{"id":168144,"date":"2020-04-14T19:35:18","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T23:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-459889"},"modified":"2024-01-10T16:37:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T21:37:38","slug":"kennedy-biographies-smith-jeffrey","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/kennedy-biographies-smith-jeffrey\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Jeffrey Smith"},"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=\"1239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jeff-smith2.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"A photo of Kennedy Space Center's Dr. Jeffrey Smith.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.1); transform-origin: 68% 6%; object-position: 68% 6%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jeff-smith2.jpg 1793w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jeff-smith2.jpg?resize=248,300 248w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jeff-smith2.jpg?resize=768,929 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jeff-smith2.jpg?resize=846,1024 846w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jeff-smith2.jpg?resize=1269,1536 1269w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jeff-smith2.jpg?resize=1692,2048 1692w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jeff-smith2.jpg?resize=331,400 331w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jeff-smith2.jpg?resize=496,600 496w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jeff-smith2.jpg?resize=744,900 744w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jeff-smith2.jpg?resize=992,1200 992w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jeff-smith2.jpg?resize=1653,2000 1653w\" 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\">Dr. Jeffrey Smith<\/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\">Enterprise Strategic Manager, Deep Space Logistics<\/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>Dr. Jeffrey Smith is the Enterprise Strategic Manager (ESM)\u00a0for the Gateway Program\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/gateway-deep-space-logistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deep Space Logistics (DSL)<\/a>\u00a0Project at\u00a0NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida,\u00a0a role he has held since 2023. \u00a0At DSL, our vision is to enable a vibrant commercial supply chain in deep space, and we do this by procuring delivery services for transporting cargo, equipment, and consumables to enable exploration of the Moon and Mars. As the ESM, Dr. Smith is responsible for initiating, developing and executing strategic relationships, partnerships and investments that align with the DSL vision, and bring new technologies, capabilities, customers and providers to DSL that will enable the mission.\u00a0 Previously Dr. Smith served in the role of element architect for DSL, providing technical leadership for the project, since its inception in 2018. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith began his NASA career in 1997 as a life scientist and computer engineer at the agency\u2019s Ames Research Center in California, where he focused on cell science research, artificial gravity technology and flight hardware development for space biology applications. From 2003 to 2010, he moved into a variety of management and leadership positions in research facilities, technology partnerships and spaceflight projects. In addition, during 2006-2007, he served on a detail assignment in the Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. In 2010, at NASA Ames, Smith moved to the branch chief position for the Space Biosciences Research Branch, in which he served until 2013. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2013 to 2016, Smith was a project manager for NASA\u2019s Space Biology Project at Ames, which involved oversight of approximately 50 grants across the nation, as well as a variety of technology development efforts, in addition to management and oversight of eight spaceflight projects per year, including International Space Station and free-flyer flight projects such as nanosats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2016, he transferred to Kennedy to serve as the division chief for the Science and Technology Projects Division. There, he led approximately 45 civil servant researchers, engineers and project managers working in a number of technical areas spanning launch systems, in-situ resource utilization, applied chemistry, applied physics, automation and robotics, and the innovative rapid-development capability of Kennedy\u2019s Swamp Works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith is the recipient of NASA\u2019s Exceptional Service and Outstanding Leadership medals, two of the agency\u2019s most distinguished honor awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering physics and a Bachelor of Arts degree in zoology from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and master\u2019s and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Personal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith has published more than 45 journal articles, proceedings, technical reports and abstracts in scientific literature and contributes to technical research work in areas of technology maturation and flight development for ISRU and the life sciences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>Biography last updated April 2020<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Jeffrey Smith is the Enterprise Strategic Manager (ESM)\u00a0for the Gateway Program\u2019s\u00a0Deep Space Logistics (DSL)\u00a0Project at\u00a0NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida,\u00a0a role he has held since 2023. \u00a0At DSL, our vision is to enable a vibrant commercial supply chain in deep space, and we do this by procuring delivery services for transporting cargo, equipment, and [...]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":271,"featured_media":172535,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_people_facebook_url":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_people_twitter_url":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_people_instagram_url":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_people_linkedin_url":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_people_title":"Enterprise Strategic Manager, Deep Space Logistics"},"categories":[2862,2668],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[10283,3917],"coauthors":[10846],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"WebPage","headline":"Dr. Jeffrey Smith","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/kennedy-biographies-smith-jeffrey\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/kennedy-biographies-smith-jeffrey\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jeff_smith2.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jeff_smith2.jpg"},"articleSection":"NASA Centers & Facilities","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Anna C. 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