Senior Member of the Technical Staff, GN&C Engineer, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., July 2019 - Present

Associate Professor, The University of Alabama at Huntsville, January 2016 - Present

Jacobs Engineering Group – Senior GN&C Engineer, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, April 2015 - Jul 2019

Systems Engineer, Blue Halo (formerly Aegis Technologies), Sept. 2013 - April 2015

Aerospace Engineer, Theta Tech Solutions, Mar 2012 - September 2013

Aerospace Engineer, Avid LLC, June 2007 - Mar 2012

2024 – Draper Performance-Based Bonus for work related to IMU design and development.

• 2021 – Draper Outstanding Contribu_on Award (OCA) for work and dedica_on as the Controls Team Lead for HLS program.

• 2021 – AIAA Associate Fellow Class of 2021, awarded while still a Young Professional (YP) in the organization (35 or younger).

• 2019 – Aerospace America July/Aug 2019 Edition – Featured YP of the Month in the Trajectories Article – Nominated for work on the NEA Scout CubeSat.

• 2018 – AIAA GHSV – Young Professional of the Year

• 2017 – AIAA – AIAA Executive Director Certificate of Appreciation 

• 2017 – AIAA GHSV – Martin Schilling Award for Outstanding Service to the Section – Nominated

by his peers for his service and dedica_on as Chair of the Greater Huntsville Section.

• 2017 – AIAA YP Email Newsletter – Featured YP of the Month in the June edition

• 2016 – Jacobs – Extra Miler 

• 2016-2017 – During his year as Chair, he led the Greater Huntsville Sec_on to several 1st and 2nd place section awards as listed :

o 2017-AIAA-First Place in Outstanding Section Award

o 2017-AIAA-First Place in Public Policy Award

o 2017-AIAA-First Place in STEM K-12 Award

o 2017-AIAA-First Place in YP Activity Award

o 2017-AIAA-OutstandingActivity Award

o 2017-AIAA–2nd Place in Comm's Award

o 2017-AIAA–2nd Place in MembershipAward

o 2017 – HATS – Society of the Year Award – The Huntsville Associa_on of Technical Societies (HATS) is a non-profit organiza_on devoted to suppor_ng Huntsville area technical societies that are devoted to the advancement of STEM. 

• 2015 – AIAA – Awarded Senior Member

• 2014 - Certified Modeling and Simulation Professional (CMSP), awarded by the Modeling & Simulation Professional Certificati on Commission

AIAA, at both national and local levels.

o Chair (President) of the Greater Huntsville Section and held several

other positi ons on the council over a seven-year period. 

Jun. 2020 to May 2022 – Greater Huntsville Section Council, Director of Special Projects – Envision and develop special hands-on, creative projects 

2017-2018 – Greater Huntsville Section Council, Chair Emeritus 

2016-2017 – Greater Huntsville Section Council, Chair 

April 2016 – NASA Human Powered Rover Challenge – Judge for Best Paper and Best Design Awards

2015-2016 – Greater Huntsville Council Section Council, Vice Chair 

2015-2024 – Member of the Modeling and Simulation Technical Committee

2011 – Judge for the Region 1 Mid-Atlantic Student Conference Best Paper and Presentation

• Other Professional Societies

o Sep. 2019 – ASME North Alabama Section

o Spring 2019 – Jacobs Mentor Peers Program 

o April 2018 – NASA Speakers Bureau 

o April 2017 – NASA Space Apps Challenge – Member of the Planning Committee for the Huntsville Location in association with AIAA and Urban Engine

o 2016-2021 – National Space Club – Member

o 2016-2018 – The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) – Member

o 2016-2018 – The Planetary Society – Member

o April 2016 – NASA Speakers Bureau

o 2011-2012 – Vertical Flight Society – Member

o 2009-2011 – Civil Air Patrol Montgomery County