He received his Bachelors in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida, and both Masters and Doctorate in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida. He is also a registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the State of Florida.
Chief of the Flight Technologies Branch for the Exploration Research and Technology Programs Office at the Kennedy Space Center, NASA. In this capacity, he leads a group of Science and Technology Researchers in the areas of Electrostatics, Advanced Habitats, Suborbital Flights, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle sensors, and Space Flight Demonstrations