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John is a software/systems engineer with 12 years of experience supporting NASA/NOAA R&D programs. He is Director of Autonomous Vehicles Group at Emergent where he has worked since January 2003. John is focused on research, development, and application of marine systems. His recent research has explored spaceport range safety and in situ oceanographic monitoring. John is the principal onboard systems engineer for the NASA/NOAA Ocean Atmosphere Sensor Integration System platform - an 18ft, 3000lb, solar powered, autonomous surface vehicle for long duration ocean operations. John has also served as the lead software engineer for NASA/GSFC Formation Flying Test Bed - a real-time closed loop hardware-in-the-loop spacecraft simulation facility. Prior to joining Emergent, John supported software design, development, and integration for the NASA Instrument Remote Control system and provided support to astronomical instrument development teams at NASA and the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. John has also supported design, development, and integration for the Space Shuttle and International Space Station Air/Ground Voice Equipment system located at the NASA/JSC's Mission Control Center while working at Lockheed Martin Space Operations in Houston, TX. He also provided primary configuration management support for the International Space Station Portable Computer System. In his spare time, John enjoys sailing on the Chesapeake Bay, skiing/hiking out west, and traveling throughout the US and abroad.