United States
I have more than 25 years of experience and my background spans the project lifecycle from business capture (including proposals and negotiations) to operations as well as the breadth of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems from optical payload and spacecraft development to ground systems, algorithm development, and data dissemination. Because I have specific experience in manufacturing spacecraft and weapons systems, I combine the ability to speak engineering with the skills of program management, which results in timely and efficient execution. I have managed CP, CPAF, CPAF/IF, FFP, and T&M contracts ranging in value from $250k to > $800M. My niche is in schedule executability analyses, risk management, contract negotiations, EVMS, and combining EVMS with blended waterfall and Agile methodologies. My deep experience as a systems engineer includes business development / proposals, system requirements review (SRR), preliminary design review (PDR), critical design review (CDR), manufacturing readiness review (MRR), Assembly, Integration, and Test (AIT), Verification and Validation (V&V), and operations. I have worked across subsystems and is familiar with space environments especially for their effect on optical systems and electrical systems.
Systems Engineering for the Mission 3 Lunar Lander
Systems Engineering contractor for ispace-US through Frontier Innovations: Working on the ispace-US Mission 3 lunar lander. This is a NASA CLPS contract for a lunar lander to bring a variety of payloads to the far side of the moon. Because it will not have line of sight from the landing site to the ground stations on earth, the project also includes the deployment of 2 relay satellites that will facilitate communications. Primary Systems team POC to the Avionics, Guidance Navigation & Control (GNC), Flight Software, Mission Design, Ground Software / Mission Operations, and RF Comms subsystems. Support includes requirements development, requirements management in Jira, supplier Statement of Work development, communications with the prime contractor, support to the Critical Design Review (CDR) and System Integration Review (SIR). Other responsibilities include development of the Integrated Master Schedule, process updates for requirement verification documentation and requirement waivers, update of the Systems Engineering Management Plan, developing the Materials & Processes (M&P) Plan, leading FDIR and FMEA for the lunar lander (Fault Detection, Isolation, and Recovery / Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) analyses plus writing FDIR requirements and other plans/products.
Orion's Belt Engineering is DBA Orion's Belt Aerospace in Alabama. https://www.obaero.com/ Registered in order to seek opportunities in the Huntsville DoD sector. The company was a member of HASBAT, NDIA TVC Chapter, WID, and The Catalyst Center. The name of the company changed because Alabama requires a registered PE on staff in order to offer engineering services.