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Providing NASA GSFC with software engineering process improvement consulting for in-house mission system software development.Prepared and maintained templates and best practice examplesPrepared trend analysis of organizational capabilityPerformed review and gap analysis of work products produced of various lifecycle methodologiesFacilitated organizational CCB process and meetings. Tracked all change requests, revisions, review comments and CCB decisions for organizational reporting

Providing NASA GSFC with software engineering process improvement consulting for in-house mission system software development.Member of process engineering group developing baseline processes required of all GFSC mission software projectsParticipated in GSFC review of draft NASA Procedural Requirements for softwareReviewed / audited mission critical project work-products and provided feedback regarding degree of compliance with NASA and GSFC procedural requirementsKey team member in multiple informal and successful formal Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) assessment / audit teams

Engaged on PRIME Program for IRS Business Systems Modernization. Advise the IRS and PRIME program in identification, mitigation, tracking, and escalation of program level and project level risks and issues.

Staff Programmer (3/1988 – 7/1990), Consultant (7/1990 – 7-1992), Senior Consultant (7/1992 - 7/1993), Manager (7/1993 – 7/1995), Senior Manager (7/1995 - 7/2001)Engaged as product manager within the systems development group’s technical support services, which provided software extended warranty services to approximately 15 client organizations. Responsible for baseline product definition, version control, maintenance, user support, and system upgrade support.Provided professional practice management analysis of systems development projects.Led teams implementing software systems for government clients DOS/VSE, and MVS environments.