Team

Board of Directors


Wayne Harrell
Chairman
Agent, Farmers Insurance

Harrell holds a BBA in Accounting from Baylor University. He has served on the Fredericksburg ISD School Board, the Fredericksburg Higher Education Steering Committee, and the Fredericksburg Rotary, for which he was named Rotarian of the Year.
 
Claude Robertson Secretary
Senior Program Manager -
Retired, Raytheon Systems Co.
Earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering and MBA in Business and Industrial Management from the University of Houston. Robertson served as Chief Engineer and Program Manager of flight simulator development and integration for the NASA Astronaut Training Facility.  As an engineer and manager, Robertson worked on programs including Apollo, Apollo-Soyuz, Skylab, Spacelab, Space Shuttle and Space Station. US Marine Corps Reserve (enlisted) and Commanding Officer US Naval Reserve Intelligence Unit (CDR).
 
Dave Campbell
President, Heartland Enterprises
Campbell earned his BS in Economics from Lehigh University and an MBA from the University of Michigan. He has been President of Micro-Gen Equipment Corporation (a SCJ subsidiary) and has served in managerial positions with S.C. Johnson, International Minerals & Chemicals, and General Motors. He currently is serving as a board member on the Fredericksburg Independent School District Board and the Hill Country Memorial Hospital Board. He also has been Chairman of the Fredericksburg  Chamber of Commerce and has served on the Hill Country University Steering Committee, on a workforce development consortium, and on the Crime Stoppers Board.  
 
Marc Williamson
Superintendent, Fredericksburg ISD
Earned BA in English and history, MA in Educational Administration from Southwest Texas State University, and Doctoral Degree in Educational Administration from Texas Tech University. Worked as administrator for Pine Tree ISD and Hereford ISD. Served on various boards, including Hill Country Education Steering Committee, State Academic Decathlon Executive Committee, Fredericksburg Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, Gillespie County Leadership, United Way, Junior Achievement, Regional Hospital, and American Heart Association.
 
Scott Netherland
Colonel, US Army (Retired)
Netherland is now an Associate for Booz Allen Hamilton. He earned his BS in Aerospace Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point, MS in Aerospace Engineering/Orbital Mechanics at the University of Texas, and MS in Strategic Studies at the US Army War College. His Army career included duties as an Army Aviator and Space Operations Officer and included service as a Flight Operations Officer and Company Commander at Fort Campbell; Space Operations Officer and Operations Center Chief at the US Army Space Command; Brigade Adjutant, Company Commander and Battalion Operations Officer in the12th Aviation Brigade in Germany; Special Technical Operations Officer at US Space Command and Battalion Commander of the 1st Space Battalion at Peterson Air Force Base; and Chief of Staff at the National Security Space Office at the Pentagon. He is a Life Member of the Association of the United States Army and member, Army Space Professionals Association. 


 
Albert Napier
Professor of Management, Rice University
Napier earned his BA in Mathematics and Economics; his MBA in Statistics and Finance; and his Ph.D. in Operations Research, Management, and Computers Science at the University of Texas. He is Professor of Management and Psychology at the Jess H. Jones Graduate School of Management, Rice University. He has published numerous articles on information technology, human-computer interaction, and entrepreneurship. 
James Lindley, M.D.
Clinical Professor at Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Texas Medical Branch
Chief Resident: Department of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Board Certified, American Board of Internal Medicine

American Society of Nephrology
International Society of Nephrology
American Federation for Clinical Research
Mu Delta Honorary Society
American Medical Association
Society of Sigma Xi
Texas Medical Association
Travis County Medical Society

Board of Directors Hill Country Memorial Hospital
President, Friends of Gillespie County Country Schools 2008-2009
Fredericksburg Rotary Club
President, Gillespie County Historical Society Board of Directors
Active Reserve, Commander, USN-R, 1974-1977

Carl E. “Gene” Garrett, Jr.
Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Physics, Texas Tech University, 1971
Master of Science in Systems Technology, Naval Postgraduate School, 1980
32 years in U. S. Navy
Combat Systems Officer in USS SCOTT (DDG 995) and USS TICONDEROGA (CG 47)
Executive Officer of USS SAN JACINTO (CG 56)
Commanding Officer USS STOUT (DDG 55)
Assistant Chief Of Staff for Combat Systems and C4I, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet
Professor of Naval Science, University of Texas at Austin
Under Secretary of the Navy’s Revolution in Business Affairs Beacon Award in May 2000
Vice President Al Gore's Hammer Award for making significant contributions to support the President's National Performance Review in summer 1998
Awarded two Legion of Merits, four Meritorious Service Medals, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and the American Spirit Award
William David (Dave) Davenport
Retired Executive
Retired executive from the computer industry where his career spanned over 30 years of domestic and international business management.  At the time of his retirement in 2009, Dave served as Senior Vice-President of NEC Corporation where he ran their $500M North America computer business.  Before joining NEC, Dave was CEO of several specialized technology companies located in Austin, Texas; Boulder, Colorado; and Silicon Valley, California.  Prior to this, Dave was the Vice-President of Worldwide Operations for Hitachi, Ltd residing and working in Odawara, Japan.
Dave began his career as a mathematician for IBM working with NASA on the space program during the early days of the Shuttle program development.  Presently Dave owns and manages a Real Estate Investment and Construction business that he operates in the North Texas area.
Dave is a graduate from Baylor University with a degree in Mathematics and has completed post-graduate studies in Mathematics and Computer-Science at Texas Tech University.
Dave and his wife, Clare, reside in Fredericksburg.  They have two sons, Ryan and Trey, both of which are graduates of Fredericksburg High School and the University of North Texas.  Ryan and Trey both currently reside in Denton, Texas.
As part of his retirement, Dave works to serve his community and state through his volunteer efforts.  Dave is currently serving as Board Chairman for the Texas Center for Wine and Culinary Arts and as a Board member for SystemsGo, a science and engineering education initiative.  Additionally, Dave is a past member of the Texas Tech University Hill Country Advisory Board.


Staff:

Brett Williams, SystemsGo Director

Bob Hickerson, President

Andrew Matthes, Education Manager

Christy Glass, Office Manager

Phil Houseal, Director of Communications

Advisory Board Members:

Lee Meyer
Vice President – Marketing, Aerojet

Joan Baker
Technical Assistant to the Shuttle Program Manager, NASA – JSC

David Ladrach
Air Force/NASA Shuttle Manager, Retired [Aerospace Consultant]

Terry Abel
Aeronautics Operations, Lockheed Martin

Jeff Cardenas

Steve Witkowski
Sr. Market Manager –Space & Defense Group, Moog, Inc.

Hu Davis
President, StarcraftBoosters

John M. Wallace
President, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, Fredericksburg, TX

  1. 07-May-2013  Rockets 13 Houston
  2. 02-May-2013  Rockets to fill the skies over Fredericksburg in May
  3. 26-Apr-2013  Rockets13 map, info, links
  4. 26-Apr-2013  Space-X featured in Texas Coop Power magazine
  5. 14-Jan-2013  2013 Launch Dates!
  6. 05-Dec-2012  Announcing 2013 Teacher Training Dates
  7. 02-May-2012  Rockets 2012!
  8. 01-Dec-2011  Interest takes off in Brazoswood’s new rocket class
  9. 18-Aug-2011  Fredericksburg attempts White Sands launch
  10. 26-Jul-2011  Aerospace Students at WSMR (Article)
  11. 25-Jul-2011  SystemsGo signs historic agreement with White Sands Missile Range
  12. 25-Jun-2011  SystemsGo aeroscience trains 18 high school teachers in Houston for first time
  13. 18-Jun-2011  SpaceX Announces Support for SystemsGo Aeroscience Program
  14. 09-Feb-2011  Hickerson named President of SystemsGo
  15. 27-Oct-2010  AT&T Awards $25,000 to Rockets 2011