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MADELINE
JUSTINIANO BUTLER
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
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Deputy Chief Engineer
Applied Engineering and Technology
Ms. Madeline Butler serves as
the Deputy Senior Engineer of the Applied Engineering and
Technology Directorate and the Data Systems Standards Manager
at GSFC. She also serves as the Engineering Technical Authority
for the Space and Ground Networks. She was among five other
NASA engineers selected to go to NASA Headquarters in Washington
DC to design and architect the telecommunications infrastructure
that will be used to support the Missions to the Moon and
Mars.
In her 32 years at GSFC, Madeline
has served as the Head of the Telemetry and tracking Systems
Section; Project Manager for the Automation of the NASA Ground
Terminal at White Sands, New Mexico; Senior Systems Engineer
for the Mission Operations and Data Systems Directorate; Head
of the Mission Implementation and Technology Management Office
of the Mission Operations and Systems Development Division.
In this position she managed sixteen senior engineers responsible
for mission data systems design, development, testing, operations
and planning of NASA missions.
Awards &
Recognitions:
Throughout her carrier, Madeline
has received numerous awards for Outstanding Performance in
engineering and management. She was awarded the NASA Exceptional
Achievement Medal in 1995 for the design of integrated science
and mission control centers; the Silver Snoopy Award for outstanding
support to Space Transportation System (Space Shuttle) Program;
the Manned Flight Launch Awareness Honoree, Award of Merit,
for the achievements in support of the manned space program;
and t he NASA Equal Opportunity Award for the contribution
towards reaching the Equal Opportunity goals. In addition
she is the author of several technical publications in the
field of mission operations, data standards and telemetry
systems. She is also a Senior Fellow of the Council for Excellence
in Government.
Educational
Background:
Madeline was born in Maricao,
Puerto Rico. Since she was a little girl she was fascinated
with everything that relates to space. She was always looking
at the stars with her telescope. When she was watching the
man landing on the moon, she decided that she was going to
work for NASA even if it was as a janitor. Later on she obtained
a Bachelor in Mathematics from the University of Puerto Rico,
Mayaguez Campus in 1971 and she was hired to work at NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center in January 1977. Madeline was
one of the first women to be hired from PR by NASA, opening
doors for others to come to work for NASA. Later she obtained
a Master Science in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD in 1981. She has spent 32 years working for
the NASA space center at Greenbelt, MD, the Goddard Space
Flight Center. Madeline went to PR to recruit 10 years in
a row hiring a number of the "Boricuas at NASA".
Madeline is married and has
two daughters. She enjoys playing golf. And although she could
retire, she is plans to continue working at NASA for a few
years.
JANUARY 2009
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