KEVIN CRAIG ODLE
12132 W. Lake Avenue
Littleton, Colorado 80127
(303) 973-8397 (Residence)
System Architect, Chief System Engineer, system engineer, advanced development and analyst
with over 30 years experience in advanced conceptual design, software simulation modeling and
design, spacecraft design, build, test and operations, and system analysis on many diverse
programs. A strong technical manager with the ability to accept technical or managerial
challenges and provide a successful resolution utilizing team building skills.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
STRATEGIC CAPTURE RESOURCES, INC
Nov 2011-Present
Consultant
Supported Sierra Nevada Corporation in systems engineering, test and verification, proposals
and architecture development on a classified study. Wrote initial master verification plan for the
Dream Chaser program, supported PDR preparation, assisted in requirements development and
reviewed briefings. Part of team that developed the certification approach for the Dream Chaser
program and developed the certification plan and verification and validation plan for the
program. Worked on several proposals for SNC including Dream Chaser and DARPA F6.
Assisted in the development of a mid term briefing and final report for a classified study.
LOCKHEED MARTIN ASTRONAUTICS, Denver, CO
2002 –Nov 2011
Senior Manager
Deputy Chief System Engineer (CSE) for the Orion program. Responsible for overseeing the
effort to CDR for the SEIT team and the overall program. Perform CSE duties on program when
CSE is not available. Proposal manager for NASA Orion program engineering change proposal.
Co-Chair the Environmental Definition Working Group (EDWG). Systems representative for
ERBs, NASA VICB, and PRBs. Perform special studies as needed by program management.
System Architect for the Orion program responsible for ensuring the architecture is considered in
all change requests. Support CSE in budget, performance evaluation and talent management
aspects of the organization. Team representative accepting NOVA award in 2010 for leadership
of the PDR integration team for the Orion program.
Senior Manager
Responsible for the Systems Integration group under the SEIT team reporting to the CSE for the
Orion program. Led the group which had the responsibility for the system level requirements
and interfaces, program processes, major reviews including System Definition Review,
Preliminary Design Review and Critical Design Review. Responsible for the system’s group in
task planning, budgets and personnel decisions.
Senior Manager
Responsible for the systems engineering organization for the Orbital Deep Space Imager (ODSI)
proposal and concept study effort. Chief System Engineer (CSE) responsible for the
development of technical requirements, architecture and segment concept designs. ODSI
systems engineering and design team consists of LM Integrated Systems and Solutions, and four
other teammates. Responsible for the system’s group in task planning, budgets and personnel
decisions. Proposal Manager for the ODSI concept study proposal.
Senior Manager
Responsible for the systems engineering organization for the SBSS proposal effort. Chief
System Engineer (CSE) responsible for the development of technical requirements, architecture
and segment concept designs. Specific responsibilities included: definition of requirements,
system level space and ground design, interface definition, system verification, integration and
test support, mission and launch operations. Responsible for the system’s group in task
planning, budgets and personnel decisions. Proposal Technical volume lead for the Mission
capabilities volume. Responsible for the Integrated Master Plan (IMP) development for the
proposal.
THE BOEING COMPANY, Aurora, CO
2001-2002
Senior System Engineer
Responsible for the system engineering effort for the Mission Operations group on a classified
program. Provide the horizontal integration across the mission operations group to ensure the
products were satisfying the mission objectives. Developed the Critical Design Review (CDR)
concept for the group and provided guidance to each group in developing their presentations.
Developed spreadsheets that outlined the overall program baseline and the approved
configuration changes that occurred. Developed an availability analysis for the program and also
mapped the operational procedures into the timeline of activities.
GENERAL DYNAMICS ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, Englewood, CO
1998-2001
Director
Report directly to the Vice President of Space and Surveillance and responsible for the Space
and Integration Line of Business (LOB) for the Space and Surveillance Group. Duties include
the Profit and Loss responsibility, new business pursuits, career development of employees, day
to day management of organization, orders, sales and profit for the LOB and management of the
programs under the LOB.
Manager
Responsible for the Chemical and Biological Warfare effort in the Space and Surveillance group.
Responsibilities include identification and development of potential programs, proposal lead and
program management of on-going programs. Proposal manager for the Joint Warning and
Reporting Network (JWARN) program, the Portal Shield replacement program and the Joint
Biological Point Detection System (JBPDS) for GDIS.
Supported the effort to win the Final Analysis Satellite system engineering and integration
program. Supported other proposals including: Pinnacle program, TASS, and Marksman.
LOCKHEED MARTIN ASTRONAUTICS, Denver, CO
1994-1998
Senior Manager
Responsible for the systems engineering organization for the P59 program, a smaller, cheaper,
good enough program that utilized new ways of doing business. Specific responsibilities
included: definition of requirements, system level space and ground design, interface definition,
system verification, mission and launch operations. Responsible for the system’s group in task
planning, budgets and personnel decisions. Chief System Engineer for the program assuring that
consistency of processes and technical information passed between my program and the
Astronautics Technical Operations Group. Received the Lockheed Martin Astronautics
Technical Achievement Award for my efforts as the Systems Engineering Manager.
Prior to the P59 program, I was the systems and ground lead for a classified study in the Special
Programs Advanced Programs Group. Responsible for the system level design of the ground
system which included hardware, software and interface issues. Performed system level trade
studies on architecture concepts for the system and ground segment. Provided mission analysis
support to validate the architecture concepts. Supported the P81 ground systems engineering
group.
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Aurora CO
1993-1994
System Engineer
Performed mission management analysis on a classified mission. Also, worked as the systems
engineer on an unclassified Norwegian telecom satellite program. Responsible for the concept of
operations, interface design and created a training package for the satellite ground operators.
Received a letter of appreciation for this effort.
MARTIN MARIETTA ASTRONAUTICS, Denver, CO
1990-1993
Technical Lead
Planned, recruited staff, defined job duties and provided technical leadership for a seven member
mission operations group. My group developed the concept of operations for the overall space
and ground architecture, which resulted in the highest rating by the customer of all contractors.
Received a letter of recognition for this effort. The mission operations group performed system
analysis to determine the optimum design concepts including the ground command and control
functions, satellite and ground communication systems, flight hardware and software, ground
hardware and software, and data processing and distribution to the end user. Interacted with the
design groups to ensure that their design fit into the overall system.
Wrote the system architecture definition and operational concept sections for a large scale
classified program technical proposal. Responsible for writing a portion of the cost proposal that
included the basis of estimates for the operations group manpower loading, travel, software,
hardware and documentation. Worked in the Advanced Concepts organization performing
mission analysis, architecture trade studies and concept of operations approaches for a new
classifies system architecture.
THE BOEING COMPANY, Aurora, CO
1989-1990
Senior System and Mission Operations Engineer
Member of the mission operations group for a classified program. Analyzed subsystem
performance via command and telemetry measurements, performed operational procedure
validation, analyzed end-to-end simulation results, defined command loads for uplink, performed
software validation, rehearsal support, and overall system analysis. Received the Technical
Operations Support award for work on the operations floor with console, planners, software and
simulations support personnel to ensure successful daily operations.
MARTIN MARIETTA ASTRONAUTICS GROUP, Denver, CO
1978-1989
Senior Staff Engineer in the Advanced Concepts Group
Member of a four person software development team that created an analysis and graphics
package with interactive databases (approx. 50,000 lines of code). The software modeled
different satellite sensor systems and evaluated sensor performance against specified mission
requirements. The Graphical User Interfaces were developed by working with the end user to
incorporate their requirements for a user-friendly system. Received an employee commendation
award for the software development effort.
Briefed and demonstrated the software capability to various customers, supported numerous offsite customer exercises, including real-time prototyping of software to meet user needs and
installed several systems at various locations per customer request. Received three employee
commendation awards for the above customer support effort. Responsible for modeling sensor
capabilities, defining data and sensor requirements, and developing data processing and
modeling algorithms and their associated software. Performed mission and system analysis on
various spacecraft design concepts to determine the compatibility with customer requirements.
This effort included the analysis of satellite communication concepts, link margins, and
throughput for various advanced concepts.
Mission Analyst
Responsible for the generation of algorithms that modeled the sequence of events about Venus
that included all maneuvers, planet mapping and Venus to Earth communications. Created
software analysis tools in FORTRAN to validate the command sequence of events for all onorbit operations.
Spacecraft Payload Software Technical Lead
Defined, executed and analyzed tests to verify the on-board software as a member of the
software validation and verification team for the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) program. Analyzed
spacecraft orbits using 3 and 6 degree of freedom programs. Also, created software analysis
tools and developed algorithms that aided in the spacecraft performance analysis.
EDUCATION
Masters of Science, Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado, 1981
Bachelors of Science, Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado, 1978
CLEARANCES
Extended Background Investigation (EBI)