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Idaho Falls, Id, Us

Idaho Falls, Idaho

June 2024 - PresentProgram Manager and Chief EngineerProgram Manager and Chief Engineer for the Spectrum Innovation Department within the National and Homeland Security directorate. Responsible for customer engagement, business development, and strategic direction for a portfolio of programs and projects.Champion for department engineering process and technology sharing. Advisor to department Program and Project Managers on technical risk during project planning, key design/milestone reviews, and CCBs.March 2020 - June 2024Technical Program ManagerProgram Manager for efforts involving multiple projects that span various divisions and departments. Responsible for customer relationships and engagement, as well as subcontractor and vendor management. Provided strategic focus and technical direction for wireless-communication projects.Assisted department project leads with professional training, customer relationships, requirements and project management as well as systems and software design. Collaborated with Department Manager and Chief Scientist on business development opportunities.June 2015 to March 2020Wireless Research Engineering ConsultantDepartment Supervisor and Technical Lead. Responsible for transitioning novel waveforms developed by the research team onto custom software-defined radio platforms for customer evaluation. Provided expertise with Project Management, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering as well as guidance on Hardware Engineering efforts. Defined and developed radio architectures and platforms, non-interfering mesh network with spectrum agility, HTML5 web interface focused on mobile devices, robust security and networking features, and conducted system performance evaluations and field tests. Projects consisted of full and half-duplex software-defined radio systems to support military and government operational use-cases.

Scottsdale, Az

Systems Engineer, Software Engineer, Task Lead and Project Lead in the research and development of software defined radio technologies and products. Designed and developed key embedded capabilities for small form factor devices and systems including: systems and software architectures, user interfaces (display/keypad, embedded web interface, android apps), networking capabilities (bridging, routing, tunneling, NAT, IPSEC, etc), numerous software components, communication protocols and device drivers. Involved in establishing product-line architecture frameworks and capabilities, as well as training materials for end-users and third-party developers.Key contributor to numerous proposal efforts as proposal manager, cost volume lead, technical volume lead, and individual contributor. As an active participant of the Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG), helped achieve an SEI CMMI level 5 rating in 2004.Projects: Full and half-duplex radio systems to support military and government operational needs, VoIP compliance, Key management, Networking appliancesRTOS: Embedded Linux, Android, GHS Integrity, VxWorks, ThreadXSoftware: C++, C, C#, Java, Flash/Flex/Actionscript, Javascript, PHP, LUA, Python, Clearcase, RTC, PhotoshopPlatforms: Custom hardware utilizing: GPS (uBlox Neo, Navman Jupiter), TI OMAP (DM3730, 2730, 5912), PPC (405, 755), Arm 7

Systems Engineer, Software Engineer and Task Lead in the research and development of radio, electric utility and cell phone related products and technologies, including communications protocols. Participated as a key contributor to numerous proposal efforts. As an active participant of the Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG), helped achieve an SEI CMM level 5 rating in 2000.Projects: Half duplex LOS and SATCOM radios, Smart/Pre-paid Electric Meters, RFID, GSM RTOS: MCORE GPS executiveSoftware: C++, C, Assembly, Java, Visual Basic, Echelon LonBuilder, ClearcasePlatforms: Custom hardware utilizing: Motorola (MCORE 2003, MPC860, Coldfire 5205e, Hc11), Neuron processor (Power Line Carrier)

Salt Lake City Ut, Las Vegas Nv, Chandler Az

Maintained corporate computer networks and developed custom accounting modules.

Layton, Utah

Provided on site development of accounting and project management software.