Paul McMasters

Experience

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  Vantage Partners, LLC, NASA Glenn Research Center

  Apr 1984 - Jan 2020

  Senior Schedule Analyst

  Providing schedule support to the Glenn Research Center to European Service Module (ESM) project. Creating and maintaining Structural Test Article, Propulsion, and master integrated schedules for the project.Provide scheduling support to the Glenn Research Center to the ISS (International Space Station) and Human Health Office. Create and maintain fully cost and resource loaded schedules for each of the major upcoming ISS projects. Create and maintain utilization schedules for each of the testing facilities located on ISS. Create and maintain the ISS traffic model representing all historical ISS flights and payloads as well as all future payloads and experiments.Responsible for contractor schedule compliance for integration to the NASA ISS master integrated schedule. Show less

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  Analex (QinetiQ North American Operations)

  Apr 1984 - May 2009

  Schedule Analyst

  Provided program/project management support to the Launch Systems Project office, specifically detailed schedule support to the Ares 1X Simulator project as lead scheduler for the upper stage of the Ares 1X rocket.Provide detailed schedule support to the Ares Special Test Equipment and the Thermal Development test hardware. Provide program/project management support to the Integrated Environmental Testing project, specifically detailed schedule support and critical path analysis.Provided program/project management support to the Science Division. Development of all programs/project schedules and the tracking and identification of scheduling issues that cross project boundaries. Establish and control all processes, procedures, and work instructions as the quality systems representative.Coordinated and implemented activities managed by the Space Communications Office. Provide all scheduling support to the Space Communications Office. Report metrics on schedule activity performance. Establish and control all processes, procedures, and work instructions.Lead operations/experiment scheduler for the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS). On call 24 hours a day / 7 days a week. Created daily spacecraft configuration orders.Interacted with over 150 different industry and university users of the satellite.Report daily to Operations Manager. Supervised scheduling and cost support staff in support of the Space Station Freedom Program. Served as Analex representative for assigned NASA tasks. Deputy supervisor for configuration management and computer support personnel.Schedule representative on the Performance Measurement Subsequent Application Review team.Served as liaison with prime contractor, Rocketdyne, for all Space Station scheduling activities.Responsible for master schedule and reporting to NASA management and NASA headquarters. Show less

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  QinetiQ North America

  May 2009 - Aug 2011

  Production Controller / Manufacturing Schedule Analyst

  Provided scheduling support to the Glenn Research Center Manufacturing division. Built in-house scheduling system to track all skilled labor in support of individually projects and tasks. Provided management resource manpower analysis for planning purposes. Provide management historical information on labor workforce production. Provide customers real time status of job progress and hours charged against their tasks. Main customer interface for all new jobs coming into the manufacturing shop. Developed basis of estimate tool for estimating new work. Show less

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  VANTAGE PARTNERS LLC, NASA

  Jan 2020 - Mar 2020

  Facility Scheduler
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  Northrop Grumman, NASA

  Apr 2020 - Jun 2021

  Facility Sceduler
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  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Jun 2021 - Oct 2024

  Administrative Manager
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  NASA Glenn Research Center

  Oct 2024 - now

  Chief of Staff