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Dr. Salvatore Alfano, senior research astrodynamicist, CSSI

Dr. Salvatore Alfano has been a major contributor to the space operations community for more than 20 years at both the policy and technical development levels. As technical program manager for CSSI, his current work deals with determining... accuracy requirements for meaningful conjunction assessments and improving satellite conjunction assessment algorithms. Alfano is well versed in astronautical, electrical, and computer engineering. He pioneered work in kinetic energy guidance, satellite visibility and close-approach prediction, high-accuracy orbit determination, continuous-thrust orbit transfers, and collision probability. He significantly advanced the state-of-the-art in all these areas and is recognized for such by the scientific community. Additional accomplishments include: 38 industry publications; 10 awards & honors; and eight professional association memberships. More

Dr. Matthew Berry, senior astrodynamics engineer, AGI

Matt is the lead software developer for AGI's orbit maneuver and space mission planning tool, STK/Astrogator. Matt also helps maintain the astrodynamics code used throughout AGI products. Prior to joining AGI in 2004, Matt worked at the Naval Research Laboratory... as a graduate co-op student. He holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in aerospace engineering, all from Virginia Tech. More

Dr. Vince Coppola, senior astrodynamics specialist, AGI

Vince is responsible for the quality assurance of all astrodynamics and technical code in the STK product line. He was development lead for the STK/Conjunction Analysis Tools, the High... Precision Orbit Propagator, and the custom plug-in script capability.Prior to AGI, Vince served as an assistant professor in the University of Michigan's Department of Aerospace Engineering. He received his B.S. in engineering science and mechanics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in theoretical and applied mathematics from Cornell University. He is an ASEE postdoctoral fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory. More

Ted Driver, senior navigation engineer, AGI

Ted has led the engineering of Navigation Tool Kit and the engineering and development of the Navigation Accuracy Library. Prior to working for AGI, he was the lead analyst in the GPS... operations center and worked on developing the navigation models for the GPS high-fidelity simulator currently used in operations. His research has focused on ways to improve GPS accuracy and disseminate accuracy information in novel ways. Ted holds a B.S. in physics from the University of California and a M.S. in physics from the University of Colorado. More

Sylvain Dupont, lead software architect, AGI

Sylvain is the lead software architect at AGI. In this role, he provides guidance to the Development team regarding architecture issues; investigates and monitors new technologies; helps with... the migration to new technologies; and tutors junior developers and interns. He joined the company in 1998. Sylvain holds an M.S. in computer science from Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Toulouse in France. He is the recipient of a 2005 AIAA Greater Philadelphia Section Space Systems Award. More

Dr. David Finkleman, senior scientist, CSSI

Dave, a leading authority on military space systems and strategic defense resources, serves as the senior scientist at the Center for Space Standards & Innovation (CSSI). In this capacity, he evaluates... and designs orbit estimation and space system simulation techniques while expanding the use of standards in space research. Before coming to CSSI, Finkleman was a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES) and served as director of analysis and chief technical officer for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, CO. He led U.S. and Canadian personnel responsible for all analytical and technical matters regarding U.S. military satellite systems; space surveillance; ballistic missile warning and defense; and all North American aerospace sovereignty and control capabilities. Finkleman is also currently affiliated with the Institute for Defense Analyses and SkySentry, LLC. More

Richard S. Hujsak, space surveillance senior engineer, AGI

Dick is charged with providing innovative algorithms for AGI in space surveillance. Prior to joining AGI in 2003, Dick s erved in the U.S. Air Force and worked for General Electric M & DS (now Lockheed Martin)... ; Applied Technology Associates, Inc.; Logicon; and Northrop Grumman. He has 37 years of experience in orbit determination and missile tracking algorithms and associated processing. His experience covers design, development, and operational deployment of various algorithms. These algorithms include various multi-sensor multi-target track correlation and assignment algorithms, various tracking platforms including space, air and ground, and various sensor systems including passive and active devices. Dick holds a B.S. and an M.S. in mathematics from the University of New Hampshire. More

Tom Johnson, vice president of engineering, AGI

Tom is responsible for special projects, customer advocacy, and mentoring and training AGI's system engineers. He also oversees the Center for Space Standards & Innovation (CSSI) in Colorado Springs... , AGI's research and outreach arm. Tom joined AGI in 1995 as a systems engineer, later transitioning to a position in the development department where he was eventually promoted to vice president of development. In 2002 he was selected to start AGI's engineering department. He began his aerospace career in 1989 as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, Schriever AFB, CO, where he focused on the on-orbit operations of the DSCS III and NATO III satellite systems. From 1993 to 1995, he was a senior systems engineer at Lockheed Martin Astro Space in King of Prussia, PA. He earned his B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame and his M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado. Tom is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA). He currently holds two patents and was recognized as the Philadelphia area AIAA Young Engineer of the Year in 1997. More

Dr. T.S. Kelso, senior research astrodynamicist, CSSI

T.S. is a noted authority on satellite orbits. He is currently a senior research astrodynamicist for the Center for Space Standards & Innovation (CSSI), AGI's research organization that promotes... public awareness of space information. He is also the webmaster of CelesTrak, a web site dedicated to tracking space objects (including debris) and monitoring them for in-orbit collisions. A retired Air Force colonel with 31 years of active duty, T.S. served as the first director of the Air Force Space Command Space Analysis Center (ASAC) at Peterson AFB in Colorado; led all Department of Defense analysis centers supporting the Columbia accident investigation; served as part of NASA's Near-Earth Object Science Definition Team; and consulted with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to provide orbital models for the Hubble Space Telescope. During his career, he has held numerous teaching positions in the field of astrodynamics and has earned vast experience in research, analysis, acquisition, development, operations, and consulting. He is also an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). More

Tom Neely, lead engineer, AGI

Since 1997, Tom has been responsible for the design and development of the STK modules STK/Comm and STK/Radar, as well as the software's aircraft mission modeling, geographic information system, and MATLAB interfacing capabilities. His current activities focus on designing... and building component-based software and enhancing aviation-oriented capabilities. Prior to joining AGI, Tom was a senior engineer at Lockheed Martin Government Electronic Systems working on the Aegis Weapon System. He was responsible for system-level simulation modeling and operational analysis of the Navy Area Ballistic Missile Defense system. From 1984 through 1994, he served as an F-14 radar intercept officer in the U.S. Navy. Tom holds a B.S. in finance and economics from Ohio State University and master's degrees in aeronautical and electrical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. More

Deron Ohlarik, senior software engineer, AGI

Deron is responsible for the development of and enhancements to AGI software's 3-D display capabilities, as well as general maintenance of STK-related graphics code. Deron implemented the solar... panel tool, which builds on technology covered in the U.S. Patent "Method and Apparatus for Determining Exposure of Spacecraft-Mounted Solar Panels to Sun." The tool helps determine a spacecraft's available power, critical to aerospace systems designers and planners. Deron also wrote STK's sensor obscuration tool, which aids in the placement of sensors onboard satellites, and developed STK's Night Lights and Webcast products. Prior to 1997, Deron served as a software engineer in the Management and Data Systems unit at Lockheed Martin in King of Prussia, PA, developing satellite command-and-control software. He graduated Stevens Institute of Technology in 1989 where he received his B.S. in electrical engineering. More

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Dr. Haroon Rashid, senior development engineer, AGI

Haroon develops and supports the STK/Comm module, while working with organizations to ensure that STK software satisfies requirements for interference analysis and resolving issues related to frequency... spectrum sharing at international levels. Prior to AGI, Haroon worked for the Saudi Arabian Department of Defense in the Middle East. He was a senior adviser on a project jointly carried out by the U.S. Air Force and the Saudi Arabian Air Force. His key responsibility was in defense communications high-speed network planning. From 1987 until 1996, Haroon served as a supervisor for communication planning and engineering and as senior project manager at Saudi Aramco. Haroon also worked for the University of Arkansas, where he taught electrical engineering and conducted research on an artificial intelligence project for the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Haroon holds his B.S. in electronic and communications engineering from the University of Engineering in Lahore, Pakistan, and he received his Ph.D. in communications engineering from the University of Arkansas. More

Kevin Ring, senior software engineer, AGI

In this role, Kevin supports the development of the company's software technologies, with specific focus on the architecture and implementation of AGI Components. Kevin joined AGI in 1997 as an intern, and... has also served as a software developer. He holds a B.S. in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. More

Frank Stoner, aerospace software engineer, AGI

Frank has a lead role in the design and development of AGI Components and the AGI data model. Prior to joining AGI in 1996, Frank served as a mission analyst and launch team member for geostationary... spacecraft at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space. From 1986 to 1991, he worked for General Dynamics Space Systems as a principal investigator and mission analyst specializing in advanced vehicle design assessment. From 1991 until 1993, Frank pursued graduate work at Princeton University in mechanical and aerospace engineering. Frank received his B.S. in aerospace engineering in 1986 from The Pennsylvania State University. More

Dr. Sergei Tanygin, senior astrodynamics specialist, AGI

Sergei played major roles in the development of STK/Astrogator and Navigation Tool Kit; served as the technical lead for the Vector Geometry Tool and the STK/Attitude module including... Attitude Coverage; and is one of the leading developers for STK plugins, terrain, 3-D visualizations, and core mathematical methods for integration, interpolation, and optimization. Prior to joining AGI in 1998, Sergei worked as a research assistant in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Cincinnati. He was invited by the Special Projects Office at NASA Johnson Space Center to support the Extravehicular Activity (EVA) project and worked on the NASA-funded AERcam Sprint Inspection Vehicle project. Sergei is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the American Astronautical Society (AAS), and is a reviewer for the Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics; the Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets; and the Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. He has one patent and has presented more than 20 technical papers. Sergei received his B.S. with honors in aerospace control systems from The Institute of Aerospace Technology in Ukraine in 1993. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in dynamics and control from the University of Cincinnati. More

Jimmy Tucholski, director, STK software development, AGI

James Tucholski is the director of STK software development at AGI. In this role, he is responsible for the software development of and updates and custom enhancements to the STK product... line. Jimmy received the following patentsin 2000 and 1999 respectively: US Patent 6,011,913 "Method and Apparatus for Determination of Spacecraft Drag" and US Patent 5,864,489 "Method and Apparatus for Determining Exposure of Spacecraft-Mounted Solar Panels to Sun." The latter patent is the basis for the solar panel tool in AGI's 3-D visualization software. The tool helps in determining a spacecraft's available power, critical to aerospace systems designers and planners. In 1992, Jimmy served as a systems engineer in the Management and Data Systems unit at Lockheed Martin in King of Prussia, PA, developing software analysis packages for different systems. He graduated from Cornell University in 1992 where he received his B.S. in electrical engineering. More

David Vallado, senior research astrodynamicist, CSSI

David is a senior research astrodynamicist with the Center for Space Standards & Innovation (CSSI). Previously, he was a principal engineer with Raytheon Intelligence and Information... Systems in Denver, CO, where he worked to integrate new technologiesinto ground software control systems. He is also the author of the advanced astrodynamics textbook, Fundamentals of Astrodynamics and Applications (3rd ed. 2007). Vallado has been recognized as the Microcosm author of the year (2007), as an AAS Fellow (2006), in Who's Who (since 2001), and among the 1998 Outstanding Young Men of America. More

Dr. James Woodburn, technical director/chief orbital scientist, AGI

Jim is responsible for providing technical leadership for evolving AGI's software products and technology. Jim started out as a consultant for AGI and joined as a full-time employee in 1994. His areas of expertise include orbit determination, orbit... trajectorygeneration, and visibility computations. Jim is responsible for two patent inventions awarded to AGI. He was also instrumental in the development of the Educational Alliance program at AGI that provides universities with free STK software and training to assist in course development. Prior to joining AGI, Jim spent eight years at Lockheed Martin developing software and working in spacecraft operations. Jim holds a B.S. in aerospace engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. He completed his postgraduate work at The University of Texas at Austin in 1994, earning his M.S. and Ph.D. in celestial mechanics. More

James Wright, spacecraft orbit determination specialist and ODTK architect, AGI

Jim joined AGI in November 1998 and spent his first two years at AGI writing a technical specification and C++ code for an optimal orbit determination prototype program now known as ODTK. He brought with him thirty-four years of experience... in applied theory and development of spacecraft orbit and attitude dynamics, estimation and control, including the development of two operational orbit determination programs, and one attitude determination program. He also brought with him his version of Herrick's Variation of Parameters in Universal Variables for orbit integration, implemented in C, which is used today in AGI's STK and Orbit Determination Tool Kit (ODTK). Jim is named on two U.S. patent inventions awarded to AGI. He studied astrodynamics under Samuel Herrick at UCLA, where he received an M.S. in engineering. More

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