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WALKER MANGUM
SUMMARY Computer systems engineer/architect with 40 years experience in computer-
based control, data acquisition, data processing, and communications
systems. Primary expertise in:
Real-time systems infrastructure, middleware and application software
Client/server applications
Communications and networking
Computer operating systems
Proficient at all levels, including system and requirements analysis, systems
architectural design, infrastructure design and implementation, middleware
design and implementation, compiler design and implementation, database
engine design and implementation, modeling, control loop design, hardware
and software specification, application design and implementation, user and
technical documentation, system testing, troubleshooting and debugging
down to machine-code level.
Comfortable working with any platform, operating system, or language.
Well-known for rapid problem solving capabilities, rapid prototyping and
implementation, and delivery of top-quality maintainable products on-time
and within budget.
Frequently involved as leader of rapid response type activities to solve
critical problems or to rescue projects.
Experienced in forensic analysis of computing systems and software.
EDUCATION Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering
Mississippi State University, 1970
Graduate Level Studies
NASA Space Technology Summer Institute
Graduate Studies in Systems Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
CONTACT: Walker Mangum
15910 Laurelfield Dr.
Houston, Texas 77059
Email: ******@********.***
Home phone: 281-***-****
Mobile phone: 832-***-****
REFERENCES Furnished upon request.
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EXPERIENCE
March, 2008 Present
Energy Management System Design, Development, and Support
Providing ongoing consulting services for design, development, and support of energy
management system (EMS) software for world s leading supplier of EMS systems.
May, 2004 March, 2008
Energy Management System Porting
Provided ongoing consulting services for porting Alpha/Unix based energy management
system (EMS) software to Intel Itanium/HPUX for world s leading supplier of EMS
systems.
March, 2003 May, 2004
Electric Power Real-Time Market Trading System
Interfaced ORACLE-based real-time electric power market trading system to proprietary
energy management system (EMS) for major independent system operator (ISO).
Designed software interfaces and database layer that allow business management system
(BMS) applications to transparently operate in EMS environment.
September, 2002 March, 2003
Space Shuttle Cockpit Avionics Upgrade
Provided systems engineering support to United Space Alliance for Space Shuttle cockpit
avionics upgrade project. This project replaced the shuttle cockpit flight control and
command displays and interfaces with state-of-the-art glass cockpit instrumentation.
June, 1997 September, 2002
Trajectory Systems Architecture and Engineering
Principal systems architect and principal systems engineer for new-generation NASA
Johnson Space Center space vehicle trajectory system. Served as technical lead for this
five-year project from inception through completion and delivery. Project was completed
on schedule, on budget, and exceeded quality and performance expectations by a large
margin. System went to fully commissioned status ahead of schedule. This is the system
used by NASA Space Shuttle flight controllers in the Mission Control Center (MCC) for
Space Shuttle flight navigation, guidance, control, and tracking. Received United Space
Alliance President s Award for Exceptional Achievement and Lyndon B. Johnson Space
Center Group Achievement Award for project achievements and performance.
Project responsibilities and accomplishments included overall system architectural
design, specification and design of system infrastructure components, implementation of
system architecture and infrastructure, and system testing. System is UNIX-based with
redundant primary server systems with hot backup capability for rapid failover to backup.
System architecture is event-driven client/server model with large number of individual
servers. Communications is via TCP/IP, UDP, multicast, System V message queues,
shared memory, and semaphores.
Developed integrated relational database system, including database engine, compiler,
and database maintenance tools. Database compiler reads standard C header files to
define schema, ensuring consistency between application source code and database
definition.
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Developed TrajTool application that can simulate full trajectory server environment,
allowing application developers to do unit test and full regression test of individual
processes. TrajTool is based on Tcl/Tk, with many added commands written in C as Tcl
extensions. Added commands allow full local and remote database access, full network
communications capability, logging and delogging, interface to native binary C
structures, and a full-featured script debugger.
All MCC trajectory server control user interfaces (GUI) are based on TrajTool.
October, 1994 June, 1996
Space Shuttle Command System Rehost
Principal systems architect and principal systems engineer for rehost of NASA JSC space
shuttle command system. Responsibilities and accomplishments include overall systems
architectural design, specification of systems infrastructure components, implementation
of system architecture, and system testing. System is UNIX-based with redundant
primary server systems with hot backup capability for rapid failover to backup.
Developed integrated relational database system, including database engine, compiler
and database maintenance tools.
February, 1996 December, 1996
NASA Operational Data Reduction Complex (ODRC)
Designed and implemented system status server and operator interface allowing ODRC
operations personnel to monitor operation of large-scale optical data storage jukeboxes
used for archiving all space flight data.
March, 1995 May, 1995
NEXRAD Weather System Data Processor
Designed and implemented system to integrate real-time NEXRAD radar data with
satellite imagery for use by NASA Space Flight Meteorology group.
October, 1993 April, 1994
OSF/1 Software Port
Assisted a major supplier of power and utility energy management systems in porting
large real-time software system from Intel iRMX-286 operating system to DEC OSF/1
(UNIX) operating system. Implemented automated code translation process that was
used to convert over 3,000 modules containing over 250,000 lines of Intel PL/M source
code to OSF/1 C source code. Approximately 80% of modules required no modification
to operate correctly on OSF/1 system. Remaining modules required only slight
modification. Further assistance included system architectural guidance and
implementation assistance, down to machine-code level tracing and debugging.
Implemented numerous system analysis and debugging tools, including system analyzer
tool for OSF/1 operating system that displays all processes and thread states, CPU
utilization, and other information, with real-time update. Tool is fully configurable for
process items that are to be displayed and display refresh rate.
January, 1987 July, 1993
Energy Management System Development and Testing
Assisted in the development and testing of new system architecture for a major supplier
of power and utility energy management systems. Responsibilities included system-level
specification, system-level design, and supervision of implementation and test of large-
scaled distributed SCADA.
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Plant Communications and Computing Architecture Plan 1991-1992
Participated in development of Plant Communications and Computing Architecture Plan
methodology for Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). This methodology provides a
step-by-step method for evaluating current plant-wide communications and computing
requirements for a nuclear power plant and generating a plan for integrating plant
systems and accommodating future needs in a cohesive manner. It defines the
requirements for a network architecture that will support power plant instrumentation and
control (I&C) systems. This architecture provides the infrastructure for efficient, cost-
effective implementation of new and upgraded systems. In addition, the architecture
allows interoperability with other plant systems and facilitates common human-machine
interfaces.
Systems Engineering Consulting System Upgrades 1991
Provided systems engineering consulting to major utilities and Electric Power Research
Institute (EPRI) for upgrade of existing system architectures and networks to open
architecture.
Methodology Development 1991
Developed methodologies for major aluminum producer for system development, system
documentation, change management, and disaster prevention.
MODCOMP PC Workstation for Windows 1990
Designed, developed, and provided ongoing product support and enhancement of the PC
Workstation for Windows integrated communications product for transparent
communications and networked disk file handling between IBM Personal Computer and
MODCOMP computer systems. Product includes asynchronous and TCP/IP connectivity
and TELNET support. Product includes a complete programming environment for script
application development, including C compiler and multi-tasking execution engine. PC
Workstation for Windows was distributed by MODCOMP as a standard MODCOMP
product.
April, 1986 December, 1987
SCADA System Development
Designed, developed, and implemented various portions of new generation SCADA
system for leading provider of SCADA systems to large electric utilities, including real -
time executive, communications, and custom operating system elements.
October, 1984 March, 1986
SCADA System Support
Provided complete system support for leading provider of SCADA systems to large
electric utilities, including total responsibility for real-time operating system, custom
operating system elements, executive, and computer-to-computer communications
functions on MODCOMP-based SCADA product.
SCADA System Port 1981-1984
Ported large-scaled SCADA system from DEC PDP-ll to MODCOMP CLASSIC.
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MODCOMP VISION and VISION/32 Real-Time System Analyzers 1981-1990
Designed, developed, and provided ongoing product support and enhancement of the
VISION and VISION/32 Real Time System Analyzer products for MODCOMP-MAX
IV and MAX 32 operating systems. VISION and VISION/32 were distributed by
MODCOMP as standard MODCOMP products.
Mid-Deck Rotator Engineering Study 1985
Performed engineering study for NASA contractor to determine control system problems
with existing NASA Mid-Deck Rotator flight hardware. Study included development of
dynamic computer simulation of existing hardware, based on laboratory tests performed
as part of the study. Final engineering report isolated various weaknesses with existing
system and included recommendations for modifications to improve system performance
and controllability.
Graphic Data Display System 1984
Designed, developed, and implemented a Graphic Data Display System used to display
test data acquired in real-time in various NASA Johnson Space Center laboratories. IBM
PC-based system provides continuous real-time graphic display, trending, and archiving
of data acquired by MODCOMP-based data acquisition system.
Operating Systems Maintenance 1980-1983
Provided complete operating system support and maintenance for major oil company,
including O/S enhancement, implementation and maintenance of custom O/S elements,
revision level upgrades, and debugging of vendor O/S problems.
Solar 1 Power Plant 1982
Provided on-site integration support for installation of man-machine interface and
supervisory control system for Southern California Edison Solar 1 experimental solar
power plant.
Documentation Standards 1982
Provided consulting services for a major oil company, generating internal documentation
standards for process computer systems project development.
Laboratory Data Management System 1981
Performed systems consulting services for a major oil company, providing guidance in
design and installation of a large laboratory data management system.
SCADA System Communications Interface 1981
Designed, developed, and implemented embedded microprocessor-based
communications concentrator/translator to interface SCADA system with RTUs using
non-standard pseudo-synchronous communications protocol.
Data Base Subsystem Development 1981
Designed, developed, and implemented real-time data base subsystem for standard
SCADA product. Data base subsystem includes transparent access to both memory-
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resident and disk-resident data base elements, shared database element access, and data
base generation.
Operating Systems Maintenance/Systems Consulting 1980-1981
Provided ongoing MODCOMP operating systems maintenance and systems consulting
services for NASA Johnson Space Center.
Pipeline Data Acquisition System 1980
Designed, developed, and implemented data acquisition and data communications
software for specialized high-speed data acquisition system used for analysis of pipeline
crude oil flow problems in the Alaska Prudhoe Bay oil field. Performed field supervision
of hardware/software installation and system test.
Graphite Plant Computer Systems 1980
Provided guidance in selection of process computer hardware, based on specific plant
requirements, for various graphite plants for leading worldwide producer of carbide/
graphite products. Supervised system installation and testing at numerous foreign and
domestic production plants.
Process Computer Power Fail Recovery System 1980
Designed, developed, and installed hardware/software system for major aluminum
manufacturer to automatically bring process computer system back to full online
operational state after complete power failure. The computer manufacturer had
previously been unable to satisfy this requirement.
Barge Energy Management System 1979
Designed, developed, and implemented microcomputer-based energy management
system for petroleum barges carrying crude oil on Mississippi River. Microcomputer-
based EMS master station and microcomputer-based RTUs, with RTU communication
via VHF radio transceivers.
Refinery Data Acquisition System 1979
Designed, developed, and implemented complete SCADA system for petroleum refinery,
using central minicomputer and remote RTUs. System included real-time color graphics,
with full complement of data acquisition, logging, alarming, trending, historical data
processing, and display generation.
Compressor Research Facility 1977-1979
Technical leader and manager for design and installation of facility control test article
control and data acquisition systems for Turbine Engine Compressor Research Facility
located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Designed all control loops for system, based
on extensive analysis and simulation of the plant.
Facility control system performed direct digital control of 30,000 rpm / 30,000 h.p.
variable speed electric drive system. Test article control system provided fully automated
sequencing and control of test chamber pressure, test article pressures, and variable
geometry equipment. Data acquisition system capable of data acquisition at 466,000
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samples per second. Total of nine computers, from minimal minicomputer to large I BM
mainframe, and two programmable controllers used in facility. Communications via high-
speed network links and shared memory.
Fiberglass Batch Mix Computer System 1978
Designed, developed, and implemented stand-alone process control computer operating
system for automated fiberglass binder mix process, allowing full system support from
minicomputer. Designed and developed operating system modifications to allow
operating system to boot from and reside on floppy disks, including volume management
for dismountable floppy disks. The computer vendor did not support floppy disk-based
operating systems.
F-100 Engine Simulation 1977
Designed, developed, and implemented real-time simulation of F-100 turbofan engine for
control systems verification. Simulation runs in background of digital control computer,
and provides realistic simulated engine response to control outputs. Simulation resulted
in large cost reduction for control logic development.
F-100 Engine Stall/Stagnation Study 1976
Designed, developed, and installed fully digital implementation of bill-of-material F-100
turbofan engine electronic/hydro-mechanical control system for USAF stall/stagnation
study. Developed and implemented custom control logic for parametric analysis of
stagnation phenomena.
Digital Electronic Engine Control 1975-1977
Designed, developed, and implemented control logic for all-digital control of new
generation turbofan engines. In addition to control logic, designed, developed, and
implemented utilities for rapid engine data acquisition and performance analysis.
Operating System for Turbojet Engine Control Development System 1976
Designed, developed, and implemented multitasking operating system for digital turbojet
engine control development system, including operator console support, I/O services,
mass storage control, program loader, named file system, and resident on-line debugger
with assembler/disassembler.
JFC-89 Electronic Engine Control 1974-1976
Designed, developed, and implemented supervisory control logic and software for
production F-100 turbofan engine currently installed in production USAF F-15 and F-16
fighter aircraft. Granted U.S. Patent 4,112,499 for digital filtering logic developed for
this control system.
Macro Assembler Development 1974-1976
Designed, developed, implemented, documented, and supported complete macro
assemblers for two different microprocessors used for turbofan engine electronic control
systems.
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Jet Propulsion Systems Test Engineering 1970-1973
Designed and developed test rigs, control systems, and data acquisition systems for
various experimental ramjet and turbojet propulsion systems. Supervised test programs
and development of data analysis software with interactive graphic data display. Granted
U.S. Patent 4,003,201 for ramjet system concept.
LEGAL CASE EXPERIENCE
Gyrodata, Inc. v Baker Hughes, Inc. 2001
Theft of trade secrets.
Scientific Drilling International, Inc. v Gyrodata, Inc. 2008
Patent infringement.
Gyrodata, Inc. v Gyro Technologies, Inc 2010
and Dataflow Measurement Systems, Ltd.
Patent infringement.
Gillani Consulting, Inc. v Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. 2010
Copyright infringement.
Canrig Drilling Technology Ltd. v. Omron Oilfield and Marine, Inc. 2010
and Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
Patent infringement.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Married
Achiever: Amateur Radio Operator s license at age 11, Pilot s license at age 17
Part time resident of Anegada, British Virgin Islands
Interests include flying, photography, fly fishing
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