Experience

Evergreen Climate Innovations

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

• Venture Associate

  • Jul 2022 - Present



SpaceX

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

• Technical Project Lead - Laser Communications

  • Feb 2019 - Jul 2022

  ● Product manager for the development of a state-of-the-art free-space optical communication system ● Created various command media at program kick-off to define the product, including design criteria and interface control documentation for external parties● Responsible for schedule creation and upkeep, along with day-to-day planning and team communication throughout all phases of development life cycle. Extended from preliminary design reviews through to final delivery● Managed international supply base from contract creation and requirement reviews for custom opto-mechanical hardware● Triaged and managed resolution of several issues for a variety of mechanical, electrical and optical engineering tasks identified throughout hardware and software development efforts● Organized validation activities with the goal to burn down technical risk for the system as quickly as possible● Communicated regular updates to executive internal management and external stakeholders● Successfully convinced executive management on price and market penetration targets for future generation hardware Show less

• Technical Project Lead - Falcon Avionics

  • Mar 2016 - Feb 2019

  ● Program manager of all harnessing and avionics components of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle● Managed vehicle configuration through three major ‘block upgrades’, culminating in the 5th generation vehicle capable of flying astronauts for NASA and specialized Air Force payloads● Drove 40+ product development cycles, reporting on key metrics for program such as schedules, progress against design goals, resource requirements, and reliability; key decision maker on architectural and product trade-offs● Oversaw programmatic improvements in architecture that reduced avionics mass by 8% and identified risks by 20%● Presented regular updates to executive management on state and progress of Falcon avionics systems. ● Served as brand ambassador for avionics to other engineering departments, production, mission management and external customers● Created and presented a project management training module for all engineers in order to systematically improve schedule certainty, requirements gathering and budgetary constraints Show less

• Lead Production Scheduler - Avionics

  • Sep 2013 - Mar 2016

  • Was the first and, for a time, only member of Production Control in Avionics department• Established relationships, and understanding of responsibilities, with production department, process engineers and purchasing – negotiated niche for production control functionality• Extensive effort in correcting mBOM, lead times and master schedule to have MRP data become usable• Created process for defining the stages of a part through its life cycle, and assigning ownership of responsibilities to the appropriate parties – owner of the demand planning handoff process• Conducted capacity planning schedule for the Avionics harnessing floor – first department in SpaceX to have accurate comprehensive capacity planning, which led to proactive and efficient production scheduling• Data mined extensively to create monthly usage figures for commonly used components – provided purchasing with the information required in order to establish LTAs with vendors• Managed team of demand planners and expeditors on the floor to ensure production flow was efficient and ahead of the integration schedule within 4 months of being assigned to the Avionics department Show less

• Demand Planner - Production Control

  • Oct 2012 - Sep 2013

  • Managed production of majority of Composites and Avionics assemblies within Dragon spacecraft• Analyzed future demand to ensure parts shortages were non-existent and did not hinder production• Coordinated activities of buyers, process engineers and technicians to ensure assemblies met schedule• Increased inventory return (in terms of profit) on one of the assemblies I managed• Key player in producing a revamped version of one of the most widely used report systems



Chimu Solutions

• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Individual Contributor

  • Jul 2011 - Mar 2012

  -One of seven employees at startup focused on quantitative analysis of professional soccer. -Worked on increasing exposure of company to potential clients (i.e. MLS teams). -Increased readership of company blog and Twitter account by over 600% -Participated in product development - high-level functional capabilities that would improve the product for our customers. -One of seven employees at startup focused on quantitative analysis of professional soccer. -Worked on increasing exposure of company to potential clients (i.e. MLS teams). -Increased readership of company blog and Twitter account by over 600% -Participated in product development - high-level functional capabilities that would improve the product for our customers.



Accenture

• Ireland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern - Systems Integration

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  -Assisted in development of application for client in financial services industry. -Contributed to both functional and technical sides of building the web-based application - all-inclusive app designed for use by customers as well as employees of client. -Coordinated with various team LEADs to ensure that the product was consistent throughout its different phases and areas. -Developed defect tests and compiled reports, used data to forecast where future issues might occur. -Assisted in development of application for client in financial services industry. -Contributed to both functional and technical sides of building the web-based application - all-inclusive app designed for use by customers as well as employees of client. -Coordinated with various team LEADs to ensure that the product was consistent throughout its different phases and areas. -Developed defect tests and compiled reports, used data to forecast where future issues might occur.