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Houston, Texas

•Key contributor to the planning and execution of the Orion’s Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews. Ensure review planning, logistics, participant identification, product deliverables, and coordination/resolution of issues/actions confirming review success criteria have been accurately met.•Develop and executed multiple support plans for affiliate NASA Mission Directorate milestone reviews (SLS, ESD, and GSDO). •Lead integration activities for… Show more •Key contributor to the planning and execution of the Orion’s Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews. Ensure review planning, logistics, participant identification, product deliverables, and coordination/resolution of issues/actions confirming review success criteria have been accurately met.•Develop and executed multiple support plans for affiliate NASA Mission Directorate milestone reviews (SLS, ESD, and GSDO). •Lead integration activities for several Design Analysis Cycles; meeting logistics, schedules, and products.•Authored the Cross-Program Data Inter-dependency process providing real-time interlinking of technical team working inter-dependency data products ensuring program needs are met.•Responsible for developing and maintaining the NASA’s Vehicle Integration Office 12-month Integrated Planning Schedule.•Produced the Orion’s Systems Engineering Plan by integrating with multiple stakeholders across NASA to ensure technical and programmatic requirements were understood and executable.•Led the development and review of several Orion’s Prime Contract changes associated with DAC content, milestone planning, schedule changes, and deliverable products. Show less

Houston, Texas Area

•Coordinated integration functions required to assure the Orion Program is in compliance with NASA Procedural Requirements 7120 and 7123 for the design of mechanisms ensuring proper execution and compliance of major program milestone reviews.•Analyze the internal NASA and Orion prime contractors Design Analysis Cycle review plans, schedules, and products providing NASA with recommendations to improve compliance and design completeness.•Authored Orion’s Bilateral Exchange Agreement… Show more •Coordinated integration functions required to assure the Orion Program is in compliance with NASA Procedural Requirements 7120 and 7123 for the design of mechanisms ensuring proper execution and compliance of major program milestone reviews.•Analyze the internal NASA and Orion prime contractors Design Analysis Cycle review plans, schedules, and products providing NASA with recommendations to improve compliance and design completeness.•Authored Orion’s Bilateral Exchange Agreement process document required to exchange essential, selective, high-level, cross-program exchange agreements between partner programs. Created a user template and act as the Orion point of contact.•Supervised the coordination and execution of multiple program Change Requests with discipline experts using the established Configuration Management change control processes. Show less

Houston, Texas

•Selected as a member of an internal Booz Allen firm-wide Capture and Proposal Team. The success of this pilot program led to this team becoming a formal service offering within the firm.•Technical writer of Management and Technical volumes on several multi-million dollar Space and Defense proposal efforts.•Developed multiple Past Performance qualifications for several proposal efforts.

Houston, Texas

•Led the development of the Constellation Program’s Portable Equipment Integration, and Pressurized/Unpressurized stowage planning strategy for the Orion Crew Module.•Integrated customer requirements in the design concept for Ejectable, Extractable & Fixed Unpressurized Payload Cargo to be delivered to the ISS in the Orion Service Module.•Responsible for the technical planning activities and system requirements verification required to develop the Orion Program Payloads and Cargo… Show more •Led the development of the Constellation Program’s Portable Equipment Integration, and Pressurized/Unpressurized stowage planning strategy for the Orion Crew Module.•Integrated customer requirements in the design concept for Ejectable, Extractable & Fixed Unpressurized Payload Cargo to be delivered to the ISS in the Orion Service Module.•Responsible for the technical planning activities and system requirements verification required to develop the Orion Program Payloads and Cargo Interface Requirements Document and the Imagery Operational Concepts Document.•Managed an integrated flight test strategy serving as a risk mitigation effort to test above and beyond individual system level acceptance testing on the interfacing systems of Orion launch vehicle.•Supported NASA's Virtual Mission team effort to simulate the preparation and planning processes for an Orion Crew Module-to-ISS mission by defining, planning, and validating the virtual integration processes across all flight/ground phases and validating the flow of assets. Received NASA JSC Top Team of Innovators Award. Show less

Houston, Texas

•Responsible for an integrated design team of 20 engineers representing numerous technical disciplines and an annual budget of $2.6 million supporting NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) Program Office. Team was responsible for the development of the ISS Strategic Flight Plan, which defines the major cargo assignments for on-orbit assembly of the ISS, launch vehicle flight sequence and schedule, crew rotation schedules, logistics resupply plan, and resulting on-orbit configuration… Show more •Responsible for an integrated design team of 20 engineers representing numerous technical disciplines and an annual budget of $2.6 million supporting NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) Program Office. Team was responsible for the development of the ISS Strategic Flight Plan, which defines the major cargo assignments for on-orbit assembly of the ISS, launch vehicle flight sequence and schedule, crew rotation schedules, logistics resupply plan, and resulting on-orbit configuration. Interfaced with multiple NASA, contractor and international partner organizations to develop the Strategic Flight Plan and resolve issues. Consistently met product delivery dates, executed all tasks under budget and received excellent customer evaluations. Responsible for: hiring entry, mid-level, and senior engineers; guiding career development, writing staff performance evaluations, delivering appropriate corrective actions due to non-performance and other management functions for the team. •Developed an automation process of updating ISS Orbital Replacement Units (ORU) Mean Time Between Failure with Bayesian methodology at a savings to NASA of over $50 thousand through year 2010. Show less

Houston, Texas Area

•Managed the logistics modeling team that developed fully integrated traffic modeling trade studies to alleviate Space Station stowage and cargo resupply inadequacies. Conducted analyses through several Design and Verification Analysis Cycles.•Managed the ISS stowage volume team responsible for negotiating volume allocations and verification requirements of the Space Shuttle Middeck and Space Station internal/external stowage volumes.•Supervised multiple stowage trade studies resulting… Show more •Managed the logistics modeling team that developed fully integrated traffic modeling trade studies to alleviate Space Station stowage and cargo resupply inadequacies. Conducted analyses through several Design and Verification Analysis Cycles.•Managed the ISS stowage volume team responsible for negotiating volume allocations and verification requirements of the Space Shuttle Middeck and Space Station internal/external stowage volumes.•Supervised multiple stowage trade studies resulting in hardware modifications for improved stowage capabilities.•Monitored, tracked and projected Space Station internal stowage volume, stage-by-stage, and compared capabilities versus demand. Developed a process responsible to track and report the internal volume resource including the establishment of program reserves. Show less

Houston, Texas Area

•Liaison between NASA’s External Carriers Office and the Brazilian Space Agency. Proactively addressed issues by devising creative technical solutions for rapid closure and approval. •Directed the design effort to optimize the layout of the Brazilian Unpressurized Logistics Carrier. Integrated ISS program requirements to support carrier requirements specification document. Carrier requirements included the need to accommodate logistics hardware, payloads and their associated power, heat… Show more •Liaison between NASA’s External Carriers Office and the Brazilian Space Agency. Proactively addressed issues by devising creative technical solutions for rapid closure and approval. •Directed the design effort to optimize the layout of the Brazilian Unpressurized Logistics Carrier. Integrated ISS program requirements to support carrier requirements specification document. Carrier requirements included the need to accommodate logistics hardware, payloads and their associated power, heat, and communications requests. Show less

Houston, Texas Area

•Managed the Stowage Volume team responsible for negotiating volume allocations and verification requirements of the Space Shuttle Middeck and ISS On-Orbit. Internal/External stowage volumes. Responsibilities included monitoring, tracking and projecting the ISS internal stowage space, stage-by-stage, and comparing capabilities against demand. Supervised multiple ISS on-orbit stowage module trade studies resulting in hardware modifications for improved stowage capabilities and establishment of… Show more •Managed the Stowage Volume team responsible for negotiating volume allocations and verification requirements of the Space Shuttle Middeck and ISS On-Orbit. Internal/External stowage volumes. Responsibilities included monitoring, tracking and projecting the ISS internal stowage space, stage-by-stage, and comparing capabilities against demand. Supervised multiple ISS on-orbit stowage module trade studies resulting in hardware modifications for improved stowage capabilities and establishment of program reserves.•Monitored/Tracked/Projected the ISS internal stowage space, stage-by-stage, and compared capabilities versus demand. Developed process procedures responsible for tracking, managing, and reporting the internal volume technical resource including establishment of program reserves. Supervised multiple ISS on-orbit stowage module trade studies resulting in hardware modifications for improved stowage capabilities.•Provided analytical support to a Boeing Proprietary Concept of Operations and Utilization study, which determined the impacts of incorporating a commercial service module into the ISS and developed the internal stowage outfitting designs and layout of the proposed module. Show less

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Society of Automotive Engineers

Mechanical Engineering

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