Kelvin J. Coleman
Lexington, MA 02421
Cell: 703-***-****
**********@*****.***
Secret Clearance - Over 12 years engineering experience
Top Secret clearance - Inactive as of 10/2008
Education
Harvard Extension School, Cambridge, MA
Fall 2009 Graduate Course in Nano-Scale Optics/ Biotechnology
B.S. Electronics Engineering Technology - 1995
Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA
Professional Experience
Raytheon, Tewksbury, MA
Senior Systems Engineer II September 2005 -November
2010
. Design Build Process Specification Manager for Zumwalt Class Destroyer
program.
o Managed changes to the specification that the ship yard uses to
build the Destroyer.
o Used DOORs to manage requirements. Wrote CPs.
o Used Itracker to document changes to requirements and CPs
. C2I Requirements Analysis for Advanced Gun System (AGS) and Engage IPT
o Developed detailed trade study and modeled behavior of Sprinkler
system activation in the event of a fire in the gun system
. Deputy Technical Lead for the Systems Requirements directorate. Interface
with upper level management on potential GAPs in the design, cost impact
issues and potential scope issues. Coach 7 mission area leads to provide
appropriate technical information for Design Integration Reviews,
Performance Readiness Reviews and other key project milestones. Interface
with customer to ensure all technical requirements are addressed.
o Manage, coordinate, and host major milestone meetings for Mission
System Design and the Systems Requirements and Effectiveness group.
o Manage schedules for 7 Mission Area Champions Technical Interchange
Meetings leading up to major program reviews.
. Total Ship Systems Simulation. Wrote requirements for the Navigation
Radar and Identify friend or foe radar.
. Use Rational Rose to develop and modify element level activity diagrams
for Integrated Air and Surface Defense (IASD) mission threads
. Element level activity decomposition into component level end to end
sequence diagrams to aid in generation of Software Requirement
Specifications (SRS)
BAE Systems, Reston, VA
Engineering Specialist February 2005 -
September 2005
. Internal Research and Development project using a patented Systems of
Systems analysis process called Capability Planning.
. Family of Systems, Systems Engineering which includes functional
decomposition, activity modeling, Enterprise Architecture and Modeling
and simulation.
. Business development
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Chantilly, VA
Senior Systems Engineer February 2003
-February 2005
. Integrated various DoDAF architectures into POPKIN System Architect to
create a central architecture repository for all space systems across
DoD.
. Future Combat Systems (FCS) project - Developed detailed trade studies
and analysis to resolve technical unknowns in the operational
requirements document. Used this information to write detailed
specifications outlining the maximum travel distance in which the UH-60
and CH-47 helicopters can travel carrying or sling loading all Unmanned
Systems (UMS).
. Supported various Integrated Product Teams in deriving and re-writing
SoSS requirements into verifiable engineering terms to be used for lower
level design of systems for FCS.
. Provided aggressive technical oversight and facilitated coordination with
Contractors, Program management, and NGA System Engineering Support group
for the timely completion of a Request for change (RFC).
SRA International Inc., Fairfax, VA
Senior Software Systems Engineer June 2002 -
February 2003
. Assisted in the development of an Enterprise Architecture (EA) for The
Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) Personal Property System
. Designed and developed the GUI for DoD Automated Personnel Property
System (DAPPS), a web-based pilot program for MTMC's personnel property
systems.
Systems Engineer December 2001 - June
2002
. Studied Military Sealift Command (MSC) legacy systems. Authored the
Operational Requirements Document (ORD) for MSC, which consists of the
enhancements to the Integrated Command, Control, and Communication
(IC3) program.
Project Manager & Software Engineer January 1997 -
December 2001
. Managed web development project for the Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Policy Support. Advised the organization's information
technology manager on developing Lotus Notes applications, and Internet
and Intranet applications development. Evaluated new technologies, and
functioned as technology surrogate.
o Built Unix server, Windows NT server and Linux server for back end
web development
o Modified existing PERL, CGI-scripts for web feeback forms
. Provided training and assistance to the Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense (OUSD(P)) Action Officers on developing and maintaining web pages
within their directorates or divisions.
Awards, Training, and Certifications
Raytheon Individual Performer Award 2007, 2008
Raytheon Team Achievement Award 2006, 2007, 2008
Raytheon SixSigma (R6?) Specialist 2006, Earned Value Management System
(EVMS)
Certificate of appreciation for outstanding Systems engineering and
analysis, SAIC 2004
Certificate of appreciation for Exceptional Systems Engineering support,
former National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) now National Geospatial
Intelligence Agency (NGA), 2003
Certificate of appreciation for exceptional service presented by the Deputy
Under Secretary, OSD, 2001
Nominated for SRA's Staff Achievement Award, 1999
Recognized for excellent work by the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy,
1998
5 Year SRA Service Award - SRA International
AFCEA DoDAF Implementation Course 503, November 2004
POPKIN System Architect Course, August 2004
Languages: C++, Fortran, HTML, JAVA, JavaScript, PERL.
Software: Agilent ADS, Turbo CAD, SPICE, Microsoft FrontPage, Webtrends
enterprise suite V3.5., POPKIN-System Architect, Rational Rose,
Rose Real Time, DOORs, iTracker
Operating Systems: LINUX, UNIX, Windows (XP, 2000/2000 professional, NT,
98, 95, 3.x)