Professional Resume
Launch Readiness · Aerospace Integration · Robotics
Professional Summary
Co-founder & CTO of Starport Space and founder of Tankline Robotics, bringing hands-on SpaceX and Stoke Space launch vehicle integration, test, and fabrication experience to satellite and payload launch readiness. Proven track record of executing controlled test operations, designing custom test fixtures, and driving root-cause hardware resolution across SpaceX launch campaigns and Stoke Space test operations. Bridging mechanical test readiness with embedded controls through active robotics prototyping, with a focus on system-level diagnostics, rigorous pass/fail documentation, and controlled technical operations.
Core Skills
Professional Experience
Starport Space
Apr 2026 – PresentCo-Founder & CTO
Houston, TX
- Co-founded Starport Space, providing managed U.S. launch access and payload-readiness and integration coordination for satellite and payload teams.
Tankline Robotics
Feb 2026 – PresentFounder
Stoke Space
Oct 2022 – Jan 2025Test Technician III
Kent, WA & Moses Lake, WA
- Helped define hardware test requirements, test sequencing, and redlines to improve repeatability during injector and thruster test operations.
- Designed and proofed custom pressure panels, test fixtures, and 3D-printed jigs using NX CAD to support repeatable hardware validation and controlled test execution.
- Captured telemetry and reviewed diagnostic data, standardizing documentation and transitioning test procedures from OneNote to Boltline execution software.
- Drove root-cause anomaly resolution by generating rapid issue tickets, ensuring stable sustaining test operations and minimizing test downtime.
- Owned hardware preparation and test article installation across mechanical systems, maintaining strict hazard controls, standby helium purges, and double-block-and-bleed procedures across LOX, LH2, and GOX systems.
SpaceX
Feb 2020 – Sep 2022Integration Test Technician IV
Starbase, TX
- Executed structured test procedures and system-level functional checkouts on end-to-end fluid systems and pneumatic actuators, completing strict WarpDrive final closeout and pass/fail documentation.
- Analyzed hardware defects and flight-readiness risks; diagnosed a critical pre-valve design flaw where an extruded chamfer gap caused yielding, escalating photo-documented evidence to engineering.
- Troubleshot complex system-level hardware anomalies, identifying an incorrectly clocked IMU prior to flight operations and driving corrective action through visual defect reporting.
- Designed and deployed operation-specific tooling kits and reference guides that improved integration readiness and helped cross-functional technicians execute complex integration work.
- Supported repeated Raptor engine installations, engine remove-and-replace (R&R), and subcomponent rework operations to maintain high-tempo Starship/Booster launch and integration campaigns.
- Coordinated with NDT teams via engineering issue tickets to validate critical structural welds and flight vehicle hardware.
Army National Guard
Jun 2014 – Jun 2020Heavy Weapons Team Leader | Airborne-qualified
Weslaco, TX
- Led and supported field operations under pressure while maintaining accountability of personnel, weapons, vehicles, and sensitive equipment.
- Built leadership, communication, safety, and risk-management discipline through infantry/heavy-weapons training, reconnaissance exercises, and team-level operations.
- Recognized as Honor Graduate of the 11B10 MOS Transition Course; completed additional safety and military operations training.
Projects
Smart SleeveView ↗
Final AssemblyWearable Hardware
Hands-free wearable that replaces the paper wrist card soldiers carry. Details under NDA.
Pneumatic Solenoid & Servo Actuation ControllerView ↗
CompletedEmbedded Hardware Prototype · Open-Source
- Designed and assembled an Arduino Uno-based multi-channel actuator controller operating at 150 PSI supply / 80 PSI working pressure, driving a normally-closed (NC) fail-safe solenoid valve and dual rotary servo actuators via PWM on digital pins 10 and 11.
- Engineered an automotive-grade SPST relay (Bosch form factor, AutoZone) as an interposing switching element between the DFRobot motor driver H-bridge and solenoid coil circuit — required because the shield output could not directly sink the valve's inductive inrush current.
- Authored a 23-step commissioning procedure with annotated photo documentation covering shield installation, relay wiring, solenoid conductor termination (4.5 mm strip spec), 9V power architecture, servo pinout verification, and breadboard harness integration.
- Performed a hazard operability analysis (HAZOP) at 150 PSI — identified three hazard scenarios including firmware hang-state energization and tank over-pressurization; mitigated via NC fail-safe valve topology, firmware stop-command de-energization, and a mechanical relief valve on the compressed-air reservoir.
- Implemented a UART-serial dispatch protocol for enumerated solenoid actuation modes — toggle, forward/backward burst, cyclic test, and stop — enabling repeatable functional verification without firmware re-upload.
- Completed functional verification checkout validating solenoid quality and full servo angular displacement envelope (0°–90°) per documented protocol.
- Open-sourced firmware and commissioning documentation for community replication.
Autonomous Aquatic Platform (AAAP)
In ProgressComponent-Level Robotics Prototype
- Built a control prototype utilizing a Node.js dashboard and custom serial protocol to transmit precise control commands to an embedded ESP32 architecture.
- Integrated NVIDIA edge compute for onboard computer vision inference, targeting real-time autonomous navigation and obstacle detection.
- Executed embedded subsystem functional testing on ESC, servo, and DC motor control logic, validating critical firmware safety interlocks and multi-rail power architecture.
- Documented bench-test steps to independently validate GPS/IMU diagnostic telemetry prior to final hardware integration.
- Note: Final hardware integration, waterproofing, and aquatic field validation are currently pending.