Dr. Mindy Howard Email & Phone Number

The Hague, ZH, NL

The Randstad, Netherlands

Zoetermeer, South Holland, Netherlands

• Overseeing all of the various astronaut training programmes and astronaut experiences
• Designing and delivering all of the various astronaut training programmes and experiences

The Hague Area, Netherlands

• Developed and delivering a training for Commercial Astronauts, to help them with psychological acclimation to the different flight phases, and optimizing conditions for creating peak performance and a peak experience.
• Partnering with commercial space organizations to integrate training and into their business and create a network of social ambassadors from commercial astronauts.
• Author of “Astronaut Training Roadmap for Space Tourists” which provides guidance to commercial astronauts regarding which training is best to prepare them for their upcoming space flight.

Delft Area, Netherlands

The Hague Area, Netherlands

• Developed a global sustainability strategy and a new governance structure for sustainability with buy in and implementation worldwide from our businesses
• Closely worked with the Management Board members to get their personal buy in for the topic of sustainability
• Created a corporate signature program that embodies who Aegon is as a company with buy in from the businesses.

The Hague Area, Netherlands

• Transformed the corporate responsibility initiatives in the region to be aligned with corporate strategy by developing the new Corporate Responsibility Strategy along with KPIs and a Governance framework to track the.
• Created new corporate partnerships with NGOs and other non-profits that are in line with our corporate strategy to obtain shared value
• Developed the employee volunteering policy and program, by obtaining buy- in across departments, and implemented it company- wide by generating enthusiasm from both management and staff.

Astronauts4Hire is creating the first pool of private astronauts to fill the need for qualified scientist-astronauts to conduct research in space. Our goal is to provide opportunities for students and professionals to develop and refine the skills needed to improve their competitiveness as potential commercial astronauts, to provide opportunities for those.

• Created Shell Gas and Power’s C02 strategic business plan, enabling the business to systematically address energy efficiency and carbon management across its projects and ventures. * Advised business globally across.
• Incorporated “non-technical risks” management into key project management systems by ensuring smooth project delivery. This led to a reduction in project delays with savings of 20-25% of capital costs.
• Visited LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) construction and wind farm sites to understand local stakeholder issues. Spoke with members of the local communities to create alignment between the project and community objectives..

• Integrated Sustainable Development (SD) into key decision making processes in project teams and the project lifecycle. Embedding SD integration earlier in the project decision-making, ensured smooth project delivery.
• Tasked with bringing about a culture change in the organization towards a more "sustainable mindset” by coaching and influencing senior leaders and project managers to attend the SD Master class, that I designed, and.

• Designed and delivered workshops across Shell businesses to senior leaders within Operating Units to facilitate their knowledge and practice on Diversity and Inclusiveness.
• Provided personal coaching of senior leaders on their behaviors towards others who were different from them in order to help them discover for themselves their own personal "diversity journey".

• Owned and executed ergonomic redesign of the control rooms and facilities on offshore oil installations (Champion 7, Draugen and Fulmar Alpha Platforms).
• Developed human factors policy and implemented human factors techniques and principles on engineering projects in refineries, onshore gas plants, and offshore oil platforms within Shell worldwide.
• Designed and delivered Human Factors Engineering training modules to be delivered in several countries: Nigeria, Norway, Japan, Malaysia, Brunei, Scotland, Netherlands and Gabon.

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering And Management Science

Activities and Societies: Participant of the Doctoral Consortium at the ICIS Conference, December 1991Ph.D. thesis: “Quality of Group.

Masters Of Science, Industrial Engineering

M. Sc. thesis: Predicting Errors in Fault Diagnosis by Pilots in Commercial Jets. Internship: NASA Research Center's Flight Management.

Bachelor Of Science In Industrial Engineering, Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Engineering Dean's List Spring 1987, Fall 1986, Spring 1984, Fall 1983Internship: Calspan Corporation Buffalo.