Mr. Sargent is the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Command, Control, and Communication Segment, Integrated Product Team manager for the Space Systems Division of the Raytheon Company. Previously, he was the manager of the development of the command, control, and communication segment of the NPOESS, and recipient of the NASA Group Achievement Award, Integrated NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) Team, May 2005.

At the Hughes Space and Communications Company, he served in the roles of test engineer, test director, and spacecraft manager, responsible for the integration and test of HS601-class satellites by a multi-disciplinary spacecraft team. In addition, he served as the satellite integration and test manager, and the ground segment system engineering manager for the commercial Intermediate Circular Orbit (ICO) program.

At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Marshall Space Flight Center, he served as system analyst for advanced propulsion technologies and mission analysis.

Mr. Sargent is a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He earned his MS in aerospace engineering at Stanford University and his BS in aerospace engineering at the University of Illinois. He is a certified Six Sigma Specialist.