Leading Complex Technology Initiatives at NASA
Strategic Technical Project Manager with 11+ years' experience leading large-scale technology initiatives. Expertise in creating detailed project plans, managing cross-functional teams and product roadmaps, assessing and addressing risk, and fostering stakeholder alignment through outstanding communication.
Career Highlights
NASA's Largest Software Team
Led project planning, execution, and delivery for NASA ESDIS' largest software team, managing the development and maintenance of a cloud-native data ingest and archive framework processing nearly 120 PBs of earth science data.
High-Visibility Project Rescue
Successfully rescued multiple high-visibility projects including getting NASA's data archive centers back on track for cloud migration and organizing an award-winning "Tiger Team" to meet a satellite mission launch deadline.
Zero Late Deliverables
Have never submitted a contract deliverable to a customer later than expected, resulting in official annual contract task assessments routinely evaluated as "excellent."
Strategic Partnership Development
Conceived and grew the formal partnership between Element 84 and AWS Professional Services, securing multiple contracts under the flagship Master Services Agreement.
Product Innovation
Initiated the 'E84 Labs' R&D effort, which led directly to the first non-service, subscription product offered by the company, as well as the first sale for its deployment and management.
First BI Tool for NASA ESDIS
Led the requirements gathering, tool selection, design, development, and implementation of NASA ESDIS' first truly intelligent BI tool, delivering near-real-time performance metrics.
Core Competencies
Project Management Platforms
Project Planning & Execution
Leadership & Team Management
Risk & Issue Management
Technical Acumen
Agile Methodologies
Certifications
Professional Experience
Senior Technical Project Manager
- Led project planning, execution, and delivery for NASA ESDIS' largest software team, managing the development and maintenance of a cloud-native data ingest and archive framework processing nearly 120 PBs of earth science data.
- Drove initiatives to improve essential KPIs (throughput, latency, error rates) by identifying process bottlenecks, prioritizing backlog items, and coordinating technical solutions with development teams.
- Successfully rescued multiple high-visibility projects at NASA including getting data archive centers back on track for cloud migration timelines.
- Organized an award-winning "Tiger Team" to meet a looming satellite mission launch deadline by implementing structured project plans, identifying and mitigating risks, and facilitating essential stakeholder communications.
- Led a project to switch out—without any ingest or distribution downtime—the primary datastore for all metadata in the cloud archive, enabling increased performance and stability.
- Have never submitted a contract deliverable to a customer later than expected/requested, resulting in official annual contract task assessments routinely evaluated as "excellent."
Technical Project Manager
- Managed communication and built strong partnerships with diverse stakeholders across multiple projects (NASA, Pure Flix, Seizure Tracker, U.S. Census Bureau, Amazon Web Services).
- Successfully managed portfolios of up to 7 concurrent technology projects, prioritizing tasks, allocating resources, maintaining budget, and coordinating cross-functional teams including design, development, QA, and DevOps experts.
- Identified opportunities and implemented process improvements, such as streamlining DevOps workflows for Pure Flix (reducing error resolution time by 50%).
- Initiated the 'E84 Labs' R&D effort, which led directly to the first non-service, subscription product offered by the company.
- Led the requirements gathering, tool selection, design, development, and implementation of NASA ESDIS' first truly intelligent BI tool.
- Conceived and grew the formal partnership between Element 84 and AWS Professional Services, securing multiple contracts.
Business Analyst / Project Manager
- Managed technology projects for a global entrepreneur network organization.
- Conducted business analysis to identify process improvements and technology solutions.
- Coordinated with stakeholders to gather requirements and ensure successful project delivery.
Technology Project Manager
- Led technology initiatives for a major association supporting international education.
- Managed project timelines, budgets, and cross-functional team coordination.
- Ensured alignment between technology solutions and organizational objectives.
Business Development Operations Analyst
- Supported business development initiatives through operational analysis.
- Contributed to proposal development and strategic planning efforts.
Education
Ursinus College, 2012
Udacity, 2019
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