Trailblazing Astrona​utics

Program & Project Management

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Proven leadership guiding multi-organization teams through challenging schedules, evolving requirements, and mission-critical deliveries.

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•Schedule Recovery & Risk Management – Led accelerated efforts such as compressing a 30-day test buildup into 3 days, saving a month on a crewed launch schedule.

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•Supplier Oversight & Accountability – Negotiated adherence to milestones with critical contractors and rebuilt integrated schedules to protect rare mission windows.

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•Cross-Functional Coordination – Directed work across propulsion, avionics, life support, and ground systems to resolve integration issues and maintain program momentum.

 

•Stakeholder Communication – Created clear, actionable plans for executives, engineers, and customers from concept through delivery.

 

Systems Engineering & Integration

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Depth in defining, managing, and verifying interfaces across crewed and uncrewed spacecraft systems.

 

•Interface Definition & Control – Directed hardware/software integration to ensure compatibility and compliance with human-rating standards.

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•Verification & Validation Leadership – Built verification roadmaps, integrated subsystem test results, and upheld test-like-you-fly discipline.

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•Requirements Management – Authored and refined system requirements for clarity, traceability, and mission alignment.

 

•Mission Assurance – Enforced design accountability, configuration control, and early detection of issues to protect cost, schedule, and safety.

 

Technical Breadth with Leadership Perspective

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Hands-on technical foundation paired with a program-level view of performance and mission readiness, spanning aerospace, industrial, and high-tech domains.

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Aerospace & Satellite Subsystems

•Propulsion, fluids, hydraulics, and auxiliary power units (APUs)

•Attitude determination & control (ADCS), guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C)

•Command & data handling (C&DH), electrical power systems (EPS), telemetry & communications

•Life support & environmental control, system health management (SHM)

•Avionics hardware/software integration, active thermal control systems

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Cross-Industry Engineering Experience

•Petrochemical plant operations & safety

•Semiconductor manufacturing - crystal pulling, epitaxial growth, cleanroom processes

•Nuclear power plant construction and inspection

•Precision test system design, facility commissioning & operations

 

Advanced Technology

•Fiber optics, networking, microprocessors, operating systems

•Medical devices: intervertebral implants, surgical tools, intraocular lenses, steerable catheters, endoscopes

•Machine vision, neural networks for engineering systems

•LIDAR, radar, hyperspectral imaging, advanced sensing technologies

•Composites, additive manufacturing processes

•Semiconductor manufacturing, Group III - IV materials, and solar cells