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Mr. Summers has been with MicroSat Systems since its inception and performed as the Program Manager/System Engineer for the TechSat 21 and TacSat-2 programs. Mr. Summers joined ITN Energy Systems in November 1995 as the Manager of Aerospace Engineering and Product Development. He grew this division from two engineers to a technical team of 20, and over $60 million of contract orders. In 2000 he was instrumental in spinning off MicroSat Systems which successfully bid and won the TechSat 21 procurement for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Currently, Mr. Summers is overseeing close to $2M in research programs, and involved in multiple working groups tasked directly with the development of plug-and-play (PnP), modular avionics technologies and standardized interfaces for the DOD responsive satellite vision. This goal of the responsive satellite vision is the development and implementation of electrical and mechanical standards for future spacecraft providing the catalyst for accelerating reductions in cost and integration time.Prior to joining MSI, Mr. Summers spent 11 years at Lockheed Martin, responsible for the integration of advanced technologies into both NASA and DOD spacecraft systems. He directly supported Lockheed Martin�s Mars and interplanetary explotion missions performing spacecraft configuration design, subsystem packaging, and fabrication/test of the flight vehicles. He was presented a Technical Achievement Award for his efforts at integrating advanced technologies into spacecraft design, and was named co-author of the Year in the Astronautics Group. Mr. Summers has a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Montana State Universi | 