Roach leads NAMS-2 contract tasks for the Air Traffic Management Exploration project.  He brings operational knowledge of air traffic management from working on projects at NASA’s North Texas Research Station for over 20 years, 10 of which included serving as team manager.  He has worked on several successful NASA/FAA projects including the Center TRACON Automation System (CTAS), Precision Departure Release Control, Airspace Technical Demonstration 2 (ATD2), and now the Digital Information Platform.  He also served as program manager for NASA on the FAA’s Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) program working with the FAA and several universities to address safety concerns related to air traffic management of unmanned arial systems.