Elliot D. Skinner

edskinner@gmail.com (510) 593-8178 San Francisco, CA

Professional Summary

Operations and project management professional with 6+ years running complex, multi-stakeholder programs in FAA-regulated environments.
Experience coordinating teams across federal agencies, labor unions, and technical teams to deliver system upgrades, training programs, and operational improvements.
Demonstrated track record of identifying workflow gaps and independently building tools to solve them.
FAA-certified Private Pilot with deep fluency in Federal Aviation Regulations.

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Sept 2020 – Present

Lab Manager Fremont, CA

Manage day-to-day operations of a high-fidelity air traffic control (ATC) simulation lab supporting 60+ controller trainees and 170+ certified air traffic controllers, coordinating schedules, personnel assignments, and operational readiness across 8 domestic radar sectors and 5 oceanic non-radar sectors.
Design and deliver FAA-approved ATC training programs including simulation scenarios, classroom instruction, and structured evaluations.
Developed a web-based oceanic ATC scenario design tool by reverse-engineering FAA air traffic control system to generate realistic controller training scenarios, reducing scenario creation time by over 60%.
Build and implement a Python automation tool to streamline annual revalidation of a 300+ scenario library, saving 125+ hours of manual documentation work per year.
Serve as liaison between FAA, union training representatives, and internal leadership to ensure effective training programs.
Lead a team of 18 (12 Remote Pilot Operators and 6 instructors) by assigning daily work, maintaining staffing readiness across all simulation positions, and onboarding new hires.
Diagnose, prioritize, and resolve hardware-related training system issues following major lab modernization, ensuring rapid restoration and uninterrupted simulation operations.

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) July 2019 – Sept 2020

Remote Pilot Operator Fremont, CA

Operated virtual aircraft in high-fidelity ATC simulation environments, voicing radio communications and portraying surrounding control sectors to create realistic training conditions for controller trainees.
Maintained training records and validated simulation data to support program accuracy and compliance.

Utah Valley University May 2024

Bachelor of Science, Aviation Management

FAA System Wide Information Management (SWIM) Flight Data Pipeline

Personal project ingesting real-time FAA SWIM feeds into a PostgreSQL database for storage, querying, and analysis of live flight data, including controlling sector assignments, potential reroutes, and other operational information not typically visible to pilots.