Braxton Cook Email & Phone Number

United States

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Leading a dynamic and talented business unit in the augmentation of space platforms into tactically task-able ISR/EW capabilities.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Leading the roadmap for lowering avionics acquisition and satellite operation costs at OFX. Leveraging new space technologies and DevOps to define software-first approaches to satellite development and operations. Balancing proven methods with modern approaches to scale the commercial delivery of SAR products for defense and commercial customers.

Dulles, VA

- Operations Lead for Control Systems Engineering (300+ Software and GNC engineers)- Product Owner for Space Sector LACE (Lean-Agile Center of Excellence)- Member of NG Corporate Operations Council Agile Transformation Team and eLACE- SAFe Professional Consultant (SPC)- Coach CisLunar avionics team through DevSecOps integration, team structure, and execution

Dulles VA.

- Deputy Director, Control Systems Engineering (CSE) group, Satellite Division. Supported Director managing 250+ engineering staff.- Customer Service Organization (CSO) Systems Engineer, GEO Satellite Division. Responsible for on-orbit support for 5 US and International Satellite CustomersMission Extension Vehicle (MEV) Program:- Served as integrated.

Dulles, VA

- Chaired Anomaly Review Boards and managed on-orbit satellite anomaly resolution for five GEOStar customers- Identified fleet issues and fed improvement recommendations into the product line- Preserved positive relationships with both US-based and global Orbital ATK customers

Madrid Area, Spain

- On-site support representative for Hispasat's Amazonas-4 satellite.- Developed/maintained python scripts for on-orbit operations- Use Matlab to simulate control of on-board clock management- Coordinated on-orbit maneuver operations- Designed, developed, and simulated satellite procedures- Addressed on-orbit anomalies

Dulles, VA

• Supported Senior Director of the Control System Engineering Directorate in the management of over 200 engineering staff
• Spearheaded software engineering proposal efforts including the formation and management of software proposal teams
• Collaborated with engineering teams to streamline production of high-quality satellite software products
• Led failure review boards for in-orbit software anomaly investigations, root cause determination, and resolution
• Directed the organization through process dissemination and artifact collection in support of ongoing CMMI assessments. Included leading the organization through a successful SCAMPI A ML2 on a path to achieving CMMI.
• Delivered training to over 140 software engineering staff

• Led 8-person Systems Engineering team responsible for Computer-based Control Systems (CBCS) on ~$2 billion COTS contract to deliver cargo to the International Space Station
• Coordinated development, integration, and verification of safety-critical CBCS avionics including management of Draper sub-contract, configuration of fault-management response and mission management software.
• Supported Mission Operations Director with the definition of vehicle operation planning and development, requiring a thorough understanding of the on-board avionics and ground system implementation

• Reported directly to Senior Director of Software Engineering to manage on-time and within budget completion of software development lifecycle for numerous enterprise projects aimed at improving engineering.
• Chaired software engineering process group to continue dissemination of CMMI level 3 compliant process assets culminating in widespread process implementation on active projects as well as a thorough process gap analysis
• Performed architectural trades seeking to maximize heritage and minimize cost during multiple proposal efforts

Dulles, VA

• Concurrently managed systems tasks for the Intelsat-11 (IS-11) and Horizons-2 (H2) satellite buses culminating in two successful mission launches less than 3 months apart
• Chaired unit acceptance reviews, failure review boards, integration and test activities, design and readiness reviews, participated in program planning and was instrumental in driving issues to closure to maintain two.
• Interfaced regularly with Intelsat and JSAT customers to communicate production progress and launch readiness
• Performed satellite systems lead role for IS-11 and H2 satellite launches in French Guiana, including in-orbit satellite bus verification resulting in successful handover to the Intelsat customer/operator within.
• Led in-orbit recovery following in-orbit test anomaly

Dulles, VA

• Managed engineering team of eight in the development and maintenance of embedded software for multiple geo-synchronous Star2 satellite products resulting in on-time within budget high-quality flight software
• Supported new-business in proposal efforts through definition of software changes and effort estimation
• Directed software research and development for replacement avionics platform
• Participated in software engineering process group responsible for producing and applying departmental process assets to programs, ultimately reducing GEO satellite software budgets by over 50% through process.
• Contributed directly to a successful CMM level 2 assessment

Dulles, VA

• Developed base-band processor software (assembler) utilized on over 30 Star2 satellite missions to date

Ballston, VA

• Led development of on-line marketing analysis software in Java

Master'S Degree, Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Aerospace/Avionics Egineering

Aerospace/Avionics Engineering