Previous professional positions include:
Vice President of Quality Assurance and Product Integrity at Pratt & Whitney.
Deputy Division Manager of Production and Airworthiness at the Federal Aviation Adminstration in Washington DC.
Director of Quality at Buderus Sell Aviation.
Sr Quality Procurement Specialist for McDonnell Douglas in Europe.
Quality Engineer for Northrop Electronics.
Seven years of helicopter operations in Germany for the US Army.

BS in Professional Aeronautics from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.
MS in Management from Friends University.
EdD (in dissertation phase) in Human Resource Development from The George Washington University.

Author of "Aviation Industry Quality Systems: ISO9000 and the Federal Aviation Regulations" (Quality Press 1995); and "The Synergy of One" (Quality Press 2003); as well as numerous journal articals.

Presently the Chair of the Aviation, Space & Defense Division of the American Society for Quality.

Founding Member of the International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG).

Past board member of the Performance Review Institute.

Extensive experience in program management, supplier management, compliance issues, and all matters relating to quality and regulatory compliance.