Senior Director Of Research & Development
CurrentResponsible for the strategic R&D developments across the whole technical stack in Spire. Specifically, driving long-term technology development, enabling future success and competitive advantages.
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John E Ward is listed as Senior Director of Research & Development at Spire at Spire, a company with 243 employees, based in County Wicklow, Ireland, Ireland. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for John E Ward.
John E Ward previously worked as Senior Director of Research & Development at Spire and Member, Space Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) at Uk Space Agency. John E Ward holds Phd, Astrophysics from University College Dublin.
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Adaptable manager with wide, transferable skill-set including 15+ years experience in the space sector in both academia and private industry — involved in launching two scientific stratospheric balloon experiments, two commercial nanosatellites, driving commercial contract deliverables for launcher and satellite avionics systems.
Listed skills include Physics, Science, Statistics, Latex, and 23 others.
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Responsible for the strategic R&D developments across the whole technical stack in Spire. Specifically, driving long-term technology development, enabling future success and competitive advantages.
County Dublin, Ireland
Delivered contract deliverables through the full product cycle from concept to proposal, design, test, and delivery of launcher and satellite avionics systemsAs Project manager and Systems Engineer, ensured the on-time delivery against contract payment milestones of multiple launcher and satellite avionics systems, organizing and leading technical teams.
County Dublin, Ireland
Barcelona Area, Spain
Matured the first prototype commercial use-case of the Aistechsat-2 Machine-To-Machine (M2M) communication system, undertaking schedule, task, and data management, client interaction, and future product and business developmentDeveloped several business opportunities through market-segmentation studies, customer relationship management, competitor.
Barcelona Area, Spain
Verified all Aistechsat-2 nanosatellite environmental requirements for on-time acceptance and delivery to launcher, achieved through an environmental test campaign with detailed test plans and procedures, facility selection, test participation and report preparation
Barcelona Area, Spain
Generated new scientific results through analyses of observations of various astrophysical objects. This involved instrument calibration, data reduction and signal detection, plotting, scientific interpretation, and publication writing Developed and field-tested an innovative photosensor for Cherenkov radiation via a competitive EU grant. Managed the.
Barcelona Area, Spain
Developed a data management and instrument response framework (C++) for an international gamma-ray observatory (CTA) - a key component of a Technical Design Review.
Mcdonnell Center For The Space Sciences
Project managed the on-time delivery and commissioning of four mission-critical scintillating fiber particle trackers for the SuperTIGER cosmic-ray experimentVerified on schedule the performance of several payload electronics sub-systems and mechanical structures through rigorous testing (functionality, thermal/vacuum testing, burn-in etc.) Ensured the.
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Systems integration of the SuperTIGER experiment
Delivered the analysis and interpretation of several hundred hours of observations from a survey of the Cygnus region of the galactic plane in a search for new sources of very-high‐energy gamma raysEstablished and maintained experiment performance through alignment of the telescope mirror systems, optical Point Spread Function and telescope pointing.
Improved and refurbished components of the TRACER experiment after its 2003 balloon flight in Antarctica including responsibility for the design, construction and commissioning of a new Xenon/Argon gas supply systemSupported a successful TRACER data-collection flight from the ESRANGE Space Centre in the Swedish Arctic including mechanical engineering.
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Thesis Title: "VERITAS survey of the Cygnus Region of the Galactic Plane"
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John E Ward works for Spire.
John E Ward is listed as Senior Director of Research & Development at Spire at Spire.
John E Ward is based in County Wicklow, Ireland, Ireland while working with Spire.
John E Ward has worked for Spire, Uk Space Agency, Réaltra Space Systems Engineering, Réaltra Space Systems Engineering (A Division Of Realtime Technologies), and Aistech Space.
John E Ward's colleagues at Spire include Zoe Clark, Matthew Murrian, Tyler Sherrod, Kevin Holubar, and Timothy Wong.
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John E Ward holds Phd, Astrophysics from University College Dublin.
John E Ward is listed with skills including Physics, Science, Statistics, Latex, Astrophysics, Research, Experimentation, and Scientific Computing.
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