Through my education, drive and dedication, I've been afforded many opportunities in experiencing both sides of a variety of aspects: academia and industry; science and engineering; education and implementation; manager and staff. • Developed a solid foundation with over 29 years post-bachelor’s science and engineering experience with space or ground based optical/infrared telescopes, including Project Manager and Systems Engineer roles.• Earned two master’s degrees (astronomy/space physics and electrical engineering/photonics).• As the Program Manager and Lead Spacecraft Bus Systems Engineer, am the technical and programmatic lead for largest spacecraft bus in the company’s portfolio• Science Instruments Program Manager at the Giant Magellan Telescope, responsible for overseeing the development of all six facility-class instruments for the 30-meter class telescope. I efficiently managed these instruments in various stages of development with contributors from a dozen institutions across four countries. • Subcontract Manager and Cost Account Manager for all six GMT facility instruments, where I wrote SOWs, review proposals, monitor subcontract performance, track task/budget/schedule progress against baseline using EVMS processes, provide technical guidance, approve invoices and deliverables, and mentor and direct support staff. • At Ball Aerospace, I was the lead for Wavefront Sensing and Control thread across the entire international JWST program, coordinating end-to-end engineering in multiple disciplines from mission down to subsystem level.• I am experienced in growing and leading teams, engaging with customers, and coordinating and negotiating across international and institutions boundaries. • As an Astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, I co-discovered the first system of multiple planets orbiting another star (Upsilon Andromedae).