Quality Assurance Engineer

BENJAMIN LEE

EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Results driven executive professional with engineering background along with 12+ years of experience in the aerospace, defense and government sectors. Also have solid business acumen and analytical expertise to address national and global market-related issues and opportunities.

Industry specific research and analysis of customer and market requirements

Strategic business development, partnerships & alliances Client relationship management

Project planning and management

Feasibility/Cost Estimates Analysis

Presentation creation and delivery

WORK EXPERIENCE

EIM Sensor Herndon, VA 12/09 – Present

Vice President Business Operations

Create Business Strategy plans for government contracts and future opportunities which includes, cost rate structure design and analysis of cost proposals. Review and develop policies and procedures related to contracts and pricing. Lead and mentor national and international contracts and proposals staff. Work with senior executives, partners and clients to jointly coordinate strategic and tactical marketing and other project efforts.

Coordinate strategic/tactical plans and oversee the Federal sales and proposal management

Prepare Disclosure Statements and interpret Cost Accounting Standards and Federal Acquisition Regulations to other senior executives and partners.

Responsible for preparation and negotiation of cost adjustments and other claims

Provide analysis of Request for Proposals and Requests for Quotes

Designed EIM Sensor’s Accounting Systems and put together an implementation plan

Addressed government compliance issues related to the Service Contract Act

GeoEye Dulles, VA 7/03 – 12/09

Senior Mission Engineer

Managed satellite operations personnel on mission systems. Created companywide quality assurance and management program. Supported national and international customers.

Managed satellite operations personnel on the mission collection system and flight dynamics system for constellation of GeoEye satellites.

Provided marketing and mission analysis for all GeoEye satellites to National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and regional distributors worldwide.

Oversaw NGA Service Level Agreement with GeoEye - $12.5M in monthly revenue

Supported in proposals for national and international contracts.

Established companywide quality assurance and management program helping to increased product quality of GeoEye-1 cloud cover assessment by 10% over two years

SPARTA Inc. Arlington, VA 12/01 – 7/03

Systems Analyst

Gained face to face interaction experience with the government customer supporting Missile Defense Agency on Space Based Infra Red Systems satellites.

Performed systems engineering and technical assistance support for Missile Defense Agency on Space Based Infra Red Systems satellites.

Conducted multiple space environment related analysis.

Created multiple briefings using Satellite Tool Kit (STK) for presentations to MDA.

Assisted in creating and testing of CERA program tool for analysis.

Developed the skill to create software program to meet the need of an analysis.

ORBIMAGE Corporation Dulles, VA 8/01 – 10/01

Spacecraft Systems Engineer

Responsible for analysis and maintenance of all Orbiew-2 satellite space and ground systems.

Performed daily analysis and maintenance for all Orbiew-2 space and ground systems.

Performed spacecraft commanding, telemetry data collecting, and daily planning of spacecraft activities.

Honeywell Technology Solutions Incorporated Greenbelt, MD 1/00 – 6/01

Flight Dynamics Analyst

In charge of the orbital maintenance of Landsat-7 satellite and technical support at NASA.

Performed orbit determination and maneuver planning for Landsat-7 at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Responsible for maintaining the orbit of $641M Landsat-7 for USGS and NASA

Interacted with TDRSS and Wallops ground station for scheduling spacecraft’s passes.

Supported international ground stations, well as domestic ground stations, in data handling and trouble shooting.

Analytic Service (ANSER) Incorporated Arlington, VA 5/98 – 1/00

Associate Spacecraft Systems Engineer

Performed systems engineering and technical assistance support for Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.

Conducted propulsion systems analysis on military (and future commercial) space plane for the U.S. Air Force

Investigated for the U.S. Air Force Transitioning Space Technology Study.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, Pennsylvania State University 8/06 – 6/08

Smeal School of Business, University Park, PA

Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University 8/94 – 5/98

Aerospace Engineering, University Park, PA

GOVERNMENT CLEARANCE

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