Danielle Bruckert

CURRICULUM VITAE Danielle Bruckert (nee Whittaker) Cell: -, Ph- Residential Address: 5 Tiefencastle Street Auasblick Postal Address: PO Box 11288 Klein Windhoek E-mail:-Nationality: Namibian Native Language: English Personal Mission Statement I am highly motivated, dedicated to providing the best quality service, and I always go the extra mile in every situation. My professional and personal experience has given me a wide variety of translational skills in people management, writing, and technical skills. I am seeking a challenging position where I can apply these to the best of the customers and employers advantage. Summary of Skills and Strengths Throughout my career I have developed the following key skills: • • • • • • • • • • • • • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; High quality writing, document development, and publishing skills; Excellent management, organizational, and administration skills, through management and company operation roles; Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills through extensive training and lecturing in applied human factors; Excellent training techniques through extensive experience as a technical lecturer and practical instructor to adults with a variety of cultural and educational backgrounds; Experienced safety and quality auditor, expert in safety management system development and operation; Project management skills (management, costing, budgeting and execution of residential construction projects); Excellent computer skills including computer skills, spreadsheet, word processing, drafting and graphics (MS Office/open office); Excellent technical skills through engineering and piloting professional experience; Ability to work accurately under pressure and think outside the box, Excellent decision making, judgement, and operational analytics;; Ability to work with children in education through children's literature development and presentation. Company accounting and book keeping skills; Page 1 of 5 Danielle Bruckert CV 2018 Contact:- Tertiary Qualifications New Zealand Certificate in Mechanical Engineering 1997* Auckland University of Technology; Subjects: Control Systems, Mechanics, Engineering Design, Materials, Manufacturing Technology, Engineering Science, Drafting and AutoCAD. *Note: A NZ National Certificate requires 2 years of theory and 3 years of approved practical work experience and with experience is considered the equivalent to a bachelor's degree. Engineering Scholarship: King Mongkut Institute of Technology Thonburi 1997 Bangkok, 6 week exchange scholarship for study of Mechanical Engineering, Finite Element Analysis. Professional Aviation Qualifications • UAE Airline Transport Pilot's License, Al Ain, December 2009 • Namibian Airline Transport Pilot's License, Windhoek December 2002 • South African Airline Transport Pilot's License, Windhoek November 2002 • New Zealand Commercial Pilot's License, Auckland, September 1996 Aviation Courses • Safety Management System, Abu Dhabi, 2015 • Safety Investigator's Course, Abu Dhabi 2015 • Accident and Incident Investigator Course, Abu Dhabi 2015 • Safety Management System, Al Ain 2013 • Reduced Vertical Separation Minima, Windhoek 2008 • Aviation Security Windhoek- • Emergency Procedures Training Flight Crew Windhoek- • Dangerous Goods, Windhoek- • Crew Resource Management, Windhoek-, Al Ain 2013 • Instructional Techniques, Auckland 1997  English Proficiency CAASA – RSA ICAO English Level 6  Ground Training Experience MCC Instructor: 3 years providing monthly ground courses (CRM, human factors, procedures) CPL and ATPL Examination Instructor: Namibia/South Africa Subject Expert: Air Law and Procedures, Aircraft Technical, Principals of Flight, CRM Page 2 of 5 Danielle Bruckert CV 2018 Contact:- Work Experience  Red Sky Ventures, 2000-Current; Windhoek, Namibia Position: Owner/Managing Director Job Description: • Consultancy; • Writing/publishing; • Development of operational documents, training manuals for regulatory compliances; • Training provider; • Construction/Property development; • Company administration. Achievements at Red Sky Ventures : Project management: Overall management of four residential building projects, including design, costing, financing, overseeing construction, and sale. Author and Publisher: Namibian Air Law series, Namibian Airfield Directory, Cessna Training Manual series. (https://www.redskyventures.org) Publisher: Free Kids Books website, and children's books series – Mac and Dipper series, Supercow series, FKB Sight Words series. Post holder at various aviation organizations, including developing initial formal training and checking programs for flight operations personnel, quality and safety auditing, standardization training, group lectures in human factors and safety.  Etihad Flight College,-; Al Ain, UAE Position: Deputy Safety and Quality Manager (2014-16), Job Description: • Day to day management of Safety and Quality system under direction of the Safety and Quality Manager (organization size – approximately 30 staff, 120 students); • Completion of internal auditing, preparation and conduct of external audits, • Presenting monthly safety courses (SMS introductory and recurrent, safety awareness program), • Day to day safety and quality oversight and administration, including completion of internal and external safety and quality audit processes.  Horizon International Flight Academy,-; Al Ain, UAE Position: Contract Manager for Military Fixed-Wing Program (2012-14), Job Description: • Supervision and training of instructors and cadets within the US military sponsored program (6 instructors, and approximately 30 students per year), Page 3 of 5 Danielle Bruckert CV 2018 • • • • Contact:- Program planning and reporting to senior management, Planning and meeting performance targets for training completion, reporting to customer, Document development for training program syllabus and training guides; Ground training and fixed wing flight training, student and instructor reviews and tests. Position: Multi Crew Co-operation Instructor -) Job Description: • Multi-crew Co-operation Ground and Simulator Instruction • Development and presentation of flight operations human factors course material for multi-crew environment for ground courses and simulator training, topics lectured and taught practically include leadership/followership, conflict resolution, communication, co-operation, operational management.  Air Namibia,-; Windhoek, Namibia Position: Captain and flight instructor Beech 1900, Cessna Caravan, Fleet Captain Domestic, First Officer Boeing 737 Job Description: • Flight crew member on international and regional scheduled flights -), • Training captain and flight instructor, B190, C208, -) • Managing B190 pilot fleet -), management of 20 pilots, including training and recruitment needs, safety meetings, ensuring operational competencies.  Windhoek Flight Training Centre,-; Windhoek, Namibia Position: Pilot/Flight Instructor, Job Description: Flight training including commercial, instrument, multi-engine, private, and freelance charter flights, Commercial and Private ground courses.  Glidepath NZ Ltd-, Auckland, NZ Position: Controls Engineer, Documentation Job Description: Development and management of technical documentation, operations manuals and maintenance manuals, for turnkey international airport baggage handling systems.  Wingspan NZ Ltd-, Auckland, New Zealand Position: Instructor/Pilot, Aircraft: Duties: Flight training, Freelance charter flights, Ground courses. Other duties: Maintenance controller (post holder); Coastguard volunteer: low level and urgent response coastal patrols, GPS searches, display flying. Page 4 of 5 Danielle Bruckert CV 2018 Contact:-  Industrial Research Ltd-, Auckland, New Zealand Position: Engineering Technician Job Description: Commercial test and measurement, compliance with engineering standards, development of documentation and testing according to standards, stress and strain analysis (strain gauging, destructive compression testing), equipment maintenance and calibration.  Quayside-, Auckland, New Zealand Position: Waitressing, service, kitchen hand, shift manager; Job Description: Providing service, drinks, per paring food, shift supervisor for service staff. Community Work and Hobbies: Iyaloo: Assisted the members in founding a successful community project in Windhoek North, empowering underprivileged women through crafts; Iyaloo currently fully supports three families. Free Kids Books: Founded a literacy based website which aims to provide children's reading material, for enjoyment and free to as many people as possible – https://www.freekidsbooks.org. Children's Book Author and Illustrator: Published 9 fictional and 6 non-fiction books for children. Hobbies: Playing the cello, writing and illustrating, yoga, golf, walking in nature. References • Paul Hagyard (former colleague at Industrial Research Ltd), Independent Contractor, Network Security, Auckland, New Zealand Cell:- • Oleg Roud, First Officer B747 fleet, Air Korea, (former Fleet Captain Domestic Air Namibia), Cell: - Majka Joubert (former colleague.contractor at Red Sky Ventures- • Any contacts from other past and present employers are available, please contact me further for additional references. Page 5 of 5