EDUCATION

Currently certified for NASA-STD-****.*, NASA-STD-8739.4, ANSI-ESD S20.20, IPC J-STD-001GS and clean room access.

Completed six management courses and nine equipment maintenance courses, USAF

Two semesters Electronic Engineering, Ohio Institute of Technology

Two semesters Electronic Technician Program, Ryder Institute of Technology

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

For the past forty-eight years, I have worked on satellite ground stations and satellite designs. The ground station experience ranged from single & dual terminal earth stations to complex multi-terminal TT&C stations. This experience included installation & test, to operation & maintenance. My experience on the satellite side includes harness design, integration & test, launch support & post launch support.

EXPERIENCE

11/88-Present Peraton – formerly NGIS-Technical Services Division, Orbital-ATK, OSC, CTA and DSI

Harness Design & Test Engineer. Since being assigned to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), I have worked on the Wide Field Camera (WFC-3) Stimulus by designing and testing the harness prior to delivery to GSFC for the Hubble Project. Then I moved on to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Project, followed by ASTRO-H, DPP, ICESat-2/ATLAS, Landsat-9/TIRS-2, OSAM-1 testbeds and MSR-CCRS. On MSR-CCRS, my responsibilities included the design of testbed, engineering test unit (ETU) and flight harnesses, plus supporting the fabrication and test efforts. As part of the design, I was responsible for identifying the materials used in the fabrication by specifying the parts list, ensuring the materials meet flight requirements and coordinating with the MSR-CCRS Parts Engineer. Since the spacecraft was weight critical, all materials had to be the lightest but still NASA qualified. I also worked very closely with a few of the component venders, coordinating new designs and requirements to suit the needs and requirements of MSR-CCRS.

In addition to the work at GSFC, I have worked on STEP Missions 0, 1, 3 and 4, and Orbview-3, all of which were LEO (Low Equilateral Orbit) satellites. Beginning with STEP Mission 3, I was designated as the Harness Lead. When NGIS began marketing GEO (geo-synchronous) satellites with INDOSTAR and then BSAT (2A, 2B & 2C), I was given the opportunity to lead the harness design on a larger scale.

I have participated in the IOT (in-orbit testing) of three of the NGIS GEO satellites, confirming the proper operation of the satellites after launch, prior to customer acceptance. For INDOSTAR, I continued as operations support at the Jakarta TT&C station, for six months after launch.

12/87-11/88 Acoustic Technologies, Inc.

Field Service Technician. Installed and serviced early warning siren systems at nuclear power and chemical plants. Equipment included UHF mobile radios, CPU driven multiplexers and computerized command centrals.

2/87-12/87 TAD Technical, Inc.

Test Technician. Tested electronic subassemblies for aircraft missile launchers. Was also responsible for on-site calibration of test equipment.

2/85-2/87 Fairchild Communications and Electronics Company

Field Engineering Representative. Integrated, installed and tested satellite earth station equipment ranging from baseband to RF components. Reviewed and red-lined all documentation, plus completed field service of warranted equipment.

8/83-2/85 GTE Spacenet Corporation

Senior TT&C Technician. Operated and maintained a satellite earth station complex for the purpose of receiving and processing spacecraft telemetry. Including the operation of frequency converters, amplifiers, RF switching, LNA’s and control and monitor systems. I also monitored satellite channels for Satellite Services and wrote preventative maintenance procedures.

10/75-3/83 U.S. Air Force Communications Command, Grade E-6 AFCN 30476

Satellite Earth Station Technician/Supervisor. Operated, maintained and modified satellite earth stations. Troubleshot and repaired electronic assemblies, established and corrected maintenance procedures, researched and cross-referenced replacement parts, and maintained technical publication libraries.