• Provide executive leadership and management of the Space Technology Programs within STMD holding an annual investment value of $600 million:

• Serve as the final decisional authority for program and project content within the Space Technology Programs.

• Develop fiscal year budget planning and allocate Space Technology resources and workforce; establish business rhythms; perform day-to-day program management; and serve as the supervisor to the Program Executives.

• Ensure technology investment alignment with the NASA Strategic Plan, and the NASA Space Technology Roadmaps; maintain a portfolio balance between both near-term mission-driven, and long-range transformative, technologies.

• Direct strategic product development and technology due diligence studies; oversee competitive investments including: solicitations, awards, recommendation panels and source selections.

• Develop and mature broadly applicable technologies in areas including in-space propulsion, robotics, space power systems, space communications, small spacecraft, space structures, life support, space resource utilization, space observatories / instruments, and space destination and return systems.

• Advance revolutionary concepts and capabilities, lowering development costs and improving space mission capabilities while engaging NASA Centers, small businesses, academia, industry, other Government agencies, and international partners.

• Develop new business models to develop technologies and expands the aerospace enterprise.

• Support and serve as an agent/delegate for the STMD Associate Administrator both within and external to the Agency; deliver or support presentations, and advocate and represent STMD at meetings within NASA, with NASA stakeholders including White House officials and Congressional members and staff, and the larger aerospace community.

• Provided leadership and management for the Space Technology Programs within OCT:

• Ensured the planning, resource allocation, and execution of programmatic content of the nine Space Technology Programs.

• Provided budget planning and execution support; established business rhythms and supported decision making; performed day-to-day program management; and served as the supervisor to the Program Executives.

• Aligned the technology portfolio with the NASA Strategic Plan, NASA Space Technology Roadmaps and National Research Council (NRC) report.

• Allocated the fiscal year budget and workforce.

• Developed and oversaw competitive investments including: solicitations, awards, recommendation panels, selection letters, and press releases.

• Ensured a portfolio of both near-term mission-driven, and long-range transformative, technologies required to meet our Nation’s far-reaching science and exploration goals.

• Supported and served as an agent/delegate for both the Space Technology Program Director and the NASA Chief Technologist; delivered or supported presentations, and advocated and represented OCT at meetings within NASA, with NASA stakeholders, and the larger aerospace community.