In January 2022, Tom was selected as the Director of Engineering & Technology at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). Prior to this, Tom served as the Director of Flight Projects from February 2021 and Deputy Director of Flight Projects from 2015 at GSFC.
Tom has 43 years of experience in the Aerospace industry with half his time spent with General Dynamics/Lockheed Missiles & Space /GE/RCA/Martin Marietta/Lockheed Martin in the Thermal Systems as well as the Systems Integration & Test disciplines. In 1997, Tom joined the Dynatherm Corporation, Inc, a small Maryland company that manufactured thermal control systems for the aerospace market as its General Manager to lead the company through its sale to Pressure Systems, Inc, and where he remained as its General Manager for the next four years. He joined NASA GSFC in 2001 as the Chief Technology Engineer for the Thermal Engineering Branch, served as the Applied Engineering & Technology Directorate Chief Engineer from 2005 thru 2007; as the Division Chief for the Mission Engineering and Systems Analysis Division from 2007 to 2010; as the Deputy Associate Director for Earth Science Projects from 2010 to 2013 and as the Associate Director for Earth Science Projects at GSFC as well as the Program Manager for both the Earth Systematic Missions Program and the Reimbursable Projects Program at NASA HQ from 2013 to 2015.
Tom holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University, an MBA in International Business from the Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science and is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania.
