Directory

Work Experience

Part-Time Faculty, Wor-Wic Community College, Salisbury, MD 2020 – Present

Engineering Manager, KBR, Wallops Flight Facility, VA 2017 – Present

Operations Manager, LJT & Associates, Wallops Flight Facility, VA 2014 – 2017

Project Office Manager, LJT & Associates, Wallops Flight Facility, VA 2010 – 2014

Systems Engineer II, LJT & Associates, Wallops Flight Facility, VA 2007 – 2010

Assistant Director of Operations, 2d Range Operations Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, CA 2007

Adjunct Instructor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Extended Campus, CA 2006 – 2008

Executive Officer, 30th Operations Group, Vandenberg AFB, CA 2005 – 2006

Operations Flight Commander, 2d Range Operations Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, CA 2004 – 2007

Minuteman III ICBM Combat Crew Commander, 320th Missile Squadron, Warren AFB, WY 2000 – 2004

Awards

– NASA Robert H Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award for establishing downrange tracking station in French Guiana.
– NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal for exceptional performance leading and developing project management processes.
– NASA Wallops Krieger Award for successfully upgrading and testing a failing safety-critical data processing system only two weeks before a major launch.
– Air Force Commendation Medal for exceptional performance during 308 nuclear alerts.

Publications

Managing the Trauma of a Terminated Project
– https://appel.nasa.gov/2009/06/01/managing-the-trauma-of-a-terminated-project/
African Adventure: Kenya!
– https://www.lulu.com/shop/joseph-jimmerson/african-adventure-kenya/paperback/product-yd66zr.html?q=jimmerson&page=1&pageSize=4

Interests

The two driving forces in my life are building and exploring. I love designing, creating, and building anything from birthday cakes to home renovations to rockets to small boats. I love exploring; learning about places first hand, whether it’s mucking in the nearby marsh, sailing my sailboat in the sound, or navigating distant lands. I have traveled throughout America as well as Egypt, French Guiana, Bermuda, Barbados, Kenya, France, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, and Svalbard. I support the missions of 4Ocean, Sea Shepard, and Ubuntu Life. I am married with three daughters and two sons and we enjoy the beach, kayaking, boating, camping, and of course, building stuff. In my “free time” I read adventure novels and history books, write about my adventures, make my own wine, and designs and builds boats.

Why do I teach? My goal is to make things better; constantly improving anything that can be improved and making the world a better place. I enjoy encouraging and motivating others to achieve goals previously thought impossible.