Currently manager of safety, quality and software product assurance for NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) with responsibility for all software products and safety and quality of all USRA work on SOFIA. Also a founding executive for Material Mind and AIXIA Global. Built science instrumentation and the laboratory facilities for SOFIA. Managed science ground support on multiple deployments around the world. Trained as a research Physicist which has resulted in patents, an R&D100 award, and over 40 authored or co-authored publications. Also worked as an engineer and manager of teams and programs for the US Department of Energy’s Nevada Test Site where I co-founded the National Center for Nuclear Security, worked as a Principal Investigator and Shot Director at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics of the University of Rochester and consulted as a micro/nano device (MEMS) engineer.