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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:

1978-79; Scientist Office of Space Science, NASA-HQ. Responsible for reviewing, categorizing and summarizing all proposals for the first dedicated space and life sciences spacelab (SLS-1).
1979-1989; Supervisor Flight Planning & Expert Systems; Mission Integration Office; Johnson
Space Flight Center. Responsible for developing the detailed crew/operational flight plans and software tools for the SLS-1 mission. Personally developed the unique 39 degree Shuttle inclination (now standard for life science missions) that maximized on-orbit duty cycle, maintained the crew's circadian rhythm, provided maximal postflight data collection and met all STS operational/orbital constraints.
1989; Senior Aerospace Engineer, McDonnell Douglas, Johnson Space Flight Center. Established and co-chaired the Space Station Reconfiguration Working Group.
1989-1992; Lead payload Activity Planner, Mission Operations Lab, Marshall Space Flight Center. Lead of a Payload Activity Planning Team on the ATLAS-1 Shuttle mission. Formulated an innovative science plan that doubled science yield by incorporating the most aggressive/complex Shuttle orbital maneuver plan to date. On vehicle ascent made a critical real time call for an additional thruster burn to circularize orbit thereby increasing science return.
1992-1997 Mission Manager, Flight Projects Office; Marshall Space Flight Center. Developed the Utilization section of the ISS Redesign White House report while on the ISS redesign team at Crystal City, Virginia. Deputy Mission Manager on STS-78 responsible for all ground operations, hardware integration and testing. Gave the payload "Go" for launch. Mission Manager of ISS Spacelab Pallet Flights 3A/7A and UF-1.
1997-1999 Chief Electro-Optics Branch, Astrionics Department; Marshall Space Flight Center.
Responsible for three teams of engineers involved in the development of flight hardware for Space Station and Shuttle.
1999-Present Deputy Avionics Systems Group, Avionics Department; Marshall Space Flight Center. Responsible for design and development of avionics systems for launch vehicles, upper stages and flight experiments.