Colin Buchanan Email & Phone Number

Greater San Diego Area

15 years of experience leading a team of Systems Engineers supporting US Navy Tomahawk and UK Royal Air Force Storm Shadow precision weapon and mission planning systemsActed as Systems Engineering Lead and deputy Project Manager for the Target Model Preparation System (TMPS)—a softcopy 3-dimensional target and terrain modeling tool for the UK Royal Air Force Storm Shadow missile systemActed as Systems Engineering Lead for the Precision Targeting Workstation (PTW)—a softcopy weapon targeting and imagery exploitation system for the US’s Tomahawk missile systemUK Royal Air Force’s Storm Shadow Centralized Mission Planning Facility Commanding Officer recognition for invaluable support and dedication, risk management and avoidance, and no adverse impacts to the operational statusUS Navy Strike Planning and Execution Systems Program Manager recognition for technical expertise, extreme flexibility, and adaptability resulting in uninterrupted support during ongoing military contingency operationsProvided Project Management and Risk Management expertise to the Software Engineering Institute’s (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) evaluation resulting in a Level 5 award indicating that development processes are operating at the highest "Optimizing Level"

Greater San Diego Area

7 years of experience providing Systems Engineering support to all phases of the engineering development lifecycleAuthored and published all Systems Engineering documents including domestic and international proposals, requirement specifications, user manuals, test procedures, and training materialsDesigned and documented external interfaces with multiple contractorsIdentified, decomposed, and derived customer requirements while maintaining long-term traceability to system and software componentsDesigned new user interfaces for existing systems to increase ease-of-use while maintaining fielded system capabilities being used in operational conditionsDirected system-wide verification of capabilities and discrepancy resolutions completing the most recent test 20% ahead of schedule with no discrepanciesManaged security holdings receiving Defense Security Service (DSS) National Industrial Security Program (NISP) Superior ratings annuallyProvided training for 10 domestic and international sitesUS Navy Cruise Missiles Program Government Test Director recognition for tremendous improvements in software quality and outstanding testing resultsBAE SYSTEMS IMPACT Award for outstanding Systems Engineering support

Greater San Diego Area

7 years of coding experience in Ada with additional experience in C, Pascal, and FORTRANDesigned and implemented an imagery resource manager for the Digital Imagery Workstation Suite (DIWS)—a digital stereo softcopy photogrammetry, mapping, and targeting systemDeveloped graphical representations for data produced by the Arsenal Exchange Model as part of the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START)Provided graphical support for the Air Courses of Action Assessment Model (ACAAM)—a combat option assessment model installed at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) Technical Centre in Brussels, BelgiumBAE SYSTEMS Chairman’s Award for Innovation for technology reuseBAE SYSTEMS Extraordinary and Outstanding Achievement Awards for successful software releases with minimum downtime of critical systems Accomplishment

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Applied Mathematics

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