John W. Bailey Jr

John Bailey serves as the associate director of NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. He is responsible, with the center director, for coordinating all of NASA’s rocket propulsion testing capabilities and Stennis’ roles in NASA’s science and technology programs, as well as managing Stennis.

Prior to assuming his current position, Bailey served as the Director of the Engineering and Test Directorate at NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center located near Bay St. Louis, Miss. In this position, he is responsible for executing the center’s major lines of business in rocket propulsion test management and execution, and advanced space technology development.

Bailey has many years of diverse experience as a Civil Service employee. He spent ten years with the Department of Defense as a Communications Engineer with the United States Air Force.

During his NASA career, Bailey has served in a host of roles managing and supervising employees with varied skills and backgrounds at NASA John C. Stennis Space Center. His assignments have included: Strategic Business Manager, Office of the Director; Deputy Director, Engineering and Test Directorate; Technical Assistant to the Director, Engineering and Test Directorate; Deputy Manager, Office of External Affairs; Chief, Science and Technology Division, Engineering and Test Directorate; Deputy Chief, Science and Technology Division, Engineering and Test Directorate; Chief, Technology Development and Transfer Office, Program Integration Directorate; and Intellectual Property/Dual Use Technology Manger, Office of Technology Transfer.

Bailey obtained a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Ala., in 1988. Shortly thereafter, he began his career as a civil servant with the United States Air Force (USAF), at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss. While with the USAF he received a Master of Business Administration from the University of South Alabama in 1998. After receiving his M.B.A., Bailey looked for an opportunity in which to apply both his engineering and business skills. In 1999, he joined the NASA family at Stennis Space Center, as the Intellectual Property Manager in the Office of Technology Transfer.