Dr. Richard Day

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Richard Day is a nationally recognized leader in program management, system engineering, system safety, reliability, risk management, and mission assurance. He has decades of experience in the successful development and operation of complex, advanced technology systems of national importance. With a passion for excellence, he provides leadership to Johns Hopkins Medicine's Armstrong Institute's precision medicine and artificial intelligence initiatives. Day's deep understanding of safety, quality, risk management, and organizational governance is backed by his extensive experience at NASA, where he led large interdisciplinary teams to develop state-of-the-art space science and Earth science research satellite systems. His previous roles include assistant center director for management systems at Goddard Space Flight Center, director of mission success, and deputy director of systems safety mission assurance. He has also served five years at the Applied Physics Laboratory as chief mission assurance for civilian national security space programs and deputy chief quality officer. In addition, Day holds part-time faculty appointments at the Whiting School of Engineering in Space Systems Engineering and the School of Medicine in Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine.

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