Responsible for maintaining and updating functional specifications and external technical (interface) specifications, including requirements analysis. Applied metrics to monitor performance. Worked with Quality Assurance to ensure proper test case coverage. Developed product presentations. Acting project manager for architectural migration of enterprise-critical software product using Microsoft Project, applying strong understanding of Software Development Lifecycle and Holistic Systems Engineering activities. Applied appropriate DoD standards, specifications and methods for use in Agile environment. Designed and maintained SharePoint pages for set of interrelated products.

Writer: Industrial newsletter articles, volunteer organization newsletter articles, press releases, computer user manuals, hardware and software maintenance manuals, magazine articles, ad copy, résumés, technical proposals, slide presentations, business plans, test procedures, company policies, job instructions, procedures, specifications, white papers, news articles, and haiku.Editor: Copy editor and book editor for proposal volumes, scientific journal articles, magazine articles, news stories, statistical reports, computer user manuals, maintenance manuals hardware maintenance manuals, novels and short fiction. Managing editor of industrial publications group.

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Full spectrum requirements engineering: definition, allocation, analysis, change control and verification.

Requirements Manager, Change Control Board Chair, Master Scheduler, backup to Risk Manager, Senior Business Analyst for Delegata’s highest priority project: to enhance and update its key in-house technology toolDesigned architecture model for California DMV Project Portfolio Management System, including process, organizational structure , and tools. Mentored clients in portfolio management concepts and implementation. Metrics Manager on consulting team for a major CalPERS (California Public Employees Retirement System) IT program. Responsible for identifying critical project sucess factors, designing indicators, collecting and analyzing data in support of indicators. Tailored PSM (Practical Software and Systems Measurement) methodology for program use. Lead customer activity to define Balanced Scorecard criteria for assessing development contractor's progress on this $199 million effort

On contract at Standard Insurance Company , provided state assessment, mentoring, process development, requirements management planning, and documentation standards forincluding advising all levels of staff up to VP-IT. Provided planning and guidance to institute formal requirements engineering discipline as foundation for progress to CMMI level 3. Assessed organization status, performed gap analysis against industry standards (CMMI, INCOSE SE Handbook). Communicated results to program, division, and corporate management. Designed appropriate process and organization for effort, mentored in-house requirements team. Coordinated with corporate QA, PMO, and Enterprise Architect to ensure consistency of process across disciplines. Developed management plan, processes, and documentation standards.

 Resource identification (staffing, work tools) SoW development: customer negotiation & coordination Project work plan Overall project schedule Risk mitigation planning and executionProgram management leadership, including coordination of configuration management, technical development, standards compliance, and test activities. Responsible for development, maintenance, and delivery of HP’s Network Support Tool and in-house quoting tool. Negotiated contracts with external partner firms. Managed development of coordinated inter-company support process. Lead teams dispersed across cultures, geographies, functions. Ensured that business needs were represented in the technical development of hardware and software. Represented technical interests in the business development process. Based on Marketing Requirements document, developed system concept designs, formal requirements statements, obtained customer approval of documented top-level (imposed) requirements.

Senior systems engineer for requirements definition and management on the U. S. Navy's Mission Distribution System.Defined program specification/requirement policies and procedures. Responsible for reqs traceability ( DOORs) implementation and accuracy. Lead cross-functional engineering teams for architectural concepts, functional requirements, and validation/verification processes for MDS ADA to Java conversion. Attended Tomahawk Weaponeering School.. Part of revision working group for Navy SOPs at Fallon, NV. Process engineering for CCB activity. Conducted CCB meetings and reviewed proposed changes (Class 1 and 2). Guided junior engineers in analysis and requirements definition and control. Mentored junior systems engineers in best practices for SysEng . Developed close working relationships with customer's CSE, IV&V organizations. Liaison to Navy end-users. Instrumental in integrating QA & Test Engineering with overall specification development.

Responsible Systems Engineer for Specifications on BSTS.Responsible for formal definition and documentation (specifications, drawings) of both hardware and software interfaces for large defense systems (i.e., PLSS, MILSTAR, BSTS, Army’s HOE). Guided subsystem and specialty engineering groups in reqs development and specification production. Conducted analysis and synthesis of requirements. Supervised subcontractor's specification development, including scope and timeline planning. Ensured that subcontractor complied with primary contract and primary contractor’s program policies. Engineering Checker for specifications & ICDs. Developed and maintained Ops Concept docs, overall test plans, test procedures, Interface Control Documents (ICDs), system baseline books. Ensured compliance with military and Federal standards, including MIL-STD-490, MIL-STD-2167A, & MIL-STD-961D. Responsible for revising LMSC's Code 53-Specification Handbook,