Professional Work

My professional journey has taken me from supporting shuttle launches to designing aircraft structures, developing flight simulators, and ultimately to leading mission-critical systems at NASA-JPL.

I bring that same systems thinking to my work in the games industry today.

This gallery showcases projects that have shaped my path.

  • STS-116

    Launch & Orbiter Process Engineer

  • STS-117

    STS-117

    Launch & Orbiter Process Engineer

  • Citation CJ4

    Citation CJ4

    Mechanical & Electrical Engineer
    (Avionics)

  • BIT-STABLE

    Mission Operations &
    Ground Data Systems Engineer

  • LISA Pathfinder

    Deputy Mission Operations Manager

  • Juno

    Mission Operations &
    Ground Data Systems Engineer

  • InSight Lander

    Mission Operations &
    Ground Data Systems Engineer

  • Europa Clipper

    Mission Operations
    Systems Architect

  • Mars 2020 (Perseverance Rover)

    Mission Operations
    Engineering Lead (V&V)

  • Explore Mars: A Mars Rover Game

    Voice Actor

  • Deep Space Network

    Engineering Manager

  • AMMOS

    AMMOS

    Engineering Manager

  • Marvel SNAP

    Product Manager,
    Technical Producer

Notable Awards & Recognitions

  • For support of Lean 6 Sigma Green & Black Belt projects improving operational efficiency for field technicians and engineers. (2007)

  • For work in Automated Flight Control Systems integration assemblies for prototype testing and gen1 CJ4 Aircraft. (2008)

  • For achievement in successful insertion of the Juno spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter. (2017)

  • For excellence in development of operational processes and flight products for the InSight Mars Lander project. (2019)

  • Leadership award of the Mars 2020 Verification & Validation (V&V) team and development and execution of plan towards launch operational readiness of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover ops team. (2020)

Papers

A Model-Based Approach To
Mission Operations Design

[Co-authored, AIAA 2014] Describes an approach to incorporating Model-Based Systems Engineering as a way to streamline development, and how to build a model consisting of core resources, such as requirements and interfaces, that can be adapted and used by flight projects.

A Structured, Model-Based Systems Engineering Methodology for Operations System Design

[Co-authored, AIAA 2016] Describes the application of Model-Based Systems Engineering techniques to operations design, demonstrating an approach of reducing of cost and risk during the early design phases of spaceflight missions.

Selected in the inclusion of the book aggregating the best ops papers from 2016: Space Operations: Contributions from the Global Community.

Education

Bachelors of Science in Aerospace Engineering
Minor: Mathematics

Masters of Science in Computer Science
Specialization: Software Engineering