Alex has 40 years of experience in research, preliminary design and development of complex civil and military avionics and flight controls systems. He is a strong proponent of a holistic approach to systemsengineering and application of systems thinking at each stage of the development life cycle. Alex believes that a successful program execution requires a thorough concept definition phase based on valid assumptions, risk assessment and planning. As an adjunct professor, Alex seeks to help young engineers integrate in complex systems engineering environments.

Core Skills:

• Customer centric systems development

• Pursuit of new product developments such as complex avionics and flight control systems, through market analysis, strategic planning, and customer derived requirements.

• Product development, implementation, integration, and verification of complex aircraft systems

• Project and Program Management experience.

• Demonstrated ability in technical leadership and management of advanced technology projects.

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System and technology experience:

•  Flight control systems design

•  Integrated Modular Avionics design, configuration, integration and testing

•  Flight management and nav radio integration

•  Landing gear and brake control system certification

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Operational strengths:

•  Holistic approach to systems development

• Assessing concept definition key objectives

• Developing correct and complete sets of requirements

• Addressing integration and verification needs

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Platforms and project experience:

• C919 IMA Integration and Verification -Aviage Systems (Shanghai China)

• C919 Pursuit and Joint Development Program -General Electric (Smiths Aerospace)

• 787 Common Core System Architecture Configuration Toolset (ACT)- General Electric (Smiths Aerospace)

• 787 Brake Control System HIRF and lightning test development and coordination- General

• Electric (Smiths Aerospace)

• On-site liaison at the Boeing Co. for several developments and R&D programs such as the B-777

• Flight Control System development, Airplane Information System, B-787 Avionics and Flight

• Controls -Rockwell Collins

• R&D, supporting NASA programs such as GPS-based automatic landings, Advanced Air Transport

• Technology and Synthetic Vision Systems-Rockwell Collins

• System and software development of a Gen Av UNS-1flight management system -Universal Avionics

• B-747-400 Autoflight System safety and failure analysis-CDI Corporation (under contract to Boeing)

• JAS-39 fly by wire control system project management, technical design and software

• development of a flight critical diagnostic system-BAE Systems

• B-737 Advanced Autoflight control system improvement and certification- Boeing Co.

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Education:

• MBA, Marketing, Seattle University, Alberts School of Business, September 2002

• Doctor of Engineering, Project Management, University of Kansas, October 1981

• B.S. & M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, April 1978

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Awards:

• 1996 Engineer of the Year, Collins Air Transport Division (CATD)

• Collins Air Transport Vision Award – “Boeing GLS Landing System Evaluation Project”

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Publications:

• ION Paper, “DGPS Multichannel Autoland System Performance”, January 1996

• APCOSEC, “The Role of Academia in Systems Engineering”, October 2015agraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy.