About
The career-defining moment for me was 9/11. It was then that I wanted to dedicate my life to ensuring no one else would have to endure such tragedy. This sense of purpose, shaped by my father’s service in the Army and his career in defense, instilled in me the values of service, resilience, and the importance of trying to make a difference.
That sense of purpose has guided a career focused on building and scaling complex technologies in environments where reliability, mission outcome, and human consequence all matter. My work has spanned autonomy, robotics, mission systems, secure sensing, and engineering transformation across maritime, aerospace, national security, and dual-use domains.
I am drawn to problems that sit at the intersection of technical depth, operational execution, and organizational scale. Over time, that has meant not only developing advanced systems, but also building the teams, leadership structures, and operating foundations required to deliver them.
Today, I serve as a board director and executive leader focused on dual-use autonomy, robotics, and mission systems. My work centers on translating advanced technology into dependable capability through strong architecture, disciplined execution, and organizations built to scale.
Driving Innovation in Undersea Systems: I supported the delivery of a first-of-kind extra-large uncrewed undersea vehicle, helping the team navigate production and supply chain challenges. I also led improvements in product lifecycle management, production standardization, and leadership development to strengthen execution at scale.
Creating Digitally Engineered Autonomy: I led a geographically distributed team to capture and execute a major undersea vehicle payload program, advancing open-architecture autonomy software and modern digital engineering practices to improve deployment speed, reliability, and organizational efficiency.
Pioneering Silicon Photonic Physical Unclonable Functions: As part of my doctoral research, I developed the first silicon photonic physical unclonable function (PUF), a first-in-class CMOS-compatible photonic key for secure authentication. This work contributed to follow-on research and advancement in the field.
Optimizing Complex Optical Network Architectures: As the fiber connectivity lead for a major satellite development program, I developed an optimization tool to reduce cost, improve robustness, and ensure performance across a large and complex optical ground network topology.
Securing Critical Aviation Platforms: I led threat modeling efforts for increasingly connected aircraft platforms, implementing design changes and countermeasures early in the development cycle to support certification efforts and improve resilience. I also helped develop analytics tools that improved situational awareness from system log data.
Shaping Next Generation Leaders: Leadership development has been an important part of my career. I led initiatives to attract, develop, and retain top talent, managed a portfolio of more than 50 projects annually, and helped create enterprise-wide leadership programs that strengthened engagement, execution, and results.