Teresa Shaw

Teresa Shaw serves as a key procurement professional at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, supporting the agency’s mission to advance space science and Earth observation through strategic acquisitions of advanced scientific instrumentation and space systems. She manages complex contract actions for research and development, spacecraft integration, and deep-space telecommunications technologies, ensuring alignment with NASA’s strategic priorities in climate monitoring, planetary exploration, and space-based data networks. Her work directly enables the deployment of cutting-edge missions by securing technical capabilities from industry and academia, bridging operational needs with innovative solutions. Shaw maintains strong working relationships with leading technical partners, including Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory. These partnerships reflect a blend of commercial innovation and academic research excellence, with contractors providing specialized engineering services, sensor development, and communications systems tailored to spaceflight environments. Her contracting approach emphasizes collaboration with organizations possessing deep domain expertise in aerospace systems, often involving cost-reimbursement and research-focused contract types to accommodate high-risk, high-reward technical development. Her procurement patterns demonstrate a pronounced commitment to socioeconomic diversity, with 55.6% of awards directed toward 8(a) competed contracts, indicating a deliberate strategy to foster growth among small, disadvantaged businesses in the aerospace and engineering sectors. The remaining 44.4% of awards follow open competition, ensuring broad access while maintaining technical rigor. This balance reflects a deliberate effort to expand the supplier base while upholding mission-critical performance standards. Shaw’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541715, reflecting heavy investment in physical and engineering research and development, particularly in space-based sensor systems, telemetry architectures, and data processing algorithms. She also frequently procures under NAICS 334290 for specialized communications equipment, underscoring her technical expertise in space telecommunications infrastructure and ground-to-orbit data link technologies. Her portfolio consistently supports NASA Goddard’s leadership in Earth science and astrophysics missions through precision-engineered, mission-critical acquisitions.