One of the founders of an aircraft simulation development company

Extensive experience on the Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) high altitude aerial reconnaissance system.

Systems Engineering including requirements management, architecture design and systems analysis

System design, modeling, Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and system integration and test on redundant automatic flight control systems.

Designed and developed, with others, software for controlling automatic test systems for testing redundant aircraft flight control systems

Developed Product Acceptance Criteria (PAC) in support of system end-item product delivery and customer acceptance (Govt. DD-250 buy-off). The PAC documents were constructed by analyzing hardware and software systems to identify Key Product Characteristics (KPC) for statistical process control of the manufacturing processes.

Developed physical and functional Interface Control Documents (ICD's) between the Global Hawk Air Vehicle payloads and external nodes such as the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS). Interfaces

were across X-Band Line Of Sight (LOS) and Ku Band SATCOM Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) data links using the Common Data Link (CDL) Waveform.)

Program Office - Hughes Glomar Explorer ocean mining system

Technical monitoring and interface coordination between multiple subcontractors performing in diverse, hardware and software, functional disciplines

Analysis and system integration and testing of heavy lift and motion compensating systems.

Assistant program manager on a wide (360 degree) field of view aircraft flight simulator used for development of the F-22 advanced tactical fighter.

Responsible Engineer for the Trainee Station Department on a Dual Dome Weapons Tactics Trainer for the F/A-18 aircraft.

System engineering and technical direction on the data acquisition system and FAA flight strain survey requirements for a helicopter modification program

Design and analysis on advanced hybrid aircraft that would convert from a rotary wing aircraft for the takeoff and landing regimes to

a fixed wing aircraft for high-speed flight regime.

Structural design and analysis of aircraft components utilizing CAD equipment and general purpose digital computers

One of the principals in the development of a Water Delivery System for the FAA Technical Center, Atlantic City, NJ. This system was designed to be installed in a Boeing 727 for use in full-scale runway friction testing.

Structural test system design , development and utilization for FAA certification of both fixed and rotary wing aircraft

Instrumentation systems design and development for structural monitoring of offshore oil drilling platforms

Data acquisition system design and implementation: sensors, interfaces, processors and software

Programming Language Skills (C, C++, Fortran, Basic)

Founded and managed aircraft simulation and supercomputer development company

Extensive experience in marketing and sales for high-technology products: hardware and software

Promotional materials composition/preparation (brochures, white papers, briefings, proposals, contracts)

Devised sales contact strategies for technology products

Extensive "cold calling"

Extensive technical presentations to all kinds of groups: government and private

Proposal preparation, responses to inquiries and contract negotiations

Negotiated extensively with government auditors for favorable overhead rates on government contracts

Supported activity for public offerings around the country: technical/business presentations and negotiations

Managed significant technical development projects including planning, estimation, team building and execution

Developed comprehensive mathematical formulae and other models for aircraft, ships and submersible vehicles

Programmed math models for both analog and digital computer execution

Designed and developed, with others, very fast supercomputers for use in simulation of spacecraft and aircraft

Extensive experience in both analog circuit design and digital logic design, including computer processors

Programming language skills in Fortran, C and Java

Data acquisition system design and implementation: sensors, interfaces, processors and software

Managed airborne software development for the Global Hawk spyplane during its early phases including detailed project planning, requirements specifications, and controls on documentation and computer code development.

Chairman, President and C.E.O. of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., N.Y.S.E. listed Company with more than $2 billion annual revenue, fully integrated business operations in more than 60 countries, more than 5,000 full time employees and more than 70,000 seasonal employees.

Led the merger negotiations of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. with DuPont in a more than $10 billion transaction

Twenty-five years in international marketing, sales, distribution and production support:

 -Visited most countries in the world multiple times meeting with heads of state and workers alike, establishing new business bases for sales, distribution and production of company product.

 -developed distribution and production facilities in many foreign lands including negotiating for local funding, land use, staffing,

training and all other aspects of these corporate expansion activities.

Tax Partner for over 17 years in McGladrey & Pullen, a national C.P.A. firm. Dealt with public and private clients engaged in business throughout the world.

As a Vice- President- Quality Assurance, created and implemented a Total Quality Strategy which changed the corporate culture... this new culture contributed to outstanding financial performance which eliminated long term debt and allowed the company to pursue other company acquisitions.

As a Director- Quality Assurance/F15 Electronic Countermeasures Programs... projectized QA activities which increased efficiency resulting in the DOD Prime Contractor achieving its Cost, Schedule, Sales and Profit Goals.

As a Senior Section Head- Quality Assurance...prepared for a major Air Force Contractor Operational Review (COR) by recommending, forming internal teams that conducted self audits and implementing the appropriate corrective actions. The corporation successfully passed COR with only minor findings and earned the reputation as "Best" of all major DOD Prime Contractors.

As a Director- Quality Engineering... implemented a program that analyzed rejects and determined root causes in areas experiences high Government Inspection Rejects and excessive rework costs. Implemented corrective

actions and updated the Company Workmanship Manual, these efforts resulted in a reduction of 72% Government Found Rejects and a reduction of 59% in Rework Costs.

As an Operations Manager... contracted and coordinated a new facility for the production of Aerospace Hybrids and Instrumentation. The facility was completed within budget and on schedule.

Extensive experience as Sr. Chemist in industrial laboratory, in product development and manufacturing, with emphasis on experimentation and innovation.

Developed experimental laboratory equipment and methods.

Lab-scale polymerization and fiber spinning unit, and control system.

Lab-scale fiber process unit and control system for product and process development.

Chemical and thermal analysis methods.

Physical and tensile test methods.

Data analysis methods and software programming.

Conducted original experimentation and developed many commercially successful products and processes.

Conducted R&D projects with university labs, industrial labs and consultants.

Conceived and assisted mechanical, instrumentation and control design of production process equipment.

Carried product and process development from the laboratory to manufacturing.

Wrote software that integrated and streamlined experimental data analysis, modeling, and the generation of manufacturing specifications.

Produced process specifications and operating procedures.

Technical advisor to manufacturing and marketing.

R&D and manufacturing trouble shooter.

Programming languages: Fortran and Basic.

Secured three US and several foreign patents for processing and products.

Twenty eight years of experience with the U.S. Forest Service:

 -Participating in all aspects of wildland fire fighting including solo ground attacks on early fires, to team fire fighting to flying in "leadplanes" against major fires leading air tankers to their targets.

 -Developing extensive personal experience regarding the management and control structures on the USFS with regards to fire fighting on Federal lands.

 -Managing all aspects of USFS wildland firefighting including strategy development, firefighting team leading, personnel hiring decisions and equipment procurement decisions.

Served as program leader for aviation at the US Forest Service Technology and Development Center in San Dimas, CA.

Advisor to the US Department of Agricultural / US Department of Interior Inter-agency Air Tanker Board, responsible for technical aspects of certification of aerial tankers.

Managed flight test programs for aerial fire tanker aircraft, both small aircraft and Part 121 aircraft, as well as military surplus large aircraft.

Managed technical aspects of Forest Service aircraft accident investigation as part of duties as Program Leader for Aviation for the Forest Service.

Extensive experience in negotiating the technical aspects of aerospace contracts

Broad experience in approval and certification of large aircraft parts and structures

Designated Engineering Representative by the FAA (Structures)

Licensed airframe and power plant mechanic, holding inspection authorization.

Activated a radio operated demand-side management and energy efficiency programs in coordination with the power supplier involving incentives, specialty rates, and knowledge-driven conservation programs.

Installed Automated Meter Reading (AMR) technology with the benefits leveraged across departments.

Permit meter reading, crediting, outage detection and monitoring, tamper detection.

Collection, connect/disconnect readings, load balancing.

Max demand with date/time stamping, voltage/amperes/power factor monitoring.

Time-of-use recordings.

Negative energy recording (meter reversal documentation).

Implemented state-of-the-art Cost and General Accounting and Billing

software system by leveraging the needs of 600 utilities.

Inventory reduction, leveraged with suppliers and contractors to achieve plant scheduling and inventory mix through cost containment, out-sourcing, turnkey projects and Just-In-Time (JIT) inventory.

Achieved reliability improvement with reduction in customer outages through system improvements, digital mapping, 24/7 continuity support and improved trouble-call tracking.

Partnered with a leading industry software center, with strategic development, validation and implementation of crucial unbundling concepts, state-of-art software, and critical pricing analysis.

Achieved a significant penetration in fuel oil and propane markets through peak avoidance and rebate programs.

Participant to an 80 utility statewide consortium responsible for creating jobs, and attracting incremental investments.

Attained employee productivity dividends resulting from a work environment focused on employee development and empowerment that avoided third-party organizations.

Improved customer satisfaction and loyalty achieved from an energized team of problem solving representatives who fielded customer complaints, identified root problems, and applied solutions.

Catalyst in start-up diversification dialogues, leveraging national, regional and local fuel partnerships which focused on value-added niche markets augmenting traditional offerings.

Instrumental in launching 20 utility start-up energy supplier/marketing organization positioned to retain existing commercial base while attracting and aggregating the competitors accounts.

Authorized the manufacture of approximately $300,000 worth of product ahead of FAA policy change allowing analytical methods to establish aircraft noise equivalency, which ensured product usability without significant investment

Launched and organized all departments of Alcoa-SIE Cargo Conversions to ensure a successful startup and smooth operations for Marketing, Purchasing, Finance, Legal, Quality, and Certification functions

Secured funding from Alcoa Aluminum for major aircraft modification program development

Instituted stronger program controls to restore timeliness to abnormally delayed schedules and restored deliverability to critically delayed programs with respect to customer expectations, competitor offerings, and the marketplace

Revitalized a failing business by diversifying product lines to less

seasonal markets and lowering product returns/complaints by 70%

Improved Quality Control procedures and increased customer base by 150%

Provided 50% of booked profits for Federal Express for two of four year tenure by developing, certifying, managing and marketing new products for aircraft aftermarket modifications

Designed, developed, tested, certified, sold and marketed the very successful 727 aircraft noise modification "hush kit" product to standards and on schedule, which represented 50% of profit booked in a two-year period

Managed multifaceted major aircraft modification projects including marketing, certification, scheduling, purchasing, contracting, engineering, budgeting and manpower allocation

Recruited as special assistant to the president of aeronautical firm to repair multiple program problems, leading team of 50 at multiple levels

Completed certification and production launch of program three years behind schedule within 90 days of joining company

Designated by FAA to provide checks and balances for engineering and testing undertaken for Supplemental Type Certification (STC) compliance and approved by in-house DER personnel

Reduced fixed costs as ratio of revenues on per-unit basis by over 30%

Designed, analyzed, tested, and qualified components for advanced military aircraft engines for GE Aircraft Engines

As Program Manager, led NASA's successful Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation Supercomputer Facility development, a five year $125 million program.

Extensive experience in Program and Project management as Director of Aerodynamics at NASA Headquarters

Served on White House High Performance Computing Council for 6 years as NASA representative

Served as NASA's representative to NATO's AGARD Committee on Fluid Dynamics for 4 years, served as Chairman of the Computational Fluid Dynamics Subcommittee

Served on National Academy of Sciences technology review committees

Managed NASA's Aerodynamics $90 million annual R&D Programs

Prepared Congressional Testimony and briefed Congressional Staffs and Members of Congress

Principal investigator on the first severe entry environment flight test of the Apollo heat shield material

Discovered "Partial Implicitization," an unconditionally stable numerical technique for partial differential equations

Wrote and co-authored over 60 scientific, technical, and management reports, articles, and book chapters.

Managed and successfully coordinated the completion of a study and preparation of the final report for a Grant from the Department of Energy on Software Technology Transfer.

Led the successful start-up phase of Mosaic Multisoft Inc. as CEO and Chairman of the Board

Led the raising of $6 million for the initial start up of Eurotech, Ltd as CEO.

Extensive experience in executive personnel searches, interviews, hiring, and firing.

Extensive Public Company Board experience and assisted as Chairman of the Board in DayStar Technologies' recent raising of $73 million for it first manufacturing plant

Extensive experience in Intellectual Property review, analysis, and protection.

Extensive experience in small or start-up company management

Conceived of and led the implementation of the recent First Annual Graduate Student R&D Showcase for GWU

Air traffic controller in the busiest air traffic corridor in the U.S.: Southern Californiafor 33 years.

Senior controller status

Instrument ratin, Single-Engine Airplane, Land.