Chief Software Engineer, part of our York Software Engineering Division leadership team. At York we are on near-term targets to deploy and operate 100s of space vehicles for our US government and commercial customers.

- Title changed to Director of Advanced Programs when we combined Product Development and R&D in July 2023. Winding down work in this role through 2025 as we complete merger with York.- Named Director of Product Development in January 2021, responsible for flight and ground software product development, deployment, management, and marketing- Leads multiple projects that are advancing and deploying Emergent flight software autonomy products for use on civil and national security space missions- Serves as the Lead Software Engineer for the RISE contract at AFRL/RVE in Albuquerque, NM- Led a team enhancing and supporting Mission Operating Center software (ASIST/FEDS) for key NASA missions, including MMS, GPM, WFIRST, Raven, Restore-L, GEDI, ATLAS, and others- C, C++, Python, Linux

- Led a team to develop software systems designed to test, launch, fly, land, and manage space launch systems, payloads, and spacecraft- C, C++, cFS, RTEMS, freeRTOS

- Led a team developing firmware and hardware for Measurement While Drilling data acquisition tools used in extreme downhole environments- C, Python

- Led development of comprehensive embedded systems designed to test, operate, and fly piloted, sub-orbital, and autonomous orbital propulsion systems and vehicles- C, C++, Assembly, purpose built custom RTOS

- Built and tested, and led avionics project teams to build and test, Falcon 9, Dragon, launch pad, and test site systems- LabView, VBA; Avionics, electronics, measurement, physical, and rocket test site skills

- Managed the software development and implementation team equipping AmEx Corporate Card's 15,000+ internal user sales force with customer relationship management, sales support, corporate credit authorization, and other business critical systems- .Net, VBA Scripting, JAVA, SaaS, SalesForce.Com, Siebel 7.7

- Siebel certified technical consulting and management of large scale Customer Relationship Management software implementations for major clients including Schlumberger, Texaco/Chevron, CenterPoint Energy, JP Morgan Chase, BMC, and Administaff- Siebel 7.7, VBA scripting, JAVA scripting

- Built and managed a software consulting branch office, growing the practice from one up to twenty five people. Key clients included Schlumberger, Fina Oil & Chemical Company, Kvaerner-John Brown, Texas Workman’s Compensation Fund, and Browning Ferris Industries- C++, VB, VBA, SQL Server, Oracle Forms, Power Builder

- Managed an R&D team developing flow measurement, data acquisition, real-time control, chromatography, fuel blending, truck loading, and other industrial automation systems that revolutionized the petrochemical measurement and production industries- C, C++; Key embedded systems: 80x86, z80, 8051

- Working with Dick Whipple and John Arnold, the duo who developed the first Tiny BASIC interpreter, and with early 80's tech wonders, including Mary Sowders, Danny Lee, and Edward Newman, developed revolutionary solar powered petrochemical measurement, monitoring, and control systems- Z80 Assembly, BASIC, custom Real Time Operating system development