Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Present and Past Profession:
Satellite Operator for 3 SOPS. Ensure reliable space-borne communications to the President, the Secretary of Defense, and U.S. and Allied Forces. Conduct launch and on-orbit operations for the Defense Satellite Communications System and Wideband Global Satellites that provide secure high-rate data communications links.
Project Manager for Test and Evaluation. Tests range safety instrumentation systems for spacelift, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, and Missile Defense Agency for Vandenberg AFB.
Chief of Contingency Operations. Manages resources & equipment for staff members and facilitates command and control of wing assets for 4,000 personnel. Led recovery of UAV crash.
Range Control Officer. Directs all range ops and leads instrumentation interface. Ensures all range safety requirements are met to support pre-launch, launch, and post-launch. RCO for three missions NASA Juno mission to Jupiter and two SpaceX resupply missions to the ISS at Cape Canaveral AFS.
Bachelor of Science in Basic Science from United States Air Force Academy
- SpSt 410 Life Support Systems
- SpSt 460 Life in the Universe
- SpSt 500 Intro to Orbital Mechanics
- SpSt 501 Survey of Space Studies I
- SpSt 502 Survey of Space Studies II
- SpSt 519 Closed Ecological System Life Support
- SpSt 524 Current Topics in Astrobiology
- SpSt 527 Extraterrestrial Resources
- SpSt 551 History of Space Age
- SpSt 552 History of Astronomy/Cosmology
- SpSt 590 Space Studies Colloquium
- SpSt 996 Continuing Enrollment
- SpSt 997 Independent Study Report