Experience

Spaced Ventures

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor

  • May 2022 - Present

  Advise Spaced Ventures on the viability and alignment of deep tech startup companies looking to engage the Spaced Ventures Crowdsourcing funding platform. Advise Spaced Ventures on the viability and alignment of deep tech startup companies looking to engage the Spaced Ventures Crowdsourcing funding platform.



NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jul 2021 - Present

• • Sep 2020 - Jul 2021

  Create and enhance mechanisms that allow NASA to engage and leverage the private innovation ecosystem.



NASA Glenn Research Center

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Aug 2018 - Present

• • Aug 2017 - Aug 2018

  I try to maximize the the benefit that NASA technology has here on earth. This is done through a combination of Technology Transfer, Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Contracts, Partnerships, and Technical Consultations.

• • Dec 2009 - Aug 2017

  Design, fabrication, and testing of dynamic power conversion systems for both science and human exploration missions. Projects included Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator (ASRG), Affordable Fission Surface Power Systems (AFSPS), and Kilopower



QinetiQ US

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

• Mechanical Engineer

  • Nov 2007 - Dec 2009

  Development of Stirling and Brayton power conversion systems for space applications Development of Stirling and Brayton power conversion systems for space applications



Case Western reserve University

• Cleveland, Ohio

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Jan 2006 - Nov 2007