User:Tillery

Wikipedia should have biogaphical information on every contributor, and since I re-wrote the part on US Navy life rafts to bring it up-to-date in 2007, I figured I should make sure I've got a listing. Here it is !

John Garland Tillery

Education BA French, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA 1973

5e degre, Institut de Touraine, Universite de Poitiers, France 1972

BS Mechanical Engineering, ODU, Norfolk, VA 1986

Work History

1973-1978 Public School Teacher, French, English, Earth Science

1978-1983 Oklahoma State University, Adjunct Asst Prof. Aerospace Education, contracted to NASA Langley Research Center Aerospace Education Project. Travelled nationwide and internationally to present lectures and programs concerning NASA aeronautical research programs.

1987-2007 Naval Surface Warfare Center Combatant Craft Dept. - developed first Kevlar Navy Battle Helmet and Flak Vest; managed and supervised change-out of over 9,000 US Navy 25 person life rafts with new, modified commercial life rafts.

Notes:

Until his retirement in 2007, Tillery was the recognized US Navy expert on inflatable life raft technology and during his tenure, the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) transferred the Technical Warrant for such technology to his department.

Tillery implemented the first large-scale Macintosh Local Area Lan in the Norfolk Navy area and what was the first in-house Macinosh Technical Manual Development team within the Navy.

Six French naval cadets from ENSIETA, Brest, France, worked under Tillery within the Combatant Craft Department on a summer internship program.

Tillery acted as translator during official meetings with the French DGA and the DCN (Pentagon, NAVSEA counterparts) concerning sharing of marine vehicle test data on similar ship designs.

He also implemented the Navy's first wide-spread Oracle internet database accessible via internet browsers for easy tracking of every US Navy life raft as well as analysis of its repair history and certification status.

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Commercial multi-engine instrument-rated pilot and aircraft owner based at Norfolk International Airport (KORF), Norfolk, VA.