1. GREG DIDERICH | 832-545-3675 | gdideric@gmail.com |
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SUMMARY
I have17 yearsof experiencedeveloping and operating high tech machinery in theharsh
environments. Forthelast three yearsI havebeen a projectmanagerin technology developmentfor
oil and gasdrilling datasystems. I have6 yearsof experiencewith spacecraftGuidance,Navigation
and ControlSystems,and 8 yearsof EnvironmentalControland LifeSupportsystems. .
SKILLS PROFILE
+ Extensive backgroundinsystem integration
+ NASA trainedcommunicationandpresentationskills
+ Requirementsandverificationmanagement
+ Balancessafety,budgetand schedule
+ Experience withlaboratoryprotocols
+ Trainedinroot cause analysis
+ Manage prototype engineeringdevelopmentfrom concepttocommercial
+ Highpressure,high costimpactdecisionmakingwithinternational visibility
+ Formallytrainedinprojectmanagement(PMI)
+ Multi-discipline teamleadership fromtechnicians,toscientists,toengineers,tobusiness.
+ Computerliterate:MicrosoftOffice (includingAccess, Project, andVisualBasic),Autocad,
Finite ElementMethods, Unix,manyNASA unique
+ Backgroundincomposite materials,fracture andfatigue,commandandcontrol software,
and engineeringsystems management
+ Mechanicallyinclined(Automotiverestoration,motorcycles,pilottraining)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
+ JumpstartedcommunicationbetweenEngineeringandOperationsfacilitatingthe releaseof
the firstmajor software upgrade in2 years. (2016)
+ Put inplace several newsystemsfortrackingprojectsandproducingconsistentquality.
(2015)
+ Ran successful 200⁰C Triple ComboprototypesinThailandforChevron(2014)
+ CommercializedDrillDOC,adownhole weight,torque and bendmeasurementtool.(2013)
+ Promoted tochairmanof NASA’s engineeringproblemresolutionteam(2012)
+ Avertedde-crewingof the InternationalSpace Stationthroughquickrecoveryof the failed
oxygengenerationsystem. (numerousawards2010-2011)
+ Managed a $100K highpressure oxygensupplytechnical riskdevelopmentprogram(2008)
+ Managed a trade studyfor nextgenerationgasresupply resultinginselectionof a$500M
hardware developmentprogram (2007)
+ Promotedtocontractor teamlead(2007)
+ Ledsafetyteam(2000-2005)
+ Ledinstructorcareer developmentteam(2004)
+ Wrote jointRussian/UScrewtrainingmanual (2003)
+ Fullycertifiedtotrainastronauts,cosmonautsandflightcontrollers(2003)

2. GREG DIDERICH | 832-545-3675 | gdideric@gmail.com |
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Project Manager, Nabors Drilling, 2014 - Current
+ Manage schedule andcoston projectstotaling$5 millionannualbudget.
+ Lead development,testingandvalidationof new measurementandtelemetrysystemsfor
drillingunconventionalwells.
+ Lead rootcause investigationsforfailedtestarticlesandprototypes
+ Improve testing,designandmanagementpractices.
+ Improve teamworkandcommunicationacrossdisciplines
Project Manager, Sperry Drilling, a Halliburton Service 2013 - Current
+ Manage schedule andcoston projectstotaling$5 million annualbudget.
Engineer, Boots and Coots a Halliburton Service 2013 - 2013
+ Providedengineeringsupporttothe businessdevelopmentmanagerforHydraulic
Workover
System Manager, Jacobs Engineering 2005 - 2013
+ Managed the control software, sabatier, oxygengenerationsystem,andairhandling
systemsonthe International Space Station
+ Lead a teamof logistics,safety,quality,operations andengineeringpeople tobringforward
the bestcourse of actionto program management
Engineering Instructor, United Space Alliance 1999 - 2005
+ Trainedastronauts,cosmonautsandflightcontrollersonthe guidance,navigationand
control systemof the International Space Station
+ Developed,negotiatedandimplementedanintegratedastronaut/cosmonauttrainingflow
withRussianmilitary personnel
Graduate Researcher, Center for Electromechanics at the Univ. of Texas 1997 – 1999
+ Designedexperimentsandresearchedanalytical techniquestopredictlongtermcomposite
material stressesandstrainsfromshort-termtests
Researcher, Wave Propagation Laboratory at Texas A&M University 1996 - 1997
+ Conductedfundamental researchof ultrasonicmethodsfornon-destructiveevaluation
(NDE) usingbothexperimentandcomputersimulation
EDUCATION
University of Texas in Austin - M.S. Aerospace Engineering 1997 – 1999
+ Focus:Composite materials;viscoelasticity;numerical methods
+ Thesis:'Predictionof Radial Pre-CompressionLossinViscoelasticComposite Flywheels'
Texas A&M University in College Station -B.S. Aerospace Engineering 1993 – 1997
+ Focus: Fundamental aerospaceengineeringconceptsincludingdesign,experimentation,
Computational FluidDynamics(CFD),structures,orbital mechanicsandaerodynamics