OBJECTIVE STATEMENT / PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• PMI and Microsoft certified professional with 20+ years of cradle - to-grave software engineering, design, analysis, and project management know-how, seeking a software engineering position
• Experienced: Broad software design, coding, troubleshooting and analysis competence
• Diverse requirements analysis, programming and project management experience
• Dependable: Consistently and reliably delivers exacting requirements on-schedule/budget
• Versatile: Remarkable ability to quickly and creatively master wide-ranging tasks
• Diplomatic: Adept at applying interpersonal and communicative skills to achieve goals

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Proficient in Agile, ASP, CSS, Eclipse IDE, HTML, JavaScript, Java/JEE, JBoss, Jira, JQuery, JSP, Linux, MS.Net, MS Access, MS Office, MS Project, MVC, O-O, Oracle, PL/SQL, SOAP, Spring, SQL, VB/VBA/VBScript, Web Services, XML and XSL
• Skilled in Ajax, Ext JS, JAXB, JSON, MS SQL Server, SOA, UNIX and UML

WORK HISTORY:

Confidential

Senior Software Engineer

• Senior Software Engineer, Project Manager, System Engineer, Data Administrator and Business Analyst for the Global Information Grid (GIG) Area of Responsibility (AOR) Decision Support System (GADSS) software engineering team
• GADSS is USSTRATCOM’s primary Web/Java-based data collection, collaboration, tracking, reporting, assessment and decision support knowledgebase application
• Duties:
• Interface with operational end-users, project managers, senior leadership and technical team to collect, assess and document system and software requirements and use cases
• Conduct requirements gathering, architecture, infrastructure, and high-level design implementation to facilitate modeling, analysis, assessment, and simulations
• Develop reports and tools to aid end-user data entering, collecting and analyzing
• Ensure proper database design, implementation, documentation and maintenance on relational DBs to include structure, entity-relationships, query design and normalization
• Accomplishments:
• Directed and designed a long-overdue user interface overhaul and modernization project
• Enhanced the user experience by employing state-of-the-art Web technologies
• Expanded a design revamp geared toward an incremental, yet total, modernization
• Steered this monumental effort’s vision, conventions, standards and specifications
• Solidified the application’s information assurance accreditation security posture
• Guided a major, high-priority, two-year engineering effort to incorporate “Last-Mile Mapping” feature that enhanced network element collection, tracking, assessment, analysis and mission impact reporting capability
• Extended local network element incident impact assessment via extensive analysis, creative user interface design and simple, yet powerful, relational database scheme
• Implemented alerting features to support the National Decision Makers Initiative (NDMI)
• Coordinated with external agencies to enable secure alerting to senior leadership and international coalition partners
• Supplementary Duties:
• Principle member of the Command and Control Agile Methodology Implementation team
• Formulated, documented and implemented formal Agile policies and practices
• Project Manager, Technical Lead and Business Analyst for User Alerts, USSTRATCOM’s Java-based, enterprise-wide command and control priority alerts and event notification system
• Directed requirements, analysis, design, maintenance, development, and deployment

Programmer/Manager

Accomplishments:

• Designed, developed, analyzed and maintained 20+ VB/VBA Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM) automated mission planning support software applications
• Implemented solutions to realize short-suspense Joint Chiefs of Staff taskings
• Facilitated largest cruise missile strike in history--Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
• Jump-started centralized Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) planning
• Engineered innovative data portability solutions--established cross-platform mission-critical file transfer indispensable to JASSM “reach-back” operations
• Guided Development of Web Mission Communications Network (WebMCN)
• Oversaw legacy system infrastructure upgrade design, creation and deployment
• Information Systems Security Officer/Information Technology Equipment Custodian
• Secured reliable operation for 75+ systems on seven differently-classified networks

Programmer/Manager

Accomplishments:

• Managed Development/Maintenance of US and International VIP Support Systems
• Delivered air traffic scheduling, enabled global airborne communications, and automated executive support for Air Force One and other US/foreign dignitaries
• Facilitated speedy and precise Freedom of Information Act reporting
• Central executor of conversion effort from active duty military to contractor operations
• Composed all contract documentation to include the Performance Work Statement, Statement of Work, Request for Proposal, and Request for Bid
• Assembled and led contractor evaluation teams to thoroughly analyze/select most qualified/cost effective firm to handle critical VIP software support operations
• Isolated essential support on 43+ applications--ensured sufficient technical coverage and smooth transition to contractor functions for USAF diplomatic operations

Instructor

• Educated mid-level managers in leadership, management, communication and professionalism
• Focus: Process improvement, human resource management, creative problem solving, team building, oral and written communications, Total Quality Management (TQM)
• Curriculum Manager: Administered and controlled all testing material, student texts, instructor aid development, printing, and distribution--ensured accuracy, consistency, and availability