Digital Services are Transforming NASA Missions

NASA has been undergoing an enterprise-wide digital transformation plan that leaders hope will change how the agency collaborates and innovates. One of these leaders co-founded NASA’s digital service and is currently working on the testing platform for the agency’s Artemis mission.
Shawn Chittle discusses his extensive background at private sector software companies and how he uses this experience to drive key user-centric design principles that ultimately powers the technology behind NASA’s space exploration mission. He discusses what it was like co-founding a digital service for such a large agency, his vision for the Artemis program and how he sees IT and data management evolving around legacy modernization.

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Shawn Chittle Co-Founder and Digital Service and Product Design Leader NASA
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