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Arlington, Va, Us

2013-present:Leads team of ~100 employees performing logistics functions, including demand analysis, spares and repairs management, inventory and parts management, logistics information systems, manifesting and real-time operations support, and depot operations. • Successfully captured $200M+ of new business for spares and repairs projects supporting NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) Program. Develops RFPs, initiates procurements, negotiates contracts, and drives execution of performing organizations, including large and small domestic/international suppliers.• Implemented process improvements to reduce contract transactions by 50% and better track overall supportability issues.• Estimates operational performance and projected failures through customized statistical analysis to drive sparing decisions. Strategically prioritizes procurements and repairs to ensure ISS supportability.2012 – 2013:Led team of 60 employees performing design, testing, and critical mission integration activities. • Developed Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) drawings and models for new and modified ISS hardware.• Conducted pre-assembly digital measurements of complex hardware interfaces to ensure assemblies developed on the ground would fit with hardware already on-orbit.• Created intricate operational procedures for Extra-vehicular (spacewalks) and Intra-vehicular Activities. 2009 – 2012:Directed team of 58 employees and subcontractors establishing and verifying interface requirements between ISS scientific payloads and spacecraft systems for each launch and all on-orbit operations.

Arlington, Va, Us

Supportability Engineering Manager:- Led organization responsible for strategic planning for the International Space Station (ISS) logistics infrastructure.- Made recommendations to the ISS Program Manager on multi-million dollar procurements of support equipment, spares, and launch vehicles.- Supervised trade studies projecting future ISS functionality using Monte-Carlo analysis tools.- Developed statistical processes to update equipment failure rate projections based on combination of original reliability estimates and on-orbit operational experience.- Created strategic-level maintenance scenarios utilizing Extravehicular Activities (EVA) and Extravehicular Robotics (EVR). Evaluated ISS system architecture capability to support EVA/EVR maintenance, including adequacy of On-Orbit Support Equipment (OSE) and operational techniques. Investigated effects of interaction between systems, such as single-string power operations, on viability and safety of scenarios.- Used Earned Value Management System (EVMS) to manage annual budget of $3m for Boeing and subcontract labor.- Developed and upgraded team processes utilizing Process Based Management principles. Initiated process improvements, including reducing analysis cycle time by half.

Arlington, Va, Us

Project Management Lead:- Project Lead in organization responsible for developing $100M of Flight Support Equipment (FSE) used to carry spare equipment and science payloads to the International Space Station on the Space Shuttle.- Led $8.5M project to assemble and add a Photovoltaic Radiator to an ISS cargo element. Project was under budget and ahead of schedule. Required little assistance from upper management during project execution.- Implemented EVMS for tracking cost and schedule performance of hardware development projects. Trained project engineers in work group on use of the system.- Managed monthly budget process: project schedule updates, earned value calculations, variance reporting, updates to Estimates to Completion (ETCs) and Estimates at Completion (EACs), revisions to manpower forecasts.- Authored Statements of Work (SOWs) for Boeing and subcontractor tasks, developed Bases of Estimate (BOEs), reviewed proposal packages, negotiated contract additions with customer. - Functioned as Integrated Product Team (IPT) lead for complex, multi-disciplinary projects involving structures, thermal, design, manufacturing, safety, quality, logistics, supplier management, and business management organizations. Tracked performance of project and resolved integration issues.- Reported project performance for internal and external customers via performance-based metrics and Award Fee presentations.- Developed and implemented ISO 9001-compliant department processes and worked toward continuous process improvement.Systems Engineering Lead:- Lead team of 13 EP responsible for developing top-level system requirements, operational sequences, early design concepts, trade studies, and cost estimates for FSE. Coordinated requirements inputs from multiple external and internal customers. Allocated requirements to multi-functional disciplines. - Served as primary, daily interface to the NASA customer for systems engineering and long-range planning.

Windsor Locks, Ct, Us

Extra-Vehicular Activity Mission Manager:- Managed preparations for spacewalks to assemble and maintain the International Space Station, including coordinating activities of operations, engineering, and project organizations. Ensured that all necessary resources (people, hardware, budgets) were available to execute all planned and contingency spacewalk activities.- Provided independent verification of spacewalk-related requirements for the International Space Station, such as for ISS Assembly Flight 4A (STS-97).

B.S, Mechanical Engineering

M.S, Physical Sciences (Concentration In Space Science)

M.A, International Peace Studies

M.A, Environment And Community

Graduate Certificate, Solar Energy