000 Acres

Manager -Weld Shop, Heavy Equipment /Machinery Repair

Lockheed Missiles & Space-NOTU Nuclear Submarines

Mechanic /Welder

Lockheed Space Operations- LES shop KSC Ground Contract

Lead Welder / Safety Committee

HONORS & AWARDS

•NASA Silver Snoopy

•#3 NASA Space Flight Awareness Awards

•NASA Administrator Achievement Award

•NASA Administrator Group Achievement Award

•United States Senate Appreciation Award

•Gold Dollar Club Award - Kennedy Space Center Director

•Director’s Achievement Award - Johnson Space Center

•Aerospace Technical Award – Brevard Community College

•NASA Spaceflight Awareness Team Award

•USA Quest for Excellence Monthly Award

•NASA Technical Award

•NASA Space Act Invention Award • USA Employee of the Month Award

•USA Bronze Innovation Medallion (Liquid Dewar Argon Drying Systems)

Notable Welding Certifications

•NASA Flight/ Ground Support, Manual/Auto

•Military Missile MIL-STD-2219

•AWS/ASME Pressure Vessel Boiler/Structural D1.1/1.2

•AWS Welding Inspector CWI • AWS Welding Educator CWE

Other Skills/Certifications

•High Pressure System Safety

•Corrosion Control-Flight Hardware/Ground Equipment

•Fluid System Safety and Applications

•Threaded Fasteners/Inserts/Rivets/Safety Wire

•Ordnance Qualification

•Measurement & Test Equipment Calibration

Publications

•American Welding Society Journal

•Lincoln Welding

•Miller Welding Technical News

•NASA Technical Briefs

•Popular Mechanics

EDUCATION

•Brevard Community College

•Marion County Technical Center

•Steven R. Covey School of Management

•American Welding Society

•United Space Alliance Instructor Training

•ISO9001/ AS9001, ISO14001, OSHA VPP

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