Background
Smith was born September 6, 1938.
Smith was born September 6, 1938.
Harvard Business School. Harvard University.
He is the author of Mathematical Modeling and Digital Simulation for Engineers and Scientists, Scientific Analysis on the Pocket Calculator, Financial Analysis & Business Decisions on the Pocket Calculator and a class notebook Quantitative Methods in Business published by McGraw Hill. Mike worked for National Aeronautics and Space Administration on their Space Shuttle program He was the first marketing manager for the Space Shuttle.
His contributions included the preparation of the pricing and use policy for the Shuttle and the first launch agreements with commercial users.
Later he managed the Advanced Communication Technology Satellite experiments program and the commercialization of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration polar communications network. Mike retired from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas in January 2007.
When at National Aeronautics and Space Administration, he managed the special projects office in the Space Shuttle Program Strategic Planning office. His work dealt with National Aeronautics and Space Administration"s response to the recommendations made by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board and with National Aeronautics and Space Administration"s terminating the Space Shuttle Program.
Prior to this assignment, he served as the Commercialization Manager for the Space Operations Management Office at Joint-stock company and served as the program manager for the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite Program.
Currently he is the proprietor of Jon M. Smith and Associates (JMSA), a Galveston Texas based consulting firm whose expertise includes space commercialization initiatives & launch vehicle flight guidance and control systems Also, JMSA is involved with commercialized telescopes and space based energy initiatives. His clients include National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Wyle laboratories
He is an alumnus of the Harvard Graduate School of Business"s Advanced Management Program and a past member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management Complex Organizations Program.