
Kate Cantu
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About me
Chief and SML, Space Electro-Optics Division
Education

University of Colorado Colorado Springs
2005 - 2008Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Project Management
University of Colorado Boulder
1999 - 2003Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) ChemistryActivities and Societies: Pershing Rifles Air Force ROTC, Det 105

USAF Air War College
2022 - 2023Master of Strategic Studies Space WarfightingActivities and Societies: West Space Seminar

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2015 - 2016Master of Science in Engineering and Management
Experience

Det 9/ 1st Air and Space Test Squadron
May 2004 - Jan 2005Test Launch Engineer
National Reconaissance Office, USAF
Jan 2005 - Jun 2009Program Element Monitor, BPO
Apr 2007 - Jun 2009Infrastructure Acquisition Branch Chief, Office of Space Launch
Jan 2005 - Apr 2007

Space Superiority Systems Directorate, USAF
Jun 2009 - Jun 2013Space Segment Lead
Jun 2011 - Jun 2013Ground Segment Lead
Jun 2009 - Jun 2011

Joint Staff, J8, USAF
Jun 2013 - Jun 2015Budget and Legislative Analyst.webp)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Jul 2015 - Jul 2016Graduate Student- System Design and Management (SDM) Program
45th Launch Group, USAF
Aug 2016 - Jun 2018Commander, 45th Launch Support Squadron
USAF
Aug 2018 - Jun 2021Materiel Leader, PNVC Integration
United States Space Force
Jul 2021 - Jul 2023Student, Air War College, West Space Seminar
Jul 2022 - Jul 2023Instructor, Leader Development Course (LDC) for Squadron Command
Jul 2021 - Aug 2022

Air Force Research Laboratory
Jul 2023 - nowChief and SML, Space Electro-Optics Division
Licenses & Certifications

AF- Program Management Level III
Defense Acquisition UniversityJul 2018
PMP
Project Management InstituteJan 2007
Test & Evaluation Level I
Defense Acquisition UniversityJan 2005
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