Experience

Independent Consultant, cevaconsulting.com Present

Business Development: Formulate win strategies, proposal reviews and proposal writing

Process Streamlining: Apply industry methodology to analyze existing processes and streamline them to increase efficiency and improve morale

Strategic Planning: Establish mid- and long-term plans, framework and metrics to track progress and effectiveness

Communications: Facilitate communications among stakeholders to achieve consensus and results in complex organizational environments

Lecturer: Lecturer at the California Institute of Technology (CalTech.)

Raytheon: Department Manager (Sr. Mgr. Systems Engineering), Pasadena 1999-2010

Managed and provided technical expertise in the areas of navigation and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) to a department of 20 engineers servicing NASA JPL. Taught numerous courses and seminars in Navigation, GPS, Statistical Orbit Estimation, GOA II, Management, Quality and Process Improvement.

Business Development: Led numerous proposals (many NASA-related proposals including DSIO, DSN Operations & Maintenance, Reliability Engineering, Mechanical & Thermal Engineering Services, Navy Optical Communications) — Win Strategy, — Proposal Reviews, — Proposal Writing — Pricing, — Oral Defense

Line Management: Supervised engineers and scientists servicing NASA JPL — Talent Acquisition — Performance Evaluation, — HR/Legal/Ethics/Export Control, — Mentoring, — Teaching, — Familiarity with NASA/JPL policies and procedures

Program Management: Managed several technical projects in the area of GPS and navigation & mission design (under contract with NASA JPL)

Raytheon Management Certification (EVMS, IMP/IMS, Risk Management, Critical-Chain Management, Systems Engineering), — Program Manager for 3 CMMI Certification Campaigns, — Liaison for Raytheon’s educational outreach program with the community

Best Practices & Process Improvement: Engineering Process Group Manager, — Best Practices Definition & Deployment, — Quality Assurance, — CMMI Certifications, — Customer-focused Process Improvement (Six Sigma Expert), — Trained Raytheon personnel at NASA JPL & NASA Ames, — Business Effectiveness Assessments

Hughes Aircraft/Raytheon: Sr. Systems Engineer, El Segundo, Fullerton 1995-1999

Participated and led several projects involving the construction of spacecraft buses and payloads for communication and navigation purposes. Worked with New Ventures department on business development. Provided presentations and reviews (English & Spanish) to various national and international customers. Represented industry in Radio Technical Committee for Aeronautics (RTCA) meetings.

Stanford University/JPL: 1993-1999

Research Assistant, Member Technical Staff, Palo Alto, Pasadena

Member of research team on NASA’s Gravity Probe B. Conducted research at NASA JPL in gravity gradiometers, navigation, GPS and other engineering disciplines (’93 & ’94). Conducted seminars on my research findings.

Education

Stanford University, Engineer Degree in Aeronautics & Astronautics, 1995

Thesis: “Real-time Dynamical GPS Ephemerides Prediction for the Wide-Area Augmentation System” under Professor Brad Parkinson. Research conducted at Stanford and JPL (Section 335). Dynamics & Controls — Orbit Determination — Navigation — GPS — Differential GPS — GNSS

Stanford University, Master of Science in Aeronautics & Astronautics, 1992

Orbital Mechanics — Space Dynamics — Systems Engineering — Space Environment — Propulsion Systems

St. Louis University, Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, 1991

Emphasis: Dynamics — Minor: History

Publications (Selection)

Author of technical publications in the area of Navigation, GPS, Management & Best Practices:

Books:

“Cost-Effective Space Mission Operations”, McGraw Hill, 2006, 2^nd ed. [Chapter on Software Engineering.] —

“CMMI® : Guidelines for Process Integration and Product Improvement”, Addison Wesley, 2006, 2^nd ed . [Case Study Chapter.]

Papers:

“TOPEX/Poseidon End-of-Life Navigation Operations and Decommissioning Summary”, Space Ops 2008 —

“Cost-Effective Navigational Services—Raytheon’s Lessons Learned from Navigation of NASA/JPL’s Spacecraft Fleet”, Space Ops 2006 —

“Incorporation of Orbital Dynamics to Improve Wide-Area Differential GPS”, Ceva with Parkinson, Bertiger, Muellerschoen, & Yunck, ION Monographs on GPS, 1999.

Personal Data

Board of Directors: Pasadena Educational Foundation — Pasadena Conservatory of Music — California Map Society

Nationality: USA — Spain

Professional Memberships: American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA), — Institute of Navigation (ION), — American Astronautical Society (AAS)

Languages: English — Spanish, — Italian, — Catalan, — Excellent communication skills in English and Spanish

Interests: Reader at the Huntington Research Library (Rare Book Division), research on medieval cartography and navigation in the Mediterranean, — Author of book reviews on cartography, — Sailing