Software Process Improvement
Resume:
Dan Drew Resume
Daniel W. Drew, MS, PMP, L*S Black Belt, SCRUM Master
**** **. ******** **. ***********, Tx. 77546 Phone: 281-***-**** Email: ******.****@*********.***
Career Goal: Director Software Development/Maintenance / Sr. Software Staff Consultant
Dedicated software engineer with thirty four years of experience developing, implementing, and maintaining real time /
near real time systems, IT Systems, strategies, processes and controls that significantly improve software development
and maintenance. Expert in establishing system requirements / design, systems and best practices; cost-reduction,
process modeling and definition; and sustained software organizational performance to ensure goal-surpassing
performance.
Skills
Skill Business Value
Management of cross organizational / geographically Proven ability to manage a variety of teams to produce
dispersed teams high quality end products and sustainment of operations
while achieving cost and schedule targets.
Team facilitation Able to transform differing views into a shared vision
brining different teams and individuals to work together.
Risk management Maximize the reduction of risk ensuring project and
enterprise success
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Identification of greatest ROI opportunities and
achievement of process improvement goals
Technology insertion Leverage synergies between different technical domains
to enhance capabilities.
Business process modeling Able to identify how things are actually done and the
primary areas offering the greatest ROI for process
improvement.
Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Guidance from industry best practices to accelerate and
Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) model institutionalize enterprise process improvement.
implementation
Training development and delivery Effective transference of knowledge and skills to enhance
the company s workforce
System requirements analysis and design Able to bridge multiple domains and define systems that
satisfy the user s needs and expectations.
Experience
UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE - HOUSTON, TX.
Project Lead, 5/2000 to Present
Member of the Software Process Owner s office reporting to the VP of Engineering and Integration that is responsible for
software activity across all of United Space Alliance. Software domains include business systems, flight systems, ground
support systems, mission control systems, program management systems, embedded software, and logistics
Key accomplishments:
Accomplishments Results
Created corporate software engineering policy governing Established consensus between the company s six
all software activity major software organizations.
Established compliance to CMMI level 3 and 5.
Successfully led more than 16 Software Engineering All software organizations with a total of over 1000
Institute Capability Maturity Model Integrated (SEI employees brought into compliance at level 2, 3, or 5
CMM/CMMI) based process appraisals and compliance institutionalized.
Oversight of software process improvement within the 92% improvement in quality reaching 5 sigma or greater
organizations under the CMMI umbrella activity 68% improvement in cost and schedule variance
80% improvement in system stability
55% reduction in development costs.
Lean six sigma project to improve data entry for CMMI Reduced first time error rate for approximately 5000
appraisals items from 72% to 16%.
Lean six sigma projects for software process improvement Appraisal costs reduced by more than 60%
which reduced CMMI appraisal cost Recurring savings of 2720 staff hours per appraisal.
Facilitator for executive level Kaizens Development of corporate strategy to establish future
company structure.
Created a virtual software organization Allows CMMI appraisals at a corporate level while
leaving project management within the local
organizations. This resulted in eliminating the need for
individual organizational appraisals saving the company
in excess of 2 million dollars a year
Supported company training needs Green Belt / Black belt instructor and Green Belt mentor
Created and delivered training on High Maturity
Software Organizations
Member of the company s IT control board Govern enterprise infrastructure projects
UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE HOUSTON, TX
Senior Software Engineering Specialist 1995 - 2000
Lead of an information technology group supporting NASA s Johnson Space Center Mission Operations Directorate.
Key accomplishments:
Transformed the NASA MOD Technology group into a critical mission support group responsible for the flight rules
support system and crew training support system
Designed and developed a dual language (Russian/English) astronaut training support system
UNISYS HOUSTON, TX
Manager Space Shuttle Ground Telemetry Group 1986 - 1995
Lead of a team responsible for the maintenance of the ground telemetry system that provides communication support
between the Shuttle and the mission operations center during flight.
Key accomplishments:
No in-flight anomalies from the ground telemetry system causing loss of mission objectives during 9 years of team
leadership
Principal instructor and course developer for the UNISYS Software Engineering program
Path finder for object-oriented technologies into the company
Served as chair of the company s Software Engineering Process Group overseeing software process improvement
across the local UNISYS site.
CONTROL APPLICATIONS HOUSTON, TX
Software Developer 1976 - 1986
Specialized in the development and deployment of SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) Systems
Development for major petroleum pipeline companies.
Key accomplishments:
Developed the Plantation Pipeline Supervisory Data Acquisition and Control (SCADA) system
Developed the Exxon Pipeline Supervisory Data Acquisition and Control (SCADA) system
Designed, developed, and deployed the Amerada Hess North Texas gas field SCADA system
Designed, developed, and deployed the Louisiana Offshore Oil Pipeline (LOOP) Batch Scheduling System
Education
Certified Project Management Professional PMP
Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt The George Group
Certified SCRUM Master
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE, HOUSTON TX.
Master of Science Software Engineering (emphasis in software process), 1997, graduated with honors - Phi Kappa Phi
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE STATION, TX
Bachelor of Science Computing, 1975
Publications
Early Life Cycle Support for Objects - Unisys 1988 Second Annual Software Engineering Symposium.
A Practical Approach to Object Based Requirements Analysis - Proceedings of the 13th Annual Software Engineering
Workshop NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center 1988.
Ada Pilot Projects - Lessons Learned - Unisys 1990 Third Annual Software Engineering Symposium.
Tailoring the SEI s Capability Maturity Model to a Software Sustaining Engineering Organization - IEEE Conference of
Software Maintenance 1992. (Cited in the 1st draft of the IEEE Software Engineering Body of Knowledge)
Developing Formal Software Process Definitions - IEEE Conference on Software Maintenance 1993.
Implementing the CMM through Process Definition - 5th SEPG National Meeting 1993
Towards a True Software Engineering Discipline - Master s Thesis, University of Houston Clear Lake, 1997.
Benefits to the Evolution of High Maturity Software Development: A 15 Year Case Study - NDIA, 2009
CMMI Health Check: A Cost Effective Method for Keeping Things on Track with the CMMI - SEPG North, 2010.
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