JESSIE ZAPATA

Jessie currently lives in the beautiful Jamaica Beach community, on the west end of Galveston Island, Texas. He is originally from West Texas, San Angelo. Jessie received his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Hygiene and Safety from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 1993. He has been a Test Safety Officer, working at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) for Anadarko Industries, in Houston, Texas, for six years. Jessie has been the primary safety representative involved with Desert RATS at JSC since its inception. Jessie is involved in assuring the safety of the test subjects, test team personnel, test hardware, operations, and equipment. He assures that all applicable safety requirements and specifications for the project are met and that all the necessary analyses are complete and adequate to provide a through understanding of the risks involved.