My current assignment includes:

• Providing first line supervision for Lasers Systems Engineering and Operations (LSEO) Division Associate and technologists.
• Leading LSEO technologist reclassification efforts, mentoring group leaders and candidates on process, preparation and presentation.
• Mentors new LSEO supervisor on the intricacies of supervision, LLNL policies, and personnel management.

• Principal Investigator of $750K / year of an Institutional Scientific Capability Portfolio (ISCP) supporting  APT Lab Revitalization.
• Prepared long range space allocation plans for APT programs.
• Designs operational facilities from requirements gathering, budget, and process flow through construction.
• Providing programmatic and administrative direction for APT technologist team.
• Advises APT senior management on strategic hiring, career development for technical and project staffing.
• OJT mentor for laser safety, competent worker training, and alignments.

Associate of Applied Science, Laser Electro-Optics Technology, North Central Technical College, Wausau, WI (1985)

High Repetition Rate, High Energy Petawatt Laser for the Matter in Extreme Conditions Upgrade

Proc. SPIE 12401, High Power Lasers for Fusion Research VII, 124010A (14 March 2023); DOI: 10.1117/12.2650137 (2023)

Mitigation of Laser Damage on National Ignition Facility Optics in Volume Production

SPIE_Boulder_8885-34_Folta_130917 (2014)

Diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser with 38 W average power and user-selectable, flat-in-time sub-nanosecond pulses

Applied Optics, Vol. 46 Issue 16, pp.3269-3275 (2007)

Results of sub-nanosecond laser-conditioning of KD2PO4 crystals

Proceedings Vol. 6403 Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials, 64031M (2006)

Design of an illumination technique to improve the identification of surface flaws on optics

Proceedings Vol. 5647 Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials, pp.421-426 (2004)

Effects of nonlinear absorption in BK7 and color glasses at 355 nm

Proceedings Vol. 5273 Laser-Induced Damage, Optical Materials, pp.177-191 (2003)

Enhanced performance of large 3ω optics using UV and IR lasers

Symposium Optical Materials High Power Lasers PIE Vol. 5273 / Laser-Induced Damage Optical Materials pp.288-295, (2003)

CO2 Laser Polishing for Reduction of 351-nm Surface Damage Initiation in Fused Silica

Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials SPIE Vol. 4679, pp. 33-39 (2001)

UV-Laser Conditioning for Reduction of 351-nm Damage Initiation in Fused Silica

Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials SPIE Vol. 4679, pp. 48-55 (2001)

Combined Advance Finishing and UV-Laser Conditioning for Producing UV-Damage Resistant Fused Silica Optics

Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials SPIE Vol. 4679, pp. 56-68 (2001)

Engineering Cultural Impact Award 2024

Director's S&T Award ARC- NIF Deployment 2016

High-Power Intelligent Laser Diode Systems (HILADS)  R&D 100 award winner  2015

Defense Programs Award of Excellence for significant contributions to stockpile stewardship 2015

Five Engineering Awards for significant contributions above scope of normal job (2006 -2024)

Twenty Three NIF and Photon Science Awards for contributions to programmatic effort (2000 - 2021)

Combined Advanced Finishing and UV Laser Conditioning Process for Producing Damage Resistant Optics. U.S. Patent 6,920,765

Reduction of Damage Initiation Density in Fused Silica Optics via UV Laser Conditioning. U.S. Patent Number 6,705,125