Rich Summers, Pe, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Boulder, Colorado

Working on Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) Project as Senior Instrument Project Engineer responsible for overseeing and managing the programmatic and technical performance of the DKIST partner instrument efforts.

Boulder, Co

Performing detailed opto-mechanical design, analysis using SolidWorks Premium / Simulation Premium. Visit our website!www.flatironscadworks.com

Boulder Co

Managed multiple projects (domestic and multi-national) concurrently, all with tight budget and schedule constraints while achieving successful outcomes. Introduced industry standard project management and engineering / organizational processes to group. * Project Manager and Lead Mechanical Engineer through successful Critical Design Review (CDR) phase for Visible Imaging Spectro-Polarimeter ($5M) for Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope project. Project ready for fabrication phase.* Managed 13 instrument projects ranging from $300K to $5M which met performance, budget and schedule requirements* 2 NASA funded projects included successful stratospheric balloon flights (Sunrise 2009, HiWind 2011) from Kiruna Sweden* Projects received Walter O. Roberts scientific and technical achievement awards in 2009 and 2011, and UCAR 2014 Scientific and Technical Awards

Boulder, Co

Directed, managed instrument functional engineering group with responsibilities for development, modification and evaluation of instruments which included optical, mechanical, electronic, software and systems development• Worked with senior managers / scientists to help define strategic plans, objectives to support organizational goals for the instrumentation group and establish project priorities. Balanced competing short term goals with long term strategy• Implemented continuous improvement in design, planning and execution to reduce development cycle time, improve results• Selected, developed, evaluated, mentored personnel• Assured proper documentation for customers and manufacturing• Performed risk / opportunity management based on organization and program strengths, weaknesses• Performed IG Manager role concurrently with project management responsibility

Boulder Colorado

Supported the development of a $135M Global Precipitation Monitoring Instrument (GMI), a spacecraft instrument microwave radiometer. Program team consistently won high NASA award fees for technical efforts. Responsible Design Engineer (RDE) for 2 key subcontracts valued at $6 million, including a deployment mechanism and several composite RF reflectors. Managed mechanical specifications, interface control documents, prototype development. * Designed launch restraint for spinning assembly and reflector deployment device* Developed and maintained interfaces between RF engineering and mechanical design team* Managed instrument to spacecraft mechanical interfaces and envelopes* Managed top level instrument SolidWorks CAD model

Lead mechanical engineer for Ball-s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Advanced Baseline Imager (GOES ABI) study. Performed extensive trade studies involving visible and IR subsystems including a 2-axis gimbal and scan mirror, optical instrument, detector packages, calibration systems, active and passive cryo-cooling. Instrument, valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars, designed to monitor weather from geo-synchronous orbit.* Led mechanical design effort for overall instrument; responsible for mechanical performance, mass and volume of entire system. * Managed construction of 500-part, full scale instrument mock-up to demonstrate modularity, accessibility and serviceability; mock-up also used for test planning and cost estimating* Managed SiC mirror and composite optical bench study subcontracts* Designed 2 axis scanner; built prototype and demonstrated pointing capability * Built prototype SiC scan mirror and demonstrated optical stability * Coordinated optical, thermal, structural performance modeling by control of Pro-Engineer CAD design

Led Ball mechanical engineering ISO 9001 certification effort. Supported program management, system engineering ISO certification efforts, with company certification achieved in 1st try. Developed in-house risk management program and in-house training; integrated these into company wide program management training. * Developed mechanical engineering web-site as part of the -Ball Brain- corporate database* Integrated management and technical data to support process improvement, new business* Worked with Ball IT group to develop low cost web-based delivery of key performance metrics related to mechanical engineering* Developed mechanical engineering performance metrics to support ISO process improvement* Performed data mining and statistical analysis to improve business performance metrics, cost estimating techniques* Linked analysis technique back to program management core competency initiative

Implemented risk management effort for large program valued in hundreds of millions of dollars to support program management.* Technical manager for internal mechanical interfaces, thermal control subsystem, cabling mock-up; systems engineer* Mechanical design for subsystem

Master’S Degree, Engineering Management

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering