Hi, I’m Brian!

Strategic Leader | Innovator | Problem Solver

With over two decades of delivering unique operational capabilities across maritime, aerospace, and defense, I thrive on solving the hardest challenges to make a meaningful impact on my customers’ most critical missions. My purpose is simple: to lead transformative efforts that create a safer, more secure future from the seabed to space.

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Core Expertise

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    Strategic Vision and Leadership

    Known for solving hard problems, leading organizations with a clear vision and actionable plans, and inspiring teams through a shared sense of mission thus fostering collaboration and innovation to deliver transformative outcomes in dynamic environments.

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    Product Development and Innovation

    Directed the development and launch of innovative products, aligning technology strategies with business objectives. Managed extensive research and development portfolios while fostering collaboration with partners to deliver differentiated solutions and drive impactful outcomes.

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    Operational Excellence and P&L Management

    Experienced in leading large-scale operations and managing diverse portfolios. Skilled at program start-up planning, data-driven operational execution and turnaround, empowering high-performing teams, and delivering transformative outcomes across complex environments.

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    Cybersecurity and Information Assurance

    Developed cybersecurity threat modeling frameworks and defined corporate secure product design standards to protect mission-critical systems, including securing airplane networks, leading forensic analyses, and building automated log analytic tools for enhanced resilience.

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    Photonics and Optical Systems

    Pioneered advanced secure communication and authentication technologies in the form of silicon photonic physically unclonable functions. Architected large optical network designs for satellite ground stations.

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    Autonomous Systems

    Led the design of an open architecture autonomy software within a Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) framework and integrated into CI/CD DevSecOps pipeline. Navigated complex technical and production challenges to deliver autonomous systems.

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    Maritime

    Led the advancement of undersea technologies, including autonomous vehicles, precision navigation systems, sensors and signal processing, acoustics, communication systems, and subsea infrastructure.

  • Commercial Aviation

    Secured commercial airplane networks for FAA certification through advanced threat modeling and vulnerability analysis, developing incident response frameworks and tools that reduced analysis time.

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    Space

    Optimized complex satellite ground station network topologies, advanced free-space optical communication and on-platform integrated photonic signal processing, and created constellation mission management software.

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