Leads the Office of Chief Engineer, Spacecraft Systems Engineering, Space Environments, Reliability, Safety, Parts Engineering, Materials & Processes Engineering, Quality Assurance and Quality Management System, Mission Operations, and On-Orbit support teams at Maxar Space.

Leads the Spacecraft Systems Engineering, Advanced Systems Engineering (Go to Mkt), Reliability, Space Environments, Mission Operations, and On-Orbit support teams at Maxar.

Lead team of multi-discipline engineers that design and build the best and most reliable electronics in the world for space power systems, control electronics, high power electric propulsion, and RF payload components such as: * Power conditioning electronics that accept >25kW solar array power and generate a regulated bus * Power conditioning, charge converter, and discharge converter electronics for batteries supplying >25kW for spacecraft power * Electric propulsion power units for power and control stationary plasma thrusters (SPT) from 1.5KW to 6 kW. * Power supplies for >1 kW solid state power amplifiers used in space RF applications * Digital and control electronics for complex high power spacecraft of a variety of missions * Low power RF electronics such as mixers, low noise amplifiers, oscillators, and channel amplifiers * RF filters and Multiplexer unitsNamed 2019 Mentor of the Year for the space industry by the Space and Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) organization

Accountable for the design, performance, reliability, and quality of every SSL-built satellite. Technical authority for flight worthiness and readiness of spacecraft and component hardware.Chief Engineer setting spacecraft design standards for reliability, mission assurance, and performance verificationManagement oversight for spacecraft operations during launch, orbit raising activities, and for orbital anomaly resolution during in-service operationsImplements and provides leadership for major [ground and on-orbit] anomaly investigations to ensure satisfactorily resolved to the expectations of SSL, its customers, and the insurance community.Earned graduate certificate in RF engineering from the University of California San Diego (2017)

Responsible and accountable for performance and quality of specific spacecraft programs. Managed all phases of satellite program from requirement decomposition, spacecraft design, assembly, integration, test, launch, and orbit raising activities.

Led development and insertion of a new high power electrical power subsystem utilizing Li-Ion battery technology giving SSL spacecraft a power capability well in excess of 20 kWLead spacecraft systems engineer on several individual spacecraft programs.responsible for designing spacecraft and executing the assembly, integration, test, launch, and orbit raising activities including anomaly resolution.Oversight for quality of system engineering for power and data handling subsystems across all spacecraft programsDeveloped and maintained processes for increased efficiency and standardization to dramatically reduce the cost of spacecraft design and testingManaged manpower allocations across programs. Implemented efficiencies to reduce manpower requirements per program by at least 50%

Developed and implemented uniform development and product qualification standards across all product linesQualified Six-Sigma blackbelt

USS Jefferson City (SSN-759): Navigation and Operations Officer - Department head * Recognized top Nav/Ops officer in Pacific Submarine FleetNaval Postgraduate School - Combat Systems Science & Technology curriculum * MSEE & MS Applied Physics (both with distinction) * Thesis: Shipborne high average power Free Electron Lasers - architecture and prime power * NSWC Award for Academic ExcellenceUSS Guitarro (SSN-665): Division Officer (RCA/EA, DCA) * Qualified Chief Engineer on navy nuclear power plants * LY Spear Award- top graduate from Submarine School NPTU Balston Spa: S8GInstructor for qualifying watch officers to operate nuclear power plants