Tom joins the FAA’s Office of International Affairs following twelve years of service in Aviation Safety’s Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) where he worked in the Production & Airworthiness Division and the International Affairs Division. Tom’s most recent assignment was Manager of AIR’s International Affairs Branch. Earlier with the International Affairs Division, Tom served a four-year assignment in Shanghai, China as AIR’s international field representative for the Asia Pacific Region. Before his direct employment with the FAA, Tom was an FAA contractor working as a program analyst on the Aeronautical Data Link (ADL) program, partly to help establish international ADL technical standards. Previously he worked in budget, management, and human resource analysis with local governments in Savannah, Georgia and Loudoun County, Virginia. Tom is a military reserve retiree. He spent an initial twelve years on active duty with the U.S. Army and was mobilized three times after 9/11 in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and Noble Eagle. Tom has a bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Georgia State University. Tom is married with two children and currently one granddaughter.