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John Dalton Deputy Director Space Sciences Directorate  Has served as Deputy Director of Space Sciences since July 2001, responsible for general management of the Directorate operations. Led development of a science workforce model to support strategic Human Capital planning. Led integration of science data management activities and analysis of strategic requirements for high performance computing to support future science missions. Led resolution of issues in transition to full cost accounting to maintain Directorate competitiveness. Previous Experience: March 2000 - July 2001: Led business case development and transition of NASA's Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Facility for mission critical software from Ames Research Center to Goddard. October 1998 - March 2000: Customer Commitment Manager for NASA Space Operations Management Office (SOMO) at Johnson Space Center (matrix assignment from GSFC). Led development of mission operations and communications service level agreements for NASA, commercial, and international missions. 1992 - 1998: Deputy Project Manager for the Earth Observing System Data & Information System (EOSDIS), a major distributed computing system which supports spacecraft operations, and performs acquisition, processing, management, and distribution of data and derived science information from NASA Earth science missions. Served as Project Manager through completion of the detailed design. 1983 - 1992: Chief of the GSFC Data Systems Technology Division. Led application of information systems technology to develop the next generation of mission operations and data systems. By developing reusable components and supporting their transition to operational use, the division applied Very Large Scale Integration Technology to reduce the cost of high rate data systems, interactive software environments to reduce software development cost, and expert systems to reduce operations cost. 1975 - 1983: Managed development of image processing systems for analysis of GOES and Landsat data in GSFC Applications Directorate (now Earth Sciences). Led software development team to apply Goddard's satellite image processing technology to prototype geographic mapping of socio-economic data for the White House. Led demonstration of the system to President Carter and Members of Congress. Managed development of an operational system for use by 22 Federal agencies and transferred system to Department of Commerce. 1970 - 1975: Computer scientist/physicist in the University of Maryland Space Physics Group. Developed computer simulations of cosmic ray instrument performance to design and calibrate experiments on IMP-7 and IMP-8. Under cooperative agreement with GSFC Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, developed data analysis software for cosmic ray experiments on IMP-6/7/8 and Pioneer-10/11 missions. Education: B.S., Physics - University of Maryland
M.S., Computer Science - University of Maryland Master of Engineering Administration - George Washington University. Major Awards: SES Meritorious Rank Award: 2003
NASA Exceptional Service Medals: 1988, 2002 Goddard Exceptional Performance Award in 1979 |