Dr. Jeevan Perera

Dr. Jeevan Perera is a Senior Engineer at NASA, Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He is currently Deputy Branch Chief for Dynmaic Systems Tests in the Engineering Directorate. He has had assignments in varying technical and management areas and disciplines including as the risk manager for several manned space programs such as the International Space Station, the Orion Spacecraft and others. Other roles have included the shared responsibility for the management of program business and project planning activities, management and assessment of project budgets, procurement, contracts, configuration management, security, information technology, project schedules, and others. His early focus area was in software development which included management/oversight duties over versions of the primary and back-up flight software for the Space Shuttle. Dr Perera has been with NASA for over 35 years and has earned both a Jurisprudence Doctorate (licensed to practice law) and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering. He is also a licenced pilot.