Jim Head holds a B.Sc. in Astronomy and Physics from Texas Christian U. and a Ph.D. in Planetary Sciences from the University of Arizona. His dissertation work in impact physics developed a quantitative explanation for the launch and delivery of Martian and lunar meteorites to the Earth. Jim joined Raytheon Missile Systems as a GNC engineer ten years ago, where in addition to his technical work he has provided training to fighter pilots. Since 2004, he has been the science lead for RMS’s NASA product line, developing strategy, leading and writing proposals, and executing both NASA contracts and internal research and development efforts. These have led to two patents pending. Jim was the robotic architecture lead, ISRU lead, and science lead for the Raytheon team on the Concept Exploration and Refinement contract to examine implementation of the Vision for Space Exploration. More recently, he led the Raytheon effort on the Ames Common Bus orbiter variant, which was adopted as the baseline design for LADEE, a lunar orbiter mission scheduled for launch in 2012. Jim’s work on Near-Earth Asteroid integrated economic/engineering modeling was presented to the Augustine Commission this summer and he is about to begin work on a NASA-funded effort to develop a new approach to lunar surface navigation. Jim exercises his passion for education with community and school lectures on space exploration and as adjunct faculty at Pima Community College.