Work Highlights: United States Navy and Space Industry
US Navy for 9 years
United States Naval Academy - BSME
USS Reasoner (FF-1063) - Youngster Cruise
San Diego and Seattle
USS Harlan County (LST-1196) - First Class Cruise
Naples, Greece, Rome and Capri
UNITAS Cruise (Equator twice and Panama Canal)
Persian Gulf (Suez Canal)
Overhaul in NYC
Outer Banks and Caribbean many times
Two special drydock overhauls for sonar dome
Caribbean Cruise with USS Iowa
Overhaul in Philadelphia
Naval Reserves for two years
Space Industry for 33 years
Drexel University 1985 to 1987 - Completed MSME
Worked for nine companies in four locations
UARS from 1987 to 1991 - Dynamic Analysis Engineer
MILSTAR from 1988 to 1989 - Dynamic Analysis
Space Station WP 3 - Dynamic Analysis
Intelsat VIII from 1993 to 1996 - Satellite Design
Discoverer II from 1999 to 2001 - Chief Engineer
GLAST in 2002 - Capture Manager
GeoEye-1 in 2004 - Capture Manager
ICESat-2 from 2010 to 2011 - Study Manager
NBOC from 2014 to 2015 - Proposal Manager
Chip Eckles - Significant Award and Achievements
US Navy Accomplishments
Schools
Surface Warfare Officers School in Newport, RI - Graduated with Distinction -
Damage Control Assistant School in Philadelphia
USS Stump (DD-978) Jan 1981 to May 1984
Damage Control Assistent
Jr Engineer Officer of the Watch
UNITAS Cruise - June to Dec 1981
Colleen visited in Rio
Crossed the equator
Went through the Straits of Magellan
Traversed the Chilean inland waterways
Went through the Panama Canal
Two short dry-docks at Newport News Shipyard to repair sonar dome
Led shore firefighting team in Nassau, Bahamas to put our fire in port warehouse
Persian Gulf Cruise - Oct 1982 to March 1983
Went through the Suez Canal
Officer of the Deck - 12 Feb 1983
Command Duty Officer - 1 Aug 1983
Overhaul in Coastal Shipyard (Brooklyn Naval Shipyard) - Nov 1983 to Jun 1984
Worked as Overhaul Coordinator
Auxiliary Officer for a short time
Surface Warfare Officer - 20 May 1983
USS Conyngham (DDG-17) Jun 1984 to June 1985
Combat Information Officer
Caribbean Cruise with USS Iowa
Officer of the Deck - 30 Aug 1984
Overhaul in Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Command Duty Officer - 15 Oct 1984
Surface Warfare Department Head Selection - 12 Dec 1984
Selected as candidate to Navy Post-Graduate Education Program - 1 Jan 1984
Casualty Assistance Calls Officer
Highest award at Spectrum Astro from the Founder
Won the OrbView-5 Proposal
