Robert J. Vipperman Email & Phone Number

Myrtle Beach, Sc, Us

Orlando, Fl, Us

Conway, Sc, Us

Center for Applied Intelligence - https://www.coastal.edu/cai/ Chair Responsibilities:- Leading the Board effectively; - Setting the agenda, style and tone of Board discussions; - Ensuring effective meetings through receipt of timely and accurate information, allowing sufficient time for consideration of all issues, and managing the meeting to enable appropriate input from all participants; - Overseeing the adoption, delivery and communication of Board meeting results through the publishing of clear, concise, and accurate Minutes of each proceeding with the Dean and Department; and- Ensuring a suitable induction program for new Members, taking the lead in identifying and securing training needs of all Members and the Board as a whole.

Conway, Sc, Us

• Mission Requirements Analysis: Work with payload and platform subsystem team leads to define mission requirements, considering the scientific, technical, and operational objectives. • System Design: Based on the requirements, contribute to the overall system architecture design. Help payload and platform subsystem leads specify components, and interface requirements necessary for the satellite to achieve mission goals.• Systems Engineering: Lead all Systems Engineering efforts on the Project.• Integration and Testing: Oversee the test/integration of various components and subsystems to ensure they work together seamlessly. • Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks to the mission, including evaluating the impact of environmental factors, such as radiation, temperature fluctuations, and space debris impact.• Project Management: Assist the program lead on the operation of a project management framework to ensure that the satellite mission stays on schedule and within budget.• Launch and Deployment: Coordinating with launch vehicle providers to ensure integration of the satellite with the launch vehicle. • Operations and Maintenance: Assist operations leads to monitor the satellite's performance in orbit and help troubleshoot and resolving any issues that arise during the satellite's operational phase, including software updates and satellite health monitoring.• Communication and Collaboration: Communicate effectively and collaboratively with payload scientists, project managers, other engineers, and potential funding sponsors/stakeholders.• Subject-Matter Advising: Be a resource for faculty and students in their classes, guest lectures, topical modules, and embedded projects, and content creation, such as the project website, related to systems engineering in general, and the CCU Space Program missions specifically.• Compliance and Regulations: Be aware of and adhere to various regulations and standards governing space activities.

USPTA/USPTR Certified Professional Tennis Coach. Provided individualized Tennis Coaching to Junior's/Adults through a combination of Drills, Stroke Mechanics, Competitive Strategies, and Mental Toughness Training. Previous USTA Certified Tennis Umpire for Intermountain Section. Coached the 2020 Utah Girl's State High School Champions in Single's and Double's.

Member of the Entrada Sports and Fitness Committee. Worked with other Committee members in ensuring each sport had representatives to advocate necessary material and financial support required to address community needs. Planned and allocated resources with development managers and personnel to better address constituents concerns. Actively launched and ran several Tennis Events at Entrada.

Chantilly, Va, Us

• Led Systems Engineer support at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to the International Commercial Sensors Group coordinating/facilitating programmatic and technical activities/meetings. Proactively guided/influenced/directed the organizational framework to better support systems engineering principles/practices. Supported architectural integration of International Commercial Sensors (COMSAR) imagery into the NSG. Prime project involves integration of RADARSAT 2 (Canada), TerraSAR-X (Germany), and Cosmo SkyMed (Italy) and other foreign EO/SAR sensors as they come online (COMSAR). Other Sub-Projects included: COMSAR Web-Hosting, FTP Drop-box, MDA/OOS, Bi-Lateral Agreements, OTH-GOLD Standard Adoption by Intl Vendors for Ship Detection, USN, & USCG, RapidEye, EAGLE Vision, and Secure Malware Scrubber.• Led Systems Engineering support to the DigitalGlobe PMO on NGA’s $7.3B EnhancedView contract. Led Test and Readiness planning and supported activities which resulted in successful TRR, FAT, PSR, IT (#1, #2, & #3), IV&V, Transition, OC&T, and OAR events. Supported PMO SE tasking, Remedy/CIDRT DR tracking/resolutions, Deferred Requirements tracking/sell-off, and engaged in NSG Enterprise Test & Transition Activities.

• Served as a Deployed Systems Engineer In the Office of Mission Applications (OMA) within the Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED) at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Provided complete Lifecycle Systems Engineering Support within the Processing arena. Supported Requirements and Design Reviews (SRR, PDR, & CDR) with respect to implementation of GED’s Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Pro-actively led establishment of SOA Governance bodies, SOA Test and Transition Focus Team, SOA Standards Working Group, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and performed liaison work with Internal/External Organizations. Lead Facilitator on the GEOINT Technical Group (GTG) with a supporting role on the SIGINT Technical Group (STG). Coordinated with Acquisition Office (AO) personnel to technically manage the GTG SOW and CLIN costs/schedule. Principal SOA Advocate/Technologist within the organization.• Worked as the SETA Program Technical Lead for both the Information Access Services (IAS) and NGDS (Net-Centric Geospatial-Intelligence Discovery Services) Programs at NGA. Performed coordination of all IAS Security forms and paperwork required by SISCA and the DAA’s Office. Provided close coordination with Harris, SISCA, ISSO’s, CE’s, DAA personnel, NIES/NLE/WALA/DCM/DCG, and others. Focused NGDS activities on establishing and documenting necessary Program Elements required by NGA. Ensured applicable Internal and External Communications took place across the NGDS Program, NGA, and Externals.• Worked the Future Imagery Architecture (FIA) Program within the Test, Transition and Readiness arena in the NRO. Supported planning activities within the Systems Engineering Organization (SEO) Enterprise Transition and Readiness Division (ETRD). Worked to ensure overall Enterprise Engineering Processes, Procedures, and Practices were established between the Customer and the Mission Partner. Defined, developed, and maintained the Test and Transition Year Look-Ahead Schedule.

Bethesda, Md, Us

• Worked within the M&DS Systems Integration group coordinating and resolving systems integration and engineering issues between multiple National interfaces at the NRO. Coordinated, updated, and maintained all customer and external inputs into the Interface Control Documents (ICD’s) which specified the interface requirements. Coordinated internal/external training activities supporting customers and other National efforts. Provided validation and analysis support to system level testing events/activities. • Served as the Integrated Exploitation Capability (IEC) Training Manager. Led, directed, and managed all training efforts on the contract with the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA). Coordinated work efforts of several subcontractors and vendors in supplying formal classroom instruction, courseware, application training, Computer-Based Training (CBT), and Web-Based Training (WBT). Developed Curriculum and On-the-Job Training (OJT) functional scenarios for Imagery Analysts and Geospatial Analysts. Regularly briefed IEC training status to senior management.

Reston, Va, Us

• Provided Systems Integration programmatic support and Engineering analysis to the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) in the development of the United States Imagery and Geospatial System (USIGS). Designed processes, developed engineering methodologies, coordinated scheduling, provided cost-effective solutions, and conducted presentations for NIMA Program Management.• Supported NIMA’s Accelerated Architecture Acquisition Initiative (A3I) Program Office (APMO) in the areas of Training, Test and Evaluation, IV&V, A3I documentation development, Conference Planning, Joint Military Demonstrations/Exercises, Imagery Library development, marketing material development and other USIGS Systems Integration activities as directed.

• Supported mission planning activities, scheduled commanding, performed telemetry analysis, database management, and orbit maneuver activities on ten (10) G.E. spacecraft.• Conducted on-orbit real-time satellite operations in response to orbital, satellite, ground, or RF equipment problems and responded to customer transponder usage requirements.

• Provided technical direction to NASA Office of Space Communications (Code O) by studying developments impacting Space Network (SN) communications architecture.• Evaluated technical merits of potential engineering applications/technology and provided cost-effective approaches for management of SN communications.

• Managed nine (9) ground software test engineers’ activities at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC).• Directed HST Ground System HW/SW testing activities and coordinated end-to-end regression testing, phased testing, S/W releases/deliveries, Vehicle Electrical System Test (VEST) activities, and Servicing Mission requirements/development.• Conducted presentations involving testing, requirements analysis, Ground Systems, Engineering Staff meetings, cost analysis, personnel requirements, and contract status.

• Instructed military officers in Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS III) operations with emphasis on the Communications Subsystem, Electrical Power & Distribution Subsystem, ACS, Thermal, and DSM Satellite HW/SW Simulations.• Provided technical liaison support to Consolidated Space Operations Center (CSOC) Mission Control Center II (MCC-2) operations with DSCS III.

• Managed cost, scheduling, and planning for the Space Station Freedom Facility Database.• Provided technical expertise to NASA Level II in development of Space Station Freedom Program Management policies, requirements, operations support and systems integration.

• Managed G.E. Operations & Maintenance personnel in performance of Orbital Control/Analysis, Telemetry Analysis, Communications Payload Control, Ground Station HW/SW Maintenance, and real-time data processing activities.• Supported launch and on-orbit testing of DSCS III satellites per direction of G.E., DCA, AFSCF, SATCOMA, and Air Force Space Division.• Provided world-wide secure voice communications support to White House, JCS, Diplomatic Corps, Ground Mobile Forces, and other DoD Users.• Instructed and trained military personnel in DSCS III operations, orbital mechanics, spacecraft anomalies, Satellite Configuration Control Element (SCCE) operations, ground/spacecraft configurations, channel allocations, and DSCS network activities.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Junior Officer in the U.S. Space Command predecessor to the U.S. Space Force (USSF). Positions held: Satellite Operations Instructor, Deputy Space Systems Director, Space Systems Operations Director.

B.S., Marine Science, Minor - Biology

M.A., Space Systems Management, Minor - Acquisitions Management