Alan Zide

About Alan Zide

Overseeing NASA\'s prestigious MUSE and ESCAPADE programs, my role as Program Executive harnesses a wealth of expertise in project and international team management, ensuring mission success from inception through launch. As a steward of innovation at NASA\'s Heliophysics division, my focus has been on infusing AI into system science discovery, propelling our understanding of solar and space physics.

Experience

1. Program Executive - Heliophysics

   NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

   Jun 2016 — Present

   Serve as the Agency’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) Program Executive to ensure mission success by managing all programmatic and technical activities including acquisition and execution through launch and commissioning. In parallel, I led the development of NASA Heliophysics division AI foundation model development for system science discovery.

Education

• Public Service Leadership Institute

  AI Federal Leadership Program Certification

• International Space University

  Certificate

  2014

• Missouri University of Science and Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE

Skills

• Earned Value Management
• Integration
• C
• Dod
• Configuration Management
• Avionics
• Avionics Design
• C++
• Spacecraft
• Troubleshooting
• Program Management
• Air Force
• Space Systems
• Testing
• Electrical Engineering
• Technology Research
• Requirements Management
• Process Improvement
• Simulations
• Systems Engineering
• Systems Design
• Engineering Management
• Engineering
• Aerospace
• Satellite
• Analysis