Dr. John W. Evans is currently a senior NASA Engineer working on the development of the James Webb Space Telescope and other NASA projects at the Goddard Space Flight Center. He is responsible for reliability analysis and risk assessment. Dr. Evans has over 30 years of experience and has held positions in industry and academia. He has been a consultant to major companies world wide, having worked in 10 different countries. He is also serving as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Morgan State University in Baltimore.