Positon provides programmatic M&A capability as a service leveraging data analytics and machine learning algorithms to identify and evaluate potential acquisition targets, negotiate deals, and manage post-acquisition integration. In my role as COO I do everything from investor relations and operations management to sweeping the floors and making coffee. We are out to disrupt the world of Mergers and Acquisitions by dragging into the 21st century!

Develop and teach the Executive Masters in Management in Space Leadership, Business, and Policy

We accelerate R&D and get you to new products faster by applying AI to research and discovery of materials and their properties.

Director for Strategy and planning for HPC

Teach business strategy, international business, project management, technology strategy, and other business topics for IR 4.0

• Lead research teams in quantum information, aeronautics data sciences, fluid dynamics, and other fundamental and applied research at technical readiness levels from 0 to 6 (staff of ~30)• Lead program management office processes transition to digital automation• Manage principal investigator proposal development and captureKey Achievements at USRA/NASA• Led USRA SOFIA return to work during COVID-19, in close collaboration with NASA and international partners – we were the first suborbital program to return to operations and have also deployed internationally• Led SOFIA Strategic Initiatives development and program roll out• Revamped, in collaboration with contracts and business, SOFIA scope of work and CDRLs based on FAR• Implemented new processes resulting in increased compliance – 55% to 95%• Led laboratory activities to deliver and commission: 7 capitol class ($10M+) science instruments• Developed science ground operations for the SOFIA programs from brownfield to fully operational• Built, through multiple phases, laboratory and maintenance facilities for SOFIA science ($50 million)• Planned and executed logistics and ground operations for multiple international deployments (ITAR included)• Created and led summer student program with double blind resume review, near 50/50 gender ratio achieved

• Program executive for safety and mission assurance (S&MA) over all products and services provided by USRA on SOFIA• Management of (S&MA) resources across data, software, facilities, deployment, and operations • Leadership of SOFIA program strategic initiatives which cut across all functional areas• Lead return to operations during and after COVID-19

SOFIA is the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. A joint NASA and German endeavor, SOFIA is a 2.7m telescope mounted into a 747 flown to 45,000 ft. to do Infrared Astronomy.• Managed technical and personnel for science ground support of multiple international deployments, aircraft heavy maintenance deployment, and domestic deployments including planning, logistics, and execution of operations• Organized teams of 2-25 and managed projects in observatory operations ($120 million in systems and resources)• Led laboratory activities to deliver and commission: 6 capitol class science instruments, the SOFIA Telescope Alignment Simulator, SOFIA science labs and the mirror coating facility• Coordinated science instrument activities across entire program, including aircraft, science, and telescope • Managed relationships with NASA, German government, other aerospace contractors, and international partners

AMF provides prototyping, technology market survey and due diligence, and technology consulting to major semiconductor companies, academia, and startups. I am a “Casual” status MEMS Engineer.Responsibilities:• Micro and nano electro-mechanical systems device design and process development for clients• Lab to foundry process development (3,000 hours in the microfabrication facility)• Device optimization and redesignKey Achievements at National Securities Technologies• Transformed 30+ device designs into working systems• Bridged gap for 20+ companies from prototype development to foundry fabrication

• Manage neutron radiation detector program for Nevada Test Site - $4M, multiple projects ~40 people• Lead internal research and development for Livermore Operations• Co-lead of multi-lab program to transition neutron detectors from rare materials to MEMS devices ($40M)• Business development and proposal capture across weapons and homeland security• Led team of 15 direct reports – engineers, technicians, and PhD scientists – in product development for nuclear experiment, homeland security and intelligence projects (P&L responsibility)• Manage critical relationships with all DoE labs’ leadership, particularly on nuclear experiments• Principal Investigator for Nevada Test Site study on electromagnetic fields created by nuclear fusion reactions• OMEGA Laser Shot Director (also Experimental Systems watch)• Radiation detector development, fielding, and delivery at LLNL, LBL, LANL, Sandia, and other major labs• Led internal research and development proposal capture growth of %180 from $800k in 2007, to $2.2M in 2009• Co-founded National Center for Nuclear Security – $50 million/year, 10-year appropriation; co-wrote the white paper and structured the organization• Developed multi-million-dollar agreements with commercial customers, diversifying NSTec portfolio• Multiple devices put into the field for warfighters, special agents, and inspectors• Scaled national security critical system manufacturing from 100/year to 10,000/year with commercial partnerships• Delivered the High Energy X-Ray Calibration Facility (HEX Lab) for Livermore Operations• Developed and fielded at LLE and NIF, as project engineer for NSTec, the Gamma Ray Time Trace System• Developed and fielded at LLE and NIF, as project lead for NSTec, Neutron Time of Flight Detector System• Developed and fielded at Z-Machine and NIF, as project lead for NSTec, Neutron Imaging System (NIS)• Conceived, got funded, developed, and delivered, neutron (source) image projection tube for NIS calibration

LLNL is a National Laboratory working in a variety of applied science fields, developing technology, and carrying out experiments in the national interest.Responsibilities:• Radiation detector system development (10,000 hours in the microfabrication facility)• IAEA sample characterization and calibration supportKey Achievements at National Securities Technologies• Increased homeland security device detector yield by 150% as part of device research• R&D100 winning project team member for extreme low temperature heat switch, and nuclear radiation spectrometer• Built total beam energy monitor for SLAC (Stanford) Linear Coherent Light Source

Worked my way up from an unpaid lab assistant to an Undergraduate Research Scholar. Most projects served as collaborations between my research group at LLNL and the UC Berkeley professor.- Superconducting electronics design and development for Dark Matter search, medical, and national security applications. - Rebuilt and optimized device fabrication systems.- Optimize electronic device parameters for Dark Matter Search. - Developed Labview, C, and C++ based control interface for on going experiment.- Novel nano-MEMS development involving nanofabrication and nanotube systems.