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East Berlin, Pa, Us

Tampa, Florida

Performing functions as company Vice President in both a technical and new business development capacity.Accomplished Systems Engineer/Analyst with significant “hands-on” experience with all aspects of news services, social media, media monitoring and related analysis.Supporting varied NASA engineering efforts in an expert-level capacity. Developed numerous advanced VBA Excel models to solve complex problems. Provided "smart" workbooks to facilitate front-end user solutions.Proficient in advanced scheduling techniques, scheduling dashboards, and inter-linking of independent schedules.Member of NASA Constellation Analysis and Requirements Traceability (CART) team which provides architecture and systems engineering expertise to NASA's Constellation program. Developed NASA CART math model and its interface to Cradle. Prepared monthly NASA CRADLE/CART reports reflecting ongoing CxP requirement achievability. Established interfaces between NASA CART, TPM, Risk, Analysis & Trades and Technology Insertion item types within Cradle. Designed associated dashboard to facilitate real-time requirement health status assessments. Assisted NASA CxP A&T personal, and related ad hoc groups, with ongoing requirement development, maintenance and achievability monitoring.Active Top Secret Security Clearance

Pasadena, California

Member of Corporate team. Served in business/technical roles supporting a broad range of client and company initiatives.Spearheaded initial opening of West Coast office; grew from 4 to 150+ employees and from zero to $15 million annual revenue in 5 years, far surpassing planned $3 million revenue goal.Led entire infrastructure development and operations for startup including selection and build-out of 5 sites, vendor sourcing, contract negotiation, technology design/implementation, staffing, client relations and business development.Doubled profit-per-contract to an average of 15% by developing innovative and effective work flow structure, costing, planning, estimating and tracking methods; model benchmarked and implemented corporate-wide.Negotiated and won major contracts with clients including the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Hughes and Boeing.Served as Chief Engineer with responsibility for technical and business review of all customer engagements.Managed operations across multiple campuses, developed new contracts and maximized ROS via cost/tracking systems.

Greenbelt, Maryland

Managed 19 engineers/designers from multiple contractors in the development of rigid solar arrays which are now installed on the Hubble Space Telescope.Prepared detailed staffing requirements/hardware estimates for multiple program phases; delivered on-time/on-budget.Provided cost and WBS analyses of Solar Array System, launch interface hardware and ground support equipment.Prepared schedules for all hardware design and system manufacturing, assembly, integration and test.

Greenbelt, Maryland

Managed assembly of HST 1st Servicing Mission Radial Scientific Instrument Protective Enclosure (RSIPE) and the 2nd Servicing Mission RSIPE retrofit, the Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) Scientific Instrument Protective Enclosure (FSIPE).Trained shuttle astronauts on hardware and on-orbit tool utilization.Directed daily hardware flow, including design, analysis, integration and environmental test support on RSIPE, FSIPE, Solar Array Carrier, Orbital Replacement Unit Carrier and Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA) Crew Aids and Tools.Provided mechanical systems support at Johnson Space Center Mission Control during the 1st HST Servicing Mission.Assisted in Tiger Team initiatives to resolve real-time issues affecting shuttle payload.Awarded NASA Public Service Medal (highest NASA award given to a civilian) for contributions to HST 2nd Servicing Mission success.

Greenbelt, Maryland

Mechanical Systems Engineer for EUVE spacecraft bus, conducted redesign, deployment analysis and testing of EUVE solar arrays, including flight integration to the spacecraft and system-level testing.Prepared/implemented procedures, data analysis and scheduling of test activities at Goddard Space Flight Center and Kennedy Space Center.

Germantown, Maryland

Design Engineer, EUVE, 1989-1991Responsible for design and analysis of EUVE flight hardware; monitored parts fabrication and mechanical assemblies, as well as testing and electrical/mechanical component integration.Interfaced with staff across functional areas including manufacturing and design; coordinated integration and test efforts.Developed comprehensive knowledge of NASA regulations and policy and solid understanding across design, stress, thermal and manufacturing disciplines.Sr. Technical Assistant, Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), 1987-1989Conducted mass properties studies of UARS support equipment hardware.Prepared/released NASA-Fairchild Multi-Mission Modular Spacecraft program documentation.Programmed kinematic simulations of spacecraft EVA missions used to conceptualize proposed on-orbit activities and provide insight into potential problems associated with complex astronaut maneuvers.

Bs, Engineering/Aerospace

Ms, Engineering