2017-2022 Chief Instructor & Examiner
Company Toll Helicopters (Sydney, Australia)
Responsible for designing, managing, supervising and delivering all aspects of ground training
at the Aeromedical Center of Excellence Training Center, for pilots, engineers, and crewmen.
Full courseware production for the AW139 type rating, recurrent courses and EMS operations.
Supervision and training of other instructors providing didactic and technical skills improvements.
2019-2020 Chief Instructor & Examiner
Company NEXT-AT (Mendrisio, Switzerland)
Teaching aeronautical engineering to students preparing the technical license
(AML EASA Part-66).
Examiner certified worldwide supervising written and oral sessions on EASA modules
(B1 and B2).
2010-2016 Ground Instructor & Examiner
Company Leonardo (Sesto Calende, Italy)
Delivery of theoretical instruction and practical training for the AW139 and 109SP helicopters. Running courses to pilots (type rating and recurrent) and engineers (EASA B1.3, B2), using the latest training technologies like flight simulators, 3D models and interactive classrooms.
Providing Subject Matter Expertise (SME) for the course development, designing the training materials including manuals, presentations, training aids, examinations and syllabi.
Control of the training materials following the academy’s standards and validation of the courses in compliance with FAA, Australian, Canadian, Russian and Chinese authorities.
2007-2009 Avionics Technician
Company Leonardo (Vergiate, Italy)
Complete cabling, harness and components installation, tests and troubleshooting for the AW139 helicopters (7 tons, bi-turbine and glass cockpit) on the assembly line and flight line.
2002-2007 Avionics Ground Instructor
Air force bases of Istres and Mont de Marsan (France)
Instructor, course designer and supervisor on the fighter plane Dassault Rafale.
Responsible for a new onboard reconnaissance training program (IR, EM, Optronics).
Training provision: HMI (human-machine interface), Integrated Maintenance and Data Processing for pilots, technicians and managers in training centers or users’ sites.
Full design of the main avionics courses, manuals, graphics, animations and video/sound tools.
Technical monitoring and course updating: progress meetings with principals and suppliers, technical training sessions with industries such as Thales, practice of the flight simulator at Dassault, continuous technical collaboration on-site with engineers and pilots.
Daily use of training tools: IT (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Photoshop, Flash, Sound Forge, Adobe Premiere, etc.) and educational tools (interactive presentations, mock-ups, etc.).
1992-2002 Avionics Technician
Air force bases of Rochefort and Orange (France)
Maintenance and troubleshooting at all levels on the fighter plane Dassault Mirage 2000.
Intensive Flight line activity with military crews and Programmed operations in hangars.
Team leader coordinating and supervising various specialties and training new technicians.
Missions in France, UK, Italy, Spain, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.