James E. Cornthwaite MSCS, BSCS

Computer Scientist – Systems Engineer

E-Mail: ac0u1q@r.postjobfree.com - Phone: 321-***-**** – Location: Melbourne, Fl.

Software and Systems Engineer with a diverse engineering background excels at remote command, control, communications and monitoring (RC3M and C4ISR) applications, leading teams, managing requirements, and writing procedures to test those requirements. Have demonstrable work in all phases of the Software and Systems engineering life cycles. Interest is in Systems Engineering, networks, remote data collection, and developing or managing new systems. My BSCS is an Engineering degree and my MSCS emphasized Distributed Systems, Network Architecture, Security, and Internet Protocols. I am a US Citizen.

Intellifuel Systems Inc. Jan 2015 - Current

Titusville, Fl. (2 years 4 months)

2015 to Current - Senior Applications Engineer - Multi-Tier Systems Development - Linux

Update, extend, and test client facing web portals that track assets, display status, and produce reports to customer needs.

JIRA, Apache, MySQL, PHP, AJAX, HTML, CSS, jQuery, and JavaScript on CentOS 5/6/7. Linux development.

Harris Corporation April 1997 - August 2014

Melbourne, Fl. (17 years 4 months)

2012 to 2014 - Chief Systems Engineer - MAC 1 Sensitive Corporate Infrastructure per DODI 8500.2

Collected and managed all DODI and corporate requirements, then designed and built a system that met those requirements. Requirements, Personnel, equipment selection, budget, and schedule were mine to propose and manage once approved.

Authored the System Specifications and Concept of Operations documents for this system and defined system test.

2012 to 2013 Kiosk Product Management – VOIP Server Product Configuration

Configured, coded, secured, and delivered, 66 Kiosks and VOIP servers for installation on 33 Cruise Ships.

Managed delivery and installation schedule in a production environment with a very tight delivery schedule.

Documented the configuration of kiosks and servers from the box to the installation on a ship by ship basis.

Tools were developed to remotely and automatically manage the on-board systems over the satellite communications link.

2012 to 2013 Satellite Bandwidth Calculations

Using Historic data for fleets of ships, projected required satellite bandwidth use worldwide for multiple fleets of cruise ships. Identified bandwidth needs, which satellite, total transmit and receive utilization, and terrestrial backhaul needs.

2012 to 2013 Greenland – Summit Camp Satellite Transition

Moved Summit Camp (Greenland) satellite communications from a TDMA Ku band system to an SCPC C Band system.

New system provided better performance and higher bandwidth at a lower cost to the customer.

Selected equipment, sent equipment to site, and worked with onsite engineers to make the equipment change.

Wrote configuration, installation, and troubleshooting steps in detail enough to allow on site scientists to perform the update.

2001 to 2012 - Chief Software Engineer - Ocean Net - Unmanned Remote Data Collection and RC3M – CMMI III

Interfaced with customers, collected information, wrote requirements, and documented operational scenarios.

Managed changes and wrote two system wide ECP’s including affected hardware and software components.

Roles included Chief Software Engineer, Integrated Product Team Lead, System Reviewer, and Sub Contracts Manager.

Authored Software (SRS) Requirements documents, Interface Control Documents (ICD), and Software Test Documents.

Provided tier 3 troubleshooting for the entire system once operational as part of an on-call rotation for almost a decade.

This included all hardware, software, data paths, satellite or terrestrial networked communications paths, and NOC issues.

DOORS tool was initially used to develop requirements documentation, provide traceability, and help with RVTM production.

2000 to 2013 – Chief Software Engineer / Systems Engineer - Classified Systems Development

Interfaced with customers, collected requirements, authored requirements specifications.

Divided requirements into Configuration Items. Lead and took part in the development of these systems.

Platforms were from embedded processors to multi server systems.

Most of this work included DOORS to track requirements.

1997 to 2000 – Proposals Engineer - Division Level Special Project Manager – Budget, Schedule, Personnel

My first position was as the technical half of a business development and proposals team.

Interfaced with customers and provided the initial system and software designs presented to the proposals team.

Harris point of contact for the Air Force sponsored Range Command Control Communications and Monitoring (RC3M) study. Represented Harris in meetings with Air Force and other subcontractor meetings.

Worked on the winning Air Force Launch and Network Control Enhancement (LANCE) program proposal.

James E. Cornthwaite MSCS, BSCS

Computer Scientist – Systems Engineer

E-Mail: ac0u1q@r.postjobfree.com - Phone: 321-***-**** – Location: Melbourne, Fl.

Cubic Corporation - Defense Applications Jan 1990 - April 1997

Orlando, Fl. (7 years 4 months)

1995 - 1997 - Lead Simulation Analyst on the C17A Concurrency Program

This is a Lead Systems and Software Engineering position rolled into one as were all Cubic positions.

Became the in house subject matter expert (SME) on all systems and operations of the C17A aircraft.

Provided requirements management, and system and software change management for all systems of the C17A trainers.

Lead data collection trips to McDonnel Douglas and Air Force facilities looking at the C17 as a complete system.

My team collected over 800 changes and presented those changes to an Air Force sponsored Change Control Board.

Meetings were held quarterly for more than two years.

1992 - 1995 - Simulation Analyst on the C17A Flight Controls Systems Trainer

Using Air Force Technical Orders and systems schematics, determine what systems needed to be implemented.

Document findings and then design the software make the built system operate as the aircraft would.

Implemented both normal and multiple malfunctioned conditions.

Made the FCST training look and behave just like the actual aircraft with sufficient detail to provide training scenarios.

Wrote a command and control code that was used for all actuators, hydraulic, electrical, linear, and rotary.

Actuator package also simulated actuators not physically present in the system to provide needed feedback.

1990 -1992 - Simulation Analyst, BFVS M2A3 (Bradley Fighting Vehicle System) and M1A2 panel and 3D trainers

Systems information was limited to US Army schematics and systems and sub system operations manuals.

We were given specific training scenarios needed by the Army to train maintenance personnel.

Designed systems and wrote software to implement the required training scenarios.

Finished trainers looked and behaved like the actual vehicle with sufficient details to provide the stated training scenarios.

Stipulated the type of IO, readings, and ranges needed for each light, actuator, stepper, bell, or buzzer, moved or activated.

Detailed student action records were maintained.

Other Information and Technologies Used

Professional experience writing and debugging code in Assembly (Motorola, Intel, and TI chips), Ada, Basic / Visual Basic, C, C++ / Visual C++, FORTRAN, HTML, MS VBA, VHDL (FPGA’s), SQL, and an in house written trainer control language.

Have written very small to very large scripts in MS Batch, Dec Control Language (DCL), Linux shell scripts, Python, and Perl.

Have written and tested code to interface with MS Mail server, MS SQL, MySQL, TCP and UDP sockets, serial communications ports, SNMP devices, PCI cards, and in house developed IO systems.

Have written FTP and Telnet Clients as well as serial to serial and socket to socket communications client and server applications.

Network and serial interface testing includes ping, tracert, iperf, jperf, ethereal / wireshark, fiber optic test sets, protocol analyzers, and recording oscilloscopes.

Roles include Systems Infrastructure Admin, Active Directory Admin, Linux Admin, Sharepoint Admin, Mail server Admin, VMWare Admin, and Web Site admin using both IIS and LAMP/WAMP installations.

Frequently use Virtual Box on Windows systems to install various Linux versions for personal use and professional use.

Requirements managed and programs tracked using DOORS, MS Excel, and MS Project. Software config using SVN and git.

Developed and ran unit tests, sub system tests, and system tests. Authored SDP, SRS, PDR, CDR, TRR, and FAT documents.

Education

Master of Science Degree in Computer Science (MSCS)

Emphasis in Distributed Systems - GPA: 3.88 / 4.00

Webster University - Palm Bay, Florida

Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science (BSCS)

College of Engineering

University of South Florida - Tampa, Florida

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