Board of Directors

Jennifer Uchida

• B.S. and M.S. from University of Colorado in Aerospace Engineering
• NAVAIR as a civilian flight test engineer for the Marine Corps in Patuxent River, MD
• Supported experimental flight testing of the V-22 Osprey and CH-53K
• Attended USN TPS Class 140 in 2011. Logged 100 flight hours of special crew time over 16 different types of military aircraft
• One of the top 50 selected for NASA's Astronaut Program in 2013
• Flight Test Coordinator for Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation  for the G500 and G600 FAA certification efforts
• Founding president of the SFTE Coastal Empire Chapter
• Chief Systems Engineer for the RQ-21A Blackjack program at Insitu, Inc.
• Manager of Test and Evaluation at AeroTEC
  
• Member of the External Advisory Board for the University of Colorado's Aerospace Department
• Brooke Owens Executive Mentor
• SFTE Vice President 2020-2022
• Currently the senior Test Program Manager for Product Development for Boeing Test & Evaluation

Robert Brock

North Texas Chapter

FAA

• B.S. from University of Texas at Arlington in Aerospace Engineering
• Chair of 2016 Symposium in Wichita
• SFTE member since 2003
• North Texas Chapter Treasurer, 2020 – present
• US Army OTSA Helicopter Flight Test Exploitation
• Flight Test Performance supporting all Cessna Caravan and business jet models from Citation I through Citation Sovereign and Lead Flight Test Engineer on Cessna Mustang.
• Lead Flight Test Coordinator for Eclipse 500.
• Lead Flight Test Coordinator for Hondajet.
• Flight Test Engineering Group Lead at Bombardier Flight Test Center covering all Bombardier & Learjet models.
• Flight Test Coordinator for Gulfstream 500/600.
• Flight Test Engineer for FAA covering Part 23/25/27/29 and UAS.

Jeff Canclini

North Texas Chapter

• Member, North Texas Chapter
• SFTE Fellow; SFTE Board of Directors 2016-present, Treasurer 2018-present
• Graduate USAF TPS. Recipient of R.L. Jones award, Class 86A 
• Lockheed Martin FTE Tech Fellow (Emeritus)
• 41 years in T&E for Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, USAF, NASA Ames in
• F-35, F-16, A-12, EC-18B, Convair 990 as
• Flight Ops Manager, FTE, WSO, Design Engineer 
• 2 Term Commanding Officer NAVAIR Reserves (China Lake & Boeing St. Louis)
• F-16 WSO, F-14 RIO, F-4 WSO
• Commercial Pilot MEL, 
• Author of 11 Technical Papers/Presentations
• 3,300 hours in 26 fixed and rotary wing aircraft

Ben Povall

Wichita Chapter

Bombardier

• MEng from University of Liverpool
• Secretary / Treasurer for Wichita Chapter 2018-22
• Member of Website Committee responsible for website overhaul 2020-22
• Presently Chief Flight Test Engineer at Bombardier Flight Test Center
• Lead FTE during C-Series, Global 7500 programs, and lead for Global 8000
• Test Conductor & Test Director for F-35 ITF Flight Sciences testing at Pax River
• FTE for Nimrod MRA4, Harrier GR9 and Typhoon test programs based at Warton, UK

Mark Mondt

Coastal Empire Chapter

• B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and M.S. in Engineering Management, both from Wichita State University
  
• FAA Consultant DER Flight Analyst
  
• Chair of 2018 Savannah Symposium
  
• Technical chair of 2016 Wichita Symposium
  
• Secretary, SFTE Board of Directors, 2010-2012 and 2014-2016
  
• Vice President, SFTE Board of Directors, 2012-2014
  
• Wichita Chapter President, 2008-2010
  
• Logistics chair, 2004 Wichita Symposium
  
• Member since 2003
  
• Remotely-piloted Cessna 208B (Reliable Robotics)
  
• G500/600 Initial Type Certification, EFVS to Land (all models in production), G650&G500 Category II ILS (Gulfstream )
  
• Learjet 85 and Global G5000/6000 Avionics Update (RC ProLine Fusion) (Bombardier)
  
• E-6B MDS/ADWS, International Head-of-State conversions, 767 Tanker (GTTA, predecessor to KC-46) and Dutch Air Force (K)DC-10 Upgrade (Boeing)
  
• Licensed private pilot (SEL) since 1998 and a registered professional engineer (KS) since 2001

Tiziano Bernard

Coastal Empire Chapter

Gulfstream

• B.S. Aerospace Engineering, M.S. Flight Test Engineering, Ph.D. Human-Centered Design, Florida Tech (USA)
• Experimental Flight Test Engineer at Gulfstream Aerospace for GVII and GVIII aircraft
  
• Adjunct Professor of Human Factors Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• FAA Gold Seal Certified Flight Instructor & Cirrus Training Center Instructor at Savannah Aviation
• Aviation Systems & Human Factors Engineer at Garmin
  
• Flight Test Engineer for developmental research on loss of control recovery advanced avionics at the Human-Centered Design Institute (HCDi)
• Elected to FORBES Italy's 100 under 30 list in 2019
  
• Received Garmin Innovation Award in 2019 for flight deck design
• Awarded by Embry-Riddle as 2024 Visionary Educator
• Officer of the Order of Merit of the Royal House of Savoy (Italy)
• Bronzean Medal of the Government of Trieste (Italy)
• Received the 2020 SFTE Best Paper Award

Jesus Javier Fernandez Orio

European Chapter

INTA

• INTA National Institute for Aerospace Technology. Spanish MoD.
• Project Engineer at Energy and Environment Department since September 2020.
• Head of Military Transport Aircraft Section, Certification Department, From 2009 till September 2020.
• FTE at INTA 1991 - 2009. working in EF2000 and military Transport Aircraft.
• SFTE member since 2005
• European Chapter President 2015 - 19
• Aeronautic Engineer by Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
• FTE at INTA 1991 – 2009. Involved in EF2000 and Military Transport Aircraft.
• Since 2004, a member of FT3 (Flight Test Technical Team) from STO in NATO

Kevin Welch

Seattle Chapter

Boeing

• SFTE Board of Directors 2020-present
• SFTE Vice President 2018-2020
  
• SFTE Board of Directors 2016-2018
  
• Website Committee Chairman
  
• Test Director, Test Engineer, FTE
  
• Major test programs: 747-8, 767-2C, 787-9, 737 MAX, 777-9
  
• Event Chairman, Seattle SFTE 50th Anniversary Celebration, 2018
  
• BS Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2003
• MBA, Seattle University, 2009
  

Rachel McFalls-Brown

Antelope Valley Chapter

USAF

• B.S. and M.S. from Mississippi State University in Aerospace Engineering
• 40FLTS as a civilian flight test engineer for the US Air Force in Eglin AFB, FL.
• Supported developmental flight testing of the A-10, F-16, & F-15E
• Secretary of Emerald Coast Chapter, SFTE.
• Lead Aerospace Engineer for Air Force Subscale Aerial Targets Program Office, lead major modification technical evaluation. 
• F-22 Flight Test Engineer at 411FLTS at Edwards AFB
• Hosted 2017 SFTE Symposium in Destin, FL
• Board of Directors, Theta Tau Professional Engineering Fraternity