1. John Adam McGinnis
1306 Chestnut Springs Lane, Houston, TX 77062 • 205.602.0478 • mcginnis.john.adam@gmail.com
Professional Summary
Senior aerospace and systems engineer with B.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Natural Sciences, and an
M.S. in Physics. Proven innovative thinker within NASA. Certified FAA Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic.
Possesses excellent interpersonal and analytical problem solving skills, along with a working proficiency in the
Russian language.
Areas of Expertise
• System Requirements Development,
Documentation, and Integration
• Engineering Consulting
• Aerodynamics
• FAA Regulations
• Data Analysis
• Spaceflight Operations
• Requirements Verification
• Aircraft Repair and Inspection
• FORTRAN
• NASTRAN
• MS Office Suite
• Satellite Toolkit (STK)
• Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Relevant Experience
Booz Allen Hamilton Johnson Space Center; Houston, TX October 2007 – Present
Senior Engineer
• Senior systems engineer, subject matter expert, and data analyst for the International Space Station (ISS)
Altitude and Propellant subsystems
• Project lead for developing and coordinating from concept to implementation, a NASA Innovation and
Efficiency (I&E) that reduced the ISS propellant cost by an estimated $21.76 million from 2012-2015
• Successfully planned and coordinated with various U.S., Russian, European, and Japanese teams, taking into
consideration of all ISS systems and ensured ISS Altitude and Propellant requirements have been fully met
• Principle developer of a software module using Excel VBA, FORTRAN, and JAVA for calculating relative
motion between the ISS, jettisoned items, and clouds of vented liquids
• Co-author of professional paper: Orbital Propagator: Refined Orbital Projections of a Sublimating Ice
Particle, IAC-08-A6.2.4
• Leading implementation project for another optimization concept discovered during my thesis research that
will potentially reduce ISS operations costs by $75 million from 2020-2028
Education
University of Houston- Clear Lake Houston, TX 2016
M.S. Physics
Publications: M.S. Thesis, Impacts of Solar Cycle and Uncertainty in Solar Activity Predictions on Spacecraft in
Earth Orbit.
Aviation Institute of Maintenance, Houston, TX 2011
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) Ratings
Auburn University Auburn, AL 2007
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering
Birmingham Southern College Birmingham, AL 2007
B.S. in Natural Sciences
Additional Experience
Space Settlement Design Competition (SSDC): JSC; Houston, TX; Volunteer Educator/Team Leader, 2010-present
Engineers without Borders: JSC; Houston, TX; Chapter Treasurer, 2009
Texas Youth Hunting Program: Houston, TX, Huntmaster/Volunteer Educator, 2014-present