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Jerry A. Jamison
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Jerry A. Jamison is the vice president of Launch Operations for United Launch Alliance (ULA) and leads nearly 1,000 employees at launch sites at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. He is responsible for integrating the launch services for ULA’s three launch vehicles, the Atlas V, Delta II and Delta IV and associated product lines.
With more than 27 years of space-related program experience serving multiple customers, Jamison has led engineering teams in numerous launch systems including both Air Force and NASA payloads.
Prior to this assignment, Jamison served as Atlas Program Launch Operations director responsible for all aspects of launch operations for both coasts.
Jamison, before re-joining the Atlas program, served as the avionics manager for Titan Centaur Program in Denver. He held this position throughout the Titan Program flyout in 2005. This was preceded by his serving as Launch Operations manager for Titan IV Centaur vehicles at Cape Canaveral where he managed the first flight of the Titan IVB and launched NASA’s Cassini vehicle in 1997. During this time, he managed personnel on a variety of launch vehicle programs including Titan IV Centaur, Atlas Centaur and Shuttle Centaur designs. This involved engineering, integration and planning necessary to process different vehicle designs through the Kennedy Space Center facilities and United States Air Force launch complex facilities such as Space Launch Complexes 36, 40 and 41.
In 2011, Jamison was honored with the prestigious Kurt H. Debus Award by the National Space Club Florida Committee. In addition, he has received numerous awards and recognitions including Lockheed Martin Space System Company’s Mentor of the Year in 2001, graduated from the Defense Systems Management College’s Advance Program Acquisition Management course in 1999 and received Lockheed Martin’s Space System Company Technical Excellence Award in 1995, 1997 and 1998. Jamison was also a major contributor to the development of Lockheed Martin Corporation’s 2004 program management 301 course taught to senior program manager across the company.
Jamison holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Central Florida.
He currently resides in Satellite Beach, Fla., and is an active member community member serving on the Board of Directors for Space Coast Junior Achievement, Brevard Community College, the National Space Club, United Way, Astronauts Memorial Foundation and the Space Walk of Fame. He is also a member the Space Coast Civilian/Military (CivMil) organization.
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