Bachelor of Science cum laude, University Notre Dame, 1973. Master of Science in Astronautical Engineering, Stanford University, 1980. Graduate, Defense Systems Management College, 1984.
Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, 1977. Distinguished graduate, Air Command and Staff College, 1988. Distinguished graduate, Industrial College of Armed Forces, 1993.
Advanced through the ranks to lieutenant general United States Air Force, 2004. Student, undergraduate pilot training Craig Air Force Base, Alabama, 1973—1975. Student pilot, F-4E Replacement Training Unit MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, 1975—1976.
Operational F-4E pilot, chief aircraft maintenance unit, base executive officer Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, 1976—1979. Design manager, space shuttle ground support. Chief, space shuttle vehicle integration Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, 1980—1982.
Engineer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Orbiter Project Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 1982—1984. Space shuttle project engineer. Director shuttle engineering Western Space and Missile Center, Vandenberg Air Force Base, 1984—1987.
Chief, special projects inspections Norton Air Force Base, California, 1988—1990. Program element monitor, Air Force Medium Space Launch Vehicles Program. Deputy chief, Space Systems Division Office of Secretary of Air Force for Acquisition, Washington, 1990—1991.
Executive officer to assistant secretary Office of Secretary of Air Force for Acquisition, the Pentagon, 1991—1992. Mission area director, information dominance Office of Secretary of Air Force for Acquisition, 1999—2001. Deputy director, Acquisition and Technology Group Defense Mapping Agency, 1993—1996.
Progressive director, special projects, Electronic Systems Center, Air Force Materiel Command Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 1993—1996, director, Expeditionary Forces Experiment System Program Office, 1997—1999. Deputy, Force Structure Integration and Deployment. Progressive director, Battle Management Command and Control Missile Defense Agency, Washington, 2001—2003, deputy director, 2003—2004, director, 2004—2009, Joint National Integration Center, 2003—2004.
Top Gun, Air-to-Air F-4E Replacement Training Unit.
