Colonel, USAF; Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1986; Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1987; Programa Avanzado de Administracion de Empresas (Advanced Business Management Program), Escuela de Administracion de Negocios para Graduados (Graduate School of Business Administration), Lima, Peru, 1999; Air Command and Staff College, 1999; Master of Science in National Security Strategy, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., 2006; semi finalist in NASA group 16 selection; since July 15, 2008 Commander of the 97^th Mission Support Group, Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma.