JOHN LUCIA

• Provided first line supervision to assigned National Traffic Management Officers and second level supervision to National Traffic Management Specialists.

Oversaw coordination of resident organizations within operational areas, including military liaisons and industry representatives.

• Participated in the tactical development and implementation of traffic management strategies to ensure effective separation and control of air traffic in National Airspace System (NAS).
• Directed tactical and strategic planning initiatives to maintain safety and optimize traffic flow in NAS.
• Utilized the Traffic Flow Management System (TFMS) to analyzed and implemented national traffic management initiatives that include; Ground Stops, Ground Delay Programs, Airspace Flow Programs (AFP), as well as reroute evaluation and coordination..
• Conducted national conferences with stakeholders to resolve traffic management issues and communicate restrictions across the NAS.
• Coordinate directly with security entities to ensure the NAS is protected from potential bad actors with nefarious intent.
• Provided training and guidance to subordinates while managing performance evaluations and team development.
• Maintained Top Secret SCI Clearance until the day of my retirement.

• Serves as a Supervisor at the Air Traffic Control System Commmand Center (ATCSCC).
• Provides first line supervision to a staff of Traffic Management Specialist, who are responsible for the safe, orderly, and expeditious management of air traffic at the national level.
• Utilized the Traffic Flow Management System (TFMS), provide guidance and oversight for the implementation of traffic management initiatives necessary to manage the National Airspace System.
• Multiple weather products and predictive tools are used to assist with strategy development. Such weather products include the Corridor Integrated Weather System (CIWS) from MIT Lincoln Labs and Consolidated Storm Prediction for Aviation (COSPA). Traffic Flow Management Convective Forecast (TCF), is the product industry uses jointly so we are all reading of the same sheet of music, forecast-wise.

• Serves as Manager of the Air Traffic Security Domestic Events Network (DEN). Provides first-line supervision, oversight, and guidance to the Headquarters Air Traffic Security Coordinators involved in the day to day security of the National Airspace System.
• Applied experience and technical knowledge of air traffic control with the understanding of aviation security and military operations to mitigate potential national security issues or events within the air domain.
• Maintained a Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance to address national security concerns in the air domain.
• Serve as the FAA focal point for all active security measures and adjustments in the National Airspace System. Implement national security measures on a tactical basis as appropriate.
• Provides guidance on interdiction issues and law enforcement air operations in order to ensure compliance with air traffic control plans, policies and procedures. Facilitates the information flow of real-time aviation security-related issues via the DEN among the interested officials at the Federal, State, and Local levels, to specifically include the United States Armed Forces.
• Provide support to partner organization in highly classified and clandestine operations involving the air domain.

• Directed tactical planning for operations at New York City Metroplex as Operations Manager.
• Supervised Front Line Managers and Air Traffic Control Specialists in complex airspace management.
• Oversaw five areas at New York TRACON and managed Traffic Management Unit operations.
• Guided team development through training, coaching, and team-building initiatives.
• Coordinated support resources with operational needs to ensure effective air traffic control.
• Reviewed work processes using performance measures to align with agency mission and customer needs.

• Served as an Operations Manager (OM) at the Washington Dulles Air Traffic Control Tower (IAD), responsible for tactical planning and directing all operations in delegated airspace and on the airport surface. Provided first-line supervision to the Front Line Managers and second-line supervision to the Air Traffic Control Specialists.
• Responsible for the operational services of the facility including traffic management initiatives.
• Provides training, coaching and guidance to subordinates and facilitated team building.
• Integrated support resources with operational needs to maintain effective air traffic control services through routine communication and coordination with customers and employees
• Using measures of organizational performance, the OM continuously reviews work processes to assure that results meet the agency's mission and the customers' needs, add value to facility services, and are efficiently achieved.
• Routinely participate in IAD Airport Stakeholders Meetings, which addressed airport expansion and construction, upcoming increase/decrease in scheduled operations and changes in fleet mix.
• Serves as a member of the management team to improve organizational performance and to meet strategic goals

• Served as a Regional Resource Management Specialist for multiple air traffic facilities in the Legacy Eastern Region.
• Provide support and oversight pertaining to the prudent dispersal and usage of agency resources to include personnel staffing and overtime.
• Frequent interaction with other lines of business, specifically Legal, Security, and Aerospace Medical, and Human Resources. Facility staffing was constantly monitored and scrutinized.
• Responsible overtime use was ensured.
• Personnel actions of all type were forwarded for our review to ensure uniform award and discipline practices are employed.

• Directed operations at LaGuardia Air Traffic Control Tower, ensuring effective traffic management.
  Supervised and trained Air Traffic Control Specialists to enhance team performance.
  Coordinated support resources with operational needs for seamless air traffic services.
  Reviewed organizational performance measures to align outcomes with agency mission.
  Facilitated team building initiatives to foster collaboration among ATCSs.
  Participated in management team efforts to optimize organizational performance and achieve strategic goals.

• Served as a regional operations specialist responsible for the oversight and implementation of air traffic procedures for multiple facilities in the Legacy Eastern Region. Tasked to design, implement, and provide oversight of special use airspace for Presidential operation, National Security Special Events, and other high profile event.

• Served as an Air Traffic Control Specialist (ATCS) and then as a Support Specialist (SS) at the LaGuardia Control Tower. As SS, I was responsible for procedural review and development, the training program, and quality assurance. Tasked with the updating of the Facility Standard Operating Procedures and the Facility Training Order.
• As an ATCS, I performed air traffic control duties under general supervision, to include management of one of the most complex ground operations in the country.