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Brian N. Harris brings more than two decades of aerospace industry experience to the SPACEHAB executive team. With a strong background in new market development, Mr. Harris' primary responsibilities are to identify and implement new initiatives and partnerships. As SPACEHAB's Vice President of Business Development, he oversees the Company's sales growth endeavors.
Most recently, Mr. Harris was employed with Marotta Controls, Inc., an aerospace fluids manufacturer, as its Aerospace Systems Group Senior Director. He was integral in leading Marotta in developing technologies from concept to market implementation. Additionally, he managed activities to identify emerging target opportunities and developed technical proposals for business growth of space systems components. Mr. Harris' extensive aerospace portfolio also includes directing the project management efforts at United Space Alliance where he served as Deputy Program Manager for Space Station. He has also acted as Project Manager of Space Shuttle Management and Operations at NASA's Kennedy Space Center managing space shuttle ground operations efforts. Mr. Harris has also teamed with Lockheed Martin to lead their core of engineers in a test program that was critical to the Space Shuttle fleet's return to flight following the Challenger accident in 1986.
Mr. Harris earned a Master of Arts in Information Systems and Computer Resource Management from Webster University in Missouri, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Ocean Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida. | 