Devang Parekh Email & Phone Number

Vista, CA, US

Falls Church, VA, US

• Autonomy architect and deputy for multi-year corporate-wide autonomy technology campaign effort identifying product line insertion opportunities, coordinating and facilitating autonomy workshops, inventing.
• Led software architecture risk reduction study effort for next generation mission management computer (MMC) spanning numerous payloads, embracing open mission systems (OMS) architecture, and facilitating emerging.
• Led software architecture risk reduction effort to standardize communication interface between MMC and Vehicle Management System (VMS). Effort demonstrated a standardized middleware interface supporting OMS & STANAG.
• Provide technical guidance and manage up to 20 engineers to support capture activities spanning trade studies, systems engineering artifacts, and software engineering efforts developing a next generation mission.
• Briefed senior executive leadership on “Next Generation UAS 2030 Vision” and raised awareness for Innovation & Intellectual Property efforts in Aerospace Systems.
• Awarded and managed $3M + budget as Principal Investigator for multi-year effort to transform UAS architectures. Developed prototypes embracing STANAG 4586, UCI/OMS, UCS, created reusable product lines for middleware.

Arlington, VA, US

• Supported multiple RFP efforts and shaped CONOPS via demos: Global Hawk, BAMS, Fire Scout, OSD UCS, Navy CCS, and CRADs for ONR & AFRL.
• Task lead for corporate Next Generation Mission Management & Autonomy thrust. Managed 8 engineers architecting & developing a next-generation, standards-based UAS prototype flying multi-dissimilar vehicles..
• Pioneered use of OSD UCS architecture and led development for successful initial work package demonstration. Transformed ground architecture and shaped Navy’s common control station (CCS) vision.
• Led innovation challenge to create a biometric-based, ubiquitous computing solution for information sharing in a collaborative environment.
• Awarded $5M in supporting a RFP to modernize High Speed Guard technology. Won down select.
• Led several IR&D efforts: 1) Prototyped a cutting-edge universal messaging service interacting with diverse technology platforms & protocols for Net-Centric Enterprise Services Foundation; 2) Developed traffic.

Nashville, TN, US

• Designed an enterprise-wide integration framework to interface with 5 proprietary transaction systems with annual volume over 40 million records.

Deerfield, Illinois, US

• Developed reusable e-commerce solutions that seamlessly integrated procurement, supply chain, and inventory systems for 4 main lines of business.

M.S., Mathematics

B.S., Mathematics/Physics/Chemistry