Engineer Manager

James Head

Consultant

*****@***********.***

Summary

Currently I am consultant having most recently completed a request for proposal supporting Battlespace Flight

Services as a subject matter expert on Persistence Ground Surveillance Program. As a contractor I have

deployed to several countries in the Middle East, most recently Afghanistan, and to Saudi Arabia as Doctrine

Developer and Gunnery Trainer supporting the Saudi Arabian National Guard at the battalion and company

level. As a Production Integration Manager I supervised numerous one team partners and vendors for

PMA-281 Naval Strike Warfare Planning Center completing a full Software and Hardware Development

Lifecycle and successfully integrating and testing a Systems-of-Systems suite that was installed on CVN-70. As

a C4ISR Systems Engineer I have worked on several ACAT 1 programs such as the Army's Future Combat

Systems (FCS) later named the Brigade Combat Modernization Team (BCMT) program where I was the lead

for Acceptance Test Plans, Procedures and Reports and supported the request for proposals with basis of

estimates and CAIV. I have worked in the Pentagon as a System Analysts supporting the requirements for Army

departments that require the installation of encryption devices, SIPRnet, and Defense Messaging System. I

have worked with all levels of personnel from command officers, Senior Executive Service, vendors, and

government personnel to fulfill requirements, explain issues, and provide demos. I am a former United States

Marine, having both served as enlisted and an officer. I have transitioned my military training to the civilian

sector as my foundation for expediency, efficiency, and perseverance.

Experience

Consultant at Self-Employed

September 2013 - March 2014 (7 months)

If you need a consultant to work on your proposals, I am versed and experienced with requirements, system

integration, acceptance test plans and procedures, certification and accreditation, writing proposals. I am

available for short-term and long-term work.

Aerostat Engineer at NAVMAR Applied Sciences

December 2011 - April 2013 (1 year 5 months)

Deployed to Afghanistan as an operator on the 22M Aerostat platform using the MX15HDi camera utilizing

EOW, EON, and IR sensors in support of intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance tracking of IED

locations, over-watch of convoys, route clearance, and requests for information by International Security

Assistance Forces (ISAF).

Owner at DigiscanUSA LLC

September 2010 - December 2011 (1 year 4 months)

Document scanning, duplication, and restoration of images and file conversion of various formats.

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Senior Systems Engineer Production at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

June 2004 - September 2010 (6 years 4 months)

Software System Engineer IV supporting the Brigade Combat Modernization Team for components and parts

baseline of the Network Interface Kit Low-Rate Initial Production.

Lead Evaluator for Acceptance Test Plans, Procedures, and Reports in compliance with Contract Data

Requirements List. during Spin-Out Production.

Production Integration Manager for PMA-281 Naval Strike Warfare Planning Center supervising the

successful design, installation, integration and System-of-Systems Interoperability testing for the Integrated

Shipboard Network System (ISNS) consisting of the Global Command and Control System-Maritime

(GCCS-M), Theater Battle Management Core System (TBMCS), Joint Service Imagery Processing System

Navy (JSIPS-N), Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS), Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS),

ADMACS, PTW, and COMPOSE.

Successfully managed a multi-million dollar program in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) facility

through installation, systems integration, testing and deployment consisting of a multi-level security

environments and coordination of vendor installation, test teams and partner demonstrations, functional and

System-of-Systems integration testing and troubleshooting, submission of all statement of work deliverables.

C4ISR System Engineer for Communication Interoperability with Systems-of-Systems Engineering and

Integration Team (SEIT) working traceability of Requirements, Specifications, Prime Items, and Computer

Software Configuration Items in DOORs supporting network Interoperability compliance with the US Army

Organizational Requirements Document for the Future Combat Systems program.

# Supported the Cost Sensitivity Operational Requirements Matrix for TRADOC with Analysis of

Alternatives and Cost as an Independent Variable (CAIV) for successful completion of requirement

decomposition to meet System-of-Systems Functional Requirement (SFR) milestone.

Senior Systems Analyst at CYIOS Corporation

November 2002 - June 2004 (1 year 8 months)

Systems Analyst for Requirements Analysis Division managing the Defense Messaging System (DMS) Field

Engineering Notice, responsible for ordering, researching and updating of security and encryption

requirements from the Information Systems Security Program (ISSP).

Supervised implementation of Security policies to remove instant messaging, spyware, peer-to-peer services

and implementation of PKI and PKE policies and X509 certificates.

Network Technical Assistance Center Engineer II at Sprint

November 1998 - April 2002 (3 years 6 months)

Responsible for third and second level problem escalation and troubleshooting of networks

and defining operational maintenance procedures for federal networks and with management

and configuration of AAC-3 concentrators, Cisco routers, Nortel switches and ATM path

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Principal Gunnery Trainer/Doctrine Developer at Vinnell Arabia

June 1993 - December 1996 (3 years 7 months)

Principal Gunnery Trainer for the Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) and Doctrine developer for LAV training

and maintenance.

Supported battalion sized live-fire exercise for the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) with development

and design of live-fire ranges and as Target Acquisition Trainer for Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) fighting

vehicles during live fire exercises

Platoon Leader at United States Marine Corps

June 1986 - July 1994 (8 years 2 months)

Platoon Commander, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion-7th Marine Regiment and Executive Officer

for Delta Company, 3rd Light Armored Infantry Battalion.

Successful deployments to Gulf War I, Okinawa, and South Korea.

Successful training at Combat Casualty Care Course (C4) and Mountain Warfare Center, Bridgeport.

Honor man for Platoon 3064 at Parris Island, SC.

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Skills & Expertise

Active Top Secret

Windows 7 & OSX

TCPIP

DOORS

ACE

Authentication, Encryption and SSL

DoDAF

TOGAF

Service Oriented Architecture

ARCgis

Google Earth Pro

Doors

SOA

ArcGIS

Google Earth

Integration

Defense

Security Clearance

DoD

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Military

Intelligence

Army

Intelligence Analysis

Government Contracting

National Security

Information Assurance

Analysis

Military Operations

TCP/IP

Requirements Analysis

Security+

Computer Security

Troubleshooting

Leadership

Requirements Management

Command

Navy

Proposal Writing

Security

Information Security

Government

Top Secret

Configuration Management

Education

Northern Virginia Community College

Certificate, UNIX, 2013 - 2013

Villanova University

Certificate, Software Testing, 2013 - 2013

CLC/ECPI

Associate of Science (A.S.), Network Engineering and Management, 1997 - 1999

Troy University

Bachelor of Science, Communications, 1985 - 1988

Activities and Societies: Pi Kappa Phi

Honors and Awards

United States Marine Corps: Honor Man Platoon 3064 August 29, 1986.

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Consultant

*****@***********.***

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