Gary Kitmacher

About Gary Kitmacher

Goal: positively influence next generation technologists. Experience: successfully influenced the design of spacecraft systems of the past 30 years. Successful, all phases human space flight: Apollo-Soyuz, Shuttle, Spacehab, Mir, ISS, lunar, planetary: concepts; requirements, contracts; safety; DDT & E; logistics, utilization. Leadership: international negotiations, program requirements, system design, safety. Led negotiation, implementation, evaluation of US/Russian requirements, processes for management of the NASA-Mir Program, led groups of international, government, contract workers to Moscow, Baikonur, Star City, Noordveig, Montreal and US. Led negotiation Space Station Man-Systems defining the configuration of the station modules, nodes, cupola, and international interfaces. Chaired the ISS Hardware Acceptance Review Panel, defining requirements for government procurement of the prime ISS end items. Strengths: spacecraft design & design management: International Space Station cupola, modules, nodes, standard racks, interior architecture -Mir Orbital Station Priroda lab module interior architecture, project manager for mechanical, electrical, data and space vehicle logistics systems(CTBs), Crew On-Orbit Support Computer System(COSS)-Spacehab Module, payload design, integration and safety management -Payload/science integration, crew equipment, stowage, configuration management; Skylab, Shuttle, Spacehab, Mir -Exploration Initiative: Moon and Mars habitat design. Chaired the ISS Communications, Education and Outreach Working Group. Clearly communicating complex subjects: ISS design, Reference Guide to the ISS(2007,2011), Adobe Max Prize for the Interactive ISS Website, best website worldwide (2007), NASA Outstanding Speaker. Educational science curricula, technology/media design and development, prepare, design books, website, graphics, code. https://uh-ir.tdl.org/uh-ir/bitstream/handle/10657/1192/KITMACHER-DISSERTATION-2013.pdf?sequence=1

Experience

1. Organizer, Chairman, Leader, Manager, International Space Station Education and Communications

   NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

   Jan 2003 — Present

   Chaired the ISS Communications, Education and Outreach Working Group, Managed the Texas Space Grant NASA Means Business Program, coordinated large employee and media events, developed educational program at Rice U, wrote the ISS Reference Guide and established the Interactive Web Guide, principal investigator for experiments using Microsoft Photosynth on the ISS.

Education

• University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  BS

  1972 — 1976

• University of Houston

  Ed. D. PhD

  2009 — 2013

• University of Houston-Clear Lake

  MBA

  1983 — 1986

Skills

• Spacecraft
• Space Systems
• Aerospace
• Proposal Writing
• Program Management
• Technical Writing
• Integration
• Public Speaking
• Leadership
• Security Clearance
• Systems Engineering
• Dod
• Analysis
• Configuration Management
• Project Planning
• Science
• Government
• Science Education
• Requirements Management
• Quality Assurance
• Team Building
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• System Design
• Research
• Spacecraft Design
• Requirements Analysis
• Management
• Engineering
• Simulations
• Human Factors
• Project Management
• Staff Development
• Software Documentation
• Government Contracting
• Earned Value Management
• Process Improvement
• Military
• Teaching
• Six Sigma
• Testing