JONATHAN MACK

(304) 685-0605 • jkmack@proton.me • http://jonathankmack.com

SUMMARY

4000+ hour commercial helicopter pilot, with academic degrees and professional experience in both aerospace engineering and computer science, and first author of a research paper published in a leading astrophysical journal

DEGREES/CERTIFICATIONS

• MS Computer Science
• BS Aerospace Engineering
• US FAA Airline Transport Pilot-Helicopter, Certificated Flight Instructor: Rotorcraft-Helicopter/Instrument Helicopter, Private Pilot-Airplane Single Engine Land, Remote Pilot-Small Unmanned Aircraft System
• Transport Canada Commercial Pilot License - Helicopter (Endorsements: RH22, RH44, BH06, EC30, EC35, EC45), Instrument Rating Group 4

WORK EXPERIENCE

EMS Helicopter Pilot

2009 - Present

Air Methods

Various Locations

Pilot a helicopter to transport sick and injured patients from accident scenes and outlying hospitals to major hospitals. Act as the base Field Safety Representative. Created and maintained a database of 200+ helicopter landing zones, addressing a customer safety need. Created and maintained a spreadsheet that determined helicopter crewmember night vision goggle currency, adopted by multiple bases.

Graduate Assistant

2006 - 2008

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

Developed lessons, instructed students, and designed, edited, and graded homework and exams for WVU's Introduction to Computer Applications class, which combined instruction in critical thinking skills and Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access).

Software Engineering Intern

2008

Strictly Business Computer Systems

Huntington, WV

Designed and implemented a configurable database manipulation application using agile test-driven development methods for a large corporate client.

Private Tutor

2005 - 2010

Various Clients

Various Locations

Sole proprietor of a company that tutored students one-on-one in high school- and college-level mathematics, physics, and chemistry.

Helicopter Tour Pilot

2005

Grand Canyon Helicopters

Grand Canyon, AZ

Piloted a tour aircraft over the Grand Canyon, additionally acting as a supplemental tour guide to the recorded narration, to tourists from around the world.

Helicopter Pilot

2001 - 2005

PHI, Inc.

Various Locations

Piloted a helicopter to transport sick and injured patients from accident scenes and outlying hospitals to major hospitals, and workers and equipment between land bases and offshore oil platforms.

Helicopter Pilot/Flight Instructor

2000 - 2001

J.R. Aviation

Sellersburg, IN

Acted as a traffic watch pilot over a large metropolitan area, and a powerline patrol pilot over both transmission and distribution lines. Conducted helicopter flight and ground training.

Helicopter Pilot/Flight Instructor

2000

All Star Helicopters

Vandalia, OH

Acted as a drug interdiction pilot under contract with Ohio law enforcement. Conducted helicopter flight and ground training.

Helicopter Flight Instructor

2000

Volar Helicopter Training

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Conducted ground and flight training for national and international helicopter pilot students.

Aeronautical Engineer

1998 - 2000

Robinson Helicopter Company

Torrance, CA

Worked in the areas of certification, design, flight test, and weight & balance to optimize existing helicopter designs (the R22 and R44), and was involved in the earliest phases of designing a new helicopter (the R66).

Math/Physics/Chemistry Tutor

1994 - 1998, 2004 - 2005

Various institutions

Various locations

Tutored students, one-on-one and in groups, in undergraduate-level mathematics, physics, and chemistry, at various academic institutions.

Math Workshop Tutor/Assistant

1993 - 1994

West Virginia University Department of Mathematics

Morgantown, WV

Assisted in grading quizzes and exams, and tutored students, in the university’s pre-college algebra course.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Independent Researcher

2016 - 2025

Independent research

New York, NY

First author of a research paper, published in a leading astrophysics journal, analyzing the multiple galaxy merger fraction of a universe simulation. Designed, wrote, and validated the associated computer code, analyzed the results, and wrote the early drafts of the paper.

Graduate Research Assistant

2006 - 2008

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

Assisted a WVU Computer Science faculty member in research and report composition in a NASA-funded research project investigating software validation of spacecraft real-time operating systems.

EDUCATION

Master of Science Computer Science

2008

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

3.72 GPA. Problem Report: Test-driven development of a performance-critical database record-tree balancing application.

Bachelor of Science Aerospace Engineering

1998

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

3.45 GPA, graduated cum laude

PUBLICATIONS

Mack, J., and Genel, S. On the Frequency of Multiple Galaxy Mergers in ΛCDM Cosmological Simulations. 2025, The Astrophysical Journal, 995, 110, doi: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae10b6

PROGRAMMING-RELATED

Applications/Languages/Specifications: Android, C, CSS, Fortran 77, HTML, Java (dom4j, JUnit, log4j), JavaScript, Linux, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), MySQL, Oracle Database, PHP, Python, UML, Windows

AVIATION FLIGHT HOURS

Totals		By operation type		By model
Total	4600	Cross-Country	1600	H145	15
Helicopter	4500	Mountain (heli)	1400	H135	1600
Helicopter PIC	4400	Night	900	H130	400
Helicopter Turbine	3000	NVG	700	H125	300
Airplane Single Engine Land	100	Instrument-Simulated	90	B206	500
		Instrument-Actual	3	R44	50
				R22	1400

Keywords: ASEL, ATP, Airbus, AS350, Bell, BK 117, BS, CFI, CFI-I, CS, Cessna, College, Degree, EC135, EC145, Eurocopter, MS, Piper