Michael P. Nishimuta
22 Blue Thorn Trail
San Antonio, TX 78256
(210) 601-1373
mike@nishimuta.net

Key Positions

• Consultant, M7 Aerospace, San Antonio, Texas,  Dec 06 - Current
   Conduct Government business development, including bid and proposal management and business
   management of Government Business Development unit.

 • Project Manager, Training Solutions , Karta Technologies, Inc., San Antonio, Texas,  Feb 06 - Sep 06
    Manage multi-disciplinary teams in developing web-based training (Macromedia Flash) for military and
    commercial clients.

• Program Analyst, National Sustainment Technology Center, San Antonio, Texas,  July 05 - Feb 06

     Conducted program planning, analysis, proposal and website development. Organized a national

     symposium  on sustainment issues related to aging aircraft. Supported Defense Sustainment Consortium

     efforts to create a community of practice for sustainment of aging aircraft.

• Operations Support Manager, dNovus RDI, San Antonio, Texas,  May 03 - Jun 05

       Provide infrastructure support and and network administration for San Antonio, Austin, Florida and
       Washington offices of dNovus RDI, a $20M information technology company with 160 employees.
       Conduct business research, proposal preparation and production, intra- and internet support,
      purchasing, inventory, event planning, meeting support and reception support.
 

   • Director of Training, Austin Express Airlines, Austin Texas,  Jan 98 - Oct 00

       Responsible for all FAA-required training for flight crews and dispatch personnel.
       Conducted interviews and all personnel actions for newly-hired flight officers.
       Developed and presented 120-hour initial ground training program to all pilots.
       Successful FAA certification of training program at conclusion of three year evaluation period.
       Developed first ever Crew Resource Management training program, to decrease human factors and
       communications errors in flight operations. Seminars conducted in small groups.
       Served as Air Carrier Safety Officer as required by FAA.

   • Flight Officer, Boeing 717, TWA and American Airlines, St Louis, Missiour, Dec 00 - Oct 01.

       Responsible for safe operation of scheduled Part 121 flights. Coordinated with flight crew,
       ground crews, maintenance, dispatch, air traffic control, and customers to accomplish flights
       with safety, convenience, adherence to FAA regulations and company policy.
 

    • Report Manager for IBM PC rebate program, MediaNet, Inc, Austin, Texas, Jun 95 - May 97

        Imported IBM sales data and used proprietary software  to calculate business partner accruals.

        Prepared monthly checks and statements of activity, mailed to business partners.
        Supported telephone help desk to answer business partners issues. Used Oracle software to access
        database for specialized reports and analysis.
 

    • Staff Planner for Air Force Southern Command Operations, Bergstrom AFB, Texas, Mar 91 - Nov 93

        Coordinated, managed, and conducted planning operations with Army and Navy for defense of US
         interests in Central and South America.
         Conducted operations as interagency liaison for counter-narcotics operations in Central, South America
         and Caribbean area.
         Primary planner for use of Space-based assets in contingencies in Central and South America
         Prepared an integration plan to consolidate US Reconnaissance operations under 12th Air Force
         command.

    • Branch Chief, Headquarters US Air Forces Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Mar 88 - Mar 91

        Primary architect of US’s largest logistics plan for movement of people and supplies to Europe for defense
        of Europe war plans.
        Served as executive officer to the Battle Staff director during Operation Desert Storm during Gulf War.
        Responsible for the computer automation support required to implement logistics support from Europe
        to CENTCOM during Gulf War.
        Single officer responsible for US Air Force operations plans in a key Middle Eastern nation.
 

Ratings and Certificates

   • Airline Transport Pilot: Airplane Multi-Engine Land

    • Type Rating SA-227

    • Commercial Privileges: Airplane Single Engine Land

    • Private Privileges: Glider Aero Tow

Aircraft Flown

    • Turbojet: Boeing  717-200, F-111A/E, F-4D/E, AT-38, T-38A, T-37B

     • Other: Fairchild Metro III, Piper Aztec, Arrow; Cessna 172, Jordel D140E

   •  Boeing 717-200 First Officer, TWA/American Airlines (432 hours) 2000-2001,  operating
        FAR 121 scheduled air carrier operations throughout 20 states in the central and eastern
        US. Furloughed due to reduction in service.
        Qualified in Flight Management (FMS) and Global Positioning (GPS) flight equipment.
        Trained and qualified in all-glass flight displays using new aircraft.
        Communicated effectively with Dispatch, Ground Service, Flight Attendants, other crew
        and passengers to conduct efficient, safe, on-time operations.

   •  Captain, Fairchild Metro III SA-227 (636 hours in type)
   •  U.S. Air Force Command Pilot

   •  Flying assignments in United States, England, and Korea

   •  Aircraft Commander, McDonnell-Douglas F-4E, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia,
       Chief of Training (422 hours PIC) 1985-1987

   •  Aircraft Commander, McDonnell-Douglas F-4E, Taegu Air Base, Republic of Korea
       Executive Officer (132 hours PIC) 1984-1985

   •  Instructor Pilot, Northrop AT-38B, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico
       Standardization Officer (773 hours PIC) 1980-1984

    •  Aircraft Commander, General Dynamics F-111E, Royal Air Force Upper Heyford,
        United Kingdom. Chief of Safety, Functional Check Flight Pilot (768 hours PIC) 1977-1980

    •  Aircraft Commander, General Dynamics F-111A, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada,
        Standardization Officer (345 hours PIC) 1974-1977

    •  Software Applications Instructor, CompUSA, Austin, Texas, 1997

    •  Network Environments: Ethernet, Wireless, VPN

    •  HTML, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, Java, Web Development and E-Commerce

    •  Software Expertise: Microsoft Office XP, Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Project
        PowerPoint, Paint Shop Pro, Macromedia Fireworks, Macromedia Flash,
        WinAward, DocuShare, SharePoint

Web Site Development Portfolio

Education

    •  Master of Science, Management of Technology Program,
        University of Texas at San Antonio,  2005.

    • Master of Science,  Human Development Counseling, Vanderbilt University

    • BS, General Engineering (Order of Merit 144/844) United States Air Force Academy,
        Colorado

    •  French Air Force Academy Exchange, Salon de Provence, France. One of six selected

Community Involvement

    •  President, Archdiocese of San Antonio Chapter, Knights of Columbus 2004-2006

    •  Board Member, Alamo Chapter, Association of Graduates,
        US Air Force Academy. 2001-Current

    •  Board Member,  Japan-America Society of San Antonio
    •  Life Member,  Association of Graduates, US Air Force Academy.

    •  Life Member,  Air Force Association

    •  Co-Chair, Bishop Tom Flanagan Habitat for Humanity Golf Tournament (May 2, 2005).

    •  Co-Chair, San Antonio Religious Appreciation Dinner (Feb 20, 2005)

    •  Secretary,  Archdiocese of San Antonio Chapter Knights of Columbus 2003-2004

    •  Member,  Knights of Columbus. Past Grand Knight.

    •  Member,  Archdiocese of San Antonio Choir.