I am very pleased to be a part of the GPM Team and have an opportunity to make a major contribution to this exciting program. GPM is a great mission with dedicated partners. I look forward to working with our team members to make this program a major success.

I have been working in the aerospace industry for over 25 years. In 1991, I joined NASA and since then I have held positions of Observatory Manager, Deputy Project Manager, Electrical Engineering Deputy Chief, and Project Manager. I had key roles in the development of the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS-EP) and Landsat-7, which led to successful launches of both satellites. As the Deputy Project Manager for the Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES), I led the team to the successful launch of NOAA-K in the summer of 1998.

I also led the technical management of several in-house projects at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), including the Burst Array Telescope (Swift Observatory instrument), Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), and Space Technology 5 (ST5), while serving as the Electrical Engineering Deputy Chief. My recent assignment as the ST5 Project Manager led to the successful launch and operation of the three ST5 satellites.

Prior to joining GSFC, I had key roles in the development of the TOPEX/Poseidon observatory, while I held the positions of Electrical Systems Manager and Integration and Test Manager at Fairchild Space Company (now Orbital). I also led several aircraft systems and subsystem developments as the Senior Design and Project Lead at Sundstrand Aerospace Company (now Hamilton Standard) prior to joining Fairchild Space Company.

I graduated from the University of Illinois (Champaign/Urbana) with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering. I played collegiate level soccer for my university and now enjoy the game of tennis, which is my second favorite sport.

Art Azarbarzin
GPM Project Manager
Art.Azarbarzin@nasa.gov
301 286-2508