{"id":90376,"date":"2021-04-22T16:38:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T20:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-461339"},"modified":"2023-05-25T18:08:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T22:08:43","slug":"sean-e-mcmorrow","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/sean-e-mcmorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean E. McMorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-bio-intro maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-bio-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"hds-bio-intro-container grid-row grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-4 desktop:grid-col-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-bio-thumbnail width-10 tablet:width-card desktop:width-card-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2018-0001-26.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Director for Mission Operations; CIO: Sean E. McMorrow\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 48% 29%; object-position: 48% 29%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2018-0001-26.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2018-0001-26.jpg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2018-0001-26.jpg?resize=768,960 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2018-0001-26.jpg?resize=819,1024 819w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2018-0001-26.jpg?resize=1229,1536 1229w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2018-0001-26.jpg?resize=320,400 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2018-0001-26.jpg?resize=480,600 480w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2018-0001-26.jpg?resize=720,900 720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/afrc2018-0001-26.jpg?resize=960,1200 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-7 desktop:grid-col-9 grid-row margin-0 padding-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"display-60 display-block width-full\">Sean E. McMorrow<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0 margin-0 color-carbon-60\">Armstrong Associate Director for Mission Support<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sean E. McMorrow is the associate director for Mission Support at NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Appointed to this position in 2019, he is responsible for the center\u2019s acquisition, transportation, logistics, facility maintenance and engineering, human resources, protective services, and export control in support of the center\u2019s mission of advancing science and technology through flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, McMorrow was the director for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/capabilities\/CodeM\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Mission Operations<\/a> and the chief information officer for NASA Armstrong. As director, he was responsible for the development, acquisition, operation, and sustainment of the Dryden Aeronautical Test Range (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/capabilities\/CodeM\/CodeMR\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">DATR<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/capabilities\/CodeM\/CodeME\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Simulation Engineering<\/a>, and Information Technology (IT) Services capabilities for the user community. Specific capabilities included information technology systems, IT security, flight test range operations, research aircraft telemetry, mission control rooms, air-to-ground communications, ground communications, flight data processing, and advanced flight simulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As chief information officer (CIO), his principal responsibility was to ensure the center mission and mission support IT investments aligned with agency enterprise architecture and standards while ensuring a safe and effective IT operating environment. As a member of the agency CIO Leadership Team (CLT), he provided center perspective to agency-wide policy decisions while ensuring local compliance with agency policy and direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McMorrow brings to his role at NASA Armstrong more than 30 years of collective experience in leadership, program management, information technology, flight test engineering, and software development. He served in a variety of leadership positions while employed at Edwards Air Force Base and private industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to joining NASA Armstrong (then Dryden) in early 2011, McMorrow was director of the Plans and Programs Directorate at Edwards Air Force Base where he led a staff of more than 40 personnel. Other assignments included deputy chief information officer and deputy director of the Information Technology Directorate, later the 95th Communications Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>McMorrow earned a Bachelor of Science in information systems from California Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, and a Master of Science in management from Golden Gate University in California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean E. McMorrow is the associate director for Mission Support at NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. 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