Iris Fujiura

Chapter Chair Emeritus

2024 - Current

Managing Director

2018 - 2024

Chapter Chair for the Silicon Valley/San Francisco/West Coast Chapter of Golden Seeds. Golden Seeds is an Angel Investment Group that focuses on Women-led Start-ups. Criteria for application can be found at www.goldenseeds.com. Provide leadership for this angel investing volunteer organization to review applicants, provide mentoring through Office Hours, provide structure for the membership to review and select entrepreneurial start-ups for investment, and engage with the Silicon Valley and national private equity ecosystem.

Global Ambassador

2021

Provide resources, advise Board, and positively represent the Westfield Business School MBA program.

VP, Protected Communications and Advanced Extremely High Frequency PM

2016 - 2017

Delivering the Protected Communications capability for strategic secure communications.

VP, Narrowband Communications and Mobile User Objective System

2012 - 2016

Leading the vision for Narrowband Communications in the Military Space line of business. Program Manager delivering the Mobile User Objective System, a communications system providing secure mobile voice and data by satellite and ground systems for the United States Military. The Mobile User Objective System provides smart-phone-like capability to mobile users and comprises 5 satellites, 4 ground stations, 2 satellite control facilities, and software for ground, satellite control, terminal communications, and network management. Most recent accomplishments in the delivery of this multi-year, cost plus and fixed price contract include launch and hand-over of the third and fourth MUOS satellites, site acceptance test completions at 4 of 4 planned ground radio access facilities, and completion of preps for independent test and evaluation of the system for entry into operations.

VP, Manufacturing

2010 - 2012

Change agent leading the manufacturing team responsible for fabrication and build of solar arrays, mechanisms, complex machining, electronics boards and box fabrication, composites, RF and power systems, friction stir-welding, and propulsion systems in the support of spacecraft and satellites. Responsible for over 1000 people and several hundreds of millions of dollars of product through the production centers, over a wide geographical area.Key strategic facility consolidations and capital investments have paid back in build over build reductions in errors, labor hours, and overhead costs, leading to measurable reductions in cost to programs.

Director, Test Systems, ATLO

2009 - 2010

Responsible for the central group for design, build, test, operation and maintenance of mechanical and electrical ground support equipment used for test and support of space vehicles.Driving a culture of collaboration, common and reusable design, and shared lessons learned for reductions in errors, increased performance, and lowered costs for ground systems. This start-up functional role required organizational and social acumen as well as strong process skills.

Sloan Fellow

2008 - 2009

MIT's Sloan Fellows Program for Innovation and Global Leadership. Program is an intensive 1 year MBA with emphasis on global markets and social issues, and leadership training. Core courses include full scope of MBA requirements such as Accounting, Finance, Micro and Macro-economics, Statistics, and Marketing, and some specific to MIT such as Systems Dynamics, Global Markets, and Strategy. CEO Leadership Seminars and Leadership classes such as Leading Organizations and Cross-cultural Leadership develop leadership skills. MBA awarded June, 2009 mitsloan.mit.edu/fellows/profile.php

Program Director

2007 - 2008

Program Director for commercial GEO satellite programs based on the Star 2 bus. Responsible for executing program contracts for satellite design, manufacturing, integration, test and through launch, on-orbit testing, and hand-over. Responsible for P&L and Earned Value for the program.

Program Director

2006 - 2007

Prime interface with customer for the execution of satellite launches on Proton rocket. Lead of integration and launch team. Responsible for budget and schedule. Responsible for compliance with government regulations. Support contract negotiations for statements of work for satellite launches.

Program Director

2003 - 2006

Prime interface for customer for the launch of commercial satellites on Proton rocket. Lead of technical teams, integration and launch. Responsible for full compliance with government regulations. Support of contract teams for contract negotiations and proposals. Budget and schedule responsibility. EVMS certified.

Launch Operations Manager

1997 - 2003

Launch Operations Manager, Proton Division: Supporting launch campaigns with all required services and infrastructure in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Manage subcontracts for security, medical, photography and communications. Supervisor of pool of Launch Campaign Managers that executes launch operations in Baikonur. Launch Operations Manager on launch site: prime interface for all spacecraft operations with Russian facilities and launcher providers and satellite manufacturers.

Payload Operations Launch Conductor

1989 - 1992

Technical lead for the handling and support of classified spacecraft at launch site.