This IS Rocket science.
For the first time in my professional career, I was recently given the extraordinary opportunity to lead an engineering design team. For the 2017/2018 school year at Southern Utah University, I was in charge of the Avionics division of the Southern Utah Rocketbirds club. The job is more complex than anything I have attempted before, and the risk is just as high. I led an engineering design team that built the control system for a 13 foot long rocket that flew to over 7,000 feet above ground level in June. The flight was part of an international college rocket engineering competition called the Spaceport America Cup. After a successful flight, the RocketBirds club placed 4th in or respective category, and placed in the top 25% of all competitors present.
Leadership at work
Most of my previous experience in leadership stems from my current job. I have been the manager of maintenance for the Old Church LLC in Springdale Utah for several years. This position includes managing other maintenance staff, working with private contractors, and coordinating repairs, renovations, and routine maintenance between 6 businesses and two apartments. In total, the business complex sees over 1 million visitors annually.
Business management
In addition to working with others, I have considerable experience in business management on my personal projects as well. I have owned and operated a sole proprietorship for three years that operates in a unique niche market. This venture has required extensive skills in customer service, cost estimation, and product sourcing from multiple industrial manufacturers. As of now, I have working relationships with multiple major electrical distributors, as well as one facility which produces custom made-to-order products, a major audio and electrical engineering company, and over a dozen small retail businesses in the southern Utah area.