NM ASSP Tech Talk: From the Cockpit to the Accelerator

From the Cockpit to the Accelerator:
What Naval Aviation Safety Taught Me About Leading High-Risk Innovation

John Hernandez draws on his experience as a Naval Aviation Safety Officer—where weekly debriefs on close calls, airworthiness advisories, and a holistic view of flight operations built a resilient safety culture—to show how the same risk-management disciplines and open communication drive innovation and safeguard high-consequence work in unmanned aerial systems, nuclear modernization, AI, and particle accelerators.

John Hernandez is Managing Director of Particle Labs USA and a former Naval Aviator/Safety Officer with 2,300+ flight hours. He’s spent 25+ years leading teams in defense, AI, and advanced energy; holds a PMP, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, MIT Sloan MBA, and advanced science and engineering degrees; and advises the New Mexico AI Consortium.

0.2 CEUs