Curriculum Vitae (updated)

1. ALEXANDRE (ALEX) POPOV
248 rue Keroack, Saint-Bruno QC J3V 5S1 (CANADA) / 5703 Tannahill Circle SE, Huntsville AL 35802-1833 (USA)
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Executive Summary: MSc in Systems Engineering. BSc in Applied Mathematics. Blended experience in software
engineering and manned space mission design/planning/integration/support on three space programs including twenty
years on the International Space Station (ISS) program. Proven track record on international research collaboration
including US/Canada/Russia efforts on bridging Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) to mHealth and healthcare
delivery for ISS crew and space exploration missions. Extensive knowledge of government procedures, industry standards
and specifications for system design, analysis, and test. Solid experience and skills in identifying and writing software
requirements, back-end software development, verification, validation, and certification. Proficiency in database design
and development. NASA Emeritus docent at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. AIAA Senior Member. Certified by
Public Service Commission of Canada for bilingual (English/French) government positions. Fluent in Russian.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015 – to present Adjunct Professor and Co-Principal Investigator on the ISS program,
Associate Graduate Faculty Member
Faculty of Science, MSc program in Computer Science
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Oshawa, ON
2003 – 2014 Mission Planner and Operations Engineer
Mobile Servicing System (MSS) Mission Planning Team on the ISS Program (ISSP)
Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Saint-Hubert, QC
2000 – 2003 Advisory Member of Engineering
MSS Mission Operation Team on the ISSP at CSA
Lockheed Martin Canada, Saint-Hubert, QC
1998 – 1999 System Analyst
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Project Team
X-Post Joint Stock Company, Moscow, Russia
1996 – 1998 Project Lead
Lead Operational Control Team (LOCT) on the Shuttle/Mir and NASA/Mir space programs
ENERGIA Rocket Space Corporation, Korolev, Russia
1988 – 1996 Senior Engineer
Long-Term Planning Team / LOCT on the Mir space station program
ENERGIA Rocket Space Corporation, Korolev, Russia
EDUCATION
1988
1983
BSc in Applied Mathematics, Moscow State University
MSc in Systems Engineering, Moscow Aviation Institute (State Technical University)
COMPUTER SKILLS
DMBS / Tools / Languages / OS
Oracle 8, Oracle 11g, MySQL, Oracle BPM Suite, Oracle Designer, Oracle Forms, DOORS, ClearCase, Rational
Development Studio, Rational Visual Test(MS-Test), Livelink, Drupal, CVS, RapidMiner, SAS Analytics Pro (Base SAS,
SAS/STAT), Visio, MS-Office, MS-Project, SQL* Plus, PL/SQL, FORTRAN, PL-I, C, HTML, IBM AIX, MS-Windows.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Eligibility to work for NASA: Eligible as a former NASA affiliated employee with clearance granted on the ISSP.
Member of AIAA Systems Engineering Technical Committee (SETC) since 2009. The organizer and a co-chair of annual
“PHM for Astronauts” (a.k.a.”PHM for Human Assets in Support of Individual Health, Performance, and Mission
Success”) session at the international IEEE Aerospace conference since 2013. Member of both Huntsville Area Friendship
Force (HAFF) and Force de l'Amitié de Montréal (FAM).
Details of the professional experience and employment history including a publication list are in the Appendix A attached.

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Appendix A - PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2015 – to present Adjunct Professor, Co-Principal Investigator on a collaboration project on the ISS program
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Oshawa, Ontario
- Performing research and development in Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) domain.
- Assembling and directing teams to analyze, define and satisfy both NASA and international space
exploration community needs on manned space exploration missions.
- Contributing to preparation and implementation of the “PHM for Astronauts” space experiment
series as a US/Canadian/Russian collaboration project running by Caltech, University of Arizona,
UOIT, PHM Society, and Institute for Biomedical Problems (Russian Academy of Science) on the
ISS program.
- Partnering with subject matter experts across the space exploration community and universities to
transition current capabilities into civil and commercial service offerings.
- Leveraging existing relationships and establishing new ones with NASA and Roscosmos.
- Providing both consulting services and paper review for IEEE and AIAA conferences.
2003 – 2014 Operations Engineer and Mission Planner
Mobile Servicing System (MSS) Mission Planning Team on the ISS Program (ISSP)
Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Saint-Hubert, Quebec
- Led efforts on bridging PHM to healthcare delivery in space exploration missions.
- Initiated and led EHR-based Space Medicine Decision Support System (SMDSS) [R&D] project,
ensured compliance with FDA 21 CFR part 11,delivered both project and technical documentation.
- Acted as key interface in order to transform customer requirements into program documents as
well as software specifications and design documents.
- Assigned inspection points and reviewed documents to ensure compliance with ISS program
requirements, FDA and Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) standards.
- Supported mission design review, Quality (a.k.a. Safety& Mission) Assurance, and Certification of
Flight Readiness (CoFR) process by providing checklists and recommendations on risk mitigation.
- Produced technical documentation, including software development / quality plans, requirements,
specifications, and agreements by authoring and integrating specialist inputs as required.
- Reported technical activities, issues, and accomplishments to upper management and customers
through briefings and written/oral reports including presentations.
- Organized and ran an international panel on space robotics on “Government Plans, Policies, and
Education” track at the IEEE Aerospace conference.
2000 – 2003 Advisory Member of Engineering
MSS Mission Operation Team on the ISSP at CSA
Lockheed Martin Canada, Saint-Hubert, Quebec
- Ensured the logical systematic conversion of product requirements into system solutions in terms
of technical and schedule constraints according to ISSP standards and practices.
- Performed software engineering tasks throughout product lifecycle (requirements development and
analysis, software design, unit test, integration, and verification).
- Presented results with recommendations to and advised senior government management on
supporting mission planning and data files delivery to NASA to ensure timely quality products.
- Established and ran a number of technical frameworks with stakeholders to ensure both
consistency in software development and compliance with IEEE 12207/IEEE 1012-2012.
1998 – 1999 System Analyst
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Project Team
X-Post Joint Stock Company, Moscow, Russia
- Identified specific project requirements with customers and users.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND EMPLOYMENT HISTORY(continued)
- Designed data architecture and database structure, developed software documentation.
- Developed CRM modules by means of ORACLE FORMS toolset.
- Created and maintained database structure, triggers and stored packages/procedures.
1996 – 1998 Project Lead
Lead Operational Control Team (LOCT)
Rocket Space Corporation ENERGIA, Korolev, Russia
- Delivered proposals and requirements on Scheduling and Planning Optimizing Module (SPOM)
and prototype for the Integrated Planning System (IPS) developed by Lockheed Martin for NASA
on the ISS program (ISSP).
- Led the SPOM project and tested the IPS on the MIR-Shuttle space program (ISSP feasibility
phase) at Moscow Mission Control Centre (MCC-M).
- Identified, diagnosed problems in functionality, developed plans with forecasts and commitments
as well as workable solutions with JSC/NASA teams on ISSP technical interchange meetings.
- Contributed to Station Program Implementation Plans (SPIPs) and ConOps development, reviewed
both requirements for definition of data interfaces and Interface Control Documents (ICDs).
- Produced software development and supporting documentation (Statistical Process Control Plans),
reviewed documents to comply with both ISS program requirements and adopted standards.
- Supported planning, staffing, coordination, and performance.
1988 – 1996 Senior Engineer
Long-Term Planning Team / LOCT
Rocket Space Corporation ENERGIA, Korolev, Russia
- Supported R&D projects on both MIR and ISS space programs.
- Assisted investigators to define, develop, and implement their experiments in space.
- Acted as a liaison between experiment investigators and Lead Operational Control Team to present
their technical concerns to various groups.
- Supported investigator teams to develop requirements specifications for crew procedures.
- Coordinated scheduling of inflight activities to accomplish research projects.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Designed workflows and master-processes (transformed ISSP requirements to Business Process Management (BPM)
workflows) by Open Text Livelink management tool to manage MSS mission planning and operations on the ISSP.
- Led NASA’s Integrated Planning System (IPS) test on the International Space Station Program feasibility phase.
- Delivered the Scheduling and Planning Optimizing Module (SPOM) Proposals and Requirements documents (selected
under NASA Research for Advance Engineering and Technology Development for Application).
ADVANCED TRAINING
2015
2013
2011
2010
2010
Tackling the Challenges of Big Data
MIT Professional Education Digital Program, Boston, MA
Project Management Professional (PMP) Examination Preparation Workshop
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Space Mission Analysis and Design
Open Source Software Problems
Canadian Space Agency, Saint-Hubert, QC

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CERTIFICATIONS
Tackling the Challenges of Big Data
MIT Professional Education Digital Programs
Français langue seconde officielle
Public Service Commission of Canada
Project Management Professional (PMP) Examination Preparation
PMI Montreal
Influence Skills
Learning Tree Management Institute
AIX System Administration (License ECM-03884/97) and Networking (License ECM-04157/97)
IBM
Expert Systems. Design and Development. (License No1686)
Rosatom Central Institute for Continuing Education and Training
PUBLICATIONS
Fink, W. ; Popov, A. ; Hess, A. “Autonomous PHM for High Value Human Assets“, Society for Machinery Failure
Prevention Technology (MFPT) 2017 Annual Conference, Virginia Beach, Virginia, May 2017.
Fink, W. ; Popov, A. ; Hess, A. “PHM for Astronauts – A New Application “,Special Panel on “PHM for Human Assets”,
2016 Annual Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Society, Denver, Colorado, October 2016.
Popov, A. ; Fink, W. ; Hess, A. “Prognostics and Health Management for Astronauts: a Collaboration Project on the
International Space Station” SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing Conference Proceedings, Baltimore, MD, April 2016.
Popov, A. ; Fink, W. ; McGregor, C. ; Hess, A. “PHM for Astronauts – Elaborating and Refining the Concept.” IEEE
Aerospace Conference Proceedings, Big Sky, MT, March 2016.
Kevorkova, O.; Popov, A. “Developing Requirements on a PHM-based Technology to Enable Autonomous Healthcare on
Space Missions.” IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings, Big Sky, MT, March 2016.
Kevorkova, O.; Popov, A. “Personal Health Care and Corresponding Technology with Prognostic Capability for
Astronauts — Issues and Challenges.” IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings, Big Sky, MT, March 2015.
Fink, W. ; Popov, A. ; Hess, A. “Planning a pilot project on the ISS for crew health management & maintenance beyond
LEO” IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings, Big Sky, MT, March 2014.
A. Popov, W. Fink, A. Hess. “PHM for Astronauts – A New Application”. 2013 Annual Conference of the Prognostics
and Health Management Society Proceedings, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 2013.
A. Popov. “System Health Management and Space Medicine Predictive Diagnostics. Common Concepts and Approaches.”
IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings, Big Sky, MT, March 2012.
A. Popov. “Decision Making on Certification of Flight Readiness. The Process and Tools.” IEEE Aerospace Conference
Proceedings, Big Sky, MT, March 2007.
A. Popov. “Commercial-off-the-shelf workflow package as a platform for mission planning data integration.” IEEE
Aerospace Conference Proceedings, Big Sky, MT, March 2006.
A. Popov. “Distributed mission planning and operations. Data integration.” IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings, Big
Sky, MT, March 2005.
A. Popov. “Mission planning and data integration on the International Space Station Program” IEEE Aerospace
Conference Proceedings, Big Sky, MT, March 2004.
A. Popov. “Mission planning on the International Space Station program. Concepts and systems.” IEEE Aerospace
Conference Proceedings, Big Sky, MT, March 2003.