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<\/figure>What is your role at NASA?<\/strong> How long have you worked here?<\/strong> What is your background\/what did you do before working at NASA?<\/strong> Why did you chose to work at NASA and what makes you stay?<\/strong> What has been your favorite project or memory from your time here?<\/strong> Why is working in a diverse environment critical to our mission?<\/strong> What do you like to do outside of work?<\/strong> If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be?<\/strong> What is your proudest accomplishment (personal or professional)?<\/strong> Is there anything else you would like to add?<\/strong> Ready to explore the extraordinary?\u00a0View all of our current vacancies at nasa.usajobs.gov<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m a computer engineer. I\u2019m presently leading a task performing sustaining engineering for flight software on launched Earth and space science missions. I had worked for 10 years in the development of ground systems for two weather satellites: the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite and the Joint Polar Satellite System. I\u2019m also Co-Chair of the LGBT Advisory Committee and a long-time member of the Engineering and Technology Directorate Diversity and Inclusion Committee.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I worked 18 years a contractor and 19 years as a civil servant.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I have a Bachelor and Master\u2019s Degrees in Meteorology and Oceanography and a PhD in Remote Sensing \u2013 Geography. Before coming to NASA I was a graduate student at University of Maryland.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I worked at NASA\u2019s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) when I was a graduate student in NYC. I have always been interested in the Earth and space sciences. I am a lifer here \u2013 I enjoy the campus-like atmosphere and the ability to grow intellectually by attending seminars and interacting with scientists and engineers with different backgrounds and expertise.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
My favorite project was supporting the establishment of a field experiment in the boreal forests of Canada (BOREAS) led by Piers Sellers (who became an astronaut). We had to bushwhack through the dense boreal forest with compasses to find the optimal place to build air chemical flux towers to be used in the experiment. Fun work, but not exactly your typical NASA-type work!<\/p>\n
Here at NASA we solve problems \u2013 lots of them are hard! People with different backgrounds and different ways of thinking contribute to a solution set that maximizes our chance for success.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I enjoy spending time with my partner Brian, where we have been together almost 34 years. We\u2019re now living and having fun in DC. I\u2019m also an avid skier (30 plus days a year), and I enjoy the outdoors \u2013 hiking, camping, biking and kayaking.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Having travelled quite a bit in Europe since we ski there \u2013 something very different \u2013 like seeing the pyramids.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Being successful in a long-term relationship, obtaining my PhD and running and completing the Marine Corps Marathon twice.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a\u00a0great place to work and a big shout of appreciation to the leadership at GSFC in supporting LGBT as well as Diversity and Inclusion issues.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nDiscover More Topics From NASA<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n