Major, USAF, Ret.; Master's Degree, Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland College Park, 1996; Bachelor's Degree, Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy, 1991; Empire Test Pilots' School, 2001; semi finalist in NASA groups 19 and 20 selections; was since July 2014 space pilot with Virgin Galactic; currently Polaris Program Mission Director.