OBJECTIVE:

• A position in the computer field providing the opportunity to contribute developed skills in systems engineering, technical supervision, database work (analytics, integrity, modeling, management), enterprise architecture, software engineering, analysis and research

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware/Operating Systems: Red Hat Linux, Unix, Solaris, Win XP/NT/95

Languages: PHP, Java, Perl, Shell scripts, HTML, C, C++, Fortran, COBOL

Other: Oracle, SQL, MS SQL Server, DoDAF, FEAF, Sybase, X - Windows/Motif, MS Access, Cold Fusion, VM work

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Software Engineer, Data Manager

Responsibilities:

• This work resulted in both the retention of current customers as well as attracting new customers. Also, my work on existing technical processes greatly improved the customer experience of mission-critical content delivery.
• Lead engineer on Java 6 to Java 8 modernization of content delivery/synchronization system for NGA and mission partners, which included a move from Solaris to Red Hat Linux VM’s.
• Responsible for data management, integrity, modeling of Oracle and Apache Derby tables
• Maintained and enhanced Analytics web sites (PHP, Oracle, JavaScript).

Confidential

Staff Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead engineer on architecture modernization and virtualization of a very large mission critical data processing system. Work entailed understanding of current ASP/ISP roles, multiple domain presences, schedule history
• Facilitated twice weekly meetings with cross-functional representation, requiring strong organizational skills, technology capabilities and participant management
• Engaging stakeholders at senior levels was a key component of this work, as well as possessing broad subject matter knowledge, along with understanding subject matter expertise of groups represented in meetings.
• Team member on the architecture migration to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Confidential

Senior Systems Engineer, Principal Investigator

Responsibilities:

• Researched Enterprise systems of record in preparation for transitioning them to a virtual hosting environment as part of an IT modernization effort.
• Work required great resourcefulness, a proactive and positive attitude, a strong technical background, the ability to understand system characteristics and architecture elements.
• Successfully handled unexpected issues requiring swift resolution, under tight deadlines
• Organized/facilitated many meetings, including high-visibility transition kick-off meetings with senior level participation
• Assisted during the 2012 London Olympics with service-oriented content management capabilities that facilitated data sharing, a key component of the event’s ultimate success.
• Established content management service to assist with synchronization and exposure of GeoInt.
• Instrumental in achieving process improvements for imagery services at NGA customer offices, and the testing of capabilities for potential field deployment of sync services for warfighters

Systems Engineering Support

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As Project Manager/Principal Investigator, turned what was a status red project (financials, staffing, schedule and deliverables) into a green on-time, under-budget success.
• This IR&D effort centered on using the NSG Application Schema (NAS) as a Canonical Data Model for schema translations and mappings. Such a capability within the NSG would help resolve many data interoperability concerns, as metadata, harmonization and information sharing become more and more popular notions.
• Supported NGA customer as sub-goal lead for a project geographically representing the logical and physical aspects of the worldwide data holdings.
• Supported NGA customer during Aero and Maritime pilot by reviewing/validating data models, encoding guides, standards compliance issues, metadata requirements.
• Performed mappings to/from models and standards. Data calibration for ETL migration script testing.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Member of a project team developing Java/Oracle based web software for a government agency. XML, BEA WebLogic, VisualCafe, SourceSafe, Windows NT, Linux, Solaris part of project environment. Quick-response and rapid prototyping.
• Lead supervisory/technical role in implementing and maintaining Internet sites for Reserve Component personnel. Site received DISA Accreditation and Al Gore’s Hammer .
• Technical lead for Medical Situation Awareness and Control (MSAC) project.

Confidential

Senior Computer Scientist

Responsibilities:

• Lead technical role in full life-cycle development of X-Windows/Motif-based applications using very large Sybase databases and C/C++ on Unix workstations.
• Task manager for new Standard Report System being developed for customer, featuring integration of charting, mapping, desktop publishing and word processing products.
• Designed and developed GUI-based system administration tool to provide security mechanisms restricting access to accounts, commands, applications, etc.

Confidential

Lead Integration Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for systems integration project management (procurement, receiving/QA, and materials resource planning), including cost/benefit analysis for interfaces and coordination of implementation team efforts.
• Provided unified direction for IS efforts; worked with vendors/users; presented schedules to corporate steering committee.

Confidential

Senior Scientist

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented software to import ARC digitized raster graphics (ADRG) off CD-rom for Sun/Vax/SGI platform. Also developed symbol editor software for GIS.
• Developed PC-based software library for mapping, charting, and geodesy applications; Oracle work; other GIS enhancements/modifications.

Confidential

Support Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Provided technical support to database software clients on a variety of hardware and operating systems
• Responsible for performing data conversion, data integrity, database tuning enhancements, load software modification, etc. for an IBM to VAX conversion of a large customer system.

Confidential

Senior Applications Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Database programming, fine-tuning, design, administration; developed in-house standards for front ends to company internal databases.