During his 25 years with Lockheed Martin he has developed avionics and ground support software for the F‑2, F-16, F-22 and F-35 aircraft, was Pacific representative for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program, designed and built operations centers for the U.S. Navy, and has been an integrator of Army intelligence software. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science and an M.S. in Software Engineering from Texas Christian University.