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Orlando, Fl, Us

Develops games and entertainment productions alongside strategic customers• Coordinates staff within a global team of 150+ members across AMER, EMEA, and APAC regions to deliver expert professional services to games studios and industry partners utilizing Unity's core products • Manages multimillion-dollar client projects from proposal to delivery, overseeing cost, schedule, and performance • Directs end-to-end development, release, and support processes for product launches across… Show more Develops games and entertainment productions alongside strategic customers• Coordinates staff within a global team of 150+ members across AMER, EMEA, and APAC regions to deliver expert professional services to games studios and industry partners utilizing Unity's core products • Manages multimillion-dollar client projects from proposal to delivery, overseeing cost, schedule, and performance • Directs end-to-end development, release, and support processes for product launches across VR, mobile, console, web, and PC platforms Show less

Accelerated development and adoption of Unity's computer vision products• Collaborated with clients and product teams to gather and incorporate user feedback for the enhancement and prioritization of features, tools, and content for Unity Perception, Synthetic Homes, and Synthetic Humans packages• Managed professional services teams during the creation of high-quality synthetic dataset deliverables to enhance client’s computer vision model training • Led daily production activities… Show more Accelerated development and adoption of Unity's computer vision products• Collaborated with clients and product teams to gather and incorporate user feedback for the enhancement and prioritization of features, tools, and content for Unity Perception, Synthetic Homes, and Synthetic Humans packages• Managed professional services teams during the creation of high-quality synthetic dataset deliverables to enhance client’s computer vision model training • Led daily production activities and managed project artifacts in Jira, Confluence, and Google Suite for remote, cross-functional teams comprised of technical artists, software engineers, and machine learning experts Show less

Orlando, Florida

Served as the Orlando systems engineering department manager under Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions (CMPS) business unit• Coordinated a highly skilled, remote team of 7 direct reports and 100+ indirect staff during the development of game-based simulation and training products • Drove best practices, performance management, staffing allocations and forecasts for the systems engineering department• Supported new business pursuits and contributed to basis of estimates (BOEs)… Show more Served as the Orlando systems engineering department manager under Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions (CMPS) business unit• Coordinated a highly skilled, remote team of 7 direct reports and 100+ indirect staff during the development of game-based simulation and training products • Drove best practices, performance management, staffing allocations and forecasts for the systems engineering department• Supported new business pursuits and contributed to basis of estimates (BOEs) and technical solution inputs for proposals and statements of work (SOWs) Show less

Orlando, Florida

Managed overall engineering cost, schedule, performance, risk, and subcontractor/vendor relationships for total learning platform (TLP) portfolio• Worked closely with engineering teams on requirements, architectural decisions, and challenging design choices while contributing to engineering deliverables including specifications and test plans

Orlando, Florida

Provided engineering, program management, and logistics support for the Marine Corps acquisition of the Live, Virtual, Constructive – Training Environment (LVC-TE)• Contributed to system of systems integration, architecture analysis, network interoperability, and cybersecurity • Generated program acquisition documentation and supported the procurement, installation, and configuration of the initial LVC-TE Systems Integration Lab• Pioneered a new development and review process for… Show more Provided engineering, program management, and logistics support for the Marine Corps acquisition of the Live, Virtual, Constructive – Training Environment (LVC-TE)• Contributed to system of systems integration, architecture analysis, network interoperability, and cybersecurity • Generated program acquisition documentation and supported the procurement, installation, and configuration of the initial LVC-TE Systems Integration Lab• Pioneered a new development and review process for the acquisition that combined traditional waterfall with agile methodologies to optimize speed to fleet Show less

Orlando, Florida

Led multidisciplinary teams and provided systems engineering support for various initiatives, including digital transformation and aircraft subsystem development• Functioned as scrum master for a digital twin data visualization system prototype• Organized and facilitated daily scrum, retrospectives, backlog grooming and sprint/release planning utilizing Jira • Performed requirements analysis and system architecture definition for Infrared Search & Track (IRST) Line Replaceable Unit… Show more Led multidisciplinary teams and provided systems engineering support for various initiatives, including digital transformation and aircraft subsystem development• Functioned as scrum master for a digital twin data visualization system prototype• Organized and facilitated daily scrum, retrospectives, backlog grooming and sprint/release planning utilizing Jira • Performed requirements analysis and system architecture definition for Infrared Search & Track (IRST) Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) and tactical datalink radio subsystem Show less

Orlando, Florida

Executed systems engineering activities for the Combat Air Forces (CAF) and Mobility Air Forces (MAF) Distributed Mission Training Operations and Integration Program• Supported development and integration of Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) simulation and training systems, requiring extensive knowledge of computer systems, distributed networking architectures, simulation protocols, and various software tools• Provided technical and operational event support during large force… Show more Executed systems engineering activities for the Combat Air Forces (CAF) and Mobility Air Forces (MAF) Distributed Mission Training Operations and Integration Program• Supported development and integration of Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) simulation and training systems, requiring extensive knowledge of computer systems, distributed networking architectures, simulation protocols, and various software tools• Provided technical and operational event support during large force training exercises consisting of live flight operations integrated with up to ten geographically distributed training sites• Provided design, integration, and test support for gateway application that supports DIS, TENA, HLA and radio communication protocols translation• Integrated various virtual and constructive platforms into live range infrastructure which included engineering support for network configurations, terrain database updates, radio, tactical datalink, and EW threat integration Show less

Orlando, Florida

Provided engineering consultation and project management to accelerate product development of innovative cooling technologies for the first ever commercial supercooling device• Guided efforts to achieve ETL/UL certification for commercial supercooling device, enabling a successful market test launch• Managed second shift engineering and manufacturing staff during design, production, and final validation testing of 30 market test units to meet stringent market test launch deadline•… Show more Provided engineering consultation and project management to accelerate product development of innovative cooling technologies for the first ever commercial supercooling device• Guided efforts to achieve ETL/UL certification for commercial supercooling device, enabling a successful market test launch• Managed second shift engineering and manufacturing staff during design, production, and final validation testing of 30 market test units to meet stringent market test launch deadline• Assisted in establishing a Quality Management System (QMS) to achieve ISO 9001 certification Show less

Townes Laser Institute - Kennedy Space Center, Fl

Conducted research and development of laser-based systems for defense applications including laser weapons, laser communications, and remote sensing • Consulted with U.S. army group PEO STRI to define requirements for the next generation Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES)• Supported fields tests for Boeing High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL-MD) at Eglin, AFB• Co-authored five publications for SPIE and presented at SPIE DSS technical conference

Master Of Science (M.S.), Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: IEEE, SPIE

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: HKN (Eta Kappa NU), AIAA (Amateur Satellite Club), Mobile Makers