SUMMARY:

Experienced professional with demonstrated abilities in project management, team leadershiprequirements definition, design, analysis, integration, testing, validation, verification and operation of hardware and software applications. Highly successful in defining customer needs and translating those needs into technical requirements for development, integration and test. In - depth understanding of core business processes for the systems and software development life-cycle. Highly enthusiastic engineer possessing vast capabilities both technical and managerial.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Configuration Management: ClearCase, ClearQuest, DOORS, Rational UML

Hardware: 1553, RS-232

Software: C, C++, Visual Basic, JOVIAL, Java, FORTRAN, Assembly, COBOL, XML, Oracle, Access, Visual Basic, C#, VB Script, MS SQL Server

Operating Systems: Windows XP, 2000, 95, 98, 2000, NT, DOS, UNIX, PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Project

Requirements Tools: UML, Systems Modeling Language

Familiar Documents: PIDS, CIDS, SRS, IRS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

SENIOR Software / IPT Lead Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Researches new technology and prepares recommendations for implementation within the client’s computing environment to ensure applications are current.
• Manage and coordinate with design engineers and customers for technical requirements development.
• Present testing process status and scope for new testing activities to technical commercial customers, project managers and senior management.
• Lead and managed 15 senior engineers performing software and system test efforts.
• Successfully documents each problem and makes recommendations to supervisor as to program upgrades or repairs necessary to reduce/eliminate future problems.
• Mentor, recruit, interview and evaluate personnel in support of the company and Electronics Systems Sector.
• Perform analysis of test procedures and validation of system performance in Electronic System lab assuring performance is consisted with actual operations.
• Leading the software verification team for new software releases, assuring requirements gathering, design, and build of configuration/release management solutions for Confidential clients are met.
• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Ensure system test facility was properly updated and resources were available for required test.
• Reduced delivery costs by $50 million dollars within six months.
• Design, develop and implement comprehensive QA test plans and test cases for many system software platforms.
• Travels to end user facilities as required resolving user problems with software and hardware and to assist/train with certain procedures.
• Worked as Program QA to assist in improving processes, methods, effectiveness and efficiency.
• Resolves cross functional technical issues.
• Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.
• Evaluates customer/operational needs to define and coordinate system performance requirements and assure compatibility of all physical, functional, and program interfaces.
• Witnessed / Lead all testing, verification, and validation (to include regression testing) of requirements.
• Identifies, documents, tracks and evaluates software test problem reports and test anomalies
• Performs and/or participates in unit testing, system integration testing, load/stress testing and user acceptance testing as determined by the program.
• Ensure testing is successful and is completed in a timely manner, also facilitates testing status meetings, review sessions and synchronizes testing handoffs.

Confidential, Cedar Rapids, IA

SENIOR Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Manage and coordinate with design engineers and customers for technical requirements development.
• Manage and lead 25 senior and junior engineers performing software and system test efforts.
• Successfully documents each problem and makes recommendations to supervisor as to program upgrades or repairs necessary to reduce/eliminate future problems.
• Develop and present testing process status and scope for new testing activities to technical commercial customers, project managers and senior management.
• Mentor, recruit, interview and evaluate personnel in support of the company and Cabin Electronics Systems Department.
• Perform analysis of test procedures and validation of system performance in CES lab assuring. performance is consisted with actual aircraft operation.
• Leading the software verification team for new software releases, assuring requirements gathering, design, and build of configuration/release management solutions for Rockwell clients are met.
• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Ensure system test facility was properly updated and resources were available for required test.
• Reduced delivery costs by $480k within three months.
• Travels to end user facilities as required resolving user problems with software and hardware and to assist/train with certain procedures.
• Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.
• Researches new technology and prepares recommendations for implementation within the client’s computing environment to ensure applications are current.

Confidential, Marietta, GA /Fort Worth, TX

Senior Software / SENIOR systems design ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Developed requirements work packages (RWP) that illustrate use cases and define operation of hardware and software using UML modeling for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.
• Performed analysis of test results and prepare comprehensive system level evaluation reports which validate system performance for F/A 22 (Raptor) program.
• Ensured appropriate verification methods have been identified in the specification documentation for the JSF and F-16 programs.
• Maintained traceability between system level and lower level requirements for F/A-22 program.
• Defined system and software requirements for both JSF and F/A-22 programs
• Developed and maintained source code using C/C++/JOVIAL programming languages.
• Assisted test engineers in development of procedures to verify and validate Operational Flight Programs (OFPs) and test station software.
• Interface with various System Engineers to define overall system testing and verification.
• Wrote and maintained build scripts using PVCS Configuration Builder for JSF missile system.
• Analyzed, modified C++ source code, and implemented diagnostic testing for the 1553 circuit cards for the Environmental Simulator (ES).
• Implemented standards, processes, and procedures throughout the software development lifecycle for F-16 and JSF programs.
• Design, develop and implement comprehensive QA test plans and test cases for many system software platforms.
• Provided solutions to a variety of technical problems of severe scope and complexity.
• Developed source code for missile system on F-16 program using JOVIAL.
• Identifies, documents, tracks and evaluates software test problem reports and test anomalies

Confidential, Baton Rouge, LA

Lead Test Engineer / System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Led teams ranging in size from 5 to 25 members and projects with budgets from $25,000 to $900,000.
• Designed, implemented and verified new network system to support daily operations within hospital.
• Negotiated with State Representatives for additional $500,000 in funding for additional systems.
• Performed installations, managed test station upgrades, and developed software for test program sets for various hospital departments.
• Lead the efforts of purchasing, installing, and programming of 900 personal computers, 90 fax machines, 200 copiers, and 13 servers.
• Migrated hospital system from Novell to WinNT. Faced severe deadlines and employee satisfaction problems. Plan was used for nine Charity Hospitals in Louisiana.
• Secured $10 million dollar follow-on contract with State Hospital Services based on success of project.
• Executed Y2K network / system test and verified possible problems with network.
• Provided Quality Assurance for network and hospital system performance.
• Staff increased for 5 to 31 within two years.