Kendra Cook Email & Phone Number

Livingston, Mt, Us

Pasadena, Ca, Us

Current roles at JPL:Mission Protection Engineer Responsible for providing mission protection and space system security expertise and support to all JPL flight projects as well as the JPL institution. Responsible for providing information and recommendations to JPL leadership on the practices required to protect their missions from the effects of purposeful and non-purposeful human interference in the space environment. Also responsible for working directly with JPL missions to provide actionable information on observables and effects of potential interference they may experience, as well as potential mitigations to implement. Responsible for ensuring JPL missions meet NASA Mission Protection requirements, specifically as defined in NASA NPR-7120.5F (Appendix H, 3.18), NASA NPR 1058.1, and NASA STD-1006A. Serve as the JPL interface to NASA OCE and the Mission Resiliency and Protection Program Office (MRPP) on all Mission Protection efforts. Prior roles at JPL:Europa Clipper Spacecraft Operations Systems Engineering Lead Responsible for leading efforts to architect, design, and implement solutions for engineering operations challenges.Europa Clipper Cruise and Arrival Phase LeadResponsible for coordinating and managing the priorities and deliverables for the domain leads within the mission phase to ensure successful execution and completion of mission design, V&V and ops preparation for Europa Clipper.Cybersecurity Systems EngineerResponsible for identifying the best approach for cybersecurity within existing resources; and providing key inputs to guide project policy, plans, and requirements as they were developed. Designed and developed the system cybersecurity architecture as part of the overall system architecture for the Europa Clipper Project.Project Software Systems EngineerRisk Manager and Calibration Lead

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Responsible for providing consulting services to universities and private companies to ensure compliance with government requirements and regulations related to security and export compliance. Assist organizations in implementing solutions to comply with NASA NPR-7120.5F (Appendix H, 3.18), NASA NPR 1058.1, and NASA STD-1006A, including generating Project Protection Plans (PPPs), developing incident reporting plans, and providing incident response exercises and training. Assist organizations in implanting solutions to comply with NIST 800-171 and 800-53, as well as CMMC 2.0. Assist organizations in complying with export regulations (ITAR and EAR) by conducting training; developing comprehensive compliance programs; preparing detailed and company-specific compliance manuals; performing compliance program reviews to ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with international laws and regulations; drafting and coordinating the execution of licenses, agreements, and exception/exemptions.C2I's Space System Security and Global Trade Compliance services are multi-disciplinary and can meet a wide variety of challenging and complex customer requirements. Please contact me for more information or visit our website: www.c2iconsulting.com.

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Provided export compliance consulting for U.S. companies, which entails developing Export Compliance Programs, providing ITAR and EAR Training, and coordinating Agreements, Licenses, and Exemptions for U.S. State Department approval. Provided technical consulting for U.S. companies doing business in Asia. Located in Taipei, Taiwan, and provided U.S. companies and agencies a point-of-presence on the Pacific Rim. NOAA's liaison to Taiwan's NSPO on a joint weather monitoring satellite program. Provided engineering and technical assistance to to NOAA while serving as their liaison and representative abroad.

Bozeman, Mt, Us

Responsible for business development and management of special access programs at Montana State University including economic development efforts with local and nation-wide industry.

NOAA’s Lead Systems Engineer on the COSMIC-2 joint US-Taiwan satellite program. Served as the US Mission Assurance Lead responsible for coordinating and facilitating Mission Assurance among mission partners. Responsible for managing the joint program Configuration Control Board. Responsible for organizing and managing major program reviews, international Joint Program Management Office Meetings and Interface Control Working Group meetings that occurred regularly in the US, UK, and Taiwan. Served as the primary NOAA representative in Integrated Product Team meetings with mission partners from 6 different time zones around the globe. Provided export compliance expertise to all mission partners. Critical to this role was my Chinese language proficiency to promote communication and develop the critical relationship between the US and the primary mission partner, Taiwan’s National Space Organization.

Senior management lead responsible for providing IAI Senior Leadership with a means to prevent, detect, and deter violations of corporate policies and Federal laws and regulations. Responsible for providing policies and procedures, training, and guidance related to export (ITAR/EAR) compliance, ethical compliance, and organizational/personal conflict of interest (OCI/PCI) compliance.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Air Force Officer (Active Duty / Reserves) responsible for assessing the capabilities, performance, and potential threats that UAVs and air-launched weapon systems pose to US and allied forces including potential links to non-state actors. Also responsible for directing efforts of subsystem engineers to determine overall system assessments as well as creating products for senior Air Force officials and warfighters.

Chantilly, Va, Us

May 2009 - July 2009 -- Responsible for creating IAI’s export compliance program, including: providing annual compliance training to all employees, developing a comprehensive plan and manual, and coordinating compliance efforts. Responsibilities also included consulting on various programs that dealt with exports or potential exports to ensure export compliance was maintained.Jan 2008 - May 2009 -- Assigned to the United States Navy Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS-N) Program. Performed Software Branch Lead duties at SPAWAR Systems Center – Charleston and onboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, including oversight of all software personnel, serving as primary decision maker on software installation/integration/configuration activities, ensuring all contractors were performing required tasks, ensuring sufficient manpower was available, and delegating discrepancies per Engineering Review Boards. Information Assurance (IA) Lead responsibilities included conducting IA scans, assessing findings and identifying the key program priorities, performing system hardening measures on servers/workstations resulting in successful IA Certification and Accreditation.May 2007 - Jan 2008 -- Assigned to the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) Precision View Tactical Metric Sensor Technology Demonstration Program. Responsible for ensuring proper and timely integration of various components of the project, performance modeling, performing capability estimates of key geo-positioning components, and development of supporting programmatic documentation.

M.S. Computer Engineering, (Information Assurance)

M. S. Astronautical Engineering, (Aerospace Navigation, Astrodynamics)

Aerospace Engineering