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Houston, Texas, United States

Responsible for overseeing and coordinating the technical development activities of all the software systems in two NASA projects involved with electric airplanes. These duties consist of:• Plan, schedule, conduct and coordinate software development and configuration management activities • Technical management of all the software• Apply standards, processes and procedures throughout the software development life cycle• Maintain unit software configuration• Assure the software schedule and software development requirements are met• Plan for design, code, test readiness, and flight readiness reviews• Assure proper software documentation is produced• Develop and maintain software development folders• Develop and maintain software development plan

United States

•Participate in ISS (International Space Station) and Gateway IPTs (Core SW, Application SW, Platform, etc.)•Co-author DRD-007 (Data Requirements Deliverable monthly report)•Organize/Present MRR (Mission Readiness Reviews)•Co-author/Present DB PMR (Project Management Review Monthly Report)•Researching/Reviewing/Updating MCCS (Mission Control Center Systems) and HLS (Human Landing Systems) documents•Assist/Generate with PMSR (Program Monthly Status Review) monthly report, as needed

United States

•Define, develop, and evaluate flight system operational requirements and objectives, mission requirements, verification, risk management, and configuration management. •Plan, manage and track integration of components, assemblies, subsystems and systems into overall flight system•Analyze, test, and conduct performance validation of electronic instrumentation systems used for detecting, recording, measuring or controlling physical conditions, phenomena, and environments encountered in aeronautical and aerospace research and development. •Identify, develop, and implement processes and procedures to support analysis and certification of flight hardware, software and system capabilities. •Define project life-cycle and develops entrance and exit criteria for each phase and associated technical reviews. •Plan and manage engineering activities of flight project.

Edwards, California, United States

•Work with project managers, system engineers, contract personnel•Witnessing authority for technical analysis of operational characteristics exhibited on the ground (or in-flight) in order to ascertain the acceptability of the research aircraft for flight•Locate possible problem airworthiness areas and safety of flight considerations prior to the actual flight•Originate or approve procedures for experimental systems•Prepare ground and flight checklists•Develop and present technical briefings

Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards Afb, Ca

Responsible for overseeing and coordinating the technical development activities of all the software systems in three NASA projects including the SOFIA Platform, an $84M+ multi-national NASA program. These duties consist of:• Plan, schedule, conduct and coordinate software development and configuration management activities • Technical management of all the software• Apply standards, processes and procedures throughout the software development life cycle• Maintain unit software configuration• Assure the software schedule and software development requirements are met• Plan for design, code, test readiness, and flight readiness reviews• Assure proper software documentation is produced• Develop and maintain software development folders• Develop and maintain software development planOther duties with regards to Operational Technical Lead include:Generate and validate integration/test plans, test procedures, test scripts, operations manuals, checklists and operational procedures. System Verification and Validation.Conduct testing of avionics systems, subsystems, units and components. Coordinate/Perform development, integration, testing, documentation, and problem/error analysis/ resolution (debugging/ troubleshooting) concerning various operational and/or scientific/mission problems in the lab and during flights (in-flight support personnel) consisting of integrated unique / COTS / avionics systemsVerify, Validate, Conduct and/or Witness test procedures of avionic systems and subsystem units Generated software requirement specifications and maintained requirements traceability matrixManaging Flight Operations, Line Operations and Integration/Testing on aircraft and in simulation lab.Prepare and present at reviews

• Managed several engineers worldwide and provided quality customer support for over 100 commercial aviation airlines and military customers.• Conducted presentations/demonstrations for over 5 User’s Conferences and at least 2 International Conferences in Hainan, China and Goa, India.• Conducted software training for internal and external customers worldwide including facilities in Beijing, China, Toulouse, France, and London, England which encompassed syllabus development, creating training materials, and preparing/maintaining resources.• Coordinated Major Initial Software Version Release to over 20 customers worldwide – including organizing efforts between Business Partner, Contracts, Customer Administration, Integrated Product Team (IPT) / Engineering, Configuration Management, and Program Management.• Selected a remote system approach to supporting domestic and international customers using WebEx, RemoteAccess, and Remote Desktop.• Evaluated various CRM (Customer Relationship Management database) vendors, selected an appropriate CRM application, integrated and maintained CRM system which included sales/forecasting/support for over 5 years.• Install/Integrate/Test/Troubleshoot/Resolve technological software applications including specialized software for commercial aircraft COTS units, flight data monitoring systems, C++ and SQL• Design, develop, code, test, debug and maintain application software according to functional specification documents• Maintained Secret Security Clearance until administratively inactivated

• Delivered on schedule and under budget an $8 Million DARPA Project that won DARPA Project of the year.• Accountable for integration and test of Electrical Subsystem.• Participated with design, development, integration, test and final delivery of DARPA system• Developed and maintained ground simulation software for LASER systems designed for image processing of high altitude resolution applications.Maintained Secret Security Clearance

Ms, Engineering Management

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi, San Fernando Valley Alpha Phi Alumnae (Treasurer 08 - present / President 06 - 08/ Secretary.

Bs, Computing Science (Minor Electrical Engineering)

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi, Intramural Flag Football, Bowling TeamGraduated cum laude Worked in Electrical Engineering Department.