Lead the technical strategy for Voyager's enterprise and guide the Starlab team through the design, development, and operations of the commercial space station.

Oversees the development of Voyager’s customer-focused commercial space stations, lunar platforms, and additional supporting systems. Worked across Voyager’s operating companies to develop technical solutions to advance human exploration capabilities in LEO, cislunar and beyond.

Oversaw the development of Nanoracks’ customer-focused commercial space stations, Outpost platforms, and additional supporting systems, including airlocks and more.

Marshall Smith is the deputy associate administrator for systems engineering and integration (DAA for SE&I) in NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEO) at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. In this role, Smith is responsible for translating the agency’s human space exploration vision into an integrated portfolio that supports national exploration goals and ensures sustainability and extensibility of current programs to long term strategic human exploration of the Moon and Mars. As the directorate’s senior engineer, Smith distills HEO-level architecture strategy into actionable program objectives and mission requirements for HEO organizations to implement. A key function of this position is integrating spaceflight activity across all HEO organizations to aggregate a knowledge base that results in an efficient and effective approach to implement NASA’s human spaceflight strategy.

Directs the formulation and execution of NASA’s human lunar exploration activities—the Gateway, which will be the first deep space outpost in cislunar space, and the Human Landing System—that will establish a sustainable, 21st century human presence on the Moon.

Serve as Exploration Systems Development (ESD) CSI Director with leadership responsibilities for a diverse, highly-technical team of over 80 civil servants, 45 contractors and over 500 matrixed personnel distributed between Headquarters and multiple centers. Provides overall leadership, policy, strategic objectives, and guidance for the technical integration of an extremely complex system and accountable for system technical integration, performance, and risks. Responsible for Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) across the Space Launch System (SLS), Orion, and Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) programs and Gateway, including the formulation and development of the next human-rated space transportation and habitation system to meet the Nation's Exploration goals, consistent with National Space Council's Space Policy for deep space exploration.Key leader for the Gateway cislunar platform, serving as Director of SE&I as well as acting deputy program manager. Direct architectural and systems-level decisions to ensure safe and efficient development and operations of the Gateway and ESD systems to support long-term exploration missions to lunar orbit, the lunar surface enabling deep space exploration capabilities required for human missions to the Mars system. Worked closely with Advanced Exploration Systems on exploration architecture planning, monitoring and engaging with the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) to develop opportunities for commercial collaborations for Gateway systems. Interfaced with the International Space Station (ISS) international partners using the ISS Exploration Capabilities Study Team (IECST) to develop the overall Gateway architecture and potential options for international partner contributions for Gateway systems.

Served as CSI Acting Director with leadership responsibilities for a diverse, highly-technical team of 82 civil service and 45 contractors and over 450 matrixed personnel distributed between Headquarters and multiple centers. Responsible for SE&I across the Space Launch System (SLS), Orion Crew Vehicle, and Exploration Ground Systems Development programs building the next human-rated space transportation system for deep space exploration.Established the CSI Office with an innovative, cost effective approach using matrixed program resources to perform cross-program SE&I, saving the Government over $100M/year. Provided overall leadership, policy, strategic objectives, and guidance for the technical integration of an extremely complex system and accountable for system technical integration, performance, and risks. Led the Cross-Program Integration Team (CPIT), directing overall SE&I resources (direct and matrixed) on over 40 Integration Task Teams (ITTs) to develop all integrated technical products across the Enterprise. Served as chair of the Joint Integration Control Board and served on the Exploration Control Board as required to approve cross-program products and activities. Worked closely with the Programmatic and Strategic Integration Office to develop the integrated schedule, risk, and configuration management processes and key milestone reviews for the Enterprise. Defined and baselined the first exploration mission (Artemis-1) to cis-lunar space to meet flight test objectives. Led definition of Artemis-2, the first crewed deep space mission in 45 years, ensuring exploration and flight test objectives are met while preserving crew safety and abort options. Co-led exploration architecture teams to advance near- and far-term human space flight planning goals for Mars and asteroid exploration. Served as Acting ESD Chief Engineer (CE) providing independent technical authority for the ESD DAA and Agency CE.

Led and participated in development of ESD program roles and responsibilities and governance model that are in use in CSI today. Provided technical leadership and direction to the CSI staff to direct activities at NASA Headquarters and field centers to accomplish ESD cross-program objectives (e.g., executing reviews, reviewing the programs’ progress, developing integrated schedules and configuration management approaches, etc.). Led the Cross-Program System Requirement Review (CP-SRR) team. Established CP-SRR product maturity expectations and ensured the products were ready. Worked closely with the Office of the Chief Engineer to develop tailored entrance and exit criteria for the review that enabled a successful CP-SRR. Proposed and executed a review process that was a hybrid of the human space flight model and the robotic space flight model that proved to be very successful, with the review chair strongly recommending this process be implemented by the ESD programs. Established and led the Flight Test Working Group to develop the initial flight test campaign required for the SLS and Orion. Developed EM-1 and EM-2 Flight Test Objectives, the initial Flight Test Strategy Plan, and the Mission Management concept for ESD. Led space technology development for ESD and served as the representative to the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD) and the Space Technology Mission Directorate for ensuring new technology is integrated into the programs and vehicles. Coordinated with HEOMD to select the two experiments to fly on Exploration Flight Test 1. Developed an integrated budget for CSI that factored in products, human resources, and estimated costs required for technical integration across the programs.

Developed and initiated implementation of the SLS Test & Verification organization. Identified organizational structure and worked with MSFC and SLS leadership to fill management and key staff positions. Recommended processes and presented lessons learned to SLS senior leadership to aid in the development of the SLS organization. Developed initial SLS Integrated Test Plan, including approaches for engine testing and structural testing. Surveyed test facilities for the Main Propulsion Test Article (MPTA) and developed initial approaches and rough order of magnitude costs for a large-scale MPTA.

Served as LaRC Flagship Technology Demonstration (FTD) Lead. Negotiated with FTD mission managers to provide LaRC expertise, design, and/or hardware on FTD missions. Served as the Mission Manager for the Aerocapture/Entry Descent FTD mission. Led multi-center and contract personnel to develop mission proposals for an Aerocapture/Entry Descent and Landing test on the surface of Mars and in Earth’s atmosphere. Prepared system trade studies and cost models for the missions. Integrated best commercial options, identified via Request for Information (RFI) into proposal. Served as the Mission Manager for Flight Test 2 (FT-2) for the reformulated Constellation Program. Led multi-center teams to develop mission strategy, flight profile, ground and vehicle integration, and significantly reduced budget requirements. Developed plans to conduct the next test flight after Ares I-X significantly reduced requirements, documentation, and analysis than previously deemed necessary to support human space flight.

Served as the SE&I Chief for the Ares I-X Flight Test Mission and as the technical leader for the Ares I-X Mission, establishing mission, subsystem, and component requirements and providing engineering rationale covering safety, cost, schedule, and risk. Led LaRC SE&I team of ~80 civil servants and contractors to integrate the mission across diverse cultures and philosophies (research vs. production/operations, robotic vs. human space flight, government vs. contractor) to develop a unique vehicle and execute a successful flight test. Directed vehicle integration activities at KSC during assembly of the vehicle, resolving daily technical issues. Developed Certification of Flight Test Readiness (COFTR) Plan and completed all COFTR products, resulting in a comprehensive FTRR package with no issues for moving forward to the Launch1-day Review. Developed and executed integrated verification plans. Late hardware delivery resulted in most of the subsystem level verifications not being available at the appropriate acceptance milestones. Negotiated methods for working with the IPTs to develop the appropriate verification methodologies in a very short timeframe. Awarded Time Magazine’s Invention of the Year Award, NASA’s Outstanding Leadership Medal, and NASA’s System Engineering Excellence of the Year Award.

Managed approximately 60 civil servants and $33M annually to conduct all Ares Project work at LaRC. Negotiated tasks, resources, and schedules between the Ares Project and LaRC. Managed flight-critical aerodynamics and aeroelasticity wind tunnel tests, structural loads analysis, and guidance, navigation and control analysis for Vehicle Integration, Upper Stage structures and thermal, First Stage analysis, and Upper Stage manufacturing and assembly tasks. TransformedLaRC personnel into a customer focused organization, significantly improving relations with the Ares Project and resulted in over 25% funding increase for tasks allocated to LaRC. Conducted technical reviews of the LaRC activities and served as a board member on the Ares I System Requirements Review Board. Led trade studies for structural alternatives for the Ares I Upper Stage trading metallic and composite designs, demonstrating advantages of using composites inlarge space structure applications. Proposed and obtained a technology development program for updating NASA metallic and composite structural standards. Program yielded significant improvements to structural knockdown factors resulting in significant mass savings to space flight systems. Developed independent cost estimates for the Command Module Launch Abort System. The resulting estimate of $11M was only 2% off the actual cost at the end of the project.

Managed all LaRC space systems work, including all planetary missions, off-world missions, and suborbital missions not related to Ares, Orion, or Shuttle. Formulated and implemented robotic exploration missions, integrating them with other NASA centers and external partners (e.g., National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Navy, etc.) to meet Agency goals. Developed two LaRC Mars Discovery Mission (MDM) Proposals and integrated LaRC resources into 17 other MDM proposals, resulting in LaRC participation in the two winning proposals. Formed project to test a LaRC hypersonics payload and successfully negotiated with a commercial rocket development program to carry the payload on the rocket’s first test flight. Negotiated with NOAA to restart the Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System Program to replace aging Earth observation satellites with two additional satellites. Oversaw the completion and launch of the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations Project.

Managed all technical, financial, schedule, and human resources to develop and install a flight simulator and research system in the passenger compartment of NASA’s B-757. Developed requirements to ensure the system met principal investigator’s program technical, schedule, and fiscal requirements. Directed design, development, and integration of human-certified flight systems, including avionics, software, hydraulic, propulsion, and flight control systems with the B-757 using multidisciplinary teams spanning aerospace, electrical, flight safety, fabrication, and computer science disciplines. Introduced innovative concept to provide a system to monitor research commands to ensure safety-of-flight near the ground, freeing other research components from human-rating requirements. Effectively brought project resources to bear on complex technical and production issues to maintain customer satisfaction and complete tasks on or ahead of schedule.

Assumed leadership of a struggling project to upgrade NASA’s B-757 airframe and install an airborne research system that would meet human-rated flight safety requirements. Implemented innovative approach to solve significant financial and schedule problems, successfully stopping a multi-month trend of 2 weeks/month schedule erosion. Completed the $40M project on the reformulated budget and schedule. Negotiated a favorable final payment settlement from theairframe contractor saving the Government over $5M. Obtained Aviation Safety Review Board and Executive Safety Board approvals to return the system to human-rated flight status.

Provided technical leadership to design, develop, integrate, test, and operate AFD simulator in the B-757 research aircraft. Directed teams of civil servants, contractors, and airframe and avionics suppliers to install the AFD and integrate it with the B-757 flight control system. Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated technical requirements and specifications for the AFD and the B-757 aircraft. Directed modifications to the Flight Systems Integration Laboratories and the ground-based simulators to support AFD development. Designed replacement systems around COTS computer systems for the flight and ground systems, significantly improving research capabilities. Developed and interfaced flight-critical avionics from the AFD to the B- 757 control systems to ensure flight safety. Led project-level design reviews and participated in budget planning.

Led ~10 civil servants in the Simulation Systems Engineering Group to develop solutions to problems facing the Flight Simulation Facility and the Transport Research System, which included five SOA flight simulators and laboratories with over $50M of equipment. Provided strategic planning by interfacing with customers to determine long-range research requirements and to develop and maintain a multimillion-dollar, 5-year Capital Equipment Upgrade Plan to meetthose needs. Planned, advocated, and monitored the development of full-mission simulators, computer systems, image generation systems, display systems, software systems, and real-time networks. Documented research and NASA facility upgrades with conference publications.

Proposed and implemented a new system architecture for ground and flight systems to enable seamless transition of research hardware and software from simulation to flight. Managed the design, construction, installation, and integration of three state-of-the art flight simulators and two flight systems integration laboratories. Approved all purchases, negotiated for resources, developed budgets and schedules, and directed multimillion-dollar contracts for equipment andpersonnel services to build these facilities.

Designed, developed, and integrated components into the simulation architecture to support changing research requirements. Obtained and monitored multimillion-dollar contracts for equipment and services to support aircraft and flight simulation research. Advised customers on proper use of the simulation facilities in order to maximize the quality of research data acquired. Participated in the development of programs and provided guidance to researchers.Conducted research into system transport delays and provided significant improvement in the quality of research data collected. Demonstrated flight simulation facilities to civic groups, government and corporate executives, and foreign dignitaries.

Cooperative Education student with work assignments in Engineering, Aeronautics, and Structures.