President

• B.S. from Wichita State University and M.S. in Engineering Management in Aerospace Engineering
• Licensed private pilot (SEL) since 1998 and a registered professional engineer (KS) since 2001
• E-6B MDS/ADWS, International Head-of-State conversions and 767 Tanker (GTTA, predecessor to KC-46)
• ODA UM Flight Analyst for avionics and autoflight
• Member since 2003
• Technical chair of 2016 Wichita Symposium
• Chairman of 2018 Savannah Symposium

Vice President

• B.S. and M.S. from University of Colorado in Aerospace Engineering
• NAVAIR as a civilian flight test engineer for the Marine Corps in Patuxent River, MD.
• Supported experimental flight testing of the V-22 Osprey
• Attended USN TPS 2011. Logged 100 flight hours of special crew time over 16 different types of military aircraft
• One of the top 50 selected for NASA's Astronaut Program in 2012
• Chief Systems Engineer for the RQ-21A Blackjack program at Insitu, Inc. aligning the engineering efforts for the RQ-21A
• Manager of Test and Evaluation at AeroTEC Inc. 

Secretary

• Flight test training at the National Test Pilot School
• Australian Defense Force’s flight test squadron,  F/A-18, P-3 Orion, C-130J, PC-9,  E-7, USAF RC-135, USN BAMS and Australian Army Blackhawks
• G500, G600, G700 certification efforts
• Teaches aircrew skills to graduate engineers upon assignment to Flight Test and provided CRM and fatigue teaching materials for publication through the FTSC
• Hosted 2018 SFTE Symposium in Savannah

Treasurer

• BSAE And MSAE
• 35 years in Aviation, 10 technical publications
• Flight Operations Manager and Tech Fellow, Lockheed Martin
• SFTE Fellow; SFTE Board of Directors 2016-18, Treasurer 2018-20
• F-35, F-16, and NASA flight test programs as an FTE and test WSO
• Former Navy CO and distinguished USAF TPS Graduate, Class 86A
• 3,300 hours in 26 fixed and rotary wing aircraft with commercial multi-engine pilot rating

Director

• Chief Technologist, Entrepreneur, CEO for Bay Engineering and Technologies Inc
• SFTE “Kelly” Johnson Award winner 2017
• 700 Hours as a Flight Test Engineer/ Private Pilot 60 different aircraft
• Air Force Operational Test Director at Edwards AFB CA
  
• Commander of the 716th Test Squadron at Arnold AFB, TN 
  

Director

Florida Tech University

• Chair of Florida Tech’s Flight Test Engineering Program
•  Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology
• Over 1300 flight hours as a Flight Test Engineer in 49 different aircraft during his 20-year Air Force career
• Teaches dynamics, control systems, experimental aerodynamics, performance, aircraft stability & control, avionics, and weapon system courses at Florida Tech
• AIAA Associate Fellow

Director

Jesus Javier Fernandez Orio

European Chapter
INTA

• Head of Military Transport Aircraft Section, Certification Department INTA (National Institute for Aerospace Technology) from Spanish MoD.
• SFTE member since 2005
• European Chapter President 2015 - 19
• Aeronautic Engineer by Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
• FTE at INTA 1991 - 2009
• Since 2004, a member of FT3 (Flight Test Technical Team) from STO in NATO  

Director

• Test Director
• 737 MAX, 737-7, 747-8F, 767-2C, 787-9.
• Flight Test Safety Committee
• Event Chairman Seattle SFTE 50th Anniversary Celebration  
  

Past President

• SFTE Board of Directors 1996-98, President 1998-2000, 2018-20 
• SFTE Fellow, member since 1984
• AIAA Associate Fellow
• SFTE International Symposium Chair 1996, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2020
• SFTE/SETP/AIAA Southwest Symposium Chair 2014-19
• General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin FTE, flight test manager 36.5 years
• F-16, Cessna 208, YF-22, F-16 MATV, VISTA F-16, X-35, F-35, X-59
• 1994 Kelly Johnson Award for F-16 MATV Team