SOFTWARE SKILLS:

MS Office Suite, MS Project, Visio, and Windows operating systems.

SPECIALIZED TRAINING:

NASA Root Cause Analysis Training (satisfies NPR 8621.1B) 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Jacobs Engineering Technology, Houston, TX           (ESCG Contract)                    2005 – 9/2012

System Management / Program Management / Problem Resolution & Disposition

• Provided systems and safety engineering oversight for hardware developed for the Flight Crew Systems (FCS) System.
• Dispositioned PRACAs (Problem Reporting And Corrective Action) per SSP 30223, FIARs (Failure Investigation and Action Report) per JSC 28035 , GIDEP (Government-Industry Data Exchange Program) notices, and CRs (Change Requests) on time.
• Mentored engineers on FIAR and PRACA methodology and documentation.
• Tracked and maintained Metrics on SPRT, FIAR, and GIDEP notices.
• Administered the FCS SPRT (System Problem Resolution TEAM) and FCS WG.
• Certified to operate the FCS/FCE Console in the Mission Evaluation Room (MER).
• Mentored two succeeding replacement NASA FCS System Managers.

Bastion Technologies, Houston, TX         (SEAT Contract)                                            2001 – 2005

System Management / Program Management / Problem Resolution & Disposition

• Assembled and supervised the FCS System Management Team with the newly appointed NASA FCS System Manager. 
• Developed and administered the FCS System Problem Resolution Team (SPRT) in accordance with MGT-OA-018, “ISS System Problem Resolution Team (SPRT) Work Instruction”.
• Developed and administered the FCS Working Group.
• Provided systems and safety engineering oversight during all phases of hardware development for the Flight Crew Systems hardware in accordance with engineering work instruction EA-WI-023.
• Dispositioned PRACAs per SSP 30223, FIARs per JSC 28035 , GIDEP notices, and CRs on time.
• Certified to operate the FCS/FCE Console in the Mission Evaluation Room (MER).
• Represented FCS before various boards. 

Consultant  (Self employed), Huntsville, AL                                                                  2000 – 2001

• Prepared technical evaluation packages on equipment, components and parts for a major electrical Nuclear Power utility.

RCM Technologies, Power Systems Services, Huntsville, AL                                                1996 – 2000

Site Program Supervisor / Test Lab Developer / Internal QA Auditor

• Rewrote and updated software QA procedures.
• Performed internal QA Audits on the data in their Qualist Database.
• Continued supervision of an onsite team of 5 engineers at a Canadian Nuclear Power utility.
• Provided technical direction and scheduling on a six million dollar re-cabling project.

United Energy Services Corporation (UESC), Huntsville, AL                                      1992 – 1996

Site Program Supervisor / Test Lab Developer

• Site Program Supervisor for an onsite team of 5 engineers at a Canadian Nuclear Power utility.
• Provided technical direction and scheduling on a six million dollar re-cabling project.
• Upgraded the utility’s test lab and established a test program to qualify electrical cable for use in hazardous conditions in their nuclear power plants.
• Site Program Supervisor for a US Nuclear Power Utility:
• Successfully embedded and supervised a team at a US Nuclear Power utility in assessing materials, components, parts and maintenance and purchasing requirements on safety critical hardware.

Digital Engineering, Inc., Huntsville, AL                                                                          1986 - 1991

Site Program Supervisor / Test Lab Developer / QA Program Specialist

• Expanded a US electric Nuclear Power utility’s test laboratory’s capabilities to include qualification testing on components and materials for hazardous locations in their Nuclear Power plants.
• Certified equipment for use in hazardous conditions in Nuclear Power plants.
• Wrote and installed a Quality Assurance Program for hardware testing at a Canadian Nuclear Power utility’s test laboratory which met the US NRC 10CFR50, Appendix B quality requirements, and trained the QA Manager. 

PUBLICATIONS:

• JSC 28035, Program Problem Reporting And Corrective Action Requirements For Johnson Space Center Government Furnished Equipment:  Rewrote portions of this document.
• Principal Author of IEEE STD 535-1979, IEEE Standard for Qualification of Class 1E Lead Storage Batteries for Nuclear Power Generating Stations. 

AWARDS:

• NASA JSC Group Achievement Award to the CIRD (Common Interface Requirements Document) Team (International Space Station Program)
• NASA JSC Group Achievement Award to Shuttle Flight Crew Systems Team 

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio. 

CERTIFICATIONS:

Mission Evaluation Room (MER) console certified (Engineering back up to Mission Control). 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE).  Life Member with membership since 1973. Active member of the Battery Working Group from 1974 – 1981.