Senior Test PilotOct 2012 to Current
Airbus Helicopters Inc - Grand Prairie, TexasProvide maintenance flight testing on new and customer owned Airbus aircraft. Travel to domestic and Canadian offsite locations to assist customers with maintenance flight testing. Provide training to customers in the area of maintenance flight procedures as well as Airbus initial and recurrent flight training. Provide flight demonstration to potential customers in support of sales and marketing.
Senior Instructor PilotApr 2002 to Oct 2012
American Eurocopter Corp. - Grand Prairie, TexasProvide initial and recurrent flight training for American Eurocopter customers at the Grand Prairie facility. Traveled to offsite customer locations to provide initial as well as recurrent flight training. Provide aircraft demonstration flights in support of the sales and marketing department. Assisted new helicopter completions and the maintenance and repair department with maintenance flight testing.
Technical RepresentativeJan 1992 to Apr 2002
Aerospatiale Helicopter Corp. / American Eurocopter Corp. - Grand Prairie, TexasProvide internal technical support to customers as well as regional technical representatives. Traveled to customer locations to assist with and resolve technical issues. Provided technical support to sales and marketing during demonstration flight tours.
Marketing Support EngineerAug 1997 to Jan 2000
American Eurocopter Corp. - Grand Prairie, TexasProvide aircraft performance analysis of Eurocopter aircraft compared to other helicopter manufacturers to support the sales and marketing department. Evaluated and estimated aircraft weight for new aircraft completions. Developed estimated direct operating cost to regional marketing managers for comparison to other aircraft manufacturers.
