Engineer Test

EDUCATION

Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, Lansdale, PA; Masters of Divinity, May 1997 with 3.91/4.00 GPA

Penn State University, Malvern, PA; Masters of Engineering with an emphasis in computer design, Graduated August 1992 with 3.42/4.00 GPA

Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA; Bachelors of Art, Computer and Information Sciences, Graduated May 1985 with GPA 3.48/4.00

WORK HISTORY

SUMMARY

Over 27 years of experience in technical leadership, system design, development, and integration testing of real-time command and control and financial services projects. My objective is to secure a position where I can leverage my skills in technical leadership and become a key asset to the engineering and system integration team to which I join.

Proven skills and character that I can bring to your organization:

1.Proven technical engineering and leadership skills – Successfully led test projects of all sizes across various organization levels. All the projects (except those in the Finance Department – last two years) were concerned with national security in the areas of command and control operations associated with a major ground system, Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and other defense related operations.

2.Excellent oral and written communication – As team lead in development, integration, and test I have had vast array of experiencing in working with a wide-range of engineers as well as interfacing with management. I know how to and have successfully motivated others around me to get the job done both as a pastor and as a test lead for decades.

3.I have always conducted myself with the highest integrity in personal and corporate life. Before changing careers I obtained and held Top Secret information and granted access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) by the U.S Government, based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI clearance) for 15 years.

4.Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills working on real-time systems.

5.Committed to teamwork and been successfully involved in a vast array of team-oriented projects as both a highly valued contributor and leader.

6.Highly successful contributor and leader of projects that were CMMI Level 4-5 projects. Have many years of experience in quality assurance, process improvement, and full SDLC (Waterfall and Agile).

7.Strong organizational and analytical skills.

8.Other: Ada, C, C#, OOD, ABD, Oracle 10g, SQL, UNIX/AIX, RVTM (DOORS), PeopleSoft, HP QC, MS Products

Feb 2009 – Dec 2010 Lockheed Martin King of Prussia PA

I worked for the test organization in the Finance Department of the division. Responsible for leading all test activities associated with company financial transitions. The first was the transition/merger of two business units (GEMS to MARS) and the second was a company divesture of the Systems Integration Business Unit (PeopleSoft). As the Test Lead I led the test efforts with company financial officers, senior managers, and technical finance engineers from all over the globe. I received an award for both of these highly successful transition projects.

Senior Staff Engineer / Test Lead

•Responsible for the oversight and organization of test plans and procedures for each department

•Led all test-related meetings for the project.

•Created and recorded test scripts and defects in spreadsheet and worked to provide solutions in timely fashion

•Review and upgrade UAT test cases with the business to ensure total coverage

•Performed regression testing on new and existing systems

•Attend daily project meetings

Oct 2007 – Feb 2009 Lockheed Martin King of Prussia PA

MMP System Test, Test Chief Engineer

Senior Staff Engineer / Test Chief Engineer (TCE)

•Responsible for leading a group of chief engineers (4) for the MMP project System Test (ST) team.

•Oversight of all system test chief engineer activities and processes – Contributed to mentoring their careers and guarantee that all areas of responsibility were covered to support the engineering staff we were called to lead.

•Chair Test Engineering Review Boards (TERBs)

•Led customer liaison and TEMs for system test activities

•Attend daily/weekly project meetings

•Involved in process improvement and quality assurance

Jan 2006 – Oct 2007 Lockheed Martin King of Prussia PA

Mission Application Lead (MAL) – This position is a liaison between Development and System Level Test.

Senior Staff Engineer / Mission Application Lead (MAL)

•Main focus was to ensure that all test cases were supported properly and in a timely and efficient manner.

•Manage human resources to resolve technical issues.

•Oversee the efforts to coordinate with System Level test group in reviewing of test plans and procedures, ensure that environments issues are resolved, resolution of problems, and coordinate delivery of software and database fixes.

•Support status meetings with SLT and Program Office and all Test Readiness Review (TRR) meetings

•Attend daily/weekly project meetings

•Develop root cause analysis reports, lists of current and past status of all problems and their resolutions

July 2002 – Jan 2006 Lockheed Martin King of Prussia PA

Mission Application Lead (MAL) – Led various conversions and system test activities as ICUP Mission application lead for IDMO. This was a task to incorporate COTS, upgrades into the existing operational baseline.

Senior Staff Engineer / Mission Application Lead (MAL)

•Lead test efforts to convert the system HMIs from AIX to the PCs. Specific responsibilities include liaison between Operations, COTS developers (HORIZON) and Development, leading technical design of subsystem HMIs, costing, scheduling, etc.

•Directing and managing all ICUP 2.0 pathfinding efforts related to the mission application software.

•Chairing weekly status meetings, providing IDMO management with progress reports, managing resources, and developing and maintaining metrics for each CI and business unit.

•Directly involved in the development of pathfinding schedules and cost data for the program office management. The project involved working with each CI within the Development organization to plan staffing resources for each of the four pathfinding efforts in 2003 and 2004 and to present and defend this cost data before program office management.

April 2002 – July 2002 Lockheed Martin King of Prussia PA

Trailblazer Proposal – Worked with a team of M&DS senior staff engineers and senior staff management to develop a Software Development Plan (SDP) for the Trailblazer proposal. The task included several trips to M&DS in Hanover, MD to understand the customer’s desires and work with other M&DS system architects and test leads in the development of SDP sections for the proposal.

Senior Staff Engineer

•Develop the sections dealing with software development and all levels of testing.

Jan 2002 – April 2002 Lockheed Martin King of Prussia PA

3D Lead – This task involved leading a team of eight other subsystem engineers in the development of a product that took the scheduling activities of IDMO subsystem and accurately depict them using STK COTS product.

Senior Staff Engineer

•Worked with other IDMO subsystem leads and managers in the designing and employing of an integrated product and managing the activities and personnel of the subsystem 3D team which included tracking costs, schedule, individual work schedules, and individual progress.

•Employed the XP methodologies in product design and development and tracked the group’s efforts with respect to engaging in XP activities.

•Learned some new technologies such as VisualBasic, STK, XP, PC system development, and MQ.

Sept 2000 – Jan 2002 Lockheed Martin King of Prussia PA

Subsystem Focus Lead – This task involves organizing subsystem SPR (System Problem Report) W/O (workoff) loads, managing the developers to assure that their questions are answered and that they worked the proper SPRs to support the various agencies in IDMO supporting the major ground system that needed the modifications to their environment.

Senior Staff Engineer

•ORL (Operational Release Lead) POC position to provide the build teams with information on efixes, special actions, or testing requirements for building subsystem changes into a particular release.

•Coordinate after hours support (on-site and off-site) with program office and workpackage management to meet major program milestones and system transition.

•Provide on-site support.

•Received President’s Award for my efforts.

SUMMARY (June 1985-Sept 2000) Lockheed Martin King of Prussia PA (1996-2000)

INTERMETRICS INC. Warminster PA (1985-1996)

Subsystem Test Lead/ Missions Application Lead (MAL) – June 1998 – Sept 2000 - subsystem test lead for a complex multi-year project involving a major ground system. Liaison position between the engineering staff and the system test community ensuring proper test procedures, test conduct, and test results were satisfactory.

Senior Staff Engineer – July 1996 – Aug 1998 - System development (C, ORACLE) and integration testing of the load strategy, load coordination, and load generation for the vehicle.

Software Engineer – Jan 1991 – July 1996 – Developer (C, ADA) working on various projects including the development of operational communication and navigation software for the VIP helicopter used by the President of the United States and foreign and domestic dignitaries and the Mission Replay software for various U.S. and allied surveillance aircraft.

Software Engineer – June 1985 – Jan 1991– Developer (ADA, FORTRAN 77) working on various projects including the development of operator displays and control, for LAMPS MK-III Electronic Sensory Measures Operational Program (ESMOP) LCS system and the development of the P-3C Update IV D&V software to load and verify (diagnostics) the acoustic software for a signal processor. System integration and test required me to be on-site at Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle WA and Magnavox (Fort Wayne, IN).

July 2010 – October 2017 Bible Baptist Church Warriors Mark PA

Senior pastor of a small struggling church in central PA. The work continued to struggle since the onset, but God was faithful to us and we saw many lives changed, the church became stable financially and spiritually with a greater effect upon our community in our time here. We agreed to mutually part ways.

Senior Pastor

•Responsible for the oversight and leadership of all spiritual and administrative affairs in the church

•Preach-Teach 4-5 times a week

•Coordination and oversight of all programs within the church

•Lead two Rest Home ministries per month

•1:1 and small group discipleship

•Counseling of members and those in the area

•Developed policies and procedures for all relevant areas of the ministry

VOLUNTEER/OTHER NOTES OF INTEREST

Assistant Pastor – Calvary Baptist Church (2000-2010)

Nursing Home ministries (1995-Present)

Basketball Coach (2005-2009; 2011-2013)

PIAA Basketball Official (2014-Present)

REFERENCES

J. Gregory Saville (Senior Test Lead – Leidos formerly Information Systems & Global Solutions); 484-***-**** (office), 484-***-**** (mobile); *********@*******.*** or *.*.*******@******.***

Curt Zielinski (President of Fine d-Zign Signs St. Cloud, FL); 407-***-**** (BUS); *****@**************.***

Bruce C. Brandt (IT Program Sr. Manager Chief Information Office – Leidos); 484-***-**** (office), 610-***-**** (mobile); *****.*.******@******.***.

Michael Snare (CPCU, AIC Multi-line Claims Supervisor – Mutual Benefit Group); 800-***-**** (ext. 2288 - office), 814-***-**** (mobile); *****@******************.***

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