Engineer Safety

OBJECTIVE: A system safety engineering position, which offers diverse

responsibilities supporting and working with a broad spectrum of science

and engineering disciplines with the opportunity to participate in problem

resolution, and research and development assignments.

Experience:

. Worked 14 years in NASA space flight industry

. Worked 3 years in the chemical plant industry

EDUCATION:

B.S., Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1988

Continuing Education: Reliability Prediction, Human Factors in Accident

Investigation, Design Reliability, Quality Engineering, System Safety, Root

Cause Analysis, Payload Safety Review & Analysis Course, Probability Risk

Assessment, and Project Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

March 2005 - September 2010

Sr. System Safety Engineer

Lockheed Martin, 595 Gemini, Houston, Texas 77058

Responsibilities include: Perform flight and hazard analyses on manned and

unmanned systems. Develops and reviews element and integrated system hazard

analyses. Review vehicle specifications, engineering drawings, technical

documentation, and changes. Review and provide input to FMEA/ CIL. Assess

safety impacts for launch, on-orbit, and ground operations in accordance

with NASA policies and procedures. Prepare System Safety Review Panel

(SSRP) presentations and participate in telecom and face-to-face meetings.

Establish safety requirements for assigned systems. Recommend safety

criteria in system design, equipment, and procedures to control or

eliminate hazards. Develop safety documents as required to support

customer and contract requirements. Perform integrated hazard assessment

for pressurized carriers, unpressurized carriers, and contractor-sustained

hardware, packed bags. Attend weekly US and Russian flight team meetings.

Interface frequently with diverse NASA customers to ensure effective and

open communication.

Served as Flight Lead for ISS Flight 10A

Served as Flight Lead for ISS Flight ULF4

Served as Flight Lead for ISS Soyuz Flight 24S

Served as Flight Lead for ISS Progress Flight 40P

Safety & Mission Assurance Certification of Flight Readiness (CoFR) Lead

November 2002 - October 2004

Payload Engineering & Integration

Cimarron, 1115 Gemini, Houston, Texas 77058

Responsibilities Include: Responsible for maintenance of the following

documents: SSP 57010, Pressurized Payloads Generic Payload Verification

Plan (GPVP), SSP 57011, Payload Verification Program Plan (PVPP), and SSP

57013, Generic Attached Payloads Verification Plan (GAPVP). The

verification engineer is also responsible for coordinating the review of

the Unique PVPs submitted by the Payload Developers (PD) and processing

verification data submitted by the PDs. At the completion of verification

activities for a Stage, the verification engineer is responsible for

generating the Stage Verification Report.

While these tasks are being preformed, the Flight Verification Engineer is

responsible for maintaining database: This involves the following

activities: Establishing Microsoft Access queues, updating tables,

reviewing Requirements Changes Assessment Reports (RCARs), writing RCARs as

required, reviewing and approving CEFs, preparing the presentation for the

current flight verification status which is presented to the weekly Payload

Engineering Control Panel (PECP). The Flight Verification Engineer is

responsible for establishing the Certification of Flight Readiness (CoFR)

report and presenting any issues and how they will be resolved.

July 2000 - November 2002

ISS GFE Facility and Payloads Safety & Mission Assurance Reliability

Engineer

SAIC, NASA Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Rd.1, Houston, TX 77058

Responsibilities Include: Performs many functions to assure safe and

successful space missions and provide recommendations for risk reductions:

Assure that appropriate requirements are defined and implemented for new

COTS programs and projects, participate in design activity, identify design

problems and provide design solutions or improvements, and assure that

hardware operational uses, operating limits, hazard controls, and fault

tolerance are verified prior to flight. Identify risk to program and

project management and provide options to mitigate risk.

Responsibilities also includes reviewing design analyses on medical

experiments/equipment subsystems in order to predict system

reliability/maintainability, determine critical failure modes, and identify

safety concerns, planning test activities such as component screen tests,

reliability demonstration tests, reliability environmental tests, as well

as system or part qualification tests. Also possess final responsibility

for verifying that this hardware passes such tests for the closure of this

space center's ISO 9000 certification process for space flight as per the

NASA JSC's SR&QA Division in support of the International Space Station

(ISS) and the Space Shuttle (STS) programs. Major Project: multi-million

dollar Human Research Facility (HRF) science support project (first

facility class payload of its kind) to be installed in the U.S. Laboratory

as part of the ISS. Also responsible for operational control safety

procedures training and implementation for department

November 1996 - July 2000

ISS GFE Payloads EEE Parts Reliability & Assurance Engineer

SAIC, NASA Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Rd.1, Houston, TX 77058

Responsibilities: Perform electrical, electronic, and electromechanical

parts assessment for the international space station COTS government

furnished projects / NASA hardware, Responsible for 20+ projects. Review

requirements' documents, EEE parts lists, EEE parts stress analysis,

manufacturers' specifications and research information pertinent to the

certification of flight readiness of hardware. Support design reviews,

hardware meetings, and EEE parts' control board. Represent Parts

Engineering & Analysis at the GFE Integration Panel.

Establish status reports for the Parts Control Board. Designed report

template for Parts Engineering & Analysis's certification of flight

readiness verification. Assisted with the design of the parts hardware

matrix and continues revisions as needed, Assigned to the following teams:

Computer Ergonomics, Human Factors in Accident Investigation, and SAIC

SR&QA Safety Committee.

March 1993 - November 1996

Plant Marine Traffic DCS Operator

Formosa Plastics Corp., 201 Formosa Dr., Point Comfort, TX 77978

Responsibilities Include: Coordinate, expedite and keep track of all

incoming and outgoing shipments of products (Hydrocarbons and caustic soda

(NaOH)) transferred between Formosa and its customers, and Formosa and its

suppliers. Designed screen layouts for the Distributive Control System

(DCS)

Performed "lockout"/"tagout" on equipment not suited for operation,

Reviewed MSDSs, Performed PH readings on tanks, barges, ships, and any

plant location to determine safe environments for personnel, prepared

systems for product transfers to other areas of plant and/or barges /

ships.

Revised and updated standard operating procedures (SOPs) for systems within

department, Operated pumps, valves and incinerator system for ethylene

dichloride (EDC), Cleared pipelines and tanks of products for repair,

Selected as Lead operator for the "tank farm.", Gave presentations and

reports on procedure changes and new equipment, as well as, presented daily

reports upon shift change.

HONORS:

Received the following honors:

. "the Texas A&M University Minority Leadership Award" in 1988,

. "An Accommodation" for taking on additional responsibilities in

position of Distribution Control Operator (DCS) for Formosa Plastics

Corp.

. in 1994, SAIC "SR&QA Environmental Compliance Health & Safety Award"

. in 1999 and 2000 for outstanding contributions to safety and health,

SAIC SR&QA "Outstanding Performance Award"

. in 2000 for outstanding effort and dedication, SAIC S&MA "Bravo

Awards"

. in 2001 for exceptional performance of the Operation Control

Agreement Document (OCAD) database and ensuring that the Life Sciences

Human Research Facility (HRF) BCSS Project proceed through the

certification process in a timely manner with very little turn-around

time,

. The "Achievement Award" for continued Boeing Payload Engineering

Integration quality verification support in 2003 the "Appreciation

Award" for Boeing Shuttle Cargo Integration Safety in 2004.

. In October 2007, received the "Spot Award" for work completed on

Flight 13A.1 and assuming added responsibility to support NASA

customer action team

. Received recognition from management for position of ULF4 Flight Lead

in June 2010

. Completed the system safety analysis for the Heater Rejection

Subsystem Radiator (HRSR) team members that were recognized with the

highest Lockheed Martin company award in July 2010

SERVICE:

. From 1996 - 2001 served as SR&QA EEE Parts Safety Monitor & Fire

Warden

. From 2006 - 2010, served as member of the CMC Diversity Council

. 2007 - serve on the CMC Safety Committee

. From 2009 - 2010 - served as CMC Diversity Council Lead

The references listed below include former managers, leads, and co-workers.

Pam Branch

NASA GIDEP

GIDEP Alerts Focal

NASA - Houston, Texas

Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Houston, Texas, 77058

E-mail: ***.******-*@****.***

Work: 281-***-****

Don Kilbourn

Safety & Mission Assurance (S&MA) Manager

Lockheed Martin Cargo Mission Contract

595 Gemini Street

Houston, Texas 77058

E-mail: ***.********@****.***

Work: 281-***-****

Dan Porter

System Safety Lead

Cargo Mission Contract

Bastion/ Lockheed Martin

595 Gemini Street

Houston, Texas 77058

E-mail: ******.******@****.***

Work: 281-***-****

Clint Thornton

Reliability & Maintainability Manger

Lockheed Martin Cargo Mission Contract

595 Gemini Street

Houston, Texas 77058

E-mail: *****.********@****.***

Work: 281-***-****

Mobile: 713-***-****

Michael Defrancis

Senior EEE Parts Engineer

SAIC Corporation

Houston, Texas 77058

E-mail: *******.*.**********@****.***

Work: 281-***-****

Tom Tinsler

Ground Safety Review Panel (GSRP) Safety Engineer

NASA - Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Kennedy Space Center Fla.

***.*******@****.***

Work: 321-***-****

Additional references available upon request

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