• Master of International Management
• Emphasis in International Finance and European Studies
• Recipient of Thunderbird Presidential Scholarship

• Diploma in Fluid Dynamics of Turbomachinery
• Recipient of U.S. Air Force Research Assistantship
• Tested industrial gas compressors under contract to Rateau (a French compressor manufacturer).

• Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
• Emphasis in fluid dynamics and heat transfer
• Recipient of U.S. Department of Energy Assistantship
• Designed and directed the construction of a new water channel research facility for the Mechanical Engineering Department.

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
• Designed and built the first shallow-water flow channel facility to be installed at the College of Engineering.

• Mechanical engineering supervisor on the Exxon Angola Block 15 Conceptual Design Study for a floating oil production and storage vessel to be anchored off the West coast of Africa; responsible for the specification of major mechanical equipment such as compressors, pumps, electrical generator sets, gas turbines, and gas fired heaters
• Package responsible engineer for the injection compressor package on the Pierce FPSO project; participated in process design, specification of the compressors, selection of compressor vendor, and supplier follow-up
• Responsible for rotating equipment on the Galley project (conversion of drilling rig to combined drilling/production platform, later cancelled), participated in process design, specification of compressors and pumps, vendor market survey, and vendor selection
• Package responsible engineer for the main generators on the Njord platform; responsible for supplier follow-up and internal coordination between the various disciplines
• Package responsible engineer for the Snorre WAG injection compressor, which was built into a module for installation onto the Snorre platform
• Package responsible engineer for the sea water pumps on the Troll Oil platforms; mainly responsible for supplier follow-up in the latter stages of the project

• Developed system to use computerized performance monitoring to reduce maintenance costs on aircraft engines
• Developed a business plan to use engine condition monitoring to reduce maintenance Costs on aircraft engines sold with Allied-Signal's fixed-price maintenance plan.
• Used time series forecasting methods to predict overhaul intervals for engines used on Taiwanese fighter plane (spent a total of three (3) months in Taiwan during this effort).

• Performed economic and engineering studies for various applications of small industrial gas turbines
• Participated as management team member in determining the technical and marketing strategy of the company.
• Performed technical analyses and economic studies for various applications of small industrial gas turbines.
• Facilitated company communications and negotiations with consultants and suppliers in Norway, Belgium, and Japan.

• Developed artificial intelligence software to diagnose aircraft gas turbine engine performance problems
• Developed artificial intelligence software (using 'C' and Prolog) to diagnose gas turbine performance problems.

• Developed computer software for the simulation of industrial gas turbine performance and for the analysis of test results
• Supported marketing personnel with technical analyses of customer applications of gas turbines and related equipment.
• Developed performance simulation and life prediction software for Kongsberg's line of industrial gas turbine engines.
• Coordinated initial efforts by Kongsberg Dresser Power and KVATRO (a Norwegian software company) in automated turbine engine condition monitoring for offshore oil platforms.

Good reading and speaking knowledge of French. (holder of Certificat Pratique de Français Commercial)

Reading knowledge of technical German.

Computer: HTML, Delphi, Pascal, Fortran, C, Prolog.