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Systems Engineer Senior Technical Specialist on national systems. Operate over the complete system engineering lifecycle in agile development. Continuous analysis of projects with refinement of requirements, develop test plans, perform end to end system level tests, and brief management review boards. Working knowledge of communications networks, wireless systems, and satellite systems. Project management experience in schedules, budgets, and milestone reviews.

Chantilly, Va, Us

Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support to a government client for a working group that coordinated with other agencies in developing system policies, standard operating procedures, interagency support agreements, and conops for a satellite system. Developed program management status briefings and assisted in testing.

Mclean, Va, Us

Government Client. Provide Systems Engineering and technical support, including requirements, schedules, budgets, and subcontractor management. Future Combat Systems. Provided network engineering support for the Associate Director of Future Combat Systems Technologies. Technology maturity assessments and schedule oversight for Joint Tactical Radio (JTRS) systems to be inserted into the FCS program and coordinated early technology research at army labs. Joint Tactical Radio Systems. Provided testing and schedule engineering oversight for developmental and operational testing. Developed the Testing and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) of the JTRS waveforms (software on software defined radios) for the Network Enterprise Domain Program office in accordance with DODI 5000.2 for Defense Acquisition. Wireless Security Support Program Manager. Provided wireless security project management for the Chief of the Network Security Branch at DISA to ensure wireless security guidance complied with 8500 series DOD Information Assurance requirements. Managed the schedule and budget of wireless security team that developed guidance documents based on the DODI 8500 series directives using information assurance security practices and wireless vendor technology in the 802.11 series. Interfaced with multiple agencies on their wireless efforts including the Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense and NSA. Interfaced with and presented wireless security overview and program status briefings at Federal, Pentagon, and Joint DOD wireless security working groups.

Systems engineering. Analyzed the data traffic loads and subscriber unit capacity of the Aether mobile messaging satellite system for maximum allocation of resources and frequencies. (Aether bought the Transportation division from Motient; Recommended engineering cost benefit analysis of leased satellite power & bandwidth to reduce unnecessary satellite frequency channels and power to cut costs over $2Million over 2001-2003. Initiated a monthly satellite cost verification process that was outside the contract between the company that owns the MSV Corp. Satellite, and Aether who leased access. This created a new process for verifying the frequencies and power used in the billing between the two companies, and started Aether's lower monthly satellite bills.Interfaced with former parent company (MSV) on all frequency allocations within FCC allocation. Managed and assigned over 440 forward and return L-band frequencies for five store and forward data switches, the Land Earth Stations (LES) to maintain operations and reduce frequencies that were underutilized. Initiated and wrote standard installation procedures for uplink frequencies used by several engineers to stop repeated engineering problems with frequency additions, reducing system problems and cutting costs for non-functioning frequencies.

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Systems engineering. Analyzed the data traffic loads and subscriber unit capacity of the Motient mobile messaging satellite system for allocations of resources and frequencies. Maintained Grade of Service (adequate capacity with a minimum of blockage) for the Motient-TMI satellite mobile phone system by monitoring call loads and adding frequencies where needed System engineer on the satellite data system and the Motient satellite mobile phone system. Maintained the Motient –TMI geosynchronous satellite power and frequency channel load vs. capacity allocations.

Satellite engineering, project management. Orbital Sciences Corp. Microstar satellites: Monitored satellite subsystem performance to include power and communications. Filled a gap in company structure, became liaison between satellite engineering and operations groups to define the working procedures between them to help prevent satellite problems on and satellite configuration changes. Started and directed interface meetings to create joint engineering and operations policies and procedures. • Initiated and implemented launch preparations that they lacked, such as launch and operations plans, communications plans, launch-only telemetry monitoring, shift operations, and made new problem review teams to help multiple companies work together to monitor the launches and solve or understand satellite power and hardware disengagement problems.• Initiated, specified, purchased, installed, and tested $112,000 worth of satellite engineering telemetry monitoring system that provided satellite information to the launch team. Sole engineer to learn the company acquisition process to manage this project to completion. This system was ready ahead of schedule and included an intercom, Sun SPARC workstations, PCs, and Matlab licenses. • Identified and resolved problems of the electrical power subsystems of the Orbital Sciences Corp. Microstar satellites, using STK (Satellite Tool Kit) and Matlab to maintain a high (98.5%) satellite availability and maximum transmitter operation for message traffic.

Global, Us

Satellite engineering. GOES 8,9, and 10 Weather Satellites: Telemetry, command and communications subsystem lead satellite engineer of the Mission Operations Support Team that simulated, launched, deployed, tested, and operated three NASA-launched, NOAA-operated Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES). Satellite communications engineering, contingency preparations, simulations, launch preparations, operations, post-launch testing, telemetry analysis, and anomaly resolutions.

Ms, Information Systems For Business

Bs, Electrical Engineering