SUMMARY:

• Forty years of experience in the areas of enterprise architecture, SOA governance, systems engineering, project management, proposal development, technology insertion, risk management, requirements analysis, knowledge management, system development lifecycle definition, workshop facilitation, and software development.
• Successfully completed assignments in a wide range of applications, including air traffic control, communications, management, spacecraft operations, telemetry data capture, department - of-defense programs, and rail/bus transportation.
• Leveraged state-of-the-art technologies, including architectural frameworks, service oriented architecture (SOA), COTS, database management, knowledge portals, business process re-engineering, project management techniques and tools, object oriented methods, rapid application development, joint application development, graphical user interface design, engineering and software tools, and programming languages.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Hamilton

Architect

Responsibilities:

• Subject Matter Expert for development of the Confidential Manual
• The Confidential Manual guides lifecycle systems engineering practices throughout the Confidential . The document reflects Confidential policy as defined in the Confidential ’s Acquisition Management System (AMS) and ensures that developed air traffic control ( Confidential ) systems are architected, implemented, and integrated to achieve the Confidential ’s goals of increased safety, greater capacity, international leadership, and organizational excellence
• Confidential Confidential Risk Manager
• Confidential Risk Management enables the $1 billion dollar per year program to decrease the probability and impact of adverse events; ensure that critical cost, schedule and performance risks are addressed and mitigated; ensure effective portfolio implementation and decision-making; and inform all stakeholders
• Accomplishments include: developed Confidential enterprise and portfolio risk management processes, governance, products, and tools; developed the Confidential Enterprise Risk Management Plan; developed the Confidential Risk Standard Operating Procedure; provided ongoing risk management support to the Confidential organization; customized the Active Risk Manager based risk register; and coordinated with interfacing Confidential organizations to ensure compatible risk processes
• Developed Confidential Air-to-Ground Integration scenarios and requirements

Confidential

Application Architect

Responsibilities:

• Played significant roles on Confidential, Confidential, and DOD proposals with values ranging up to $3 billion
• Supported due diligence and program audits for CSC Corporate
• Confidential Air Traffic Control R&D and Enterprise Architecture
• Managed the Air Traffic Management System Development and Integration Program Process Engineering Office, under contract to the Confidential Ames Research Center.
• Responsibilities included establishment and operations of the ATMSDI Knowledge Management Program, Metrics Program, Configuration Control Board (CCB), Process Improvement Team, Knowledge Portal, and development of the ATMSDI standards and procedures.
• Co-author of the "SOA Governance Best Practices Industry Input" white paper. The white paper provides industry input on best practices of implementing SOA Governance for the Confidential SWIM program. The paper was a key input to the SWIM program’s SOA governance policies. The white paper was produced at the Confidential 's request by an industry team formed by the Government Electronics & Information Technology Association of America’s (GEIA), now part of TechAmerica
• Led the Traffic Flow Management Modernization (TFM-M) System Wide Information Management (SWIM) task. SWIM is a key capability of the Confidential ’s Next Generation Air Transportation System ( Confidential ). Engineering activities performed under the task include development of the TFM-M SWIM Segment 1 Architecture, TFM-M Release 5 prototype, TFM-M Release 5 requirements, and TFM-M SWIM Segment 1 Interface Control Document. TFM-M SWIM capabilities focused on the Pre-Departure Re-Route Amendment interface with ERAM. Technologies utilized within TFM-M SWIM include the following: SOA, J2EE, JAVA, UML, XML, WSDL, Oracle, JMS, EIP, and open source COTS, including Apache Camel, Apache ServiceMix Apache, ActiveMQ, and Apache CXF
• Performed a number of Architecture and System Engineering assignments for the TFM-M program, including participation in the development of architecture descriptions for several TFM-M releases, development of over thirty TFM-M External Interface Control Documents, and development of TFM-M requirements
• Project Management Process and Tools Development
• Developed the architecture for the Phoenix commercial “shrink wrapped” enterprise level project management tool for CSC’s Artemis Division. Also lead the development of the Phoenix prototypes. Worked closely with the Microsoft Project development team to ensure seamless integration with all Microsoft products
• Developed the System Architecture and Project Management Plan for the Confidential Langley Research Center Requirements Management System (RMS).
• The RMS system provides a consistent and standard set of tools, products, procedures, and training that facilitate the management of projects, activities, resources, and budgets at Confidential ’s Langley Research center.
• Manager of the System Engineering Department: supervised thirty five senior system engineers performing a variety of tasks. The team performed a wide variety of system engineering services including system requirements analysis, system architecture design, risk analysis, hardware selection, performance analysis, prototype development, firmware development, and R&D in the areas of high performance and parallel computing in support of the following Confidential missions: Space Telescope, Gamma Ray Observatory, Extreme Ultra Violet Explorer, International Solar-Terrestrial Physics Program, Advanced Composition Explorer, SpaceLab, and the Small Explorer series of satellites
• Introduced Joint Applications Development (JAD) techniques into a number of projects within CSC including the 1500 person Confidential SEAS contract, provided consulting and training in the areas of modern methods and CASE tools, and served as a member of the following system engineering and TQM committees: SEAS Central Engineering Board (Charter Member), SEAS Software Engineering Process Group (Charter Member), SEAS System Development Methodology (SSDM) Standards And Procedures Review Committee, Information Processing Division Total Quality Management Board, CSTG System Engineering Steering Committee, GSFC CASE Special Interest Group, and the CSC Leading Edge Forum Technical Speakers Bureau
• Developed the Automated Information Directory System for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
• Developed the requirements specification and design for two subsystems of a large Department Of Defense related system
• Developed the requirements, architecture, and design for the X.25 Remote Network Node (RNN). Also, member of the vendor selection team that specified, evaluated and selected the commercial hardware and software used to implement the RNN