Dan Sivertson Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

• Sierra Space – Dream Chaser Cargo System – Performed IV&V of the Dream Chaser Cargo System to resupply the International Space Station to NASA standards and DO-178C. Identified risks with requirements, design, and emerging flight software.• Sidus Space - LizzieSAT Technical Program Manager for Red Canyon Software team developing first generation flight software using NASA's core Flight System (cFS) framework.• Astroscale US – GEO Satellite Life Extension Program – Developed the first software architecture document for a new class of satellites to rescue satellites that run out of propellant, providing station keeping, attitude control, inclination correction, and GEO relocation.• Blue Origin – Human Landing System – National Team – Produced flight software design documents for a NASA lunar lander including: Fault Management and System Autonomy specifications, Application Flight Software design documents for vehicle management, mission execution, and subsystem software design.• Maxar – WorldView Legion Satellite Constellation Program – Performed verification testing of the WorldView Legion imaging satellite attitude control system software in Matlab, Simulink, C, and C++. Validated attitude control system requirements for consistency, completeness, atomicity, and testability.

Pro-bono systems engineering on a winning IV&V proposal for the NASA / Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser space craft and robotics projects. Systems engineering, enterprise architecture, software engineering, and agile/scrum research. Founded this company to further my expertise in systems engineering and service to the aerospace and US intelligence community. Research into the application of enterprise architecture for business portfolio management in the aviation industry. Cloud computing research including: AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure.

Houston, Texas, Us

Senior Flight Software Engineer subcontractor to United Launch Alliance (ULA) on NASA’s Space Launch System - Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage. Languages Ada 83 and C++. Flight Software Verification. MIL-STD-1750A and MIL-STD-1553 computer architecture for space launch vehicles.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Senior TPM on the AWS Cryptography Team focused on expansion and delivery of the Key Management Service (KMS). Security Officer for the Key Management Service (KMS) including safe ceremonies, procedures, and processes. Updated Threat Models for hardened security modules. Managed project delivery for Asymmetric Key Cryptography and remote attestation via Trusted Processing Modules.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Senior Technical Program Manager for the Amazon Hub in People Tech - a highly-personalized Human Resources portal for all Amazon employees. Responsible for delivery of key projects spanning Amazon from mobile device to the cloud, serving 100's of thousands of associates around the world. Managed over 20 major feature releases for the Amazon Hub (the HR portal for Amazon associates). Executed detailed project planning with weekly project updates to Amazon leadership. Managed risks and worked blocking issues on all projects. Partnered with many teams to deliver projects on-time and on-target. Managed multiple country launches and localization in 16 languages.

Littleton, Colorado, Us

Information Architect and Systems Engineering Technical Advisor (SETA) for Boeing Jeppesen's Digital Transformation Program focusing on Oracle 12c, bi-temporal effectivity, data change management, data architecture, geospatial object-oriented modeling, geospatial and contextual data management requirements analysis. Produced two seminal requirements specifications. Served as Jeppesen's Operational Database owner and information architect. Worked with Jeppesen subject matter experts to build out information architectures and requirements specifications to meet business needs.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Worked with clients to transform their IT operations to state-of-the-art cloud computing solutions. Engagement management using Agile Scrum techniques to quickly deploy customer cloud instances for maximum value within aggressive timeframes. Mentored and enabled other engagement managers at ServiceNow. Key clients engaged: Nike, Eli Lilly, Texas Department of Transportation, EBSCO, Nexant, Multnomah County, the University of Colorado, the City and County of Denver, and Envision Healthcare.

Chantilly, Va, Us

Lead NASA IV&V engineer on the Constellation Program and the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle project for NASA IV&V. Spearheading innovative approaches to complex human-rated space avionics validation and verification focusing on software systems. Validation of diverse manned spacecraft requirements and architecture across the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. Ares 1X Crew Launch Vehicle Flight Readiness Review participant. Strong focus on Orion Vehicle Systems Management. Strong interaction with Lockheed Martin - an onsite weekly participant in their system development meetings. Identification of complex software risks, issues, and observations in rapidly evolving software systems. UML modeling and the application of Enterprise Architecture principles to independent validation of verification of complex NASA systems.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Introduction of Service Oriented Architecture and cloud computing into the US Intelligence community via research and development. Integration of stove-piped intelligence systems via Enterprise Architecture. Inculcation of software architecture into complex intelligence projects. Rapid requirements analysis and development to lead the evolution of existing military intelligence systems into next generation platforms and problem domains. New business development with key US Intelligence community customers. Technical proposal writing. Integrating diverse multi-company teams to lead new endeavors.

Falls Church, Va, Us

National Technology Architect for the US Bureau of Land Management focusing on technology standardization with mobile computing technologies, software architecture, and technology consolidation. Lead and assembled technology architecture initiatives with diverse groups and projects including database standards, software engineering environments, tablet PCs, and executive-level cellphones. Configuration management monitoring of the entire technology infrastructure at the US Bureau of Land Management.

Bethesda, Md, Us

Software development of complex military intelligence systems in C++, Oracle databases, Solaris systems, Unix, and Perl. Lead aspects of moving a project to CMM Level 5.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

Lead database team for commercial telecommunications ground station. Designed and developed database code generation systems for military intelligence systems.

Lead database team in the development of 200 database instances that were kept concurrent with weekly software builds for a military command and control system. Lead a software CSCI team in the development of military unit management software in the Ada programming language.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Lead embedded software engineer for the development of computer vision sensors for anti-tank smart-weapon technology.

Developed the math model compiler for the B2 Bomber Aircrew Training Device -- the core of most flight simulation techniques on the flight simulator. Lead the introduction of computer-aided software engineering tools into the company. Served on national Ada software engineering committees and the Link Flight Simulation Ada Steering committee -- nationally.

Trident nuclear submarine AN-UYK43 naval computer software simulation development. Ada compiler test suite developer.

Global, Us

Developed database systems for US EPA Superfund projects for toxic waste monitoring and clean-up in the US rivers and waterways.