Don Desfosse

About Don Desfosse

As a Senior Manager of Mission Assurance Engineering at Raytheon, Don is responsible for…

Experience

1. Check Pilot, Instructor Pilot and Mission Pilot

   Civil Air Patrol

   Dec 1988 — Present

   Currently hold the grade of Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col), and serve as a check pilot, instructor pilot and mission pilot.Fly Homeland Defense, Search and Rescue, Disaster Relief and other missions as assigned by the United States Air Force (USAF).Prior roles include Wing Director of Standardization and Evaluation, responsible for effective standardization, training, evaluation and safety of 12 Check Pilots and 16 Instructor Pilots who reach over 75 pilots and aircrew members in the Wing; Wing Current Operations Officer, responsible for maintaining operational status and managing fleet of 9 aircraft; and Wing Chief of Staff, responsible for leading and managing an effective team of over 20 senior personnel that led their functional disciplines at the Wing level.

Education

• Boston University - School of Management

  MBA

  2003 — 2004

• Merrimack College

  Graduate Certificate in Production and Inventory Management

  2001 — 2002

• Bryant University

  Bachelor of Science - BS

  1987 — 1991

Skills

• Aviation
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Pricing
• Dod
• National Security
• Aerospace
• Earned Value Management
• Information Assurance
• Command
• Flight Training
• Military Operations
• Piloting
• Mission Assurance
• Organizational Leadership
• Security Clearance
• Aircraft
• Project Management
• Air Traffic Control
• Top Secret
• Emergency Management
• Negotiation
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Air Force
• Proposal Writing
• Intelligence
• Manufacturing
• Operations Management
• Army
• Procurement
• Military
• Management
• Engineering Management
• Counterintelligence
• Six Sigma
• Defense
• Team Leadership
• Analysis
• Systems Engineering
• Flights