Rogers E. Smith

Speaker - Test Pilot - Teacher - Manager - Consultant

Leadership - Safety

 

Awards

• AIAA 2022 Chanute Award for Flight Test

Lecture Subjects:

• "Leadership.... Today's Missing Link"
  (Lessons in Leadership and Management - Kelly Johnson and the SR-71)
  
  
• "Culture of Safety and You!"
  (Error Reduction in Aviation and Medicine)
  
  
• "Training + Automation = A Winning Combination"
  (Current Problems with this Equation = Accidents)
  
  
• Test Pilot Experiences
  (Example: NASA X-31 "Breaking the Chain")

ACTIVITIES

Other Related Activities:
Aerospace Technical Consulting
Mentoring
Team Building
Organizational Safety Culture Evaluations

Lectures / Presentations given:
Leadership - 40 plus in last 5 years
Safety Related - 25 in 5 years
Technical (Flight Testing) - 20 at major symposia

Countries Worked In (12):
France, Switzerland, UK, Australia, New Z, USA, Canada, Sweden, Netherlands, Austria, Germany, India

Awards:
NASA Leadership Award
Society of Experimental Test Pilots Doolittle Award for Technical Management (2003)
Inductee Lancaster CA “Walk of Honor” (2003)
Inductee Niagara Frontier Aviation and Space Museum Hall of Fame (2017)
Inductee Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame (2017)
Several Speaking Awards