Experience

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  NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC)

  • Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) / Senior Project Manager

    • Nov 2007 - Present

    Contracting Officer's Representative (COR/COTR): Center Ops. Dir. (COD)/Fac. Mgmt. Ops. Div. (FMOD) 11/2007 - PresentI manage the JSC Facilities Contractor's activities. Provide assistance to the Contracting Officer on technical contract issues. Develop the contract Surveillance Plan, and the contract Areas of Emphasis (AOE's) for each contract evaluation period. Coordinate the surveillance activities of the Technical Management Representatives (TMR's). Evaluate the performance of the Facilities Contractor and present findings to the Performance Evaluation Board (PEB) and the Fee Determination Official (FDO). Monitor the Facilities Contract's Actual Costs as compared to their Program Baseline contractual cost gate. Assist the Division Chief in budgetary activities including Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) planning, and budget execution in identifying projects to be performed within the given budget. Develop and provide JSC's Annual Maintenance Metrics report to NASA Headquarters.

  • Branch Chief / Senior Project Manager

    • Oct 2005 - Nov 2007

    Branch Chief: COD/FMOD 10/2005 - 11/2007Supervisor of the Ellington Field/Sonny Carter Branch with responsibility of directing and managing engineering employees, making project assignments, providing expertise on technical problems in the field of engineering, maintenance, operation and construction of facility and utility elements, ensuring the quality of the technical results produced by the contractor, and maintaining close contact with organizations to integrate project management elements in the areas with advanced technology and engineering applications. Resolve technical and contractual issues for the Division's employees.

  • Special Asst. to the Chief of Staff Assoc. Director at JSC

    • Nov 2005 - Feb 2006

    Special Asst. to the Chief of Staff Assoc. Dir., A (Rotation): JSC/Office of the Director 11/2005 - 02/2006I posted meeting notes from the weekly Headquarters (HQ) ViTS and JSC Senior Staff meetings on the JSC web page. I coordinated with Center Director staff members on issues pertinent to the Center Director's Office. I captured comments from the Senior Staff on Center Mission Support to HQ and Full Time Equivalent (FTE) issues and summarized them in a presentation for the Center Director's use at the Strategic Management Council (SMC) meeting in Washington D.C.

  • Work Authorization Manager (WAM) / Senior Project Manager

    • Jul 2002 - Oct 2005

    Work Authorization Manager: COD/Facility Engineering Div. (FED) 07/2002 - 10/2005I coordinated with the customers to refine their requirements, assigned the projects to various Facility Engineers within COD, based on the employees' workload, discipline and expertise, and coordinated with the Center Operations Support Services (COSS) contractor on technical issues, schedule and cost. I was the Technical Management Representative (TMR) for the design and construction section of the COSS contract and I evaluated the contractor's performance in these areas. I was the lead coordinator for the development of the Work Authorization Document (WAD) Tracking System software, which automates the project management process for facility work requests. I served as FED's primary representative for the Facility Maintenance portion of the Integrated Asset Management (IAM/SAP) effort on the JSC extended team.

  • Chief of the Mech., Civil and Arch. Branch

    • Feb 2002 - Jul 2002

    Acting Chief of the Mech., Civil and Arch. Branch: COD/FED 02/2002 - 07/2002I supervised and assigned Design, Construction, and Maintenance and Operations projects to my employees based on the employees' workload, discipline and expertise.

  • Special Assistant to the COD Director

    • Dec 2001 - Feb 2002

    Special Assistant to the COD Director (Rotation): COD/Directorate Office 12/2001 - 02/2002I acted as directorate communicator concerning Senior Staff and COD Managers' issues. I represented COD on the JSC Mentoring Committee. I served on the Energy Management Team and surveyed all NASA center's to determine how they were handling the sudden rise in energy costs. I developed an energy conservation plan, to help JSC curtail its rising energy costs to stay within budget. I assisted NASA Headquarters' Office of Space Flight (OSF) in developing the OSF Facility Areas of Expertise analysis.

  • Chairman of the Technical Source Evaluation Board

    • Jul 2001 - Feb 2002

    Chairman of the Technical Source Evaluation Board (SEB): COD/FED 07/2001 - 02/2002I coordinated the technical team's activities based on their areas of expertise in reviewing the technical proposals of the COSS bidders in regards to how well they met the requirements of the contract solicitation.

  • Project Manager

    • Sep 1988 - Jul 2001

    Project Manager: COD/Project Management Office (PMO) 09/1988 - 07/2001Served as project manager and contracting officer's technical representative (COTR) on a wide variety of facility modification projects, test systems, equipment modifications, and unique building designs. I served as PMO’s Safety Representative and CAD Drawing Coordinator. Developed overall project plans. Monitored and evaluated the performance of Architectural Engineer (A-E) design contractors and construction contractors. Initiated program and funding documents. Coordinated and prepared project reports, budgets, schedules, specifications, drawings, design analyses, and cost estimates.

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  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administr...

  • 200, 300, 400, EF & SCTF Area Branch Chief

    • 1988 - 2016
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  U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

  • 817 Taylor St., Fort Worth, Texas 76102

  • Mechanical Engineer

    • Jan 1984 - Sep 1988
    • 817 Taylor St., Fort Worth, Texas 76102

    I designed HVAC Duct and Hydronic Systems for technical laboratories, barracks, administration buildings, control towers, and other types of facilities at military bases. Designs also included fire protection systems, piping systems for water, natural gas and jet fuel distribution, sanitary sewer...

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  Drilco A Division of Smith International Inc.

  • 16740 Hardy Street Houston TX 77032

  • Associate Engineer / Technical Representative

    • Jan 1982 - Dec 1982
    • 16740 Hardy Street Houston TX 77032

    I gave seminars to oil companies on proper oil well drilling procedures. I designed bottom hole drilling assemblies for the wells of various oil companies. I advised drilling companies on the specifications of the American Petroleum Institute (API). As a "Troubleshooter" I solved drilli...