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SVEC Legends Of Engineering Speakers
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| With Mark Pasquale (Retired Vice President and General Manager, Lockheed Martin, Space), Alison Nordt (Director, Space Sciences & Instrumentation, Lockheed Martin Space), Tommaso Rivellini (VP, Air Vehicle Archer Aviation). |
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Oct 24 (Sat) @ 10:00 AM
$10
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BEYOND THE HORIZON: Engineering the Future of Space & Technology
Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame presents the Legends of Engineering series that features Hall of Fame Inductees & Bay-Area luminaries discussing today's most significant technology issues.
Speakers
Mark Pasquale Retired Vice President & General Manager Lockheed Martin, Space
Mark A. Pasquale retired as the vice president & general manager of Lockheed Martin Space. In this senior role, he drives day-to-day execution at the enterprise level, motivating positive impact in cost & performance at the company & for its customer missions.
Previously, Mark served as the vice president & general manager of Special Programs, where he was responsible for critical national security missions in the space division's largest line of business. He managed a broad portfolio of complex development programs, operations & maintenance contracts plus a variety of research & development pursuits. Before leading a line of business, Mark was the vice president of engineering & technology, where he led 10,000 engineers spanning all products, from ground systems, sensors & missile defense to human spaceflight & deep-space missions.
Mark drove affordability & performance in many executive positions earlier in his career at Lockheed Martin. He led the Supply Chain organization, responsible for over $5 billion worth of subcontracts & procurement, & he grew in program management experience as deputy to the Military Space vice president, leader of the Transformational Satellite program & head of MUOS, a military communications program. He also served as the executive over commercial & government programs within the Commercial Space line of business.
Mark's career began in 1984 on the Milstar satellite program. He entered his first management role with the Assembly, Integration & Test (AI&T) team, where he helped establish the Commercial Space AI&T management organization & supported the A2100 satellite bus transition to Sunnyvale, California.
Mark earned his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from San Jose State University in 1984 & serves on the San Jose State Engineering Department Industry Advisory Board. He is a recipient of the prestigious Lockheed Martin NOVA award, the San Jose State University Department of Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award, & is a member of the Silicon Valley Engineering Council Hall of Fame.
Alison Nordt, PhD - Director, Space Sciences & Instrumentation
Lockheed Martin Space
Dr. Alison Nordt is the Director for Space Science & Instrumentation at Lockheed Martin's Advanced Technology Center. She is responsible for developing & operating missions that provide observational data to advance space science knowledge. Her work involves maturing technology to support current & future space-based telescopes & instruments. She is currently a Co-Investigator for TechMAST (Technology Maturation for Astrophysics Space Telescopes) & related internal research & development efforts.
Previously, Dr. Nordt was the senior manager for Astrophysics & held several roles on the NIRCam (Near Infrared Camera for the Webb Telescope) program including Program Manager, Integrated Product Team Lead & Certified Principal Engineer. She was responsible for the design, development, testing & delivery of the NIRCam instrument including optics, structures, mechanisms, electronics & software. She also held responsibility for programmatic performance including cost & schedule execution & post-delivery support.
Dr. Nordt has an extensive engineering background in structures, opto-mechanical systems & instrument development including design, analysis & hands-on hardware experience through integration & test. She has diverse program management experience through the program lifecycle from capture through end item product delivery.
Dr. Nordt holds Ph.D. & M.S. degrees in Aeronautics & Astronautics from Stanford University & a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering & the International Academy of Astronautics & an AIAA Fellow. She was named the AIAA Engineer of the Year in 2023.
Tommaso "Tom" Rivellini - VP of Air Vehicle Archer Aviation
Tom leads engineering for the company's electric vertical takeoff & landing aircraft. Before Archer, he spent twelve years at Apple, most recently as Engineering Director in Apple's Special Projects Group, & earlier as Engineering Director for iPhone Product Design.
Rivellini began his career at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he spent over two decades working on Mars exploration. He was a member of the four-person team that conceived the Mars Pathfinder entry, descent, & landing system, & co-invented its airbag landing approach. He went on to serve as Deputy Mechanical Systems Architect for the Mars Exploration Rovers (Spirit & Opportunity), & as Mechanical Systems Engineer for the Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover, where he co-invented the Skycrane landing system. He later served as Chief Engineer for JPL's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator program, a $160 million high-altitude test program developing next-generation Mars landing technology. Over his NASA career, his work contributed to the design & landing of six spacecraft on Mars.
His honors include NASA's Exceptional Service Medal, the AIAA Engineer of the Year Award, & recognition as one of Esquire Magazine's 2012 Americans of the Year. He holds degrees in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering from Syracuse University & Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
Agenda
5:00 PM - 6:30PM - Join us for a networking session to meet your fellow engineers & the speakers. A full selection of fine hot & cold snacks will be served along with soft drinks, wine & beer.
6:30PM - 8:00PM - A roundtable-style presentation by our Hall of Fame inductees & Silicon Valley luminaries.
8:00PM - 9:00PM - Questions & informal follow up with speakers.
Legends of Engineering Premier Sponsor
ASME - SCVS
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