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Chantilly, VA, US

Chantilly, Virginia, United States

• Manages dynamic military, government service, FFRDC team in aspects of launch/satellite acquisition
• Leads contractors/mission partners/ops organizations ensuring personnel, products, hardware, and software ready for launch and E2 engineering support of current operational and demo SPO systems
• Responsible for managing cost, schedule and performance for future SPO operational systems
• Leads 25+, contractor-procured and National Security Space Launches, supporting multiple MSAs, pushing the boundaries of overhead capabilities, satellite acquisition and response satellite operations

• Directed integration & launch of four $1B+ reconnaissance satellites providing warfighter intelligence
• Performed duties of contract line item number (CLIN) manager and ensured contractor performance
• Extensive experience with multiple launch ranges including Vandenberg, Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center, NASA Wallops launch facility and international launch capabilities
• Certified readiness for 300+ member team/ acted as NRO POC for integration and launch execution
• Drove 75-members through 2 international launches, delivered vital IC sets to decision makers

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Contracting Officer Technical Representative who lead 375 member team responsible for launch acquisition of $50B+ in NRO space systems, 7 different contracts totaling over $829M in contract value
• Program Manager responsible for cost, schedule, performance and development of acquisition strategies for 13 future NRO space launch campaigns, delivering intelligence capabilities to the President of USA

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Architected MILSATCOM resiliency strategy and served as liaison to SSDP/NRO/SY directorates
• Program Manager responsible for cost, schedule, and performance of $375M integration portfolio
• Led 150 member team and directed integration, assembly, test, transportation and launch for $14B international satellite communication program / ensured 100% launch success

Cape Canaveral SFB, Florida, United States

• Executed Group Commander space launch operations policies regarding Patrick AFB and Cape Canaveral
• Served as focal point and trusted agent between the Group Commander and higher headquarters and establishes administrative procedures and policy guidance to 2 squadrons and 5 mission partners
• Managed launch operations with Space and Missiles Center, NASA, NRO and the Eastern Range
• Air Force’s Lead for the first NASA Orion test fight and fostered US return to manned spaceflight
• Led 2 GPS block IIF satellite launch campaigns and safely delivered $734 million in assets to orbit
• Executed NROL-33 mission by managing critical Atlas V engine, $554M recon satellite into a precise orbit

Vandenberg SFB, California

• Standardized and created space operation policies for 29 weapon systems at 44 locations within 155 units, conducted inspections and assessed/evaluated units' operational combat capabilities and readiness
• Performed 24/7/365 ops as a combat mission ready orbital analyst crew lead in JFCC Space’s SSA Cell
• Predicted and prevented over two thousand potential satellite collisions ensured global safety spaceflight and maintained space domain awareness (SDA), space situational awareness (SSA)

Misawa AB, Japan

• Performed flightline maintenance, expedited maintenance actions and ensured work prioritization on 22 aircraft as well as safety and supervision of 15 subordinate flightline specialist maintainers per shift

Tinker AFB, OK

• Performed flightline maintenance, inspections, servicing, and troubleshooting on 28 E-3 Sentry aircraft

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business & Leadership

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Technical Management, Leadership Concentration

Associate Of Science - As, Air And Space Operations Technology

Associate Of Science - As, Aviation Maintenance Technology