RESPONSIBILITIES OF ASSISTANT MANAGER

assistant manager

An Assistant Manager is an employee of an organization with manager’s authority. Examples of this position can be found in retail and other service businesses where the need to have more than one member of daily operations management is important.
Unison Micro Computer Center Inc., Gainesville, Georgia ~ 05/90 to 08/90

responsibilities

The state or fact of being accountable or to blame for something
(responsibility) duty: the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; “we must instill a sense of duty in our children”; “every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty”- John D.Rockefeller Jr
(responsibility) a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one’s conduct; “he holds a position of great responsibility”
(responsibility) province: the proper sphere or extent of your activities; “it was his province to take care of himself”
The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone
The opportunity or ability to act independently and make decisions without authorization

David C. Leestma

Ret. Navy Capt. David C. Leestma was selected to become an astronaut in 1980. Following his first flight Leestma served as a capsule communicator (CAPCOM) for STS-51-C through STS-61-A.

He was then assigned as the Chief, Mission Development Branch, responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that will fly aboard the Shuttle. From February 1990 to September 1991, when he started training for his third space mission, Leestma served as Deputy Director of Flight Crew Operations. Following this flight, he served as Deputy Chief and acting Chief of the Astronaut Office. Leestma was selected as the Director, Flight Crew Operations Directorate, in November 1992. As Director, FCOD, he had overall responsibility for the Astronaut Office and for JSC Aircraft Operations. During his tenure as Director, 41 Shuttle flights and 7 Mir missions were successfully flown. He was responsible for the selection of Astronaut Groups 15, 16 and 17. While director, he oversaw the requirements, development modifications of the T-38A transition to the T-38N avionics upgrades.

In September 1998, Leestma was reassigned as the Deputy Director, Engineering, in charge of the management of Johnson Space Center Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) Projects. In August 2001 he was assigned as the JSC Project Manager for the Space Launch Initiative, responsible for all JSC work related to the development of the new launch system. Leestma also served as the Assistant Program Manager for the Orbital Space Plane, responsible for the vehicle systems and operations of a new crewed vehicle that is to serve as the transfer vehicle for space flight crews to and from the International Space Station. He then served as the Manager, JSC Exploration Programs Office, responsible for JSC’s role in the future exploration programs that will fulfill the President’s Vision for Exploration. Leestma now is in charge of the JSC Advanced Planning Office, which will plan JSC’s strategy to be fully ready for the challenges of the future, including leading the human missions to the moon and Mars.

A veteran of three space flights, Leestma has logged a total of 532.7 hours in space. He served as a mission specialist on STS-41-G (October 5-13, 1984), STS-28R (August 8-13, 1989), and STS-45 (March 24 to April 2, 1992).

He was originally assigned as a mission specialist to STS-61-E (set for launch in March 1986) and 61-N (a Dept. of Defense mission scheduled for a September 1986 launch), both of which were canceled after Challenger.

When flights resumed, his training for 28R – the transformed 61-N mission – precluded his training for STS-35, the transformed 61-E flight.

STS-41-G Challenger, launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 5, 1984. It was the sixth flight of the Orbiter Challenger and the thirteenth flight of the Space Shuttle system. The seven-person crew also included two payload specialists: one from Canada, and one a Navy oceanographer. During the mission the crew deployed the ERBS satellite using the remote manipulator system (RMS), operated the OSTA-3 payload (including the SIR-B radar, FILE, and MAPS experiments) and the Large Format Camera (LFC), conducted a satellite refueling demonstration using hydrazine fuel with the Orbital Refueling System (ORS), and conducted numerous in-cabin experiments as well as activating eight "Getaway Special" canisters. Dave Leestma and Kathryn Sullivan successfully conducted a 3-1/2 hour extravehicular activity (EVA) to demonstrate the feasibility of actual satellite refueling.

STS-28R Columbia, launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 8, 1989. The mission carried Department of Defense payloads and a number of secondary payloads. After 80 orbits of the Earth, this five-day mission concluded with a lakebed landing on Runway 17 at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on August 13, 1989.

STS-45 Atlantis, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on March 24, 1992. During the nine-day mission the crew operated the twelve experiments that constituted the ATLAS-1 (Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science) cargo. ATLAS-1 obtained a vast array of detailed measurements of atmospheric, chemical and physical properties, which will contribute significantly to improving our understanding of our climate and atmosphere. STS-45 landed on April 2, 1992 on Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, after completing 142 orbits of the Earth.

Rick Means

Rick Means, Assistant Manager, Building and Maintenance, began working in his position at USF in 2010 and immediately engaged himself in learning how his area’s complex operating systems work. Rick soon became an expert on the systems and is now able to train and mentor other staff members.

In the last year, Rick has led the refurbishment of the cooling towers in the central energy plant and the bearing replacement in HVAC equipment that serve the labs in the Interdisciplinary Research Building. These activities provide significant cost savings by using in-house staff, as well as the ability to provide immediate response without equipment down time. Even more admirable is Rick’s incredible dedication to his work and his determination to find success through difficult or emergency situations. When recent power outages and control failures have threatened to shut down or compromise ongoing research projects, Rick has gone beyond expectations by staying on-site over nights and weekends to personally solve the problem, even if it was outside of his area of immediate responsibility.

In a letter of support for Rick’s nomination, Elizabeth Foster, TRAIN Facilitator for USF Research & Innovation, wrote: “I have worked with many excellent employees over the past three decades at several universities. Rick, however, truly stands out. He genuinely cares about his customers’ needs and he goes out of his way to personally consult with those he works with, striving for the highest level of customer satisfaction possible. I know I can count on Rick’s expertise, ingenuity and rapid response to ‘make it so’ every time, especially when we are faced with last minute challenges. His work ethic simply shines.”