David B. Spencer, Ph.D., Mba Email & Phone Number

I have a long history of leading high-performing technical teams in the aerospace, intelligence community and defense sector. I am a thorough, meticulous and highly organized technical and person manager. The teams I have led have developed spaceflight and sensor technologies that are enabling space exploration and exploitation missions in Earth orbit and beyond.My teams have developed state-of-the-art technological solutions to complex problems in spaceflight systems engineering, ranging from discovering new space trajectories for Earth-orbiting and interplanetary space missions to advanced payloads that improve the effectiveness of satellite missions. My specialties include space systems engineering, astrodynamics, guidance, navigation and control, and technology management.Throughout my career, I have successfully led junior and senior interdisciplinary technical staff through challenging times, quickly adapting to new operating environment. I've developed successful and effective remote management strategies, enabling my staff to maintain the mission at normal cadence. My decades of experience mentoring students and junior researchers have resulted in mentees becoming award-winning researchers throughout the U.S. and international in industry, military, government and academia.I excel in tactical and strategic planning for advanced technology and technology policy. My experience ranges from day-to-day decision-making to developing strategic plans for complex projects and organizations. I've led teams through schedules for customer program events by delivering products, showing initiative and creativity in overcoming obstacles that would cause delays while providing independent technical assessments that are clear, relevant, timely, socialized and presented for program decision making.I am a skilled communicator, able to communicate many faceted technical issues to all audience levels ranging from the general public to senior leaders.I have successfully managed small ($50K+/year) and large ($100M+/year) technology programs in government, industry, Federally-Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) and academia.

Listed skills include Leadership, Systems Design, Physics, Engineering Management, and 36 others.