Brian Hall is the Deputy Director of the Office of Geostationary Earth Orbit Observations. In this role, he supports the director with leadership oversight for the ground and flight projects within the program.
Hall has over 27 years of experience in engineering, technical management, and program/project management in support of NASA scientific investigations and research initiatives. Over the course of his career at NASA, he led numerous, complex technology development and technology demonstration projects supporting NASA, federal partners, industry, and academia.
Hall began his career in the NASA Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) Mechanical Systems Branch and later transitioned to the NASA Sounding Rockets Operations Contract where he was responsible for design, development, validation, and operation of flight and ground launch systems. In 2004, he became a project manager in the Range and Mission Management Office managing NASA, Commercial, and Department of Defense launch operations. In 2009, he joined the NASA Sounding Rockets Program Office serving as the technology development manager and later as the payload systems manager. Brian joined the Small Satellite and Special Projects Office in 2019 serving as a senior technical project manager leading the Ultra Long Duration Balloon development, managing the development of NASA’s Autonomous Flight Termination Unit (NAFTU) project, and the Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX) International Space Station scientific research project. In 2023, he became the Deputy Director for Strategic Integration and Development for the GSFC/Wallops Flight Facility Suborbital and Special Project Directorate overseeing strategic planning and implementation for the Wallops Flight Facility and the NASA suborbital programs.
Brian holds a Bachelor of Science from North Carolina State University in civil engineering. Brian also holds a Federal Acquisition Certification for Program/Project Managers.