Prefer Part-Time/Consultant position
THOMAS A. VELEZ
PO Box 1187
Arab, Alabama 35016
(256) 527-3527 cell
SUMMARY
Forty four years NASA & military aerospace, missile defense, & telecommunications experience in: project management; systems engineering concept development & validation, requirements development, integration, & verification; research, development, test & eval; thermal batteries & high power applications; rocket propulsion; marketing; business development, business ops, proposal development & eval; civil launch vehicles, missiles, targets & satellites; flight, ground, & mission operations, analyses & design; payloads ops, integration, & control; war plans.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Consultant - N LOGIC
Huntsville, AL 2013-
N LOGIC
Huntsville, AL 2011-2013
Army Integrated Air & Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS): Systems Engineering, Requirements, Verification, and (earlier) Safety Engineer. Developed requirements, and verification documents, change requests. Worked in DOORs database. Reviewed software test procedures and test results, identified safety concerns; performed analyses; prepared reports & CDRLs.
LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE SYSTEMS COMPANY- Space & Strategic Missiles
Huntsville, AL 1996-2011
Army Integrated Air & Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS): Systems Engineering, Requirements, Verification, and (earlier) Safety Engineer. Developed requirements, and verification documents, change requests. Worked in DOORs database. Identified safety concerns; performed analyses; prepared reports & CDRLs.
Ares V Space Launch Vehicle Proposal Team: Lead, Thrust Vector Control Systems. Performed preliminary analysis & design for several TVC concepts, including electrical (ETVC, EHDU/EAPU, & EMA) & hydraulic TVC & conventional, thermal, & hybrid power supply systems for each vehicle stage & boosters; tasking and cost estimations.
MDA Targets & Countermeasures Program: Lead Systems Engineer, CMCM-2A, CMCM-2B, FTT-6, FTT-7, FTT-8, and FTT-9 flight missions. Performed functional flow analyses, mission analysis, & timeline analysis. Translated customer requirements into actual flight hardware, software, and flight mission. Originated, & maintained all Level A & Level B System & Mission requirements specifications; Allocated & tracked requirements, verification. Manage & reported risks, TPMs, metrics. Developed & oversaw SRR, PDR, CDR & other Program Reviews & TIMs. Oversaw & performed detailed trade studies; participated in trajectories flight ops analyses & planning. Performed requirements allocation to subsystems & developed interface definitions for entire flight systems. Worked in DOORs database.
THAAD-PATRIOT Launcher Interface Program: Lead Engineer for Systems Engineering, & Systems Integration & Verification. Identify, coordinate, allocate & update PATRIOT interface requirements specifications documents and present to review boards. Chair Systems Integration Working Group (SIWG) to resolve THAAD-PATRIOT integration issues with government agencies, subcontractors, &LM divisions. Developing requirements verification and mapping to Consolidated Master Test Plan & Test Info Sheets. Assist government customer with program validation.
THAAD Program: System Level Weapon System Engineering, Integration, & Test (WSEIT). Systems Engineer. Identified, coordinated, wrote, & updated requirements specifications documents & presented to review boards. Tracked & reported Technical Performance Measurements. Specialized analyses and trade studies.
Advanced Thermal Batteries Contract: Program Manager. Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDTE) on Contract & IRAD for large, high power, advanced thermal batteries.
Electric Pump Drive Systems (EPDS): Program Manager. RDTE on IRAD to replace hot gas turbines on rocket engine turbopumps and for hydraulic pumps as on TVC systems.
Space Shuttle SRB Electric Auxiliary Power Unit (EAPU) Contract: Program Manager.
Development & full-scale integrated system demonstration of SRB Thrust Vector Control (TVC) flight hardware. Included total system concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, system level testing and operation in Technology Readiness Level 6 environment with actual flight profiles and flight hardware.
Hybrid Propulsion Development Contract: Propulsion and Systems Engineer. RDTE. Lead System Engineer. Assisted in concept development, requirements, hardware design, testing.
Atlas IIAR (rocket engine) Hot Fire Test Program at MSFC: Inventory Control Custodian:
Developed, set up & managed software, procedures, & team to receive, issue, & ship US & Russian parts & components, including quality inspections, processing, maintenance, security & disposal.
Computer & Network Systems Administrator – LM at MSFC East Propulsion Test Area
Subcontractors Manager: Originated, wrote, coordinated, and evaluated RFQs, SOWs, and proposals. Inspected subcontractor facilities, capabilities, and products. Witnessed and approved subcontractor verification testing, qualification testing & delivery.
MOSELEY & PARTON TECHNICAL SERVICES 1995-1996
Huntsville, AL
Worked for Lockheed Martin as Systems Engineer, Propulsion Engineer, Test Engineer & as Business Manager for the following research, development & test programs at MSFC:
Solid Propulsion Integrity Program
Large Subscale Solid Rocket Combustion Simulator Program
Hybrid Propulsion Development Program.
Conducted propulsion, systems, and ground launch systems detailed studies. Identified, defined, & documented concept, system, and component requirements, ICDs, and drawings.
Managed subcontractors, originated RFQs, SOWs, wrote and evaluated proposals.
COVERHOE CORPORATION 1993-2000
Huntsville, AL
President: Self-employed. Obtained patent, created corporation, developed, marketed, manufactured, & distributed invention.
GENERAL DYNAMICS 1985-1993
Huntsville, AL
Manager, Business Development, Space Systems Division
Produced new business of $10.4M in 11 month period. Negotiated for additional $5M.
Manager, Corporate Field Office
Corporate Senior Representative
Primary representative to NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) for new business.
Increased revenues from zero to a sustained growth rate exceeding $4 million in new revenues each year (1987 to 1992).
Space Systems Division Customer Representative
Interfaced with NASA/MSFC for Advance Launch System (ALS)
Developed business in space & launch infrastructure studies, avionics, composites, cryogenics, & liquid propellant rocket boosters. Supported proposal development.
San Diego, CA
Advanced Launch System Lead Engineer
Responsible for system validation, requirements identification & definition of flight operations & mission control systems for the ALS launch vehicles & payloads.
Original Lead Engineer for the ALS program. Member of original proposal team.
Created perceived need & deli...
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