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Lead/direct technical support evaluating design, development, assembly, I&T, and requirements selloff for a communications satellite. Direct Aerospace systems engineering, systems acquisition, and I&T support for the spacecraft acquisition. Provide independent technical design trades and assessments. Participate in design/readiness reviews and all levels of space system testing. Cooperatively work with other support contractor staff on division of labor to avoid duplication of effort while… Show more Lead/direct technical support evaluating design, development, assembly, I&T, and requirements selloff for a communications satellite. Direct Aerospace systems engineering, systems acquisition, and I&T support for the spacecraft acquisition. Provide independent technical design trades and assessments. Participate in design/readiness reviews and all levels of space system testing. Cooperatively work with other support contractor staff on division of labor to avoid duplication of effort while ensuring all technical issues are addressed. Document technical findings/recommendations, through memoranda and Aerospace TORs, for corporate and Government leadership. Cooperatively participate in discussions to identify and document process and test enhancements leading to increased confidence in the results. Work with ETG managers to identify appropriate skill needs, charging levels, and deliverables to efficiently apply subject matter experts to support customer’s mission, including: unit, subsystem, and system failure investigation; part, materials, and process issues; I&T issues; and readiness. Review staff products for technical accuracy and consistency. Provide regular feedback to staff through clear and concise factual assessments and constructive suggestions for improvement. Interact with Government division director as counterpart, technical mentor, and advisor. Actively consult with, and provide lessons learned to, other divisions on aiding them with their processes. Manage to assigned targets for manpower, travel, capital, and controllable overhead budgets. Work with management colleagues to ensure equitable merit increases, PRP, spot awards, and special raises. Create job postings, interview candidates, and select appropriate staff to support mission and assigned tasking. Coordinate and consolidate inputs to revised corporate technical instructions. Show less

Led Aerospace support for Readiness and Test of all aspects of the ground enterprise. Worked with Government personnel to establish business processes to successfully transition development activities to operations and assess development programs' maturities within the process. Acted as the Government Test Director at operational ground facilities for Multi-Segment Tests. Assisted with the strategic planning and development of the Readiness and Test process for the new acquisition strategy. Led… Show more Led Aerospace support for Readiness and Test of all aspects of the ground enterprise. Worked with Government personnel to establish business processes to successfully transition development activities to operations and assess development programs' maturities within the process. Acted as the Government Test Director at operational ground facilities for Multi-Segment Tests. Assisted with the strategic planning and development of the Readiness and Test process for the new acquisition strategy. Led sub-panel of an independent assessment team reviewing the documentation for the new ground acquisition strategy in preparation for an Acquisition Board decision in October 2009. Show less

Participant in the Aerospace Rotation Program in the Computer Science and Technology Subdivision of the Engineering and Technology Group. Performed engineering studies for software cost and sizing for the new GPS Ground Segment (OCX). Created a Cloud Computing demonstrator using Google's AppEngine. Created complex object model for IRAD investigating data mining from social networking data.

Direct Program Office support to an acquisition division developing automated processing systems. Assist with division- and office-level programmatic planning including new strategic vision of the division and system engineering issues. Provide assessments of technology insertion readiness. Lead independent assessments of the technical content and contractors’ bases of estimates for ECPs as well as technical and programmatic review of contractor performance against baselines.

Served as the SETA contractor in the Program Office for developing workflow and tool upgrades for analysts throughout an Intelligence Agency. Taught other contractors the requirements of DoD 5000 and CJCSI 3170.01. Prepared acquisition documentation for major systems acquisitions.

SETA contractor in PMO for multi-source, multi INT data/information fusion system. Deployed with CONUS elements of ACC Det 1/17th RS in support of OEF providing operations/training support. Provided on-site support during JEFX2002 of operational capability in CAOC environment. Prepared Functional/Operational Requirements, SOW, PPI, PEC. Reviewed development contractors’ software development methodology, code, documentation, test plans/procedures, analyzed test results. Provided input to complex… Show more SETA contractor in PMO for multi-source, multi INT data/information fusion system. Deployed with CONUS elements of ACC Det 1/17th RS in support of OEF providing operations/training support. Provided on-site support during JEFX2002 of operational capability in CAOC environment. Prepared Functional/Operational Requirements, SOW, PPI, PEC. Reviewed development contractors’ software development methodology, code, documentation, test plans/procedures, analyzed test results. Provided input to complex domain object models for processing, targeting, and inferencing. Prepared cost estimates, budgets, schedules; tracked program milestones against budget and schedule – preparing mitigation plans when necessary. Provided capabilities/status briefings plus system demonstrations to senior agency leadership and flag officers. Developed quantitative performance and effectiveness metrics in order to gauge system performance. Coordinated the efforts of two other SETA contractors. Show less

Was Principal Investigator, with limited Government oversight, for a multi INT study to determine operational procedures and feasibility of increasing geolocation accuracy and reducing dissemination timelines. Performed evaluation of contractor proposal, developed study methodology and performance evaluation, analyzed study results, and published findings. PI of study comparing user interfaces for processing systems located at three national facilities. Conducted survey of collection and… Show more Was Principal Investigator, with limited Government oversight, for a multi INT study to determine operational procedures and feasibility of increasing geolocation accuracy and reducing dissemination timelines. Performed evaluation of contractor proposal, developed study methodology and performance evaluation, analyzed study results, and published findings. PI of study comparing user interfaces for processing systems located at three national facilities. Conducted survey of collection and analysis tools, the information and control parameters, and provided recommendations for consolidation. Show less

Principal POC between operations facility for a national program and external community; coordinated efforts of divisions within the facility on multiple projects. Major contributor to study of relocation/consolidation of operational communications capability. CPOC for study on continued operation of a national collection capability. Reviewed documentation for systems to be integrated into the facility; provided comments on performance, operability, and maintenance requirements. Led development… Show more Principal POC between operations facility for a national program and external community; coordinated efforts of divisions within the facility on multiple projects. Major contributor to study of relocation/consolidation of operational communications capability. CPOC for study on continued operation of a national collection capability. Reviewed documentation for systems to be integrated into the facility; provided comments on performance, operability, and maintenance requirements. Led development of/coordinated facility positions regarding planned activities and represented facility at external technical and management meetings. Convened/co-chaired coordination meetings where Sector positions were finalized. Participated in development of directorate level positions with other Sectors. Coordinated efforts of personnel in various divisions on site to develop CONOPS for future initiatives. Prepared/maintained schedule of activities to ensure facility was prepared to accept system upgrades. Show less

Air Traffic Systems Division; provided systems engineering/acqhisition for long- and short-haul microwave communications systems.

Information and Communications Systems Division/Information Systems Group, principal member of study team for new NASA datastorage and dissemination facility. Member of team developing requiremens for communications system to allow Government communications in the event of telephone system interruption.

Aero and Naval Systems Division, systems engineer on the Vertical Launching System.

U.S. Army Chemical and Biological Defense Command, provided engineering and design of base-wide fiber-optics network. Installed and configured workstations.

Bee, Electrical Engineering

Bs, Physics

Activities and Societies: Alpha Epsilon Rho (Broadcasting Honor Society), Society of Physics Students