About

Leading with intentionality and empathy.

Fun = Hard + Impactful


Core Skills

Program Management | Risk & Opportunity Management | Technical Leadership | Agile Management | Team Communication | Motivated | Self-teacher | Jira | Confluence | CAD (CATIA, Solidworks, NX, CREO) | CAM | MATLAB | Python | Microsoft Project | VBA and Microsoft Access

Work experience

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2018 - Present

Lockheed Martin - Skunk Works

Aeronautical Engineer | Leadership Development Program

Risk & Opportunity Manager - ISR Special Programs
  • Manage the identification and evaluation of risks and opportunities towards successful execution against key technical, schedule, and cost priorities for the Skunk Works’ ISR Special Programs portfolio of programs
  • Oversee and advise on the creation and implementation of risk mitigation and opportunity realization plans
  • Communicate risk management status and progress to executives, senior leaders, and customers

Aeronautical Engineer - Vehicle Subsystems Design
  • Design system architectures for vehicle systems including hydraulics, air data, and fuel
  • Develop CAD models and manufacturing documentation for components and installation hardware
2016 - 2018

Duke University, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Teaching Assistant

  • Led team of six Teaching Assistants across two courses, ‘Engineering Innovation’ and ‘Applied Engineering Skills’
  • Machine Shop Head TA; guided students on safe and proper use of manual and CNC machinery
Summer 2017

Boom Supersonic

Structures Engineering Intern

  • Designed test equipment, test article, metallic and composite components, composite tooling, and test plans for the canopy transparencies and horizontal tail structural assembly of Boom’s supersonic demonstrator aircraft, XB-1
  • Supported expansion of structural test and data acquisition system capabilities
Summer 2016

Lockheed Martin - Space Systems Company

Engineering Intern

  • Developed conceptual designs, density and mass studies, and flight viability analyses for satellite antenna concepts
  • Compiled a new comprehensive intern newsletter later used as a company-wide template for best practices and knowledge transfer
2014 - 2016

Duke University - Humans and Autonomy Lab (HAL)

Research Assistant

  • Member of a multidisciplinary team conducting experiments on human-machine interaction for autonomous vehicles
  • Led UI/UX design, coding, and alpha testing on a mobile application crowdsourcing data for traffic pattern prediction

Education


2014 - 2018

Duke University

Bachelors of Science in Engineering (BSE): Mechanical Engineering Certificates: Aerospace Engineering, Innovation & Entrepreneurship