Denise Okuda Denise Lynn Okuda , " née " Tathwell , affectionately called " Neezee " by friends and close co - workes , living in Los Angeles , California , with her husband , Michael and their dogs , Molly and Tranya , started her official live - action " Star Trek " affiliation in 1993 as scenic artist on the entire run of and , as well as on the , and . As computer & video supervisor , she served on the entire run of . Nevertheless , as fan and under her maiden name Denise Tathwell , she made an early contribution in 1979 when she made an uncredited appearance as an " Enterprise " crewmember in the recreation deck scenes in . Aside from this , she had Captain D . Tathwell of the named after her under her maiden name , though the reference on the Operation Retrieve mission chart , incidentally created by her husband , was ultimately cut from as released . Aside from her live - action contributions , she has together with her husband , co - authored the reference books , , ( both directly preceding her tenure on the live - action franchise ) , and the " Star Trek Sticker Book " . The Okuda couple was assigned in 2006 to serve as consultants to auction house Christie ' s , supporting them with the sale of the contents of Paramount ' s " Star Trek " warehouses . They helped cataloging the production assets and picking the choice items that were ultimately auctioned off in the highly publicized about " " auction of October that year . Husband Mike also wrote the item background annotations for the accompanying two - tome auction catalog . Both Okudas were prominently featured in the documentary " " that was made of the occasion . She has served together with her husband as producer on the remastered " Original Series " , which started in 2006 . On that occasion , Denise Okuda again made uncredited appearances in two remastered episodes as an additional extra , brought into the newly composited digital scenes . She appeared alongside her husband as a Operations division officer in the 2006 version of , and again as such in the 2008 version of . She , again with her husband and now in the role of consultant , is currently serving on the follow - up remastered " The Next Generation " series project that started in 2012 . In November 2014 Okuda again returned to the " Star Trek " franchise when she was invited to become a part as consultant of a team of experts – including a host of former " Star Trek " alumni , including her husband – to oversee a new restoration of the original eleven - foot " Enterprise " studio model , residing at the Smithsonian ' s ( NASM ) , for its 50th anniversary . Having accepted the prestigious assignment , Okuda was flown in in May 2015 for the team ' s first work meeting on 13 May . Under her maiden name , Denise Tathwell , she has written a short story , " A Battle Won " , where , tying in with , Jean - Luc Picard finds something in his trunk from the that he is able to share with Beverly , and Wesley Crusher . The story was published in the June 1988 issue of the fanzine " NCC - 1701 - D " . Career outside " Star Trek " . Originally a trained nurse by profession , Denise Tathwell , prior to her marriage to Mike Okuda and her official involvement with " Star Trek " , has worked in that capacity in a hospital in Orange County , CA . , where she met and befriended Debbie Mirek ( sharing her middle name ) , the future collaborator on the " Chronology " and " Encyclopedia " . Denise Okuda started her career in the motion picture industry in 1990 , when she worked as computer graphics artist on the pilot episode of the television series , " The Flash " . During her years on " Star Trek " , she has , apart from her work for the franchise , also worked as " Computer and Video Supervisor " on the television series " Threshold " ( 1995 , with her former " Star Trek " department co - worker Ben Betts ) , the television movie " The Warlord : Battle for the Galaxy " ( 1998 ) and the special edition video release " Buckaroo Banzai Declassified ( The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension " – with several other " Trek " alumni including Gregory Jein , Mark Stetson , Christopher Lloyd , and Robert Ito , among others ) ( 1984 , 2002 ) . In 2007 , Denise and Michael Okuda were hired as video supervisor and scenic designer , respectively , for a planned zombie series co - created by Judith and Garfield Reeves - Stevens entitled " Alive " . John Billingsley and Gary Graham were set to star on this series , planned to debut in the summer or fall of 2008 . However , the series was never made .