Michael Simms Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, FL, US

• Ground floor startup, providing electronics and software development expertise along with general advice.

• Developed a Java webapp (under NDA) that controls specialty hardware, collects data, and performs a spectral analysis on x-ray data. (Java, HTML, CSS, USB)

• Studied machine learning through a combination of Coursera and personal projects. This includes implementing the Isolation Forest algorithm in Python, Rust, and C++. The python version is installable via pip.
• Other personal projects, some of which are on my GitHub page: github.com/msimms. These include, but are not limited to: - A password manager that syncs through the iCloud Drive (Swift) - A mobile cycling and strength.
• Got in better shape through distance running and triathlon.
• Finished home repair projects.

Austin, TX, US

• Note: This was a transfer from Raytheon at the invite of senior leadership. Raytheon owned Forcepoint at this time.
• Researcher in the Forcepoint Innovation Labs.
• Responsible for the design and implementation of a malware sandbox built on a custom hypervisor. This involved managing a small team of development and quality engineers while also performing as an individual.
• Responsible for expense reports, performance reviews, and general office management.

Arlington, VA, US

• Note: I was an early employee at a company called Security Innovation, Government Solutions which was sold to Raytheon in April, 2008.
• Project Engineer for all virtualization software. This role involved managing the schedule, budget, and product roadmaps while also performing as an individual contributor, establishing SCM procedures, and coordinating.
• Principal Investigator for a proof-of-concept bare metal hypervisor that detects malicious code execution in VMware ESXi. Implemented a network stack along with other OS services. (C, Hypervisors)
• Lead Engineer for malware sandbox technology. This included one detection product based on whole machine emulation and another that hooks Windows kernel functions. (C, C++, Win32, Windows Driver Development, wxWidgets.
• Performed malware reverse engineering exercises and supervised others doing the same.
• Responsible for the design and implementation of software for distributed software vulnerability testing. This includes a cross-platform debugging library and file fuzzers. (C++, Windows, Linux)

• Ground floor startup, sold to Raytheon in April, 2008
• Developed automated vulnerability research tools. (C/C++)
• Lead engineer for a project that developed secure network routing software for a government customer. (C, C++, Windows, Linux, wxWidgets, TCP/IP sockets, AES and RSA Encryption)
• Built a web crawler that used Bayesian techniques to identify web pages that may contain malicious code.
• Worked on several proposal teams.

Melbourne, Florida, US

• Designed and developed a COM-based messaging system and integrated it with numerous in-house and 3rd party applications. (C++, MFC, COM, C#,.NET)
• Debugged and fixed a system that encodes MP3-formatted narratives over video for use by the visually impaired. Also edited and encoded narrative audio over “It’s A Wonderful Life” for national television airing. (C++.
• Product Architect for STAT Console, an enterprise management tool for the STAT family of commercial network security products. Developed and managed the program schedule and was responsible for the overall software.
• Designed and developed software for STAT Scanner, a commercially available vulnerability analysis tool for the Windows family of operating systems. Handled monthly product releases. Responsibilities included schedule.
• Developed LabVIEW VIs for managing GPIB and LAN-to-Serial interfaces. Prototyped LabVIEW VIs for interfacing with various hardware items, such as a Bit Error Rate Detector and an IRIG unit.
• Developed the user interface for a government command and control system. (C++, COM, Windows)

Bethesda, MD, US

• Note: This started as a summer internship for Sverdrup Technology, but continued full-time after the first summer. Sverdrup Technology lost this contract to Lockheed Martin in 1994.
• Reverse engineered U.S. Navy tow-tank electronics, replacing them with a software-based, real-time data acquisition system developed in LabVIEW.
• Designed and developed real-time data acquisition and analysis software to study rocket engine exhaust plumes. The system used absorption spectroscopy to study the health of the Space Shuttle Main Engines under hot.
• Assisted with scientific research on the spectral study of rocket engine exhaust as well as in acquiring and analyzing data from Space Shuttle Main Engine test firings.

New Orleans, LA, US

Graded assignments and assisted students in the assembly language class.