Chester (Chet) N. Sasaki
Genesis Project Manager
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA

• Assistant Project Manager, Scatterometers Project Office
  Responsible for definition, planning and execution of day-to-day operations of the SeaWinds instrument project.
  
• Assistant Project Manager/Instrument Manager for the NASA Scatterometer Project (NSCAT)
  Responsible for the implementation and execution of the instrument design, fabrication and test of the NSCAT instrument.
  
• Senior System Engineer, SDIO/Pathfinder Project.
  Served as the Pathfinder integration manager. Responsible for the development of the experiment integration implementation plan. Interfaced with McDonald-Douglas and JPL experiment cognizant engineers to develop and implement plan.
• Partner in Specialized Personnel Services

• Performed business analysis, valuation, listing and sale for manufacturing, distribution, and service companies in the greater Los Angeles area.
• Instructor, California Polytechnic College, Mechanical Engineering Department
  Taught engineering design courses.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — 1976 to December 1984

• Technical Manager/Member of Technical Staff/Technology Program Manager
  Managed Defense Space Technology Programs. Cognizant of approximately 70 small to medium sized tasks.
• STS Engineering and Ops Manager
  Managed JPL's general support to the USAF's Space Transportation System activities. Established customer interface for adaptive budgetary/fiscal system, planning, and scheduling methodology. Developed work statement and cost estimates and negotiated each specific task with sponsor.
• IRAS Integration Engineer
  Managed the IRAS telescope retrofit task for multinational program.
• Cognizant Engineer, Space Development Engineering Section
  Developed launch vehicle adapter. Acted as division representative for Galileo/STS interface and as configuration engineer for ISPM preproject.
• Voyager System Mechanical Engineer
  Served as system mechanical engineer for system assembly and test of Voyager 2 spacecraft and for RTG integration planning and implementation.

United States Air Force — 1964-1976

• Captain, USAF
  Held positions as Flight Test Manager, Minuteman 3, Vandenburg AFB; Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies, Kansas State University; Project Engineer, Space and Missile Systems Organization (Titan SPO): Project Engineer, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory.