PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• More than 28 years of experience with military systems in positions of increasing responsibility in space operations and Systems Engineering employing Systems Engineering principles and traditional product development lifecycles; very experienced in software testing and evaluation.
• Supported the development life cycle on several programs from requirements analysis through recommendations for development and integration and test planning, test execution, test results analysis and test report generation.
• Seventeen years defense contractor experience in systems engineering and software and hardware testing, integration, and evaluation, including formal qualification testing; worked with CMMI processes in a CMMI - certified environment since 2002.
• Thirteen years in Missile Defense with BMDS data analysis, test observing, and analysis planning for the MDA, including analyzing data from Aegis BMD, SBIRS, FBX-T, and AMD C2 elements of PATRIOT, GMD, and C2BMC. Executed SBIRS Cat A missile warning tests with the Missile Correlation Center using the GCN network and the Integrated Broadcast System Interactive (IBS-I) and Integrated Broadcast System Simplex (IBS-S) Theater Event System (TES) networks.
• Six years planning, executing, and documenting the results of and V & V tests for system software requirements and regression tests on C++ software on a Unix operating system for SBIRS
• Lead tester for the GCN Message Simulator, a GUI for ITW/AA messages; used the X-Launch simulator and participated in Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs).
• Identified software problems and recommended solutions; documented problems and recommendations in the Distributed Defect Tracking System (DDTS)
• Two years testing, evaluating and documenting interoperability for the AFOTEC Operational Test Agency (OTA) Test and Evaluation Team.
• Active duty experience in COMSAT operations, ITW/AA missile warning, space surveillance, and space object identification.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Engineer Systems

Responsibilities:

• Revised and executed Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) hardware test plans for the Wildfire program.
• Briefed the Internal Test Readiness Review (ITRR) and revised and participated in the execution of the test procedures for the Design Verification Test (DVT) for the CV-22 Osprey DIRCM Upgrade program; the DVT was 100 per cent successful.
• Executed the test procedure for the temperature and altitude portion of the Delta Qualification Test for the CH-53K. Advanced Threat Warner (ATW) sensor; discovered and reported two problems which are currently being diagnosed.
• Used the Team Center software for configuration management on several DIRCM programs to update records for images and databases.
• Wrote test plans and procedures for conducting hardware and software Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) tests for laboratories in Rolling Meadows, IL and at customer locations in support of the U.S. Army’s Joint Urgent Operational Needs (JUONS) program.

Confidential

Software Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Used IBM Rational Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System (DOORS) to inspect requirements.
• Updated requirements databases to reflect modified, added, and deleted requirements in the Requirements Definition Document (RDD) or the Software Requirements Specifications (SRS) for the Army’s AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder Weapon Locating System, the AN/TPQ-37 (V9) and AN/TPQ-37 (V10) Firefinder Weapon Locating System, the AN/TPQ-50 Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar, the AN/TPQ-53 Counter Fire Target Acquisition Radar System, the Centaur Handheld Technical Fire Direction (TFD) system, and the ONESAF Radar Support (ORTS) system as directed by Data Review Boards (DRBs) or System Requirements Reviews (SRRs); created IV&V Identification numbers for new requirements.
• Participated in Software Design Reviews for software changes fielded to meet new requirements for the Army's AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-37 V9 Fire Finder Radar Virtual Software (RVS) system.
• Performed software testing on the AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-37 V9 radar systems by executing formal test procedures running on the Linux Red Hat operating system and using the VT Miltope laptop.
• Wrote Fault Reports to document software discrepancies and edited software test procedures for AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-37 V9 radars.
• Operated the RVS simulator emulating the AN/TPQ-36 and the AN/TPQ-37 V9 radar systems in the student role and also in the instructor role.
• Peer-reviewed formal test procedures. Peer-reviewed Letter Test Reports (LTRs) and Software Test Reports (STRs) documenting test results.

Electronics Technician

Confidential, California, MD

Responsibilities:

• Assisted Confidential senior systems engineers with developing enhancements and improvements to the Confidential P-3 Orion system and the Navy’s P-8 Poseidon system, the follow-on system to the P-3, specifically working on the P-8 Media Fly Away Kit (FAK) project, and the Full Motion Video (FMV) project. For the FMV project, encoded videos using commercial Telestream and Sorenson video and audio encoders; used the video players GV3.0 and VLC Player to view U.S. Navy mission videos. Performed 24-volt battery and solar array testing for the Mobile Spectrum Analyzer (MoSA) project.
• Managed all Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) and Contractor Acquired Material (CAM) for the P-8 Media FAK project, including chips, switches and a server.
• Managed all of the following Confidential -owned lab equipment: cable tester, video cameras, capacitors, clamp meter, inductance substituter, KVM switches, laser bar code scanner, logic analyzer, digital multimeter, oscilloscopes, power analyzer, resistance substituter, scanner, signal generator, spectrum analyzer, sweep function generator, telephone tester, test probes, transceiver, and wedge probe adapter.

Senior Systems Engineer

Confidential, Huntsville, AL

Responsibilities:

• Supported the MDA Director for Engineering (DE) in assessing and reporting the Capabilities and Limitations (C&Ls) of the BMDS.
• Supported weekly technical interchange meetings for the development of BMDS Assessment Configuration Sheets (ACSs), including Assessment Objectives (AOs), Assessment Sub-Objectives (ASOs), Critical Assessment Conditions (CACs) and Key Test Points (KTPs) for inclusion in the semi-annual MDA Integrated Master Analysis Plans (IMAPs).
• Assembled and revised BMDS C&L spreadsheets and interfaced with BMDS element engineers regarding element C&Ls.

Confidential

Subject Matter Expert

Responsibilities:

• Member of the planning team for the Army 2020 Experiments which included elements of Air Defense Artillery, Field Artillery, Army Aviation, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Infantry.
• Trained to operate the FIRESIM simulator and completed the for the Command Post of the Future (CPOF) workstations; introduced to the Forward Area Air Defense (FAAD) workstation, to the Tac View workstation, and to the Air and Missile Defense Workstation (AMDWS).
• Observed the Reconfigurable Tactical Operations Simulator (RTOS) emulating the PATRIOT element in a MDA exercise.

Confidential

Software Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed data produced during tests on the ITW/AA System to verify that all systems met all operational, architectural, end-to-end integrity and technical performance requirements to ensure operability and compatibility with other systems to aid system decisions by the Commander, US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and his designated representatives in support of the USSTRATCOM Systems and Mission Support (USAMS) II program.

Confidential

Principal Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Planned data analysis for MDA BMDS ground tests at the Missile Defense Integration and Operations Center (MDIOC).
• Used the MDA’s Modular Analysis and Reporting Suite (MARS) analysis tool suite to analyze GTD-04b test event data related to radar and fire control performance in strategic BMDS scenarios.
• Developed analysis plans to evaluate test objectives for the TA-04 Digital Simulation test event.
• Developed analysis scripts using the MATLAB software package and executed the MATLAB scripts on TA-10 event data to evaluate pass/fail criteria for TA-04 test objectives related to new BMDS capabilities.

Confidential

Systems Engineer/Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• At the MDIOC, analyzed message traffic generated during BMDS inter-element Hardware-In-The-Loop (HWIL) and Distributed Ground Tests for interoperability risk management and mitigation and new technology validation between multiple BMDS elements; contributing author to BMDS Ground Test Analysis Reports.
• Evaluated message integrity, accountability, timeliness, and conformance using the appropriate Interface Control Document (ICD) and other standards for each inter-element interface; verified System Engineering Behavioral Objectives (SEBOs) on message sets, particularly B-series and C-series message sets.
• Principal Editor for many BMDS Ground Test playbooks which documented test parameters, test architectures, details of the threat scenarios, and Blue Forces engaged in the test cases; used Microsoft Publisher and Visio.
• Observed and documented the execution of many BMDS Ground Tests (GTIs, GTXs, and GTDs) at the Aegis Weapon System (AWS) BMDS laboratories in Moorestown, NJ and Dahlgren, VA and at the PATRIOT laboratory in Huntsville, AL.
• Executed planning tasks and regularly attended planning meetings for eleven BMDS Ground Tests.
• Documented all labor in the Earned Value Management System (EVMS)

Confidential

Senior Test and Evaluation Analyst

Responsibilities:

• At the MDIOC/Joint National Integration Center (JNIC), served as the liaison between the Department of Defense Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) and the Air Force Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC).
• Observed and qualitatively and quantitatively assessed and evaluated the performance of the C2BMC program for the AFOTEC Operational Test Agency Test and Evaluation Team using Measures of Performance (MOPs) and Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) and other criteria. Observed at the MDIOC/JNIC and also at the Cheyenne Mountain AFB Command Center and Missile Correlation Center.
• Performed interoperability analysis of the C2BMC interfaces (message traffic) with the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), the Aegis Weapons System, the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Fire Control System, and the AN/TPY-2 (Forward-Based X-Band Transportable, FBX-T) Radar system.
• Analyzed message files to characterize and evaluate message accountability, integrity, requirements conformance, timeliness, and operator usability.
• Used the Satellite Tool Kit (STK) to assist with engineering analysis of test results.

Confidential

Senior Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Planned, executed, and documented results of system tests conducted on new applications software for the SBIRS program for software requirement verification and validation.
• Executed several SBIRS Category A missile warning tests with the Missile Correlation Center using the GCN network and the two United States Theater Event System (TES) networks -- the Integrated Broadcast System - Interactive (IBS-I) network and the Integrated Broadcast Service-Simplex (IBS-S) network.
• Used the Rational Clear Case configuration management tool to verify that all requested software changes were made.
• Tested code written in C++ running on a Unix Operating System and in a server-client configuration.
• Performed regression testing to verify non-degradation of performance between software builds for mission sustainment.
• Used C shell (csh) Unix shell scripts and Korn shell (ksh) Unix shell scripts to automate the execution of test procedures.
• Specialized in testing the Mission Processing domain software and the External Communications domain software; lead tester on the SBIRS Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment GCN message Simulator.
• Analyzed test results to verify conformance to Interface Control Documents (ICDs). Also documented deficiencies found in ICDs and used the Distributed Defect Tracking System (DDTS) program for documenting software and document defects.
• Authored detailed peer-reviewed test plans and attended software development design reviews to determine software testability and participated in Preliminary Design Reviews (PDRs) and Critical Design Reviews (CDRs) and TRRs.