Abstract:
Goddard Mission Success
Goddard has a rich legacy of mission success. We can learn a great deal
from our tremendous record of success, as well as the occasional
mishaps, and effectively manage the challenges and risks we face on
current missions. The Office of Mission Success is leading
multi-faceted, highly-integrated activities across the Center to
leverage the Center's experienced-based wisdom in project management and
system engineering and extend it well into the future.
Biography:
Mr. Richard Day
is Director of Mission Success at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
The Office of Mission Success synthesizes a broad spectrum of information,
from a wide array of internal and external sources, to provide an overall
assessment of Center risk posture, and engages in preventative and corrective
actions to assure the success of Goddard managed missions, and make Goddard a
stronger organization. Mr. Day provides executive leadership of the directives,
standards, independent assessment, systems management, knowledge management,
risk management, problem reporting and trending functions of the Center.
Mr. Day previously served as Deputy Director for Systems Management in the
Office of Systems Safety and Mission Assurance. He served in Agency-level
roles as Executive Secretary of the NASA Program Management Council Working
Group, advising Agency leadership on program/project management policies,
and as the leader of a NASA Integrated Action Team (NIAT) sub-team in response
to the management challenges of the late 1990’s. He was Project Manager for
the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe launched in 2001. He led cutting edge
spacecraft and ground system advanced technology development efforts for the
Explorer Program and managed the spacecraft development for the Rossi X-ray
Timing Explorer launched in 1995. He joined NASA as a student intern in 1977
and subsequently held increasingly responsible positions in the system
engineering and technical management of small, medium & large Earth and Space
Science projects launched by Expendable Launch Vehicles and the Space Shuttle.
Mr. Day earned the Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Executive and NASA
Medals for Outstanding Leadership and Exceptional Service, among other individual
and group awards. He completed the Contemporary Executive Development Program at
George Washington University, holds a MS degree in Space Technology from the
Johns Hopkins University and a BS degree in Aerospace Engineering from the
University of Maryland.