Air Force Officer for 22 years culminating as the Director of Research for a Department of Defense and Dept. of Homeland Security interagency research center delivering capability to the Homeland Security Enterprise and the Air Force. He was the CEO for a small business in Colorado Springs for 14 years and is currently the program manager and strategic transfer manager for Air Force CyberWorx and Dept. of Homeland Security Center of Innovation located at the Air Force Academy. He is charged with accelerating technologies, capabilities and policies from concept to implementation.