Michael N. Van Dooren
**** ******** **** **** **** River, Or. 97031
541-***-**** ***********@*****************.***
Software Engineering Manager
Seasoned engineering director and manager with a reputation for project and
technical leadership producing complex and highly integrated products.
Specialized in software engineering but adept at hardware (firmware,
digital and analog) and mechanical. Directed and coordinated staffing for
up 25 individuals and lead and completed over 40 major projects with
budgets up to $4 million. Active participant in engineering development and
skilled at making qualitative project level decisions under critical
circumstances. Leadership style developed through hands on training as well
as professional interdependence to adapt and facilitate the best working
environments for staff professionals.
Additional capabilities include:
- Contract Negotiations - PMBOK - Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)
- Change Management - Design and Analysis - Planning and Scheduling
- Validation and Verification - Forecasting - Earned Value Management
Career Accomplishments
Advanced Navigation and Positioning Corporation (ANPC)
June 2004 - Present
Engineering Director
January 2006 - Present
. Directed engineering operations and coordinated staffing (10-20)
and budgetary resources of engineering departments.
. As a program and project manager used Earned Value Management (EVM)
methods to report project status and efficiencies to senior
management. For 23 projects using EVM, gained 6% average positive
efficiencies over predicted.
. Initiated process (ISO 9001) and product improvement teams to
increase efficiencies of development processes, improve product
design, and to build lower cost and higher reliability systems. Cut
cost of the system by two thirds, improved integrity failure rate
one hundred times and component reliability by a factor of two.
. Proven team builder that rebuilt and reenergized the engineering
department after a company downsize into a culture of productivity
and teamwork. This increased productivity by 60% and revenue by $4
million in the first year.
. Coordinated government contracts and projects (DOD, FAA, NAVAIR and
USAF) to define requirements for the systems under development.
. Proposal developer providing technical design and planning input
during proposal development for major government RFP's (up to $40
M) to develop custom systems.
Software Manager
June 2004 - January 2006
. Managed staff, resources and projects for the software engineering
group (4-8) developing the transponder landing and surveillance
systems.
. Responsible for defining requirements, providing and implementing
designs, testing and deploying software.
. Adapted and integrated software development processes adhering to
government guidelines resulting in streamlined processes that
reduce Estimated Time to Complete (ETC) by 30%.
. Successful project leader that successfully coordinated project for
a system miniaturization redesign of integrated landing system to
completion within 8 months.
. Managed outsource contractors for delivery of critical RF element
of system test simulations.
The Insitu Group Senior Software Engineer
July 2003 - June 2004
. A senior member of the software engineering group designing,
developing and testing the next generation flight management system
for the Seascan Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV).
. Responsible for developing C# .Net application used to manage and
control the UAV through all aspects of flight including waypoint
control, mapping systems and user control of the aircraft.
Solution Engineering Inc. Software / Project Manager
February 1996 - July 2003
. Managed, developed and implemented software development of
industrial applications.
. Defined, designed, developed, tested and deployed real-time QNX
based user interface and device control software for glass
tempering ovens in the window manufacturing industry.
. Participated in all phases of software development for a glass
cutting machine waste optimization and production control
application. Developed user interfaces, designed databases,
implemented optimization algorithms and device drivers. Tested and
deployed the office and warehouse software.
. Worked closely with customers to define requirements and design
products for development.
ANPC
Software Manager
February 1994 - February 1996
. Software manager, application developer and project lead during FAA
certification of system software. Responsible for coordinating with
FAA and reporting to corporate board.
. Developed software (C/C++) for precision landing system (TLS).
Defined requirements, planned projects, developed for the system
interface, airplane tracking and control, hardware interfaces and
the system integrity/monitoring software.
. A multi faceted software project including real-time, DSP,
firmware, user interfaces and algorithmic development built to meet
strict DO178 process guidelines.
Boeing Airplane Company Software Engineer/Analyst
June 1985 - February 1994
. Boeing Defense and Space Group - Software development for the F-22
Sensor Track Fusion group designing data fusion (Radar, IR, CNI,
EW) systems and simulations for target tracking in stealth
environments. Security Clearance (Secret).
. Boeing Commercial Airplane Group - System database analyst and
software developer as a member of the systems integration team
developing design and requirements tools for the 777 aircraft.
. Boeing Advanced Systems - Developed sensor manager, algorithmic
software for simulations, sensor track fusion software, flight
management systems and software specification for use on the YF-22
prototype airplane. Security Clearance (Secret).
. Boeing Military Airplanes - Analyzed, designed, implemented, and
tested real-time embedded software to perform radar mode control
and terrain following software in the B1-B avionics software
program. Security Clearance (Secret).
Education: Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
. Degree B.S. Math/Computer Science (1985)
. Degree B.S. Environmental Science - Marine Ecosystems Assessment
(1982)
Skills and keywords: Professional Scrum Master (PSM I), PMBOK, Critical
Chain, Earned Value Management, System Safety Assessments, FMEA, FTA, Regression, Root Cause,
ERP Systems, Configuration Management, C, C++, C#, .Net, MFC, SQL, VB, VFP, Ada,
FORTRAN, Smalltalk, HTML, UNIX Scripting, Database, SQL, Visual FoxPro, MS Access, Interbase,
Visual Studio, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point
Interests: Youth league coaching (baseball, soccer, basketball), masters swimming, outdoor activities