About The Owner

Senior Executive Service (SES) leader of diverse, high-performing organizations, successfully navigating change, driving innovation, and delivering results

• Director of Engineering, Safety, and Mission Assurance

• Director of Strategy at two NASA Research and Development Centers

Director of Strategy at two NASA Research Centers 

• Demonstrated skill in developing high-impact strategic analyses and decision frameworks to guide multi-billion-dollar investments

• Senior contributor to national-level strategic initiatives, responding to domestic policy changes, commercial market trends, and global collaborative interests

• Creative leadership for successful risk-based solutions that bridge science, technology, operational, and political needs

Deep Technical Excellence and Program Experience

• ​X-43 Hypersonic Flight Research and Development

• Space Shuttle Return-to-Flight 

• Space Launch and Entry Systems 

• Remote Sensing and Planetary Landing Systems 

• Robotic Planetary Exploration Missions

• Space Assembly and Manufacturing 

• Innovative Small Satellite, ISS, and Hosted Payloads

Innovator for New Approaches for Ideas, Concepts, and Technologies

• ​Pioneering advocate for digital technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), and agile project/engineering methods

• Groundbreaking public-private and cross-agency partnerships

• Successful program advocacy to move ideas to deployment

Recognized Senior Contributor to the Global Aerospace Community

• Impactful national strategy contributions in Hypersonics, Space Transportation, Robotic Space Missions, Moon-to-Mars Exploration

• Demonstrated effectiveness in communicating with agency senior leaders, political stakeholders, and the public

• Trusted networks across public and private sector interests

• Record of peer-reviewed journal articles, technical reports, conference papers, and presentations

• International Astronautical Federation Technical Committee member