Membership

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New Space Professionals Working Group (NSPWG)

Comprised of space professionals with less than five years experience, the NSPWG was recently formed in support of the 2004 California Space Enterprise Strategic Plan. The NSPWG represents, with the California Space Authority, the perspective of new space professionals, whose participants represent all space enterprise sectors.

NSPWG Goals

  • Generate insight into recruiting, integrating, and retaining new space professionals
  • Provide a line of communication between current space enterprise leadership and the new workforce
  • Engage new space professionals in a state-wide interorganizational network of their peers and space enterprise leaders

Current Projects

State-Wide Survey of New Space Professionals (PDF, 1.2 MB)

NSPWG has executed a state-wide survey of new space professionals. The survey endeavors to understand what new space professionals are seeking in their careers and articulate their perceptions of California space enterprise. Click the link above to view the survey results.

Academia/Industry Internship Contact List

NSPWG is assisting in the establishment of a network between academic institutions interested in space-related internships for their students and organizations with internship opportunities.

Organizations Supporting NSPWG


30th Space Wing
The Boeing Company
ELORET Corp.
Empirical Systems Aerospace
Honeywell
Lockheed Martin Corp.
NASA

Northrop Grumman Corp.
Raytheon Company
Space Exploration Technologies
Space Information Labs, Inc.
SpaceDev, Inc.
Stellar Solutions, Inc.

New Space Professionals Working Group Members

Rebecca Cohl

Co-Chair, NSPWG
Co-Chair, New Engineer Focus
Mechanical Engineer
Lockheed Martin

Ray Alde

Co-Chair, NSPWG
V.P. Chair, CONNECT
Responsible Design Engineer
Northrop Grumman

Matt Everingham

CSA Staff Liaison
Aerospace Engineer
Research Analyst
California Space Authority

Donald Ausmus

Mechanical Engineer
Lockheed Martin

Burleise Bailey

Design Engineer
Honeywell

Matt Boroughf

Mechanical Systems Test Engineer
Lockheed Martin

Amy Connors

Systems Engineer
Stellar Solutions

Chris Cupples

Systems Engineer
Lockheed Martin

Taiki Esheim

Systems Engineer
Lockheed Martin

Matt Everingham

Research Analyst
California Space Authority, Inc.

Dr. Jay Feldman, Ph.D

Research Scientist
ELORET Corporation

Rory Fields

U.S. Air Force

Trevor Foster

Partner
Empirical Systems Aerospace

Jennifer Heldmann

NASA Ames

Michael Hicks

Staff Mechanical Engineer
Lockheed Martin

John Jacklin

Mechanical Engineer
SpaceDev

Tamra Johnson

Technical Staff II
Northrop Grumman

Lori Kahn

Lockheed Martin

Rachel Landess

Engineering Technical Staff
Lockheed Martin

Raymond C. Liu

Engineer
Northrop Grumman

Ilyssa Lu

Design Engineer, Power & Controls
Northop Grumman

Tony McCormick

Systems Engineer, ELDP
Lockheed Martin

Anne Pak

Programmer Analyst
Lockheed Martin

Robert F. Papandrea

The Boeing Company

Connie Pedroza

Engineer
Northrop Grumman

David Sabolish

Propulsion Engineer
Lockheed Martin

Scott Sevcik

Mechanical Engineer
Lockheed Martin

Alex Shieu

Systems Engineer
Lockheed Martin

Eric D. Tapio

Software Engineer
Lockheed Martin

Jay Thomas

Software Engineer
Space Exploration Technologies

Armand Toorian

US Launch Coordinator

CubeSat Project

Ari Vogel

Common Assembly Integration & Test
Lockheed Martin

Jason Walsh

Cal Poly EE Student
Space Information Labs

Thomas Willeke

NASA Ames

Melissa M. Wuerl

Systems Engineer
Lockheed Martin

Guadalupe Zaragoza

Electrical Engineer
Raytheon Company