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-Technical Director Zeus System; working with Business Development, war fighters and requirements personnel at both Air Combat Command (ACC) and at the Secretary of the Air Force (SAF) levels with senior personnel to define the Zeus roadmap inside the United States Air Force (USAF).; primary technical point of contact for Business Development and Program Management, Customers and Users. Maintains and fosters relationships with customers and support contractors-Visualization Lead for Common Aviation Command and Control System and Battle Control System modernization, developing a large Swing based client Java software architecture involving multiple cross platform teams, provided onsite customer demos and training -Technical Lead for the Battle Control System modernization, further increasing abilities to manage requirements and provide guidance to a development team-Leading role in the development of the next generation of Operator Work Station for the Air Force’s Airborne Warning and Control -System aircraft, increasing abilities needed to manage a large software architecture involving multiple project teams -Developing and maintaining the software build and release process using Ant and Clear Case, polishing a well rounded full life cycle software development skill set-Providing framework customizations allowing development teams to effectively use Solipsys' TDF product and the Java language, nourishing the craftsmanship necessary to write code that is provides as a solid base-Organizing and contributing to technical interchanges with customer development teams providing TDF and Java programming techniques, expanding communication skills needed to convey complex concepts

-Key contributor to the award winning OptiFiber development team, providing hands on experience with full life cycle software development -Developed UI Framework as a series of C++ base classes allowing team members to efficiently implement UI requirements, enhancing ability to effective use Model-View-Controller pattern-Designed and implemented an object-oriented platform-independent result storage and retrieval system, farther increasing knowledge of fundamental development principles

-Guided customers in implementing embedded networking solutions by writing sample c code, reviewing and trouble shooting customer code, developing  the ability to quickly debug code -Worked with sales and engineering to resolve customer-reported bugs and problems. Assisted sales by explaining technical details of products to prospective customers