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Program Area Manager
  • BS, Electrical Engineering
    1984, Univeristy of Maryland
  • MS, Electrical Engineering
    1987, The Johns Hopkins University

Program Area Manager with over 35 years of experience in developing space and terrestrial high reliability systems.  Have held positions as program manager, proposal manager, line manager, systems engineer, subsystem lead engineer, box-level lead engineer, board-level lead engineer, and lead electromagnetic compatibility engineer, often with concurrent assignments.  Highly motivated and persistent problem solver.  Adept at bringing clarity, organization, collaboration, expertise, and insightful observations to bear on challenging management and technical problems.

Notable Awards and Leadership

Year(s) Description
1992-2019 Two patents, and eleven NASA, SDIO, and BMDO Group and Individual Achievement Awards.

Scholarly Publications

Double Asteroid Redirection Test: The Earth Strikes Back

2019 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2019
, (2019), Double Asteroid Redirection Test: The Earth Strikes Back, 2019 IEEE Aerospace Conference

Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) Investigation: Design of the Solar Wind and Coronal Plasma Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus

Space Science Reviews, 2016
, (2016), Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) Investigation: Design of the Solar Wind and Coronal Plasma Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus, Space Science Reviews

An advanced synthesized ultra-stable oscillator for spacecraft applications

2005 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2005
, (2005), An advanced synthesized ultra-stable oscillator for spacecraft applications, 2005 IEEE Aerospace Conference

A flexible, transceicver-based RF communications system for small satellites

Acta Astronautica, 2003
, (2003), A flexible, transceicver-based RF communications system for small satellites, Acta Astronautica

In-flight contour radiometric performance

2003 IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings (Cat. No.03TH8652), 2003
, (2003), In-flight contour radiometric performance, 2003 IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings (Cat. No.03TH8652)

Advances in deep-space telecommunications technology at the Applied Physics Laboratory

Acta Astronautica, 2003
, (2003), Advances in deep-space telecommunications technology at the Applied Physics Laboratory, Acta Astronautica

A space-qualified frequency synthesizer

Proceedings of the 45th Annual Symposium on Frequency Control 1991, 1991
, (1991), A space-qualified frequency synthesizer, Proceedings of the 45th Annual Symposium on Frequency Control 1991

A production 30-kW, L-band solid-state transmitter

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, 1989
, (1989), A production 30-kW, L-band solid-state transmitter, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Solid-State Transmitter/Modulator for the Mode Select Airport Beacon System Sensor

1987 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, 1987
, (1987), Solid-State Transmitter/Modulator for the Mode Select Airport Beacon System Sensor, 1987 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

A two-way noncoherent ranging technique for deep space missions

Proceedings, IEEE Aerospace Conference,

The CONTOUR radio communications system

2001 IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings (Cat. No.01TH8542),

Autonomous characterization of clock drift for timescale improvement at the AHU/APL time and frequency laboratory

Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium and Exposition, 2005.,

Examination of detailed frequency behavior of quartz resonators under low dose exposures to proton radiation

Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium and Exposition, 2004.,