Sam Porgess
Sam Porgess, a Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton, spearheads the firm’s business in Los Angeles, where he serves U.S. Air Force clients in engineering and integrating complex space systems.
For over two decades, Mr. Porgess has provided services in concept definition, strategy development, and systems engineering and integration (SE&I). His experience includes:
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Leading a large multi-contractor team executing the SE&I contract for a next-generation global satellite communications system
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Systems engineering and integration work on virtually every Department of Defense (DoD) military communications satellite and its ground components
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A variety of narrowband and broadband commercial satellite ventures and work with corporations to optimize their product portfolios’ focus on emerging network-centric opportunities
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A critical study for DoD to compare and analyze demand and supply sides of the nation’s space industrial base; the first effort of its kind that examined all U.S. government space and launch programs and projected the industry’s capacity to develop the space infrastructure to meet national security requirements
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Leading the design and integration of a Differential GPS-based Vessel Traffic Management System that resulted in a business case for continued development
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Program Manager supporting proprietary Mobile Satellite System (MSS) licensees to design, develop, and acquire next-generation wireless standards
Mr. Porgess’ functional areas of expertise include:
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Systems engineering and integration
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Communications and network control management and interoperability
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Satellite system architecture trades
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Requirements and functional decomposition
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Integration of space systems with network infrastructure
Prior to joining Booz Allen, Mr. Porgess worked on the design of an inertial-aided velocity-measuring sonar system for the TRIDENT II submarine.
Mr. Porgess authored technical reports and articles including “DGPS-based Vessel Traffic Systems using UHF Communications and GIS Technologies” for Institute of Navigation magazine, and “Between Two Oceans: Tracking Ships through the Panama Canal” for GPS World.
He attended the Polytechnic Institute of New York, where he received a MSEE degree.
profile updated April 2008 |
