Laurie Meyer Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Hamilton, Virginia

• I've created my own company, looking to leverage my extensive engineering and communications skills, along with experience in technical team building and project leadership to provide focused customer support in.
• Technical Team Management
• Business Development Support
• Customer/Program Office Support
• Technology Identification & Investment Planning
• Interface Management/Systems Engineering & Integration

Houston, Texas

Provide daily operations directions, subcontracts management, business development, project engineering and program management.Principle Investigator for ARL sponsored cooperative research and development program to investigate the commercial viability of sourcing Rare Earth Elements from seabed sediments. (2014-current).

Maritime Systems & Sensors, Manassas, VA

• Chief Engineer, Renewable Ocean Energy Projects and Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Technical Director/Chief ArchitectProvided leadership for engineering teams in the Marine Renewable Energy market area, a new.
• Developed and presented OTEC Pilot Plant technical architecture baseline to multiple potential international customers and development partners, generating investment interest and paving the way for successful ongoing.
• Planned and directed R&D program in excess of $15M, resulting in numerous patents and enabling winning proposals to DOE and US Navy.
• Re-planned major externally funded R&D project to get back within budget and schedule, satisfying customer with new scope and focus and ensuring maximum value in terms of technology risk reduction.
• Performed primary interface functions for technology discussions with internal network of corporate senior scientists and SMEs as well as outside experts (Universities, Government labs and Non-profits).
• Directed engineering team for $12M Navy funded OTEC project, made up of talent from 13 different geographically distributed Marine Industry and Offshore Oil & Gas industry companies. Led diverse team through multiple.

Information Systems & Global Solutions, Northern Virginia Area

Researched and proposed advanced technologies to address customer defined hard problems with novel solutions. Identified and coordinated senior scientists and SMEs across the corporation to craft solutions. Supported program startups and numerous proposals.

Intel Programs, Chantilly, VA

Provided direct support to US Government customer program office, leading technical definition of operational architecture trades to perform new missions. Performed technology investigation to develop recommendations on state of the art for application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for specialized tasks. Coordinated between multiple government program.

Information Systems & Global Solutions, Northern Virginia

• Demonstrated success in delivering timely, high value technical support to a wide range of programs and customers, as an expert in System Integration and Systems Engineering.
• Served as primary customer interface, providing direct support as required, supporting project planning, system development, integration and testing, transition to operations/commissioning, sustainment, and.
• Demonstrated leadership through project Full Life Cycle, including development of low Technology Readiness Level (TRL) “Drawing Board” technology, Mid-level TRL “Prototyping at Reasonable Scale” and High TRL.
• Executed multiple assignments as liaison between government program offices and between development contractors
• Integrated multiple successful technology insertion programs, providing new mission capabilities and greatly improved system performance. These included “Quick Reaction Capability” projects with aggressive schedules.
• Managed engineering change related to key system interfaces.

Space & Communications Group, El Segundo, CA

Satellite Performance Analysis & Systems Engineering Analyzed and predicted spacecraft dynamic performance for key mission events (separation studies, injection burns, spin-up maneuvers); analyzed orbit insertion scenarios to optimize propellant utilization and determine insertion accuracy; conducted constellation trade studies for missile defense.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering