Yudith Ceballos
Project Manager
Summary
Dynamic Project Manager with experience across space launch, satellite integration, and AI/ML data programs. I’ve managed complex, high-risk initiatives involving multiple vendors, tight timelines, and enterprise stakeholders—ranging from launch vehicle certification and multi-payload missions to AI/ML contract execution and continuity planning. TS/SCI w/Poly
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager/COR
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NGA
09.2025 - Current
- Served as PM / COR for Advanced Analytics project–aligned AI/ML contracts at NGA, overseeing model development, data labeling, and prime integrator execution to deliver operational computer vision and analytics capabilities
- Coordinated contractors, integrators, and government stakeholders to manage schedules, risks, and performance across enterprise AI/ML efforts supporting GEOINT missions
Project Manager
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NGA
09.2024 - 09.2025
- Managed sensor integration projects onboarding commercial and government satellite constellations to meet DoD service requirements, enabling end to end-based collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination in support of tactical and operational intelligence users
- Owned schedules, risk, test and evaluation coordination, and MIP-funded budget execution across multi-million-dollar integration efforts, ensuring sensor readiness and uninterrupted delivery of GEOINT capabilities to mission partners
Project Manager
SSC/Mission Manifest Office
09.2023 - 09.2024
- Managed enterprise launch manifest planning and allocation for DoD national security space missions, integrating CubeSats, SmallSats, and experimental payloads across multi-stack rideshare configurations with ULA and SpaceX to support NSSL execution and schedule integrity.
- Oversaw multi-payload launch integration, aligning secondary satellites to prime payload schedules and balancing technical constraints (mass, power, interfaces) to maintain manifest stability
- Tracked readiness, risks, and dependencies, escalating issues to protect launch schedules and mission outcomes
Project Manager/COR
Space System Command
09.2021 - 09.2023
- Supported Space Systems Command under a government SE&I services contract, providing systems engineering and integration support for launch vehicle certification of next-generation rockets (ULA Vulcan, Blue Origin New Glenn)
- Executed SE&I contractor support aligned to DoD fiscal-year funding and stakeholder requirements, coordinating engineering activities, tracking certification risks, and supporting SSC decision-making across launch providers
- Managed contractor deliverables, schedules, and technical risk tracking in support of SSC-led certification efforts tied to National Security Space Launch priorities
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Management
San Jose State University
San Jose, California, CA 05.2001 -
Skills
- Stakeholder Alignment & Cross-Functional Leadership
- Project Planning, Execution & Delivery
- Schedule, Dependency & Risk Management
- Acquisition Strategy & RFP Development
- Vendor & Prime Integrator Management
- Budget & Funding Management (Government-Funded Programs)
- Fluent in Spanish
- SCRUM/Waterfall methodology
Timeline
Project Manager/COR
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NGA
09.2025 - Current
Project Manager
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NGA
09.2024 - 09.2025
Project Manager
SSC/Mission Manifest Office
09.2023 - 09.2024
Project Manager/COR
Space System Command
09.2021 - 09.2023
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Management
San Jose State University
05.2001 -