Oversee accident investigations into commercial space flight mishaps utilizing root cause analysis as a certified Senior Safety Inspector for Commercial Space Transportation Systems. Execute hands-on quality inspections of commercial space companies to ensure public safety, requiring quality control and testing of the flight and ordnance systems and subsystems of space vehicles. Manage the development of trend analysis, process analyses, control policies, and requirements.Selected Contributions:• Serve as trusted advisor and expert technical management consultant to teams for responsibilities of technology development, quality control, risk analysis, and commercialization activities. • Analyze design and manufacturing processes and quality management systems at supplier companies that provide critical rocket system hardware and software.• Orchestrate Process Safety Management programs for inspection of commercial space companies, such as, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and RocketLab. • Ensured commercial companies operate to FAA regulations and licensing agreements by directing surveillance and audit activities, maintaining oversight of design and development of advanced technology for the commercial space industry, and facilitating technology transfer activities.• Streamlined training for safety inspector certifications by implementing a revised training course.• Recognized for exemplary leadership and work performance with the FAA Safety Inspector of the Year and Service Excellence Award in 2015.

Directed 30 employees as lead for the electrical systems of the Antares Launch Vehicle, with responsibilities ranging from flight computer system to ordnance flight termination systems and Ukrainian systems. Determined strategic vision and provided leadership in the areas of policy, planning, internal and external agreements, contract management, cost management, risk management, program processes, and organizational efficiencies. Served as Project Manager for Foreign National operations, partnering with senior management to provide schedule demands designed to meet the company’s goal of a stringent launch schedule. Selected Contributions:• Accomplished schedule on-time for all projects during tenure at organization.• Interfaced with senior leaders to provide essential risk analysis for flight systems requirements, schedules, and resources.• Generated several process improvements for operations, including establishing a quality program that tracked all electrical connector mate and de-mates, and implementing a Foreign Object Debris (FOD) program.• Developed a tool control program that tracked non-compliances and repairs to be dispositioned to the electrical system, and successfully trained all program individuals in its proper use.• Utilized effective communication skills to cultivate relationships with the Federal Aviation Administration, International Space Station, Launch Services Program, and Technical Authorities for engineering, safety, and mission quality assurance.

Managed quality directives, policies, processes, and metrics to ensure regulatory requirements, international standards, and working agreements were deployed appropriately, requiring review of all proposals, contracts, programs, and customer requirements for early quality involvement in all program development.Selected Contributions:• Oversaw the quality control of suppliers through effective source selection, ensuring suppliers met company standards and requirements, and developed recommendations to present to management for review.• Drove a top-notch quality program as shown by exceeding weekly company goals for problem report dispositions.• Improved process capability continuously by diligently researching and analyzing supplier performance reports and process control statistics. • Determined hardware, software, and system compliance with quality management system standards, configuration assurance, and regulatory and customer requirements by conducting various audits, and presented findings to senior leaders.• Analyzed data to provide material review dispositions for complex nonconforming materials, parts and equipment. • Selected to participate in team to achieve ISO9001 certification for the plant, leading the quality management system section to establish the requirement for lot testing on components supplied by outside vendors.