Manager Engineer

John K. Ramsey

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER/SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ENGINEER

SYSTEMS INTEGRATION PROGRAM MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC PLANNING RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS DEVELOPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS & IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

More then 30 years in Program Management and Systems Integration and Implementation Engineering

with the last 20 years in Public Safety and Physical Security Systems. Extensive experience in System

Requirements Development & Specification and System Integration, Testing & Verification.

Experience:

2007 – Present Integrated Strategies & Support, Inc, New York, New York

Program Manager – Consultant & Engineering Services to Hewlett Packard on the NYPD/NYFD

Emergency Communication. Transformation Program (ECTP), FDNY Voice Radio Project.

The Emergency Communications Transformation Program (ECTP) is a critical project for the City of New

York to upgrade and integrate the City’s 9-1-1 emergency radio (VHF & UHF conventional and 800 Mhz

Trunking) communications system. Working with the FDNY and the NYPD, along with other stakeholders,

the purpose of this initiative is to transform the City’s emergency communications and service deliver

through streamlined operations and improved technology solutions. This effort will create a unified call

taking system, upgrade the City’s E9-1-1 telecommunications infrastructure, create state-of-the art dispatch

facilities and implement new technologies to improve the City’s response to emergencies.

2005 – 2007 YES Inc., Reston, Virginia

Principal Engineer/Program Manager - Consultant & Engineering Services to the D.C. Office of the Chief

Technology Officer (OCTO) and the D.C. Office of Unified Communications (OUC) on Phase 2

Integration and Implementation of the Public Safety Unified Communications Center (UCC).

The UCC is the District’s primary communications, command and control center that manages all

emergency (9-1-1), non-emergency (3-1-1), and City Wide customer service calls. The facility houses the:

o DC Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Communication Center (9-1-1 and 3-1-1)

o DC Fire and Emergency Medical System Communication Center (9-1-1)

o DC Emergency Management Agency (EMA)

o DC Mayor’s Customer Service Communication Center (727-1000)

UCC technical systems include interfaces to Motorola 460MHz and 800MHz trunking radio systems, the

Police, Fire, EMS and EMA radio dispatch system, E9-1-1 Telecommunications, Administrative

Telecommunications (DCNET), Intergraph CAD, Voice Logging Recording, LAN/WAN (DCNET) and

Network Timing systems. EMA technical systems to include fifty-six (56) integrated Radio Systems -

Public, Private and Military, Secure and Non-Secure Telecommunications, Audio/Visual display and

control systems to support the various agencies involved in Emergency Management in the Washington,

D.C. Area.

2004 – 2005 Federal Engineering, Fairfax, Virginia

Consultant & Engineering Services:

• Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Engineering support for requirements development and pre-RFP

support to the Hampton Roads First Responders Voice and Data Interoperability ORION Project,

Virginia Beach, Virginia.

• LMR Engineering support for the requirements refresh, RFP development and Proposal

evaluations for the Louisville/ Jefferson County Kentucky Communication Interoperability COPS

Grant.

• LMR Engineering support for requirements development and RFP development for the

replacement Mission Critical Communications Network for MetroSafe Project in Louisville, KY.

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1986 – 2004 Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS), Reston, VA

(Former TRW, Inc.)

Engineering and Program Management support on major government and commercial communications

programs. As a Marketing Engineer, provided pre-proposal and proposal development for NGMS Public

Safety and Transportation Division.

Proven successful Project Manager; at Program and Assistant Program Manager and Systems Integration

Engineer levels:

• Program Manager – New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Access Control and Alarm Monitoring

(ACAMS) Systems. Specification, Design and Installation of a physical access control system for

the NYSE providing building and trading floor controlled access.

• Radio/Telephony Systems/APM – Washington, D.C. Unified Command Center (UCC) - Phase 1,

Radio and Telecommunications System Design and Specifications for the UCC.

• Telecommunications/APM – Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) Incident Information Management

System (IIMS) – Telecommunications System Design for the Five Consolidated Dispatch Centers

and 81 Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Stations for State Police Computer Aided Dispatching

in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

• Information Technology/ Security Engineering/APM - U. S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Data

Capture Center Design - design and implementation of the Physical Security System, Telephone

System, Fiber Optic/Copper Local Area Networks, and Enterprise Data Network between the

centers and Mobile Radio Communications Systems located at 4 Major Data Capture Centers for

the 2000 U.S. Census.

• Radio Systems/APM – City of Baltimore 800 MHz Radio System and Computer Assisted

Dispatch Enhancements - Systems Engineer for the design and implementation of nine 800MHz

Repeater Site for the Motorola 28 Channel Citywide Trunking Radio System for the City of

Baltimore.

• Systems Engineer for the design and implementation of two E911 Communications Centers (City

of Los Angles, CA & City of Atlanta, GA).

• Safety/Security Engineering – Department of State (DOS) Diplomatic Security Division –

Performed requirements analysis and design verification on the DOS Security System and needs

analysis for the extension of the security system worldwide.

• Systems/Integration Engineering – O’Hare International Airport Permanent International Facility

(T5) Physical Security System (PSS). Development and Integration Engineering of a FAA

compliant Physical Access Control System for the O’Hare International Terminal and the U. S.

Customs Rover Command Center.

• Systems/Integration Engineering – O’Hare International ODP-161 Physical Security System (PSS)

Command Dispatch Center (CDC). Development and Integration Engineering effort of the

Command Dispatch Center (CDC).

• Systems Design Engineering – On classified data communications programs including the

translation of system requirements into design responsibilities, allocation of design functions and

defining design performance criteria.

1981 – 1986 Computer Sciences Corporation, Fairfax, VA

Engineering and Program Manager

• Project Manager – Turnkey System Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system for the

ARAMCO Electrical Distribution Control and Monitoring Center in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia.

• Department Manager – Restricted Access Processor (RAP) for NASA Goddard Center. Provided

security monitoring and control on all incoming and outgoing messages from the NASA Satellite

Command and Control Center.

• Department Manager/APM – ARAMCO Security Access Control (SAC) system installed in Saudi

Arabia.

1978 – 1981 Locus, Inc., State College, PA

On-site Section Manager at the Naval Research Laboratory.

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1970 – 1978 Computer Sciences Corporation, Fairfax, VA

On-site Senior Design Engineer with the Naval Research Laboratory.

1968 – 1969 Pulse Communications Corporation

Jr. Engineer – performed design, construction, and test of balloon and rocket lift meteorological radio

sondes for military and commercial weather analysis.

1964 – 1967 KELTEC, Inc. (AERO GEO ASTRO Corporation)

Sr. Technician – performed design, construction, and testing and computer-generated pattern simulation on

antenna systems,

1962 – 1964 Westinghouse Surface Division

Technician – performed automated test station performance evaluation and production tests for the

AN/SPG-59 and the AN/TPS-27 Radar Systems.

Other:

• Owner/ Engineer, Twisted Pines Consulting, Weems, VA - Consulting & Engineering Services in

RF Communications, LAN/WAN design and development, Command, Control and

Communications Center design and Public Safety and Security Engineering.

• Listed in the 1994/1995, 1996/1997 & 1997/1998 Who’s Who Worldwide under Engineering,

Communications, and Physical Security Professionals.

• Analysis support to the National Security Industrial Association as a member of the NSIA

Amphibious Warfare Group (AWG) C3I Subcommittee.

• Co-Author of the TRW Systems Integration Group “Radiofrequency Radiation Protection Plan”

for TRW Health and Safety.

• Member of the National Red Cross, Three Rivers Chapter in Lancaster County, VA.

• Member of ASIS

Education:

Penn Technical Institute (1960-1962) A.S. Electrical Engineering

Johns Hopkins University (1962-1964) Studies in Electrical Engineering

University of Virginia (1966-1970) Studies in Electrical Engineering and Computer Technology

George Mason University (1970-1972) Studies in Computer Sciences and Management

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