Director, Office Of Satellite And Product Operations
CurrentThis is a Senior Executive Service (SES) position.Directs and manages the large, diverse Office of Satellite and Product Operations. Responsible for the operations and maintenance of the central ground facilities that control the Nation’s Environmental Satellites and ingest, process, and distribute environmental satellite data and derived products to domestic and foreign users. Directs support to NESDIS for the design, specification, procurement, launch, and acceptance in orbit and transition to operation of new NOAA environmental satellites, in particular with respect to the interface of those satellites with the ground command and control subsystems(s), product processing and user services. Directs the management of the Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT) system and operations of the U.S. SARSAT mission control center, and is responsible for coordinating and implementing the U.S. activities in the international satellite aided search and rescue program. Led team in successfully completing preparations for launch then transitioning the nation’s newest weather satellites, GOES-16, NOAA-20, GOES-17, and GOES-18, to operations; directed the successful integration of current satellite S-NPP to the new JPSS ground system; executed the complete replacement of the NSOF Operations Floor systems; and spearheaded a turnaround in IT Security at NSOF. Represents NOAA on multiple national and international committees: the SpaceOps Executive Committee and Awards Committee (Chair); the Advisory Board for the Ground Systems Architecture Workshop (GSAW); the Committee for Operational Processing Centers (COPC); and the NOAA and European Organization for the Utilization of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)