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Results-oriented management professional with extensive work experience in the full spectrum of Civilian, Commercial, and National Security Space Systems. Proven leadership skills in the areas of project and proposal management, business development, sponsor and technical personnel engagement, schedule and budget estimation. Solid foundation in systems engineering methodology including requirements development and analysis, system verification and validation, risk management, and quality assurance.Program Manager: Principal Professional Staff @ 2012 - Present: NASA Mission Projects 2014 - Present: Solar Probe Plus (SPP) Deputy Program Manager - Responsible for overall mission success and execution within the project's budgetary and schedule constraints. 2012 - 2014: Solar Probe Plus (SPP) Deputy Program Manager for Payload - Successfully led the SPP Science Investigation Teams through Phase B technology development and preliminary design activities. http://solarprobe.jhuapl.edu/ 2010 - 2015: NASA Science Instrument Projects Magnetospheric Multi-Scale Energetic Particle Detectors (MMS-EPD) Program Manager: Successfully led the project team through the design, fabrication, integration, environmental testing, and delivery of all four flight MMS-EIS instruments approximately 1 year ahead of original baseline schedule; Managed post-delivery activities including spacecraft integration and test, launch operations, and instrument commissioning. Hot Plasma Composition Analyzer (MMS-HPCA) Project Manager: Successfully led the APL MMS-HPCA project team through the design, fabrication, environmental testing and delivery of flight Anode and Time-of- Flight electronics assemblies. Bepi-Colombo Strofio Project Manager: Successfully led the Strofio project team through the design, fabrication, environmental testing and delivery of APL's flight Position Processor Board (PPB), Low Voltage Power Supply (LVPS), Anode Electronics, and electronics box housing. Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) Project Manager: Managed the IBEX project team through the Extended Phase E data analysis and SCF tracking activities. Successfully managed project cost, schedule, technical requirements, and risk for SPP Instruments, MMS-EPD, MMS-HPCA, Strofio and IBEX. From September 2010 to Present (5 years 4 months) Business Development Space Systems Scientist @ 2009 - 2010: Science & Technology Programs Managed the development of spacecraft configurations and associated system budgets in support Orbital's 2010 NASA Explorers and Discovery Program teaming efforts. Led proposal team efforts to configure the appropriate spacecraft platform to accommodate payload estimates while meeting the customer’s cost, schedule, and performance needs. 2008 - 2009: Commercial Satellite Programs Managed the development of over 25 satellite configurations and associated system budgets in support of commercial satellite information requests and formal proposals. Led proposal team efforts to configure the appropriate satellite platform to accommodate payload estimates while meeting the customer’s cost, schedule, and performance needs. Contributed to product line improvement by working closely with Geo Systems IPT Leads to ensure that the next evolution of STAR-2 met future customer needs. From 2008 to 2010 (2 years) Senior Space Systems Engineer @ 2005 - 2008: Space Systems Group, Space Department Responsible for providing systems engineering technical leadership on several NASA and National Security space systems programs and proposals, including the STEREO and New Horizons programs. Succesfully managed numerous self-directed and team assignments in the areas of mission architecture, conceptual design, requirements development and analysis, detail design and fabrication, system integration and test, system verification and validation, launch vehicle integration, risk management, quality assurance and mission operations. 2002 - 2005: Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering Group, Air and Missile Defense Department Responsible for providing structural analysis support on several National Security and NASA and programs and proposals, including the Aegis Standard Missile and New Horizons programs. Analyzed the New Horizons spacecraft primary bus and secondary support structure under launch vehicle and third-stage booster static and dynamic loads, analyzed the structural integrity of the New Horizons Pluto Spacecraft under various launch accident failure scenarios as part of the Nuclear Launch Safety Approval process, developed a testing program to characterize the mechanical strength capabilities of the primary spacecraft structural panel clip interface. Provided Technical Direction Authority (TDA) review of primary contractor’s Standard Missile structural and dynamic analysis and testing programs, designed, analyzed and tested methods of isolating sensor instrumentation from launch loads for the Standard Missile target. From 2002 to 2008 (6 years) Senior Space Structural Analyst @ Responsible for providing structural analysis support on commercial satellite programs. Analyzed the unique STAR-2 composite material primary bus and secondary support structure under launch vehicle static and dynamic loads, performed strength and stiffness trade studies, thermal distortion predictions. From 1999 to 2001 (2 years) Space Structural Analyst @ Responsible for providing mechanical design structural analysis support on the NASA TDRSS, XM Radio, Sirius Radio, and DirecTV Communications Satellite Programs. Designed and analyzed the HS-702 communications satellite reflector dish and feed array support structure under launch vehicle static and dynamic loads. From 1996 to 1999 (3 years) M.S., Technical Management @ The Johns Hopkins University From 2005 to 2008 M.S., Aeronautics & Astronautics @ Stanford UniversityB.S., Aerospace Engineering @ Tuskegee University Patrick A. Hill is skilled in: Systems Engineering, Space Systems, Program Management, Aerospace, Satellite, Spacecraft, Structural Analysis, Engineering Management, Proposal Writing, Patran, Matlab, System Design, Fortran, Security Clearance, Earned Value Management