Experience

United Space Alliance

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

• Engineering Staff 5

  • Jun 1996 - Jul 2011

  Cape Canaveral, FL •Electrical/Avionics Backup Point of Contact for Columbia Recovery team. •Involved in 35+ launches of the Space Shuttle for Data Processing Systems (DPS). •DPS Representative to management launch support team. •Subject matter expert to two Lean 6 Sigma Teams. •Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Procedure Development Team for implementation of Emergency Mission Control Center (EMCC) by KSC. •Participated in EMCC activation validation simulations. •Responsible for configuration control… Show more •Electrical/Avionics Backup Point of Contact for Columbia Recovery team. •Involved in 35+ launches of the Space Shuttle for Data Processing Systems (DPS). •DPS Representative to management launch support team. •Subject matter expert to two Lean 6 Sigma Teams. •Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Procedure Development Team for implementation of Emergency Mission Control Center (EMCC) by KSC. •Participated in EMCC activation validation simulations. •Responsible for configuration control of on-orbit documentation required by the DPS (JSC) EMCC team. •DPS System Administrator for the Space Shuttle Engineering Knowledge Base knowledge retention system. •Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation Team DPS lead. •DPS Category 1 Document Evaluation Restructure (CDER) lead overseeing conversion of Work Authoring And Validation Environment (WAVE) documents for CDER. •Trained in the Kepner-Tregoe Problem Solving/Analysis Techniques System. •DPS Checkout & Launch Control System (CLCS) team lead for software requirements development for the DPS software conversion to object oriented code. •WAVE Documentum supervision lead and DPS WAVE instructor. •Work Preparation Support System-Paper Optional Working Environment (WPSS-PWE) DPS system lead. •Responsible for the overseeing of 14 engineers efforts in converting Operation And Maintenance Instructions (OMI'S) to a paper optional working environment format. •DPS representative to the International Space Station Processing Integration Team. •DPS liaison to the X-33 Design And Development Team. •DPS lead to the Automated Power Up/Down Integrated Product Team (IPT) for a new Launch Processing System (LPS). •DPS lead responsible for requirements definition for DPS Applications Software development for a new LPS for the DPS/INS/EPD IPT. •Baseline Configuration (BCA) and Resource (RC) for DPS. •DPS representative to the Operation And Maintenance Requirements Specifications (OMRSD) replatform team. Show less



Lockheed Martin / United Space Alliance

• Engineering Staff 4

  • Feb 1982 - Jun 1996

  •Responsible for making launch decisions using recommendations from the Launch Management Team, as well as acting as a liaison between DPS and the Launch Management Team during Space Shuttle launches. •Responsible for providing inputs to OMI's for DPS. •Responsible for making inputs to management on technical policy making decisions. •Responsible for impacting proposed Space Shuttle Orbiter hardware/software modifications and OMRSD changes. •Responsible for representing DPS in… Show more •Responsible for making launch decisions using recommendations from the Launch Management Team, as well as acting as a liaison between DPS and the Launch Management Team during Space Shuttle launches. •Responsible for providing inputs to OMI's for DPS. •Responsible for making inputs to management on technical policy making decisions. •Responsible for impacting proposed Space Shuttle Orbiter hardware/software modifications and OMRSD changes. •Responsible for representing DPS in integrated technical discussions. •Responsible for changes and GOAL (Ground Operations Aerospace Language) software updates to the DPS Launch Sequence Control program for Space Shuttle launches. •Responsible for impacting proposed Space Shuttle Orbiter hardware/software modifications and OMRSD changes. •Responsible for providing inputs to OMI's for DPS. •Responsible for representing DPS in integrated technical discussions. •Responsible for changes and software (GOAL) updates to the DPS Launch Sequence Control program for Space Shuttle launches. •Responsible for reviewing troubleshooting plans for technical content and viability. •Responsible for reviewing and classifying OMI's and troubleshooting plans for Department of Defense (DOD) paper. •Provided departmental DOD security as a Security Review Coordinator for DPS DOD operations. •Provided DPS classified inputs to DOD OMI's. •Lead Engineer for computer side of DPS. •Flow lead for several Space Shuttle launches. •Responsible for advanced planning and scheduling. •Responsible for changes and software (GOAL) updates to the DPS Launch Sequence Control program for Space Shuttle launches. •Responsible for reviewing and classifying OMI's and troubleshooting plans for DOD paper. •Provided departmental DOD security as a for primarily DPS DOD operations. •Provided DPS classified inputs to DOD OMI's. Show less



Rockwell International

• Member of Technical Staff III

  • Dec 1980 - Feb 1984

  Kennedy Space Center, FL •Responsible for test development and prelaunch checkout for DPS. •Responsible for advanced planning and scheduling. •Single point contact and launch team member for DPS during two Shuttle processing flows.