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Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Software Design contractor at FAAC, Inc. developing Earth coordinate models to support global scale training and simulation efforts. Implementing WGS-84 coordinate transforms and gravitational models. Improved physics of weapon simulation models. Developed proprietary (and to best knowledge) original algorithm for geodetic/ECEF coordinate transform with significantly less CPU footprint. In progress.

Syracuse, New York Area

Systems Engineer contractor at Syracuse Research Corporation, R&D for DARPA's Mobile Force Protection Program.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Contractor at TRU Simulation + Training as Software Developer II, upgrading 1980's h/w and s/w technology for B-1 Lancer Weapon Systems Trainer. This involved incorporating COTS computer systems and replacing inter-process and network equipment with modern systems on the Offensive/Defensive Systems trainer module. Responsibilities included hardware integration, C software development, future planning, and unit testing.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Working at SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic on the JTRS Surrogate and Ground Mobile Radios Operating Environment. As the Navy's Information Dominance systems command, SPAWAR develops, delivers and sustains communications and information capabilities for warfighters.

Hardware & Software Developer for Boeing’s Network Demonstration Center (NDC), a communications & technology laboratory designed to demonstrate the value of a next-gen radio network to customers before it is deployed. Responsibilities include team leadership, system design, technical road-mapping, program planning, development and testing.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Teledesic Project. Developed R&D S/W tools to model orbital and ground-to-space properties of Teledesic’s communication satellite constellation.

Master'S Degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Studied Communication Systems, Digital Signal Processing, OFDM. Mentored undergraduate students in electronics and physics.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering

University’s Joint Institute for Advanced Flight Sciences (JIAFS) program at NASA/Langley campus. Performed research and analysis of data.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Engineering

Activities and Societies: Participated in ROTC program. Participated in University of Boulder Colorado Summer Multicultural Access.