Jamie joined Lockheed Martin in June 2015, after a distinguished career NASA and Boeing. In Lockheed Martin’s (LM) Autonomous Systems group he focuses on strategic Research and Development, and support to LM Business Areas and MFC Lines of Business programs developing autonomous systems technology in multiple domains (air, land, sea, and space).

Jamie’s final assignment at NASA was serving as the Associate Division Chief of NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) Software, Robotics, and Simulation, Engineering Division. In that role, he was responsible for overseeing technical execution of many contracts supporting various human space flight programs. He was also responsible for NASA’s Human Robotic Interface Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program, as well as several initiatives with NASA Headquarters and the DoD to standardize acquisition and execution of software and simulation production and application to government contracts.  Prior to that, he served as Deputy Chief of the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) Orion, Avionics and Software group overseeing all aspects of the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company contract activities for this group. He initially accepted an appointment to NASA in 2007 as the Chief of the Constellation Program Software and Simulation group, after a distinguished 21 year career with The Boeing Company.

Jamie joined Boeing in 1986 working initially as a system integration and test engineer on the Minuteman and Peacekeeper research and development programs at Vandenberg AFB, CA, eventually working his way into the position of Test Conductor. He then joined the International Space Station program as an integration and test manager in Houston, TX, ultimately becoming the overall program Hardware/Software Integration Manager for all flight systems hardware and software design, development, integration, verification and validation. Jamie then accepted the position of Director, Modeling, Simulation, and Integration on the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program in 2002.

Jamie is a graduate of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He is published on the use and application of distributed simulation for verification and validation of complex hardware/software systems.

While Jamie is a native of Franklin, Ohio, his wife Tracie is from Alvin, Texas. They have two children Presley, 10 born in Southern California, and Jake, 8 born in Houston, Texas. Jamie and family have settled into Highlands Ranch, CO upon accepting the new challenge of leading the Autonomous Systems group. Jamie enjoys traveling with family, exploring the various mountain towns of Colorado, and any opportunity to spend time outdoors.