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Expert has worked in both the structural analysis and test environments in Industry and Government. He has been responsible for the definition, program management, implementation and/or technical management of R&D programs since 1980 and over the past four to five years has been involved with structural health and certification issues related to special mission and aging aircraft systems for aircraft operating in the aerial firefighting, geophysical survey and other low-level roles. Other projects he has undertaken encompass Aircraft Accident Investigation, Structural Health Monitoring Programs, metal and composite structural analysis using both finite element and closed form solutions, and fatigue and fracture mechanics analysis. Expert has strong computer skills in technical, office and project management software and has gained considerable experience with implementing and managing scientific and technical programs over the Internet, particularly where large quantities of data are involved.

2009 to

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President and SHM/HUMS specialist

Responsible for setting up and Managing all Projects for the Virtual technical Office

2005 to

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Senior Technical Aerospace Specialist

Project Management and execution of Aviation Testing, Safety and Monitoring programs for the United States Coast Guard and for the NASA Aircraft Aging and Durability Program

1992 to

(Undisclosed)

President/CEO

Responsible for Contract Negotiations and Technical Project Management of contracts for clients such as Canadian Air Force, Transport Canada/FAA, United States Navy, Royal Australian Air Force, Sandia National Laboratories and a number of Aircraft Operators and MR&O Organizations

1990 to 1992

S&S Software

Aerospace Division

Manager

Responsible for starting up and managing all technical projects, primarily in support of Canadian Forces aircraft structures related issues

1984 to 1990

National Research Council of Canada

Structures and Materials Laboratory, Institute for Aerospace Research

Research Officer

Responsible Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring Programs that were actively monitoring a number of Canadian Forces Fleets and Special Mission Aircraft such as Fire bombers.

Developed a suite of composite structural analysis software in FORTRAN

Participated in analyzing data from the full-scale and component level testing of metal and composite structures

1981 to 1984

Bombardier Aerospace (Formerly Canadair)

Composite and Military Support Divisions

Stress Engineer

Analysis of composite structural components using FEM (NASTRAN) and closed form solutions which were programmed in FORTRAN

Analysis of military aircraft structures using fatigue and damage tolerance principles

responsible for developing and analyzing data from a program for the composite patching of metal aircraft structures

1979 to 1981

Rollys-Royce Aero Engines, Derby England

Stress Department

Stress Engineer

Analysis of Metallic and Composite Engine Nacelle Structure using closed form and other techniques

Research and Development into applications of composites to Aircraft Engine Nacelle Structure

Developed Composite Structure Analysis Software

Analyzed data from Blade-off certification tests

1978 to 1979

Marshall Aerospace, Cambridge, England

Design/Stress

Stress Engineer

Closed form stress analysis of aircraft and missile structures

• Expert assisted NASA to refocus research programs in the areas of Aging Aircraft and Durability to facilitate their migration from the Research Laboratory to Industrial Application/Adoption
• Expert assisted the USCG with the definition of a Test and Evaluation Master Plan through invited participation on a Test Management Oversight Team (TMOT)
• Expert managed the Development of a technical complex piece of software for the analysis of the nature, location and cause of in-flight structural break-ups using vibratory data obtained from the Cockpit Voice Recorder. The program was sponsored by the FAA/Transport Canada and also involved other US/Canadian and International agencies
• Expert served as the Canadian Deputy Program Manager for the Canadian Forces on the Composite Repair Engineering Development Program which involved the USN and the RAAF. Expert also served as the Canadian Forces Deputy Program Manager on their Aircraft Battle Damage Repair Program
• Expert was responsible for developing and implementing a program for the FAA on a C-130A Aerial firefighting Aircraft. The aim of the program was to evaluate the low-level loads experienced by aircraft operating in this role