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Belcan, LLC is a global supplier of engineering, supply chain, technical recruiting, and information technology (IT) services to customers in the aerospace, defense, automotive, industrial and government sectors. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Belcan has over 10,000 employees in 50 locations around the world.I am working as a remote contractor for Boeing on the MQ-25 carrier based refueling drone program. I am involved with test plan and test definition for the software. I worked as a remote contractor for Sierra Space first on the Orbital Reef Space Station. In this role I worked on the design of the flight software, acted as the software liaison to the hardware lab, and participated in the D0-178C and NASA certification efforts. Second, I worked on the Dream Chaser Space Plane, where I acted as Scrum Master for the flight software test team. This included running meetings such as standups, retrospectives, and planning. In this role I used Visio to define process for creating and approving Python test scripts. I also extracted progress metrics from Atlassian Jira.

Medford, Oregon, Us

I helped design the architecture for software tools used to support the installation of solar panels on homes and businesses. I also helped design and develop software products used by the company to support internal processes and interact with customers. • Web development, including the Javascript and PHP programming languages using tools such as PHP, Wordpress, and Symfony. • Podio for Program Management• Salesforce for Customer Relationship Management

As a nonprofit unit of the Utah State University Research Foundation, SDL has been solving the technical challenges faced by the military, science community, and industry since 1959.SDL works with the Department of Defense and industry in defending and protecting our nation as well as supporting NASA’s vision to “reveal the unknown for the benefit of humankind.”SDL’s solutions include improved data gathering and analysis tools for all branches of the military and powerful remote and in situ sensing solutions—with an emphasis in electro-optical sensing in the near UV to far IR.

Raytheon is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. Raytheon is the world's largest producer of guided missiles. • Participate in the design, coding, testing, and documentation of real time embedded software running on self-propelled guided weapon systems.

Duluth, Georgia, Us

AGCO, Hesston, KS, May. 2011 to PresentSenior Embedded Software Developer: AGCO manufactures agricultural equipment, including high tech GPS yields, spray distributions, and vehicle diagnostics. • Participated in the design, coding, embedded testing, and documentation of AGCO’s agricultural software.

Working in a division of Sybase specializing in mobile solutions involving Bluetooth protocol stacks for electronic devices such as cell phones and hands free car kits.• Participated in the design, coding, embedded testing, and documentation of Sybase's Software Stack for Bluetooth enabled devices. • Participated in events sponsored by the Bluetooth SIG such as Unplug Fests.• Debugged, enhanced, and improved an implementation of the Bluetooth Hands Free Profile, including the GUI front end Applications. • Wrote an HCI 3-Wire Transport layer. • Helped develop specifications as a member of Telephony and Car Working Groups.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Northrop Grumman is a large defense contractor. Part of its works involves designing signal intelligence system for military customers in the U.S. government.• Designed, coded, and tested embedded software for an airborne platform. • Developed software downloaded onto avionics computers in C and C++.• Managed team development of software for communications signal acquisition. • Developed and implemented plan for leveraging legacy code to expedite project development.

Garmin specializes in GPS enabled products, including avionics packages that help pilots navigate through inclement weather. I was involved in a project to develop a WAAS enabled navigator.• Embedded code for a GPS/WAAS sensor for aircraft navigation. • Designed and implemented tools to expedite development. • Developed diagnostic utilities and test scripts to verify FAA compliance of a navigator avionics box.

New York, Ny, Us

L-3 is a defense contractor specializing in communication systems for U.S. military customers. L-3 also markets some spin off applications commercially. I was involved in a project to provide wireless telephone systems targeted at third world countries lacking extensive copper cabling.• Wrote embedded C for a wireless telephone hub. • Compiled communications software for radio communication links in Unix.

U.S.D.I. is a subcontractor for Chrysler specializing in automotive diagnostic systems. I was involved in a project to develop a new handheld diagnostic tool that could interface with Chrysler automobiles and PCs.• Programmed embedded server applications for diagnostic communications. • Created PC tool communication protocols. • Added functionality to diagnostic server. • Developed diagnostic utilities in LabView and Visual Basic for vehicle modules.

Arlington, Va, Us

Boeing manufactures commercial airliners and is also a large defense contractor. I started work on the fuel and weapon delivery system for the B-2 bomber. I later worked on diagnostic equipment for Boeing’s commercial jetliners.• B-2 Bomber Avionics Development. • Designed real time onboard avionics software for weapon and fuel delivery. • Coded MIL-STD-1750A processors. • Utilized numerical techniques to predict weapon trajectories. • Emulated avionics boxes for lab and flight testing. • Wrote PC programs in C to collect and filter avionics bus signals in real time. • Top Secret security clearance.