Experience

Sierra Space

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Program Manager, Space Destinations

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  Leads execution for $1B+ commercial space station product lines of human-rated, pressurized modules for LEO and exo-LEO applications. Responsible for leading the design, fabrication, and test of the spacecraft; integration of major subcontractors; integration of the satellite with the launch vehicle; and support of launch operations and on-orbit checkout. Leads execution for $1B+ commercial space station product lines of human-rated, pressurized modules for LEO and exo-LEO applications. Responsible for leading the design, fabrication, and test of the spacecraft; integration of major subcontractors; integration of the satellite with the launch vehicle; and support of launch operations and on-orbit checkout.



Ball Aerospace

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief Architect and Program Manager, Space Resiliency and Survivability

  • Jun 2020 - May 2022

  Drove opportunity shaping and positioning for program across multiple customer communities through identification of unmet mission needs as matched to Ball’s capabilities. Define R&D roadmaps and synchronize investment with government roadmap. Solve technology gaps to address emerging threats, ensuring technical approach aligns with the business case.

• Manager, Advanced Systems, National Intelligence Systems

  • Apr 2018 - Jul 2020

  Led multi-vehicle SV team of 30+ personnel to achieve technical, cost, and schedule objectives of a large cost-plus and fixed-price program; technical authority for entire SVE with earned value (EV/EVM) cost and schedule accountability for SVE System Engineering & Program Management team plus $250M spacecraft bus subcontract. Led multiple business development teams of 5-20+ personnel to carry out capture plans and strategies, expanding Ball’s mission prime, agile spacecraft, and high-performance payload offerings within resiliency and mission protection strategic area.

• Principal Engineer, Mission Systems

  • Apr 2017 - Apr 2018

  Established CONOPS of a multi-vehicle, end-to-end SSA/SDA architecture; identified TCPED gaps and developed strategy to improve program integration into enterprise architecture.



Lockheed Martin

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• System Engineer Staff, MSP and GPS Programs

  • 2015 - 2017

  Critical Design Review (CDR) Lead for large mission accountable for schedule, 90+ criteria, 130 product submittals. Performed as point person for space vehicle integration and test, supporting execution of SV verification and validation as well as FCA/PCA for GPS customer. Critical Design Review (CDR) Lead for large mission accountable for schedule, 90+ criteria, 130 product submittals. Performed as point person for space vehicle integration and test, supporting execution of SV verification and validation as well as FCA/PCA for GPS customer.



Vencore Inc.

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Aerospace Engineer Staff, Space Control Analyst

  • 2014 - 2015

  Spearheaded decision analysis and trades for space protection efforts with actionable recommendations. Spearheaded decision analysis and trades for space protection efforts with actionable recommendations.



Orbital ATK

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Mission Systems Engineer

  • 2012 - 2014

  Lead Engineer for launch and early operations, space vehicle bus initialization, and mission checkout of major space mission. Managed business and engineering relationships for large payload subcontract; served as the technical authority representing Orbital onsite to enforce SOW and test requirements.

• Senior Mission Systems Engineer

  • 2007 - 2012

  Enforced system flight safety as Fault Management and Autonomy Lead. Delivered mission engineering for 7 major proposals while supporting up to 8 programs and studies concurrently.



Raytheon

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• System Engineer

  • Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

  Development and implementation of mission operations, creating space vehicle scripts and procedures. Development and implementation of mission operations, creating space vehicle scripts and procedures.