Precision7 – Resume

Resume

August 2006 – Present, Precision 7
Consultant

Provided consulting services to small companies for process improvement, software development, testing approaches, configuration management best practices, and hiring strategies.
Coordinated stakeholder involvement to transform ideas into working project plans and development specifications.
Managed a geographically separate software development team for the development of a web-based video service.
Developed marketing and branding strategies for a variety of small businesses. Designed and developed websites.

January 2011-February 2014, Applied Defense Solutions, Inc.
as Acting Director, Systems Development (Dec 2011-February 2014)

Ensured NASA, Air Force, and Navy satellite and ground software was developed with appropriate technologies, required quality, and sufficient testing.
Managed diverse team of junior engineers and software developers, ensuring that work was assigned to efficiently complete projects.
Responsible for the Intern Program and developed projects suitable for interns that aligned with company R&D needs. Grew the program from 1 to 5 interns over 3 summers.
Participated in proposal development and project costing activities.
Managed the development of Spacecraft Design Tool, a COTS satellite simulator.
Helped plan and implement satellite flight software for NASA’s CPOD cube sat mission. Successfully (audited against NASA 7150 software development requirements) created a software development plan for flight and ground software requirements, configuration management, and testing methodologies.

as Senior Software Engineer/Project Manager(Jan 2011-Dec 2011)

Lead Developer for Matlab-based solution to upgrade existing feasibility tool used for satellite collection analysis.
Managed Flight Dynamics System software development for NASA Ames for the LADEE lunar mission. Worked with the prime contractor and NASA to decompose high-level requirements into implementable activities.
Investigated and resolved various software and database issues in a flight-qualified flight dynamics system for a 5 satellite constellation for the Navy. Developed unit, system, and automated regression tests for major functionality.

September 2006-December 2010, Star Technologies Corporation. Project Manager, Software Engineer

Managed all contracts and technical work for 10-person company: proposal creation, costing analysis, task specifying and scheduling.
Designed solutions for the TATOO (Training and Tactical ORS Operations) program. The purpose of TATOO was to develop new user interfaces and concepts for the in-theater direct tasking of satellites by the War Fighter.
Directed development team on technologies to add to Spacecraft Design Tool, a software product used to simulate satellites.
Architected and developed software solutions for satellite simulations.

January 2004-September 2006, a.i. solutions, Inc. Product Manager, Application Designer

Led a development team responsible for a.i. solutions’ product FreeFlyer, a satellite mission design tool. Oversaw development of 9 versions of FreeFlyer.
Maintained regression test system and verified tests were added for newly-added software features. Interfaced with analysts to validate algorithms against accepted solutions.
Led a multi-year ongoing effort to redesign the FreeFlyer interface to make it easier to use for existing users and make improvements to attract new users.
Designed a web-based NASA Satellite Mission status reporting tool for use at the Kennedy Space Center.

January 2003-December 2003, WiSE Technologies, Inc. Chief Technology Officer

Planned and designed WiSE Technologies’ expansion of Baltimore Washington International Airport’s WiFi (802.11b) network. Oversaw WiSE’s Tampa Bay International Airport WiFi installation.
Managed all WiFi implementations and operations, with an eye toward possible future integration with other WiFi providers.
Optimized 40 public WiFi locations to maximize revenue.
Helped transition in preparation for acquisition by ICOA, a publicly traded company.

July 2000-December 2002, a.i. solutions, Inc. Senior Internet Applications Developer

Developed a wide range of Internet based software, interactive presentations, and web sites using Active Server Pages, MS SQL Server 2000, Oracle, and Macromedia Flash.
Led Kennedy Space Center’s ELV Portal and Backbone Project. This project involved creating a system in which a number of secure web sites can be created and managed using a set of web-based tools.
Worked as part of a team on Kennedy Space Center’s ERBIS engineering review board web-based application.

May 1998-July 2000, Interactive Communications Solutions Group, Inc. Multimedia Programmer

Developed and designed administrative sections for web sites to give the client the ability to make changes and updates without knowledge of HTML or an FTP program.
Developed courtroom presentations using Macromedia Flash and Macromedia Authorware.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science. University of Maryland, Baltimore County MD.

Computer Languages: VB.Net, C#, Visual Basic Script, SQL, ActionScript, JavaScript, HTML, XML.
Software Development Methodologies: Agile, Spiral.
Government Software Requirements: NASA 7150.2
Management Tools: JIRA (with various plugins), Microsoft Project.
Development Software: Visual Studio 2008/10.
Configuration Management Software: Subversion, Mercurial.
Databases: MySQL, SQL Server 2005+, Oracle 11g, Access.
Design Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash, Adobe InDesign.
Content Management: WordPress (setup and administer).

“Spacecraft Design Tool for Plug-N-Play Satellite Simulation and Test Bypass Control. ” 36th Annual AAS Guidance and Control Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado, February 1 – 6, 2013.
“AFRL’s Tool Flow for AI&T.” ReSpace/MAPLD 2010 Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2010.
“ORS In The Cloud.” Responsive Space (RS7), Los Angeles, California, 2009.
“Operationally Responsive Space Operations.” AIAA Space Operations 2008 (AIAA-2008-11907), Heidelberg, GE, 2008.
“Training and Tactical Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Operations (TATOO).” Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), Istanbul, Turkey, 2007.

Engineering Review Information System, Docket number 1735.1001. (A web-based application to support the engineering review process in any engineering field.) http://www.google.com/patents?id=CtihAAAAEBAJ