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Cambridge, Ma, Us

Watertown, Massachusetts, United States

Managed ongoing operations of first of a kind commercial system• Supervised facility site manager and team of 8 operators, including initial hiring of team and creation of performance management structure for new department• Forecasted annual facility operating budget and maintained consistent reporting of actual and projected spend• Devised communication workflows for efficient collaboration between field facility and headquarters• Coordinated schedule of major facility activities and triaged work requests from multiple departments• Implemented procedures for tracking system issues and resolutions to improve system reliability over time

Watertown, Massachusetts, United States

Supported COO in building first of a kind commercial system and developing operations organization• Chaired cross departmental task forces for key strategic goals related to commercial system development• Maintained cost tracking for multi-million dollar commercial system budget• Produced reports and communications for executives and investors on commercial system development• Created new internal processes to enhance controls for purchasing and change management• Interacted with all departments to stay informed on recent work and represent COO’s strategic perspective

Watertown, Massachusetts, United States

Improved key sales models and provided strategic guidance on optimal pricing and costs• Revamped techno-economic models to reflect latest progress in technology development• Utilized new models for key customers to understand where technology has greatest commercial potential• Calculated required technology cost targets based on current pricing strategy• Analyzed impact of alternative pricing strategies on company financing needs and technology cost targets

Pasadena, California, United States

Led design, assembly, and test of flight mechanism for coronagraph instrument on the Roman Space Telescope• Developed mechanism architecture from initial concept to final flight approved version, including detailed design of full assembly and over 15 custom subcomponents• Collaborated with leads of other instrument subsystems to identify and negotiate requirements and interfaces• Supervised procurements of commercial parts valued at over $100K with external vendors• Oversaw successful fabrication, assembly, and test of final prototype mechanism • Presented results to senior level management and engineers at preliminary and critical design reviews

Pasadena, California, United States

Planned and implemented test campaign for acceptance of flight mechanisms• Designed ground support equipment for two functional tests, including all mechanical support equipment and software for data acquisition• Managed team of technicians, quality assurance engineers, and engineering interns in execution of functional and environmental tests of flight mechanisms over a 16-month period• Analyzed test results to verify mechanism performance and led investigations into anomalies• Delivered approximately 60 functional flight mechanisms to next phase of flight integration

Hawthorne, California, United States

Introduced new production equipment and procedures for Dragon cargo spacecraft • Created new test stand design for existing test procedure to improve procedure safety and reliability• Originated procedure for production of new composite flight parts• Coordinated production of composite flight parts across multiple departments• Established standard repair procedure for flight part eliminating 50% of common issues

Paris, France

Developed prototype of a portable handheld sensor to measure air pollution in real time• Modeled prototype sensor designs in CAD and fabricated designs using 3D printing• Tested prototype sensor performance and analyzed results using Arduino and Matlab• Advanced design of final sensor product through three new prototype iterations• Collaborated on cross-cultural team of 15 representing a variety of industries

Cambridge, Ma

• Facilitated national robotics competition in which middle school students write code to control satellites as a means to introduce them to computer science. • Analyzed, identified errors in, and corrected four months worth of C++ code for controlling competitions within period of two weeks. • Communicated remotely about complex programming topics with students and educators new to programming.• Collaborated closely with professionals and five other undergraduates to write and analyze tests of satellites prior to student competition.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Alpha Chi Omega, Dance Troupe

High School

Activities and Societies: Cum Laude