- Project Management and Execution
- Technical subcontract monitoring
- Installation, Field Testing, and Deployment
- International contract management
- System Engineering
- Staff Recruiting, Training, and Development
- Capture Team Leadership
- Strategic Planning and Partnership Development
Leslie “Les” Spain has more than 33 years of engineering and management experience featuring ever increasing responsibilities and growth. He is a highly experienced Project Manager and Lead Systems Engineer with a record of program wins and successful major system development projects. He has a track record of building successful domestic and international partnership relationships with customers, internal organizations and external companies. He has been a key member of the GOES-R Team for the past eight years and he was instrumental in achieving the initial $736M program win, the first 99.4% award fee of $4.73M and maximizing the second award fee of $10.2M.