Resources to educate students, teachers, and the general public about meteorology, space science, earth-observing satellites, weather phenomena and benefits GOES-R will provide to society.
Information and resources to ensure that the user community is prepared for the new types of satellite imagery and data that will be available from the GOES-R satellite series.
Each quarter awards are presented for "Outstanding Team Member", "Outstanding Team", "Esprit de Corps", "Outstanding Communications", and Process Improvement & Innovation". Nominations are now being accepted for 4Q FY12 until Friday, October 19, 2012!
The 7th GOES Users' Conference Support Team
Team members include: Steve Goodman, Michelle Smith, Kathryn Mozer, Michelle Tamoria, Jim Gurka, Ken Cary, Dennis Chesters, Dane Clark, Chris Daughtrey, jim Heil, Don Hillger, Martin Medina, Kay Metcalf, Marilyn Mix, Tony Mostek, Brian Motta, Valerie Randall, Tom Renkevens, Tim Schmit, and Bill Sjoberg.
2nd Quarter FY12:
GOES-R Ground Segment Project Integration and Test Team
Team members include: Michael Burnett, Steve Grippando, Susan Jacobs, Lesley Knox, Rob Messerly, Andy Royle, Chetan Sayal, Rob Schweiss, Ron Smilek, George Turner, and Joe Zajic
3rd Quarter FY12:
The Advanced Baseline Imager Solar Intrusion Team
Team members include: Jason Dates, William Harting, David Igli, Alexander Krimchansky, Jeffry Kronenwetter, David Lorenz, Kathleen McIntyre, Steve Merrihew, Dino Rosseti, Cindy Schulz, and Cynthia Tanner.
Esprit de Corps
1st Quarter FY12:
Greg James
2nd Quarter FY12:
John Fiorello
3rd Quarter FY12:
Outstanding Communications
1st Quarter FY12:
Steve Goodman
2nd Quarter FY12:
The User Readiness Team
Team members include: GOES-R Chief of Staff Dann Karlson, Steve Goodman, Michelle Smith, Kathryn Mozer, Craig Keeler, Kathy Fontaine, Michelle Tamoria, Marilyn Mix, and Milt Phenneger
3rd Quarter FY12:
Silvia Stoyanova
Process Improvement / Innovation
1st Quarter FY12:
Kevin Schwartz
2nd Quarter FY12:
Roberto Montoro and Greg Karbett
3rd Quarter FY12:
GOES-R Technical Reference Model Team
Team members include: Kevin Fisher, Raj Khanna, Johnny Medina, Frank Menzer, Richard Reynolds, Chetan Sayal, Tim Spain, Jill Taylor, Russell Thomas, Chris Wallisch, and Chris Wheeler.
Years of Service Awards
20 Years of Service:
Jenny Moore
25 Years of Service:
Steve Goodman
40 Years of Service:
Dan Flanagan
Past Award Ceremonies
View names of winners, runners-up and photos from past awards ceremonies by clicking on the appropriate dates below.
Outstanding Employee
This award recognizes leadership or substantial contribution by either a government or contractor employee in the successful completion of a significant GOES-R event.
Outstanding Team Award
This award recognizes leadership or substantial contribution by a team of government and/or contractor employees in the successful completion of a significant GOES-R event.
Esprit de Corps Award
This award recognizes an individual government or contractor) for going above and beyond expected performance and collaborating on any task or activity (i.e., completing a project, taking the lead on an activity, coordinating an activity under a very short timeframe, volunteering on GOES-R events, etc.).
Outstanding Communications Award
This award recognizes an individual for superior communication skills applied to a particular task, i.e., scheduling, briefing, conflict resolution, meeting leader, etc.
Process Improvement / Innovation Award
This award recognizes an individual for an idea that resulted in a process improvement that yielded a cost or time savings. The award can either be for a technical or administrative process.
Cognizant Award Board Members:
Program Office – Michael Corbett
Program Control – Steve Schaeffer
Program Systems Engineering –
Craig Keeler
Ground Segment – Vanessa Griffin
Flight Project – Tim Walsh
