Engineer, Entrepreneur, Writer
Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Current
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- Senior Engineer at GeoEye
- Past
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- Owner at The Pot and Bead, LLC (Sole Proprietorship)
- Systems Engineer at AeroAstro, Inc
- Software Engineer at Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Spacecraft Analyst at AlliedSignal Technical Services Corporation
- Education
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- University of Maryland College Park
- Commack High School
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Adeena Mignogna’s Summary
Software and Systems Engineer in the Aerospace Industry turned Retail Entrepreneur.
- Spent 10 years in various positions related to the design and operations of satellite systems components and ground software
- Opened a retail, contemporary ceramics studio.
- For the past 2+ years, have been back in the aerospace industry as a lead for the development of new Command and Control systems.
- Author of "Cute Little Store: between the entrepreneurial dream and business reality" published in 2006
Adeena Mignogna’s Specialties:
developing new software systems concepts, writing software system requirements, testing software systems, writing business plans & proposals
Adeena Mignogna’s Experience
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Senior Engineer
GeoEye
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; GEOY; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
December 2004 — Present (3 years 6 months)
Command and Control Systems Lead for the NextView Ground Segment. Responsible for requirements development, interfaces, management and testing of vendor developed systems. Developed software performance requirements. Responsible for interface engineering and management between existing and new systems. Managed vendor’s technical performance against requirements and deliverables. Led technical team for vendor source selection. Responsible for closure of technical action items from design reviews. Prepared material for system level design reviews. Wrote and performed testing for internal and vendor developed software systems for Factory Acceptance Tests, Site Acceptance Tests and Integration & Test phase of program. Systems include flight dynamics, image collection planning, telemetry & control and ground terminal control systems.
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Owner
The Pot and Bead, LLC (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Retail industry)
October 2002 — February 2008 (5 years 5 months)
Wrote business plan, secured SBA backed financing, secured commercial lease and opened the retail store “The Pot & Bead” in October 2002. Wrote detailed and thorough operating procedures manual. Responsible for all aspects of human resources: interviewing, hiring, training, scheduling, monitoring performance and releasing. Responsible for all aspects of marketing: developing promotion materials, writing press releases, developing website content, participating in networking events, working with advertisers, developing new promotions and events. Responsible for maintaining and executing high standards of customer service. Responsible for all aspects of product and service development: purchasing, vendor negotiations, production equipment maintenance. Responsible for all business finances: budgeting, sales performance. Heavily involved in local community through Small Business Development Center and local Chamber of Commerce.
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Systems Engineer
AeroAstro, Inc
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
December 2000 — August 2002 (1 year 9 months)
Lead Systems Engineer for the SPORT spacecraft. Participated in all design activities and reviews. Led beginning of mission operations and control center development. Coordinated team design and activities. Participated in several proposal and conceptual design efforts. Heavily involved in marketing SPORT to domestic and international customers.
Led Mechanical design for multiple radio transponder programs through first phase of design. Responsible for the mechanical design and analysis of all enclosures on these programs. Supported mission analysis and operations set-up for several new satellite programs. Developed positioning algorithms using GPS data. -
Software Engineer
Orbital Sciences Corporation
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ORB; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
June 1998 — December 2000 (2 years 7 months)
Flight Dynamics System lead for the OrbView-3/4 satellites. Developed this system with existing COTS and semi-COTS software. Managed sub-contracts for software development and analysis tasks. Led orbit analysis tasks including the development of an orbit raising plan for OrbView-3. Wrote procedures for using system and performing real-time nominal and contingency activities. Examined options for post-launch tracking support. Investigated the possibility of using Satellite Laser Ranging as truth orbit knowledge. Developing GUI and interfaces in Tcl/Tk and UNIX.
Part of Mission Planning System software development team for OrbView-3/4 satellites. Developed this system in Object-Oriented C++. Created initial demo of system (approximately 4000 lines of code) in Tcl/Tk. Contributed to the development of detailed models for spacecraft attitude control and power subsystems. -
Spacecraft Analyst
AlliedSignal Technical Services Corporation
(Public Company; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
June 1997 — June 1998 (1 year 1 month)
Performed Command Controller (CC) and Spacecraft Analyst (SA) duties for SMEX on-orbit missions FAST, SAMPEX, and TRACE. SA responsibilities included learning about all spacecraft subsystems. Responsible for data capture and health and safety of spacecrafts. Responsible for investigation and resolution of ground anomalies. Assisted with preparations for launch of TRACE and future launch of SWAS. Worked with TPOCC and ITOS ground systems, CCSDS telemetry and command standards and STOL procedural language. Trained new employees for CC certification.
Adeena Mignogna’s Education
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University of Maryland College Park
BS, Physics, Astronomy, 1992 — 1997
- Activities and Societies:
- Maryland Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (founder & president); WMUC (Program Director for 650 AM); W3EAX Amateur Radio Club
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Commack High School
1989 — 1992
Additional Information
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Adeena Mignogna’s Interests:
writing, computers, computer programming, robotics, music, science fiction, sailing, astronomy, space
Adeena Mignogna’s Groups:
Contemporary Ceramics Studios Association, Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce
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Aerospace Professionals member
Adeena Mignogna’s Honors:
Nominated 3 years in a row for Retail Business of the Year (2003, 2004, 2005; finalist in 2005)
Adeena Mignogna’s Contact Settings
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