I build engineering organizations that deliver human-rated spaceflight and mission-critical systems - recovering troubled programs, scaling teams through hyper-growth, and owning the outcome all the way to flight.
The hardest programs don’t need more process or more heroics. They need team leaders who build organizations that deliver.
I lead a ~80-person engineering organization delivering every flight subsystem of a human-rated lunar lander - navigation, propulsion, life support, power, thermal, and crew systems - for the lunar lander returning humans to the Moon.
I built the leadership team, cleared Preliminary Design Review, and I’m driving toward Critical Design Review while compressing the schedule by roughly four years - as the primary engineering interface to NASA leadership.
Trusted with the lunar crew lander returning humans to the Moon.
Put the first humans into space in company history - on schedule.
I build and lead the engineering organizations that deliver when failure is not an option.
My career has been a series of hard mandates on the most unforgiving programs in human spaceflight. At New Shepard, I inherited a program running roughly seven years late and led the turnaround that put the first humans into space in company history - on schedule, with the company founder aboard. I scaled the organization through hyper-growth, built its management layer, and cut qualification cost by nearly 90%.
That record is why I was entrusted with the MK2 Lunar Lander for NASA’s Artemis program. I stood up the leadership team, cleared the design reviews, and I’m pulling years out of the schedule while serving as the primary engineering voice to NASA leadership.
My philosophy is straightforward: hire and grow exceptional leaders, set an unambiguous bar for safety and quality, and give the team the clarity and room to move fast against it.
Hiring leaders, defining critical roles based on program phase, and scaling engineering teams through hyper-growth.
Recovering troubled, years-late programs and delivering historic firsts on a committed timeline.
Setting architecture and quality direction across every subsystem of complex, human-rated and mission-critical vehicles.
The primary engineering interface to NASA leadership, mission directors, and executive stakeholders.
Owning multi-million-dollar budgets, capital investment, and operational plans against hard milestone commitments.
Human-rating and certification discipline where failure is not an option.
Always glad to compare notes with people building hard technology - on organizations, program recovery, and delivering on committed timelines.