Christopher Nelson has 22 years' experience in the U.S. Air Force in Test and Evaluation, Project Engineering, and Project Management. Mr. Nelson is a U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School graduate, holds a M.S. in Applied Mathematics from Georgia Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from the U.S. Air Force Academy. He taught five years at the U.S. Air Force Academy in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, served as Program Manager of a multi-service, high-bandwidth, network-enabled data link program, and as the Flight Test Lead for a major combined Air Force / National Security Agency Signals Intelligence Program.

• Technology Development and Application
• Strategic Planning and Assessment
• Engineering Mathematics

• Graduate, USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB
• M.S., Applied Mathematics
  Georgia Institute of Technology

• B.S., Applied Mathematics
  U.S. Air Force Academy      

• Assistant Professor of Mathematics, U.S. Air Force Academy
• Instructor of Mathematical Sciences, U.S. Air Force Academy

• Calculus I
• Calculus III
• Ordinary Differential Equations
• Engineering Project Management
• Project Estimation & Risk Analysis
• Systems Engineering Processes 
• Engineering Modeling & Simulation 

• Acquisition Professional Development Program Level III Certified in Test and Evaluation
• Acquisition Professional Development Program Level I Certified in Program Management

• Director - Plans, Programs, Institutional Research & Assessment, U.S. Air Force Academy
• Deputy Department Head of Mathematical Sciences, U.S. Air Force Academy
• Chief Flight Test Engineer, 659th Aeronautical Systems Sq., Wright-Patterson AFB
• Commander, Data Links Flight, Wright-Patterson AFB
• Lead Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology Manager, Air Force Research Lab

• Member, International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)     

• Instructor of the Year, 2009, U.S. Air Force Academy Math Department
• New Instructor of the Semester, Fall 2007, U.S. Air Force Academy Math Department