Commander, USN, Ret.; Bachelor of Science from the US Naval Academy, 1977; Ph.D. from the US Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 1990; helicopter pilot; gratuated from the US Naval Test Pilot School Rotary Wing Course, 1982; semi finalist in NASA group 11 selection; was chief test pilot/flight test engineer for Roton; currently Program Manager for TLAD launch method at Transformational Space Corporation LLC (t/Space).