Professional Experience
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center - Project Management: 2021 - Present
Joint Polar Satellite System Ground Segment Project - Deputy Project Manager - Technical (2021 - Present)
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center - Aerospace Technologist: 2010-2021
Joint Polar Satellite System - C3S Lead (2019 - 2021)
Joint Polar Satellite System - Deputy C3S Lead (2016 - 2019)
Goddard Mission Services Evolution Center (2010 - 2016)
- GMSEC API Lead Engineer 2012 - present
- GMSEC GRASP Developer 2010 - 2014
- GMSEC API Developer: 2009 - 2012
General Mission Analysis Toolkit - Software Engineer (2015 - 2016)
EO-1 Sensor Web Software Engineer (2011 - 2016)
McMurdo TDRSS Relay System Upgrade (2013 - 2015)
- Software Engineer: 2013 - 2014
- System Test Lead: 2014 - 2015
Principal Investigator - Internal Research and Development Grant "Enterprise Level Status and Control of Multi-Satellite Operations": 2012-2013
Collaborator - Internal Research and Development Grant "Systems Architectures for Distributed Spacecraft Missions": 2012-2013
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center - Co-op Student: 2009-2010
Developed new features and addressed software defects for the GMSEC project
CSC/EPA’s CDX Contract - Junior Developer: 2007-2008
Web Developer attached to EPA’s VERIFY Contract. Developed web forms, data validation logic, data processing and workflow logic to support in support of development of the new VERIFY system.
Certifications
CISSP - ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional PMP – Project Management Institute Project Management ProfessionalJava SE 8 - Oracle Certified ProfessionalOSCP – Offensive Security Certified Professional
Education
Master of Science, Information Assurance - John's Hopkins University (2014)
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science - University of Maryland (2010)
Professional Training
NASA/GSFC Technical Managers Training - TMT 42, April 2013
NASA/GSFC Road to Mission Success, June 2014
NASA/GSFC Agile Engineering for Managers, March 2015
NASA/GSFC Space Systems Design and Operations, Sept 2015
NASA/GSFC Scheduling and Cost Control, August 2016
TrustedSec / BlackHat 2018 - Applied Defense and Offense: Understanding Attackers Through Red Team Tactics - Purple Teams
NASA/GSFC Crucial Conversations, September 2018
FortyNorth Security / BlackHat 2019 – Intrusion Operations
NASA/GSFC Scheduling and Cost Control, January 2020
NASA/GSFC APPEL Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overview, January 2022
NASA/GSFC APPEL Negotiations, March 2022
NASA/GSFC APPEL Project Management Scheduling, March 2022
TrustedSec / Blackhat 2022 – Actionable Defense
Awards and Honors
Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement (Engineering Team) Award - 2009
583 Special Act - Individual - 2009
NASA Software of the Year Award (Team Award), Honorable Mention 2011
NASA Distinguished Performance Award 2011, 2012
NASA/GSFC Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate Rookie of the Year 2012
Certificate of Appreciation - 2013, from the Fraunhoffer Institute for support of academic research
Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement in Engineering Award - 2014
Antarctic Service Medal of the United States – 2014
NASA SCAN Certificate of Recognition, MTRSU Team, for engineering expertise and dedication - 2015
Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement (Engineering Team) Award – 2016 (MTRSU Team)
583 Special Act – Individual - Discovering and reporting network vulnerability - 2019
Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement in Engineering Award - 2019
Publications and Presentations
Handy, Matthew. “TheAllCommander”, DEFCON 30 Demolabs, 8/12/22
Handy, Matthew. "Matsu- An Elastic Cloud Connected to a SensorWeb for Disaster Response", Cloud Computer and Its Applications (CCA11), 4/13/11
Handy, Matthew and Dan Smith "GMSEC Demo" Ground System Architectures Workshop 2012 (GSAW12), 2/29/12
Kussul, N; Mandl, D.; Moe, K.; Mund, J.; Post, J.; Shelestov, A.; Skakun, S.; Szarzynski, J.; Van Langenhove, G.; Handy, M. "Interoperable Infrastructure for Flood Monitoring: Sensor Web, Grid & Cloud," Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, December 2012, Volume 5 Issue 6, pages 1740 - 1745. ISSN 1939-1404
Daniel Mandl, Matthew Handy, Robert Sohlberg, Pat Cappelaere, Stuart Frye, Robert Grossman, "The Namibia Early Flood Warning System, A CEOS Pilot Project" - IGARSS 2012, WE1.13.WE1.13.3
Handy, Matthew "The Namibia Flood Dashboard" NASA/GSFC AETD Monthly Message, August 2012
Mandl, D.; Frye, S. ; Cappelaere, P. ; Handy, M. ; Policelli, F. ; Katjizeu, M. ; Van Langenhove, G. ; Aube, G. ; Saulnier, J. ; Sohlberg, R. ; Silva, J.A. ; Kussul, N. ; Skakun, S. ; Ungar, S.G. ; Grossman, R. ; Szarzynski, J. "Use of the Earth Observing One (EO-1) Satellite for the Namibia SensorWeb Flood Early Warning Pilot" IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, April 29, 2013, Volume 6, Issue 2, pages 298-308, ISSN 1939-1404
Handy, Matthew "Namibia Flood Dashboard", 3rd Workshop of the Global Flood Working Group, March 4, 2013
Handy, Matthew "Rapid Processing and Distribution of Satellite Disaster Data", NOAA Satellite 2013 Conference, April 11, 2013