Ivy F. Hooks Oral History

Ivy F. Hooks Oral History

Ivy Hooks began her twenty-year-plus career as an aerospace engineer at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, TX. A 1965 master's graduate of the University of Houston in math and physics, she was involved in the early stages of aerodynamics of space shuttle flight. An original space shuttle design team member, Hooks went on to hold a number of management positions, including Separation System Integration Manager and Manager of Flight Software Verification. While at NASA she was the recipient of the Arthur S. Flemming Award for Outstanding Young Civil Servant, NASA Outstanding Speaker Award, and the NASA Medal.

Leaving NASA in 1984, Hooks started her own software systems consulting firm, Compliance Automation, Inc. and now serves as its president and CEO. An internationally recognized expert in Requirement Engineering she has published many articles on the subject and co-authored "Customer-Centered Products: Creating Successful Products Through Smart Requirement Management."

Hooks is a SWE Fellow, a charter member of the International Council on Systems Engineering, and holds membership in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, IEEE, and the Project Management Institute.

Kata, Lauren

Hooks, Ivy F.

2003-04-09

1930’s-present