Engineer Engineering

Title:Halls Sole Proprietor, Consultant

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NAME: Virginia Halls

ADDRESS: ***** ******** **

CITY: Herndon

STATE/PROVINCE: VA

ZIP/POSTAL CODE: 20171

COUNTRY: USA

EMAIL: ******@*****.***

PHONE: 703-***-****

CANDIDATE ID: 102392

CITIZENSHIP: US

Citizen

EDUCATION: Bachelor Degree

EXPERIENCE: 15

WILL RELOCATE: Open

RELOCATION INFO:

JOB WANTED: Any

RATE NEEDED: $65000 $69999

HOMEPAGE:

HOTSKILLS: SQL(5), Data Analysis(15), Research(10), Databse Design(5)

ESUME

Virginia Halls

13110 Farmsted Ct.

Herndon, VA 20171

Work 703-***-****

/Home 703-***-****

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SUMMARY

Experienced Engineer with strong decision support analytical skills including statistical

analyses and reliability modeling and analyses (life data analysis, assessments,

predictions, allocations) with graphical representation of the results. Five years of

database design and development.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SQL, PL/SQL, Database Design and Development Oracle and Microsoft (MS) Access, MS Excel,

MS PowerPoint, Weibull++ (Reliability Analysis Software), Statistica (Statistical

Software)

EXPERIENCE/WORK HISTORY

4/01

to Present - Virginia A. Halls Sole Proprietor, Consultant to SAIC

9/98

to 12/00 - Virginia A. Halls Sole Proprietor, Consultant to Hernandez Engineering,

Inc

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5/91

to 3/97 - Senior Reliability Engineer, Hernandez Engineering, Inc., Greenbelt, MD

Provide engineering decision support data analysis to the Systems Engineering Division of

the U. S. Navys Tomahawk Cruise Missile Program.

Using SQL, query a large client/server Sybase database to obtain data for analyses and

reliability assessments. Graphically represent the analyses results. Assisted in the

design and development of this FRACAS (Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System)

database.

Developed metrics to measure and track missile manufacturers production processes.

Successfully transitioned a hard wired dBase/Clipper database of test data to MS

Access. Wrote new queries and developed forms and reports to reproduce the old reports and

graphs. Perform reliability assessments and failure trend analyses of these test data.

Developed and maintain a (MS Access) database (with forms and reports) of missile

storage data and provide reliability assessments. Graphically represent the analyses

results. Developed and maintain a missile component age database (MS Access).

Perform ad hoc analyses of FRACAS, flight test, and tactical data to correlate flight

problems with production data.

Evaluate missile design changes for reliability impact using allocations and

predictions.

12/00

to 4/01Staff Sales Consultant, Oracle Corporation, Reston, VA

Provided technical assistance to Sales Team.

Performed software demonstrations to potential customers.

Analyzed customers needs and problems and recommended software solutions.

Trained Sales team in database theory, data warehousing, Oracle software products.

1/98

to 9/98 - Principal Engineer, Techmatics, Inc., Arlington, VA

Provided engineering and programmatic support to the Systems Engineering group of Program

Executive Office for Theater Air Defense for the Common Command and Decision capability,

an effort to standardized combat system functionality. The effort included assessing the

requirements of existing combat systems programs and flowing them down to specifications

for the various command and decision functions of track management, link management, and

combat identification.

Awarded the New Employee Recognition award for outstanding accomplishment and superior

performance.

3/97

to 1/98 - Program Manager,Vanguard Research, Inc. Arlington, VA

Managed an effort to develop a database of Modeling and Simulation tools along with a web

site for the Joint Decision Support Center under the Pentagons C4ISA (Command, Control,

Communications, Computers Integration Support Activity). This was a full life cycle

development effort from requirements analysis through web deployment.

11/86

to 1/91 - General Engineer, Stanford Engineer. and Management Sys. Corp., Silver

Spring, MD

Provided reliability engineering support to the Naval Sea Systems Command the Strategic

System Programs Office in the acquisition of ships and weapons systems including Mine

Countermeasures Ships and the Poseidon and Trident missile systems.

Performed an Operational Availability assessment of the Mine Countermeasures ship

system using the TIGER reliability compute

er model and evaluated of differentsparing scenarios.

Evaluated NAVSEAs Test Program Set selection process, which determines return on

investment for circuit card assembly level of repair (i.e., ship, depot, etc.).

Evaluated reliability data and analysis methodologies (predictions, allocations,

reliability growth) for the launcher, missile, and guidance subsystems of the Poseidon and

Trident weapon systems.

7/84

to 11/86 - Engineer, Andrulis Research Corp., Arlington, VA

Provided reliability engineering support to the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems

Command (SPAWAR) in the procurement of electronic equipment such as radar sets, radios and

antenna.

Reviewed contractors manufacturing reliability reports and performed independent data

analyses.

Revised and updated the SPAWAR guidance document on reliability acquisition

documentation.

Provided support in the management and implementation of the Command's Value

Engineering (VE) cost savings program by writing the Command's VE instruction and

preparing training materials.

3/79 to 7/84 Engineer I and II, Babcock & Wilcox Co., Lynchburg, VA

As a design engineer in the nuclear power generation division:

Performed uranium dioxide fuel mechanical analyses including stress, creep collapse,

and fatigue.

Trained reactor operators on fuel properties and in-reactor performance.

Special projects included the development and management of a database of fuel life

cycle data for failure analyses performance modeling.

As a manufacturing engineer at the fuel fabrication plant:

Responsible for fabrication of fuel elements, which involved blending, cold pressing,

sintering to density, grinding to a final diameter, and loading into cladding. Wrote all

process procedures.

Set up statistical process control methods for monitoring fabrication equipment and

processes.

Developed, qualified, and implemented new processes (scrap recycle, fuel thermal

testing), which involved the selection statistical test methods, writing qualification

procedures, and analyzing the resulting data.

EDUCATION

B.S

., 1979 - State University of New York at Alfred University, Alfred, NY - Ceramic

Engineering

University of Northern Virginia/Anteon Center for IT Education (CITE) Oracle Developer

Certificate Program (160 Hrs)

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