Led 10,000 man-hours of labor by cross-functional engineering teams with expertise in physics, AI/ML, and High-Performance Computing (HPC) within the Naval Innovation Science & Engineering (NISE) and Office of Naval Research (ONR)/Advanced Technology Research (ATR) Integrated Product Teams
Worked directly with sponsors to secure funding, provide updates, and integrate feedback in accordance with Agile and DoD Architectural Frameworks
Created system architectures using Cameo Systems Modeler and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
SCRUM-Master/Technical Lead for $508K contract in FY25 performing product development to be integrated into unmanned vehicles
Leveraged advanced RF propagation and robotics control algorithms, submitted procurements, and planned/participated in field test events
Project Manager for multi-disciplinary Applied Research projects with $500K total budget in FY24
Manager for FY24 Digital Engineering Challenge-winning team that created a workforce development tool to enable non-coders to leverage parallelization and ML to enhance their modeling and simulations (M&S)
Recognized by both the Commander of Submarine Forces and former Chief of Naval Operations for unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) research
Presented three conference presentations at the 2024 DoD HPC User Group Meeting on synthetically produced training data for automated target recognition, democratizing HPC and ML, and graph-mining to identify ideal job candidates
Naval Officer
Naval Nuclear Power Training Command
10.2020 - 03.2023
Advanced Nuclear Power School graduate who completed 24 graduate-level engineering credits through six-month study of systems (reactor, steam, and electric plants) and procedures for naval nuclear power
Assigned to NIWC for three months to develop advanced underwater acoustic tracking algorithm and Monte Carlo search and detection simulations in MATLAB
Established Measures of Effectiveness in accordance with (IAW) the DoD Mission Engineering Guide, and developed appropriate concept of operations
Managed four officers and ten enlisted sailors in morale, welfare, and recreation efforts for the command
Implemented changes to save 120 man-hours weekly, and increased store revenue 123%, up to $685K.
Education
Ctd. Edu. Systems Engineering (SE) Management -
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)
12.2024
M.S. Engineering Acoustics - Undersea Warfare (USW) concentration
NPS
03.2021
B.S. Nuclear and Mechanical Engineering -
US Naval Academy (USNA)
05.2019
Skills
Project Management
Cameo Systems Modeler
Systems Modeling Language
MATLAB
SolidWorks
Acoustic Modeling
Agile
ExtendSim
Innoslate
Monterey Phoenix
GasTurb
MCNP
Troubleshooting
Anti-submarine warfare
Ship handling
System testing
Certification
Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information Clearance (2024)
Delligatti Associates Trained in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Methodology (2023)
OMG-Certified Systems Modeling Professional MBF200 (2023)
Next-Generation Threat System Standard User (2023)
Mechanical Engineer in Training (2022)
Awards
System of System Engineering Innovator of the Quarter out of 500 engineers (2024)
Employee of the Month out of 100 engineers (2024)
Networking Role Model for the NIWC New Professional Community (2024)
Interconnector Hero Award for leadership in the DoD HPC Community (2024)
First place Naval Submarine League Literary Award co-author (2024)
Admiral Frank Bowman Scholar: Director of Naval Reactors selected for academic and research excellence (2019)
DoD STEM Advocate of Quarter: Awarded to USNA STEM Outreach while I was President (2019)
Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal for leading 6,000 man-hours of community service to engage 15,000 scouts in STEM and athletics as Eagle Scout Association President (2019)
Behrens’ Family Scholar: Selected out of 22 for excellence in nuclear engineering (2018)
Timeline
Systems Engineer
Navy Information Warfare Center (NIWC)
05.2023 - 02.2025
Naval Officer
Naval Nuclear Power Training Command
10.2020 - 03.2023
Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information Clearance (2024)
Delligatti Associates Trained in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Methodology (2023)
OMG-Certified Systems Modeling Professional MBF200 (2023)
Next-Generation Threat System Standard User (2023)
Mechanical Engineer in Training (2022)
Ctd. Edu. Systems Engineering (SE) Management -
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)
M.S. Engineering Acoustics - Undersea Warfare (USW) concentration
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT at NAVAL INFORMATION WARFARE CENTER-ATLANTIC (NIWC-LANT)ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT at NAVAL INFORMATION WARFARE CENTER-ATLANTIC (NIWC-LANT)
Agile Center of Excellence (ACE) Product Owner at United States Navy, Department of Defense Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR)Agile Center of Excellence (ACE) Product Owner at United States Navy, Department of Defense Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR)
ELINT/ Surface Order of Battle Analyst at Navy Information Warfare Doctrine CommandELINT/ Surface Order of Battle Analyst at Navy Information Warfare Doctrine Command