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Hawthorne, California, US

Lead development of new launch, in space, and interplanetary applications and programs for civil and national security space.

Hawthorne, California, US

Responsible for the development of new missions and programs for NASA and other civilian space customers. This includes leading SpaceX’s successful new efforts in support of NASA’s Human Landing System and Gateway Logistics Programs, developing new science applications for SpaceX’s satellite technologies, and growing the of the use of Falcon launch.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

Serve as senior science and space advisor to Commerce Committee Ranking Member Bill Nelson and minority staff lead for the Space, Science, and Competitiveness Subcommittee.Lead policy development for civil space, national security space, commercial space, science, and technology. Review and oversee federal science and civil space agencies including NASA.

Washington, DC, US

Co-led a collaborative and distributed systems engineering team for NASA’s Exploration Systems Development programs, which saved NASA the annual cost of approximately 300 full-time engineers.-Guided and integrated the efforts of approximately thirty teams comprised of several hundred engineers developing systems engineering and integration, mission.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

Advised the Senator on all scientific and technical matters. Drafted speeches, correspondence, press releases, legislation, and policy positions. Prepared hearing materials and provided real time advice and support for the Senator during hearings.

Washington, DC, US

-Led a cross-discipline technical team to develop innovative launch site operational approaches and architectures that substantially reduced NASA human exploration costs, improved reliability and availability, advanced U.S. commercial space capabilities, and helped transform Kennedy Space Center into a multi-use spaceport. -Planned and managed schedules.

Washington, DC, US

-Planned and coordinated assembly, testing, anomaly resolution, hazardous fluid servicing, and launch preparations for over 100,000 lbs. of International Space Station (ISS) hardware, as well as for the payloads on a Space Shuttle research mission and a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.-Teamed with ISS and Space Shuttle contractors in a.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Led continuous improvement initiatives at a gas turbine repair and overhaul facility, resulting in considerable improvements in production efficiency, engine turnaround time, and shop layout; achieved Honeywell “Six Sigma Plus Greenbelt” certification.

B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Master Of Science (M.S.), Industrial Engineering (Engineering Management Focus)