CV: Manager, Payload Subcontract Engineering
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Date Submitted: | 24-08-2008 |
Last Modified: | 24-08-2008 (05:40) |
CV
Summary
➢ Engineering Manager with over 20 years experience in communications satellite payload and equipment design, manufacture and test.
➢ Responsible for the procurement (technical, cost and schedule compliance) for all microwave communications equipment for satellite payloads at SS/L totaling approximately $100M/year.
➢ Extensive International experience managing equipment and payload subsystems from suppliers in Europe, Japan and Canada.
➢ Strong leadership and people skills, demonstrated success in programmatic / technical issue resolution.
➢ Dual citizenship: U.S. and Australia
➢ BE Electrical Engineering, University of NSW Australia, 1984; MBA, Santa Clara University, CA 1998.
1996–Present Space Systems Loral Palo Alto, California Manager, Payload Subcontract Engineering
➢ Manager of a team of 20+ people responsible for all technical and programmatic aspects in the procurement of all microwave communications equipment for satellite payloads at SS/L.
➢ Specific equipment types include LNAs, Upconverters, Downconverters, Channel Amplifiers, Command Receivers, Telemetry Transmitters, SSPA’s, Input and Output Multiplexers, RF Switches, Isolators and other ancillary items procured from the suppliers ComDev, EADs, EMS, FEI, FMC, L3 Narda, Lucix, Merrimac, Mier, Norspace, NTSpace, Rymsa, SAAB, SMT, TAS France, TAS Spain, TAS Italy and TESAT.
➢ Cost Account Manager for all direct procurement costs and associated internal SS/L support labor
➢ Support proposal activities by providing technical expertise on heritage, current and future technologies
➢ Member of the senior committee that defines make/buy and source selection for procured payload hardware
➢ Ensure compliance of all supplier technical reviews (design, manufacturing, test readiness,..),supporting analyses and data. Coordinate with other disciplines within SS/L the resolution of non-conformances.
➢ Provide technical expertise in support of system level ground and in-orbit troubleshooting
1990–1996 INTELSAT Washington, DC Senior RF and Microwave Engineer
➢ Resident senior engineer responsible for guaranteeing technical and schedule compliance of RF subsystem for the following spacecraft payloads:
• 1/94 to 3/96. Lockheed Martin (NJ), INTELSAT 8
• 4/91 to 1/94. Space Systems Loral and Alcatel Toulouse (France), INTELSAT 7 and INTELSAT 7A 1985–1990 AUSSAT (now Optus) Sydney, Australia Senior Analyst, Payload Engineering
➢ 1988 to 1990. Member of the resident program office at Hughes Aircraft, Los Angeles, responsible for monitoring all aspects of the repeater and antenna subsystems of the AUSSAT B spacecraft.
➢ Participated in the evaluation and negotiation of the AUSSAT B satellites. Provided link analysis support for customer engineering. Commissioned antenna beam shaping software. |
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