American Airlines Director of Safety (4 years) and Director of Accident Investigations & Safety Reviews (3 years)
	Responsibilities:
•	Corporate safety program (flight/ ground operations) and major aircraft accident investigations requiring extensive interaction with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), or equivalent international civil aviation authorities, for emergency response, accident investigation, and family assistance (CARE)
•	Worked closely with corporate and outside counsel on accident-related matters, including two NTSB public hearings.
•	Represented American at Pentagon following September 11, 2001 terrorist attack
•	Chairman, Air Transport Association (ATA) Safety Council, 1997/98
•	Lead role in International Air Transport Association (IATA) development of international airline audit standards in cooperation with DOD, DOT, and FAA, 1998/99
•	Member of IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Steering Committee and Advisory Group, 2001/02/03. Formal IOSA Auditor Training, April 2004.
•	Lead auditor on more than 30 international and domestic codeshare airline safety audits to FAA/DOT/DOD standards
•	Founding chairman, oneworld Safety Management Group (Aerlingus, American, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Lan Chile, and Qantas), 2000/02
•	Co-chairman, Air Transport Association's 1999 Operations and Safety Forum
•	Chairman, Society of Automobile Engineers' (SAE) Aerospace 2000 Conference and Exposition
•	Chairman, IATA Emergency Response Seminar, 2002
•	Presenter at safety outreach programs in Chile and Argentina in 2002
•	Member and representative of American Airlines on IATA's Safety Committee and the  Flight Safety Foundation's International Advisory Committee
	Commercial Pilot
	Responsibilities:
•	Pilot, flight engineer and FAA designated check engineer for Braniff Airways
•	Cessna Citation single-pilot corporate operations and type rating instructor pilot
•	Pilot for Fleming International Airlines (air freight)