Dan Chirica

About Dan Chirica

As a Project Manager at NASA Ames Research Center, I have over 17 years of experience in…

Experience

1. Project Manager

   Nasa Ames Research Center

   Apr 2019 — Present

   Manage complex national and international projects and field deployments in support of NASA HQ Earth Science Division - Project Manager for a 6-year (20••••24),$30M project titled Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere (DCOTSS)- Project Manager of BioSCape (Biodiversity Survey of the Cape), a 3-year (20••••24) NASA Biodiversity field campaign in the Greater Cape Floristic Region of South Africa This project is the first time NASA will conduct airborne imaging, spectroscopy, lidar, and field observations over the Southern Cape region of South Africa * Responsible for collecting and analyzing requirements, Identifying project risks, and designing solutions to mitigate them * Creating project plans and regularly meeting with the team to track progress * Regularly report to the project stakeholders and program directors * Ensure a safe and inclusive work environment for a very diverse project workforce, providing an inclusive work environment for all project participants while following NASA processes and procedures * I worked with local partners to implement the highest safety standards for each deployment location - Project Manager of the 3-year international project titled, Arctic Radiation-Cloud-Aerosol-Surface-Interaction Experiment (ARCSIX), The effort involves multiple NASA aircraft and ~100 participants that will deploy to Pitufik, Greenland - ESPO (Earth Science Project Office) IT subject matter expert, providing guidance and support for a full range of IT and communications systems * Responsible for implementing the IT industry\'s best practices while at the same time complying with US Government and NASA Cybersecurity policies and procedures * Implement and audit compliance with NASA IT policies. Use NASA-approved analytical tools and methods to assure compliance

Skills

• Testing
• Symfony_Php
• Php
• Linux
• Lamp
• Sql
• Ajax
• Git
• Os X
• Jquery
• Troubleshooting
• Web Development
• Javascript
• Apache
• Programming
• Mysql
• Software Development
• Networking
• Web Applications
• Software Engineering