John W Beck, PhD
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John W Beck, PhD

An accomplished professional with 30 years of aviation and engineering experience. Primary interests are air carrier certification, FAA practical tests, flight operations, and AI training technology. Strong in leadership, communications, technology, engineering, and product development.

Aviation Expertise

Air Carrier CertificationFlight OperationsAviation Software
Initial Certification
Safety Assurance System
International Flight Operations
GOM, GMM, IFOM, FAOM, More
Business Development
Hiring, Training, and Managing
Planning, Dispatching, Tracking
Process Management & Metrics
Scheduling, Dispatching, Tracking
Electronic Record Keeping
TSA Security Compliance
Compliant with Federal Regs

Engineering Expertise

TechnicalBusinessDomains
Project/Program Management
System and Requirements Eng'g
Architecture Reviews and Audits
ASP.net and Internet Technology
Business Process Engineering
Competitive Analysis
Market Intelligence
ISO9000/Baldrige Assessor
Telectommunications
Computing Technology
Security Technology
Customizable Documentation

Honors

Several awards for outstanding technical achievements, prudently managing human and financial resources, and focusing on customer service, business acumen, and leadership.

Accomplishments

AT&T Chief Security Office

m  Tivoli Identity Manager – Role Based Access Control, feature development and deployment.

m  Root Cause Analysis – Resolved technical issues for access to AT&T proprietary resources.

m  Identity Management – Developed IDM for AT&T enterprise and affiliates.

m  Process Engineering – Deployed identity management and compliance procedures.

USAC Companies - Aviation Certification, Operations, and Management

m  Air Carrier Certification – Automate compliance and certification activities.

m  Director of Operations and Chief Pilot – Hire, train, direct, and manage personnel.

m  Operations Software – Defined, sold, and maintained flight operations software.

m  Safety Assurance System – Incorporated SAS compliance into our software and services.

AT&T Labs

m  ISO 9000 Lead Assessor – Integrated ISO standards into AT&T Best Current Practices.

m  AT&T Common Security Platform – Defined and built enterprise authentication service.

m  Process Engineering – Achieved SEI Level 3 and 4 for better quality and time to market.

m  ACCU-Ring Pricing Tool – Designed and developed a pricing tool to sell ultra-high bandwidth backbone networks.

AT&T Process and Technology Center

m  Best Current Practices – Established Project Audits, Metrics, Architecture Reviews, and Project Management Audits to assure quality, performance, and regulatory compliance consistently across all AT&T products and services.

m  Business Process Engineering – Conducted Project Audits, Established Best Practices.

m  Technical Project Management – Briefed Customers, Negotiated Legal Contracts.

m  Automated Service Provisioning – ASP Project Engineer, Technical Lead.

m  Process Owner – Planning, Documentation, Design Reviews, Code Inspections, and Change Control.

m  Project Management Support – Resolution of generic (inter-system) technical issues.

Technical Contributions

m  AT&T Pixel Machines – Project Engineer, 3D Visualization, Scientific Computing.

m  Radio Control Equipment – Lead Engineering on FAA Contract.

m  Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System – Lead Engineer on FAA Contract.

m  AT&T Project Management – Audits, Metrics, Technical Project Management.

m  AT&T Bell Labs Functional Plan – Planning for Vice President, Government Systems.

m  AT&T EMSP – Engineer, Supercomputer for Naval submarines.

m  Duke University Medical Center – Research Associate, Diagnostic Medical Imaging, Nuclear Cardology Research.

Education

Aviation: Airline Transport Pilot, Advanced Ground Instructor, Three Type Ratings

Bachelor of Science: Nuclear Engineering – North Carollina State University

Masters of Science: Nuclear Engineering – North Carolina State University

PhD: Electrical Engineering (Minor Computer Science) – Duke University

Post Doc: Program Management – Defense Systems Management College

Publications

Nine in major medical journals.

Personal

Proficient aviator, proficient sailor, passion for hiking, biking, and skiing.


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