John Donnellan

Independent Consultant and Volunteer

About

Strong knowledge of project management, mechanical design, manufacturing, systems engineering and testing with a record of success accomplished in a corporate environment through team work, dedication and excellent customer relations. Capable of meeting challenges by demonstrating sound decision making and problem solving ability. Effective communicator and presenter of technical documents and presentations.Flexible and able to adjust to change as work demands. Effective team leader, able to train professionals on using tools, processes and procedures Proven results orientated manager, engineer, technologist, leading multi-million/multi-year contracts of Design, Development, Test, and Evaluation (DDTE) projects Speciaties: Project Management, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Design, Development, Test and Evaluation, Astronaut Development Testing/Training

Country

United States

City

Houston

Industry

Defense & Space

Skill

Aerospace, Systems Engineering, Engineering Management, Project Engineering, Earned Value Management, Project Management, Electrical Engineering, Requirements Analysis, Matlab, Process Engineering, Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Electronics, Quality Assurance, Requirements Management, Program Management, Avionics, Proposal Writing, Mechanical Engineering, Process Simulation

Experience

Independent Consultant and Volunteer

Self

2013-11 - Present · 12 yrs 11 mos

Houston, Texas Area

Systems Engineer

Jacobs Engineering

2011-10 - 2013-1 · 1 yr 4 mos

Houston, TX

Developed the requirements documents for the International Low Impact Docking System (iLIDS) major Ground Support Equipment (GSE) and other support equipment Presented the designs of the GSE and support hardware to the NASA iLIDS Integrated Product Team (IPT) for approval

Project Manager

Jacobs

2005-2 - 2011-10 · 6 yrs 9 mos

Houston, Texas Area

Project Manager and Lead Systems Engineer assigned by NASA to support International Space Station (ISS) Extravehicular Activities(EVA) and the associated lay-out of EVA aids for ISS Node 2 and Node 3 multi-million dollar modules that were designed and built by Thales Alenia Space (TAS) in Turin Italy. Intense Integration activities with all systems and directly interfaced with the Architectural and Systems Engineering leads at TAS Project Manager for EVA development testing and ISS EVA systems engineering activities Project Manager for Enabling Technology Development and Demonstration projects for the Spacesuit Advanced (Portable Life Support System) PLSS

Project Manager

Lockheed Martin

2001-7 - 2005-2 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Houston, Texas Area

Project Manager of assigned personnel on the Science Engineering Analysis Test (SEAT) contract in support of NASA/JSC CTSD, relating to EVA development testing and EVA ISS EVA systems engineering activities Project Manager of the Space Shuttle return to flight (RTF) development testing activities after the crash of Space Shuttle Columbia

Extravehicular Activity Project Lead

 Lockheed Martin Space Operations, Houston, Texas

1996-1 - 2001-7 · 5 yrs 7 mos

Houston, Texas Area

Project lead for the ISS Node 2&3 EVA Development and Worksite Analysis project. Lead engineer for the EVA flight support equipment on ISS flights 02A and 03A Designed, structurally analyzed, and performed most of the acceptance testing for all EVA flight support equipment for ISS flights 02A and 03A

Project Design Engineer

Lockheed Martin

1990-1 - 1996-1 · 6 yrs 1 mo

Houston, Texas Area

 Designed flight hardware for the International Space Station

Design Engineer-Mechanical

FluiDyne Engineering Corp.,

1987-1 - 1990-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Designed state-of-the-art model positioning systems (servo-controlled) for aerodynamic test facilities. Designed the pressure shells using American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) codes, disconnect systems, and internal flow conditioning elements for other aerodynamic test facilities