Work Experience

Vice President, Product Development – PrecisionHawk (2014 – 2017)

• Overhauled the PrecisionHawk UAV product line, making PrecisionHawk a leader in the UAV industry
• Led UAV engineering and production teams to four consecutive quarters of target-exceeding revenue
• Established a continuous improvement production system that reduced shipped product defects by 75%
• Led a multi-disciplinary team of engineering, production and quality managers (21 reports)

Engineering Manager – Magellan Aerospace (2014 – 2014)

• Achieved on-schedule and on-budget project performance through earned value management
• Led a team of 20 electrical and software engineers to success in several different projects

Space Research Program Manager – Magellan Aerospace (2011 – 2014)

• Wrote winning research proposals, amounting to over $3M in contracted work
• Spearheaded collaborative work between academia and Magellan
• Industrial advisor for local space projects such as the UofM T-SAT team

Space Business Development Manager – Magellan Aerospace (2011 – 2014)

• Contributed over $110M worth of new space business over three years.
• Forged new business relationships with space companies world-wide
• Briefed the Magellan-Winnipeg engineering staff and management of new opportunities being pursued

Senior Space Systems Analyst – Magellan Aerospace (2011 – 2014)

• Led a team of electrical, mechanical and software engineers to a successful prototype build and test program for the Power Control Unit (PCU) for the RADARSAT Constellation Mission ($7M work package)
• Led a team of subcontractors to on-time and on-budget performance, developing the power subsystem for the RADARSAT Constellation Mission satellites ($10M work package)

Engineering Manager – Microsat Systems Canada Inc. (2008 – 2011)

• Reduced the manufacture and test time of MSCI’s reaction wheels by an order of magnitude
• Designed new model of a miniature reaction wheel for use in high radiation environments
• Designed and executed a radiation up-screening program for COTS electronic components

Spacecraft Dynamics / Controls Analyst – Dynacon Inc. (2006 – 2008)

• Developed, analyzed and simulated the successful attitude control system for the NEOSSat microsatellite and the Canadian Space Agency’s Multi-Mission Microsatellite Bus
• Performed optical analysis of the NEOSSat telescope to ensure it will meet the engineering requirements

Integration and Test Analyst– MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) (2000)

• Developed and implemented test procedures for the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) (a robot manipulator for the International Space Station)
• Evaluated Force Moment Accommodation (FMA) and end effector performance
• Designed and oversaw fabrication of custom electronic and mechanical test fixtures

Industrial Researcher – Spar Aerospace (1998 – 1999)

• Aided in the development of SPDM Ground Testbed (GT)
• Aided in the design and test of FMA for the SPDM

Program Manager – Microsoft Corporation (1997)

• Designed and tested new features for Microsoft Office 2000