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Rio Rancho, Nm

Maintain C and C# software libraries utilized to operate the Mil-Std 1553 and ARINC 429 hardware for Windows, Linux and VxWorks.Created Java JNI library for Mil-Std 1553 and ARINC 429 hardware.Support customer usage of the libraries.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

(Formerly IntelliCyt Corp.)Software Engineer - Work on a small team to enhance and maintain Cytometer control and analysis package in Visual Studio 2015. • Created the internal test tracking, executing and editing software to more efficiently perform the release candidate testing.• Utilize Mantis bug tracking software.

Albuquerque, Nm

Worked on an Agile team of software engineers to maintain and enhance Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) software written in Java. Involved in the complete software lifecycle: requirements gathering and definition, issue creation, design, code implementation, peer review and quality control test creation and execution.• Redesigned resources management tool utilized by customers to customize software configuration, worked with customers to resolve issues and wrote the user manual.• Created a program to compare multiple XML files and export the differences into an Excel spreadsheet format.• Worked on a project to implement a more efficient data replication strategy and protocol between nodes of the EFB. Investigated new designs to reduce the system overhead and footprint.

Albuquerque, Nm

Technical Team Lead for System Test Software 2011-2013Lead software team for continual evolution and support of System Test software, a graphical interfaced test executive for functional and environmental testing of embedded systems, written in Java and C++. Interface with test engineers to generate new requirements and oversee continual enhancement of software to support new test devices and modules for specific embedded systems. Meet delivery schedule for specific embedded system tests, deployment and integration of software to target test stations.• Provided support to test engineers during software validation and system production enabling job completion and increasing test engineers job knowledge.• Nominated for GE Intelligent Platforms Mil/Aero Engineer of the Year 2011 for the completion of 22 different embedded system test support projects.

Albuquerque, Nm

Technical Team Lead for Avionics Software 2006-2011Led software team for two software products written in C and C++: the Integrated Avionics Library (IAL) and the Protocol Analysis Simulation System – 3200 (PASS-3200). Interfaced with Change Review Board and assigned priorities to change requests. • Maintained and enhanced software, added ARINC-429 and Telemetry transmission support, graphical display widgets and engineering conversion routines for data analysis enabling users to graph and analyze in real time.• Initiated and oversaw implementation of automated regression testing for IAL which allowed for early detection and resolution of software errors, getting product to a distributable state faster.

Albuquerque, Nm

Senior Software Engineer, DataXpress 1998 - 2006Designed, coded, tested and documented Windows dynamic linked library plug-in to allow recording, playback and analysis of ARINC-429 data, including an integrated GUI program to setup the software/hardware parameters and display status during execution. Performed conversion routines for data analysis, stand alone data extraction software and bug correction for modules supporting Telemetry 4422, Mil-Std-1553 and ARINC-429 protocols. Created graphical data analysis, display and debugging tools. ISO-9000 auditor. Provided customer support.• Implemented corrections and enhancements encompassing custom programs for customers increasing sales and customer satisfaction.Special Projects:• Universal Data Acquisition System (UDAS) - Ported core object code of PASS-3200 for use on Linux platforms and added new device capabilities for several digital I/O devices. • Wrote and maintained Windows NT device drivers for PCI and ISA bus hardware allowing use of previously unavailable hardware.• Authored a program implementing the ARINC-615 protocol which transfers files to and from an airborne computer using an ARINC-429 data bus. • Redesigned, coded and verified a near-real time vibration analysis system for Kaman Aerospace which met customer requirements and increased customer satisfaction.

Albuquerque, Nm

Integrated Correlation and Display System (ICADS)Preformed user requested enhancements and maintenance on the ICADS system, involving programmatic changes and script writing. The software was written at Sandia National Laboratory and maintained through a joint contract shared by API and TechReps (now Ktech).

Albuquerque, Nm

Test and Evaluation Data Reduction and Analysis System (TEDRAS)Implemented updates and maintenance changes to the TEDRAS data reduction and analysis software system. TEDRAS integrates commercial software products with custom written programs to execute tasks, transfer data and perform quality control. Upgraded program X-Window graphical user interfaces, altered job command processing methods changing poling to system interrupts, wrote code allowing custom C like output formatting of data and made corrections to various Ingres database interactions. Radar System Improvement Program (RSIP)Developed custom software, for use with TEDRAS by the RSIP project, in C, integrating X windows GUIs, Ingres database design and access, and IDL graphics displays for data analysis and manipulation on a SUN Sparc computer. Integrated third party software and ported it to the SUN 4.1.3 operating system. Wrote menu driven software to provide data quick looks for PCs. UNIX system and Ingres database administration performing system maintenance, backups, installations, and software evaluation. Drone Flight Control System (DFCS)Maintenance and operation of a real-time software system which controls the flight of unmanned full scale drones at White Sands Missile Range. Implemented software improvements and corrections to the software written in C on an IBM RISC-6000 and 486 PCs involving graphical displays, text menus and user commands to the system. Aided in the development of configuration management procedures for the system.

Las Cruces, Nm

Computer Support for the Project WIND Modeling EffortWrote menu-driven 2D and 3D graphics program to display atmospheric modeling results and perform data quality assessment. Oracle database administration and SCO UNIX administrator. Developed programs for meteorological evaluation and statistical analysis. Created demonstration programs and computer slide shows for project WIND presentations.

White Sands Missle Range, Nm

Development of a Dedicated Graphics Package to Analyze the Project WIND Data Set Wrote a menu-driven graphics package to display terrain data, meteorological data and model output, created user documentation, provided technical support and upgrades to the software. Designed and maintained the Oracle database which contained the meteorological data. Wrote SQL applications and scripts for data analysis and retrieval, linking them to the graphics program. System administrator of a unix work station with a small LAN, responsible for installing hardware and software, system backups and maintenance.Development of a Prototype Meteorological Expert System for Field Test Evaluation Sole programmer of a meteorological expert system involving the calculation and evaluation of meteorological data. Aided in data analysis by writing programs to calculate atmospheric thermodynamic parameters, perform statistical correlations and graphically display data and results. Utilized and adapted several computer models involving interpolation of wind fields, particle transport and graphically displayed the results.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Physics