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Title:Principal Network Analyst/Principal Systems Engineer
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NAME: John Soltis
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CITY: Round Hill
STATE/PROVINCE: VA
ZIP/POSTAL CODE: 20141-2571
COUNTRY: USA
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John Soltis
35461 Sassafras Drive
Round Hill, VA 20141-2571
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Summary
Systems engineer, focusing on the satellite and telecommunications
industries,
with expertise in: satellite engineering, satellite operations,
satellite
communications, and launch team operations.Big picture thinker and
problem
solver. Project leader ability to meet time and budget
schedules.Skilled at
facilitating communications between different groups.
Professional Experience
Orbcomm Global, Inc
., Dulles, VA, 1997 to 1999Principal Network Analyst/Principal Systems Engineer
Served as liaison between satellite engineering and operations to
define and
standardize the working interface between engineering and operations.
Directed interface meetings to devise engineering-operations policies
and
procedures.Implemented an engineering infrastructure to enable launch
teams
to monitor satellite telemetry.Analyzed the power production of the
Orbital
Sciences Corp. Microstar satellites to ensure transmitters could be
operated
at maximum power levels.
Convinced management of the need for and wrote part of an operations
plan
to organize
different companies and engineering groups into a problem-solving
team.
Procured a workstation system, ahead of schedule, that provided
telemetry
to the launch
team engineers in order to diagnose satellite problems separately from
normal operations.
Initiated the requisition process of: Sun SPARC workstations, PCs,
hubs,
high-capacity printers,
and Matlab licenses ($71, 000 total).
Specified and helped install a multi-channel intercom ($41,000).
Performed pre-launch preparations and worked on four successful launch
and
test teams.
Coordinated between engineering and operations to prevent testing vs.
operation conflicts.
Directed the modification of a Clarify-based satellite
problem-tracking
software system to automate
the notification oftechnical personnel and managers regarding critical
problems.
Identified and resolved problems of the electrical power subsystems of
the
satellites, analyzed
power requirements and production, using Matlab-based tools to
maintain a
high (98.5%)
satellite availability for message traffic.
Planned and implemented special projects such as satellite reset
effects
on message traffic,
reset strategies, and command software consistencies to improve
operations.
Computer Sciences Corporation
(CSC), Seabrook, MD, 1989 to 1997Senior Member of Technical Staff/Systems Engineer
Worked on the launch and operations team of GOES weather satellites to
launch,test and operatesuccessfully.Wrote the Radio Frequency
Interface
Control Document for the Tropical Rainforest Measuring Mission
Satellite.
Analyzed the communications of the Space Station project.
GOES 8,9, and 10 Weather Satellites: Telemetry, command and
communications
subsystem lead engineer of the Mission Operations Support Team that
launched,
deployed, and tested three NASA-launched, NOAA-operated Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellites.
Performed satellite communications engineering, contingency
preparations,
simulations,
launch preparations, operations, post-launch testing, telemetry
analysis,
and anomaly resolutions.
Wrote and tested command procedures for the transceivers such as
switching
to
alternate combinations.
Earth Observing Satellites (EOS)/Tropical Rainforest Measuring Mission
Satellite (TRMM): Provided communication engineering analysis to
verify the
design and performance of the communication subsystem of the EOS
project.
Wrote the TRMM Radio Frequency Interface Control Document (RF ICD)
that
defines the
communications interface between the TRMM satellite and the NASA
Tracking
and
Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS).
Reviewed link analyses, analyzed ground station contact times, and
developed a preliminary
ground system concept.
Space Station: Represented and assisted the NASA Space Station Freedom
Mission
Support Manager at Goddard Space Flight Center in NASA intercenter
working
group meetings on the Space Station.
Performed communications engineering analysis.Analyzed and researched
Space
Network documentation and helped to revise parts of the Space Station
to
TDRSS RF ICD.
Evaluated the Space Network and ground system capabilities to handle
Space
Station data.
Booz, Allen and Hamilton, Seabrook, MD, 1986 to 1989Senior Engineer
Performed communications engineering and systems engineering analysis.
Managed four engineers verifying the changes that NASA proposed to the
Goddard
Space Flight Center (GSFC) Network Control Center secure
communications,
computer, telemetry, fax and phone systems. Directed task schedules,
budgets,
and manpower allocations.
Ensured NCC systems certification for classified information with Air
Force Space Shuttle flights.
Analyzed TDRSS operations, ground systems, system requirements, and
interface documents.
Other experience at IBM and Data General, Research Triangle Park, NC,
1983
to
1986
Education
Bachelors of Science degree
- Electrical Engineering, North Carolina
State
University,
Raleigh, NC, 1983
Former Clearance
DISCO Secret Clearance (1986-1989)
Keywords: systems engineering, satellite engineering, communications
engineering, link analysis, satellite subsystem design principles,
telemetry
monitoring, prepared telemetry pages, contingency planning, anomaly
resolution, simulations, written satellite command procedures,verified
satellite command procedures, written operations plans, launch
preparations,
ground station interface planning, communications systems testing,
written
test reports, written test plans, written interface control documents,
written
RF ICDs, on-call engineering, satellite tool kit, STK user, Matlab
user,
Clarify user, weather satellites, low earth orbiting satellites (LEO),
geosynchronous satellites (GEO) GOES weather satellites,project
management,
facilitator of communications between groups, organized satellite
subsystem
reset strategies, electrical power subsystem engineer, communication
subsystem
engineer
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