Hauptmann, USAF (ausgeschieden); Reserve-Offizer als DoD / NASA für die Verbindung Space Test Program, Space and Missile Systems Center Detachment 12, Air Force Space Command and a European/Eurasian Foreign Area Officer; Bachelor of Science in Engineering Sciences, USAF Academy; Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, USAF Academy; Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois; Master of Science in Aviation Systems, University of Tennessee; Abschluß, US Air Force Test Pilot School; Doktortitel in Industrial & Systems Engineering, Auburn University; Semifinalist bei der Astronautenauswahl der NASA-Gruppe 18; derzeit Manager of International Space Station (ISS) Design, Development, and Operations in the Enterprise Safety and Mission Assurance Division in the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) beim NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC.