Thomas Taylor

Experience

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  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Jul 1976 - Feb 1982

  • Electronics Engineer (Ground and Flight Data Management Branch)

    Dec 1981 - Feb 1982

  • Mathematician (NASA Mission Operations Computing Division )

    Sept 1980 - Dec 1981

  • Electronics Engineer (Shuttle Program)

    Dec 1977 - Sept 1980

  • Electrical Engineer (Centaur Launch Vehicle-Voyager Mission)

    Jul 1976 - Dec 1977
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  Digital Equipment Corporation

  Feb 1982 - Mar 1983

  Software Specialist
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  HRB Singer Corporation

  Mar 1983 - May 1984

  Senior Engineer/Deputy Project Manager
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  Ford Aerospace

  May 1984 - Jun 1986

  Systems Engineer
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  Case Communications

  Jun 1986 - Oct 1988

  Engineering Manager
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  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Dec 1988 - Jun 2001

  • Program Manager (U.S. Digital Earth Initiative)

    Dec 1999 - Jun 2001

  • Office Manager (NASA/GSFC Project Formulation Office/Access to Space)

    Aug 1997 - Dec 1999

  • Instrument Systems Manager (NASA Chemistry Mission)

    Aug 1994 - Aug 1997

  • Instrument Manager (NASA Global Geospace Science Mission)

    Dec 1988 - Aug 1994
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  The Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory

  Sept 2003 - Jun 2016

  • Senior Research Engineer (Applied Research Laboratory)

    Jun 2001 - Jun 2016

  • Project Manager (NASA Swift Mission)

    Jun 2001 - Jun 2016

  • Project Manager (NASA AESP)

    Aug 2007 - Sept 2014

  • Project Manager (NASA JANUS Mission Concept Development)

    Jul 2007 - Jul 2009

  • Programs Manager (Centre for Space Research Programs)

    Sept 2003 - Sept 2008
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  University of Central Florida

  Apr 2015 - Jun 2018

  Research Manager (Florida Space Institute)
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  Walt Disney World

  Jun 2018 - Dec 2020

  Sr. Technical Specialist
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  Discovery Machine, Inc.

  Oct 2020 - May 2023

  Program Manager
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  FirstLightQ LLC

  Dec 2020 - now

  Owner/Principal