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Springfield, MA, US

Cincinnati, OH, US

• Advanced flight readiness for and applied strict DO-178 safety standards to various programs for:
• Blue Origin (Mar 2023 – Present) – Used AI in accordance with rules to maximize productivity.
• Collins Aerospace (Aug 2022 – Feb 2023)

Amherst, Massachusetts, US

• Led Windows tablet app used for inspections of U.S. Navy assets, including the F-18 jet. App managed inspection locations, info, photos, digital docs, 2D/3D display, and data transfer. C#.NET, WPF, SQL
• Led iPhone 3D Lidar scanning app. Improved Unity app photogrammetry progress reporting. C#
• Authored SBIR proposals for funding, slides for bi-weekly customer meetings, and a user’s guide.

East Hartford, Connecticut, US

• Led software development of a medical device used to help doctors diagnose pain and target meds more accurately. Google: “No stethoscope for pain: Scientists seek real way to measure”.
• Co-led foreign medical device FDA acceptance to the U.S. market:
• Co-led/managed system reqs/design, and the reqs/code/risk traceability that led to FDA acceptance.
• Key developer in analyzing code, finding/fixing bugs, adding cost-saving improvements.

Groton, Connecticut, US

• U.S. submarine software developer of next-gen real-time mission/safety-critical tactical ship control software. Highly-valued daily contributor to software design/implementation/test.
• Received multiple awards for taking ownership in improving code/test re-use, mentoring senior/junior engineers, taking charge as author/inspector/approver of designs/test plans/tests, meeting test schedules.

Wallingford, CT, US

• Key software developer of private encrypted voice-data-video network product used worldwide.
• Extended product global market reach by creating new CEO-requested state-of-the-art software features, including: within a month of CEO request, a custom tone sequencer used to remotely control radios and other devices.
• All code achieved DOD JITC acceptance for military use.

Mclean, Virginia, US

• Autonomous ground vehicle software developer. Only 1 of 6 hired for this 3-month project.
• Created software to read a Lidar device and display its data in 3D in real-time for object detection/avoidance.
• Wrote a controller for CAN bus message handling used for vehicle leader/follower and waypoint following.
• Created software to read/display/send GPS data wirelessly to autopilot software.

Windsor Locks, CT, US

• Led Sikorsky S-92 helicopter flight control computer loader/verifier, used by over 100 crews worldwide.
• Reduced load/verify time from 8 hours to < 1 hour by combining disparate programs into one.
• Improved comms, USB support and user-friendly features, satisfying customer requests.
• Wrote/delivered documentation, including software requirements, design, test procedures, verification plans.
• Commended by project manager for accomplishments and on-time completion.

• Principal developer/integrator of software-defined radios for the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS), the secure voice-data-video radio network used by our military and allies around the world.
• Debugged/fixed difficult problems that occurred very infrequently on multi-processor, multi-threaded radios with a 1-million-line code base.
• Implemented comm features and security fixes in DOD radio waveforms.

Bethesda, MD, US

• Designed/improved real-time embedded software for underwater vehicles. Implemented full SDLC.C, C++, Java, Python, SQL, RTOS, VxWorks, Linux, CORBA, Matlab/Simulink, ClearCase, DOORS, UML, Eclipse, VS, CMMI
• For autonomous drone used for underwater surveillance, key contributor in design/implementation/test, created apps to read sensors and enable comms between Windows and embedded Linux client. C++, MFC, Linux, TCP/IP
• Chosen by project manager to provide on-site/at-sea software systems support for underwater vehicle testing.
• Software Safety Test Lead - Awarded multiple times last 2 years for managing small software test teams for multiple projects, reducing test time by 80%, creating a traceability tool, reducing code complexity throughout.
• Collaborated with Vector Software to add new on-board test/debug capability to their VectorCAST software.
• Automated Train Control project (in Virginia): Wrote an app to test comm integrity between a train and control depot by injecting corrupted messages and verifying the system identified them and recovered normally..

• Provided software consulting services to Aeroflex, Lockheed and others.
• For Aeroflex, supported next version of Knowbell by creating prototype cross-platform GUIs, code/script improvements for radar data processing/reporting, and documentation. Continued customizing Knowbell for clients.
• For Lockheed Martin, wrote software design/test documentation, tested embedded software for multiple underwater vehicle projects. VectorCAST, DO-178

• For Knowbell, a leading commercial radar, RCS and antenna data processing software application.Provided SDLC, rapid prototyping, radar/signal processing/reporting. C++, MFC, STL, TAO, Qt for Windows/Linux/Unix
• Improved commercial products by designing new interfaces and processing methods customized for clients.
• Developed real-time software for distributed processing of radar data captured and displayed in real-time.

• Increased U.S. Navy fleet survivability by inventing one-of-a-kind software tools/methods in collaboration with experts in physics, radar, and ocean engineering.
• Created software to analyze radar data and generate ship survivability reports, reduced reporting time from 3 weeks to 3 days. C++, MFC, COM, STL, Word, Excel, Access
• Created a handheld app for multiple Navy ship inspectors to enter findings and sync to a server to show leaders inspection results, reducing labor costs by 50% for 3 years. Produced training, trained customer personnel.
• For high-profile U.S. Navy clients, led implementation of mission planning tools. C, C++
• Key contributor bringing commercial product to market: HandRunner™ featured at COMDEX. C++, Java, HTML

• Led software development, increased data analysis report production by over 100% for several years by creating novel software processing tools/methods that reduced radar experts’ time to analyze radar data. C++, MFC
• Created ocean wave simulator app with expert oceanographer. C++, MFC
• Co-supervised teams to install/maintain survivability systems on ships at many U.S. Naval bases.

• Designed hardware and software for wideband military RF communications equipment and a missile seeker system.
• Only new-hire promoted to Northrop Grumman missile receiver system development. Designed schematics and board layouts, supervised CAD designers, interfaced with manufacturing to oversee hardware development.
• Reduced labor costs by designing software to automate programming of hardware components and to automate hardware testing using software control of hardware and test equipment (network/spectrum analyzer, o-scope, etc.)
• Created software to model receiver hardware improvements to inform decision makers.
• Optimized customer inventories by writing software to upgrade analog receivers to digital operation.

B.E.E., Electrical Engineering

M.S.C.S., Computer Science, Specializing In Software Systems Engineering

Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering