Speaker

1st Lt Stephen White, CAP first joined Civil Air Patrol as a cadet in 1983 and did his first solo at a CAP Washington Wing Glider Solo Encampment, going on to earn his private pilot license in 1998, and recently passing 1000hrs TT.  After more than a decade away, Lt White rejoined CAP in 2018 and is now qualified as MS, MO, AP, MSA, CERT, and UDF-T, and is working on completing his CAP Mission Pilot qualification.  Lt White holds senior ratings in Information Technology and Aerospace Education and currently serves as California Wing Assistant Director of Information Technology for Aerospace Education, California Wing Aerospace Education FlightSim Program Officer, and Squadron 35 Mission Aircrew, Cyber Education Officer, and IT Officer.

Lt White has received several commendations including a California Wing Commander’s Commendation Award for his efforts in supporting the Virtual California Wing Conference in 2020 as well as 2020 Senior Member of the Year awards for both Los Angeles Country Group 1 and Squadron 35.

Lt White is a 30-year veteran in the IT field and started his career at Microsoft in technical support and as one of the only pilots in the group, he was a lead support engineer for early versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator.  Lt White continues to be an avid Flight Simulator enthusiast and frequently uses X-Plane, and now Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, to maintain proficiency as well as flying practice approaches at unfamiliar airports and surveying terrain as part of the planning for AP missions.  Lt White is currently studying for the CFI-SP written exam and hopes to someday complete a home-built FlightSim environment and get it FAA certified as an Aviation Training Device (ATD).

Lt White currently works for CDW as a Principal Field Solutions Engineer for Microsoft Cloud and Endpoint Management & Security.