Systems Engineer, Project Manager

Michael C. Bartmess Cell: 719-***-**** *******@********.***

Project Manager, Principal Investigator/ Systems Engineer / System Architect

Clearance: TS/SCI (inactive), SBI, CI Polygraph (have had both CI and full scope lifestyle)

Summary of Qualifications

Broad career experience in systems engineering and project management in the aerospace industry offers expertise in complex

software systems development, real-time architectures and large system-of-system design. My systems engineering, science and

mathematics skills span initial requirements definition and concept analysis through system modeling, design, development, solution

trades analysis, risk management, and testing.

Leadership experience spans: team leadership in small, agile projects, as well as heavily structured approaches; engineering design

leadership; program management; client interface and business development. Program Management Professional (PMP)

certification. Led DoD and Intelligence Community (IC) standards definition for intelligence product metadata, integrated program

management and systems engineering processes and, and project and program customized metric capture.

Engineering experience spans: Authored the systems engineering methodology employed by the Air Force Research Laboratories.

Analyzed both enterprise and project-wide requirements for multi-billion dollar acquisitions of next generation global

communications architecture, as well as complex, data-centric individual systems. Performed operational performance analysis and

cost/benefit analysis in support of future IC transition upgrades. Recent projects in web-enabling technologies and service oriented

architectures (SOA). Applied SOA and cloud-based concepts to enterprise data sharing applications, crossing corporate and

organizational boundaries in a complex (JWICS, TS, and SAP) security architectures.. Extensive experience in modeling and

simulation of C4ISR architectures, national systems intelligence community architectures, airborne systems, near space systems,

overhead DoD systems, the exploitation and dissemination segment of the IC, and cross-domain and cross echelon interactions

throughout the IC and DoD. My architectures and systems analysis span all the Intelligence Domains: IMINT, HUMINT, MASINT,

SIGINT, COMINT, Radar, OSINT, IRINT, etc.

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODOLOGIES

Model-based systems engineering (MBSE); UML/SysML/DoDAF design; CMMI-based systems engineering and quality

engineering methodologies and six sigma process improvement; Eclipse/IntelliJ and Java-based development; task management in

JIRA; cloud computing concepts; service oriented architectures (SOA); commercial, IC and DoD metadata standards, OO-design;

Wikimedia content development, OGC web services, Earned Value Management (EVMS).

TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

Grounded in exceptional writing talent, communications skills, broad Windows and Unix computer expertise, project management,

full-lifecycle systems engineering. My management experience has been applying control account management (CAM) in an

EVMS environment. My technical specialties are in object oriented design and complex algorithm design with application in

algorithmic optimization and ISR resource scheduling domains. Cross discipline application of systems engineering and risk

management for science and technology (S&T) programs. I am a sought-after expert in all Microsoft Office products: Word, Excel,

PowerPoint, Project, Visio, Expression Web, FrontPage. My team leadership skills enable decisive, adaptive use of team resources to

manage a legitimate set of requirements and goals to achieve project success in on-time and on-budget scheduling.

Professional Experience

Since joining the startup company, vCalc, in August of 2013, as Chief Systems Engineer I have led systems engineering and design

of vCalc’s cloud-based executable system providing math, science, industry, engineering and educational equations and calculators to the

world. (See vCalc.com) I led engineering design and requirements for web interface development and mobile app usability analysis,

leading a multi-national development team (US, Estonia, Nairobi) in creating the world’s first crowd-sourced computational

encyclopedia.

As Chief Scientist I am the conduit for university integration of math and science content into the classrooms, directly converting

professor needs into vCalc hosted educational content (executable equations and calculators for use in K-12 and university level

instruction in all sciences and branches of mathematics). I personally authored the largest set of functioning mathematical equations,

calculators, and data sets on the Internet.

As Senior Lead Systems Engineer I supported O&M and block deployment of the RAIDRS defensive counter-space systems in

support of the AF 21st Space Wing. I led planning and schedule integration of new requirements for the fielded system.

As Senior Lead Systems Engineer I research and engineered the design of a future integrated architecture for NASIC* TCPEDS*

cycle of core mission areas. I developed DoDAF* & UML models of the existing OPIR, Radar, IMINT and Spectral production and

dissemination architectures and constructed an architecture analysis methodology which is now used to support future cost/benefit trade

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studies of data production and dissemination architectures. I defined a consolidated hierarchy of IC mission metrics to enable

architecture trades of proposed future architecture solutions.

As Principal Systems Engineer, I analyzed enterprise and system requirements to produce a web services architecture exposing

NASIC* data products to the broader intelligence community. Selecting Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards I customized a

SOA to the discovery and retrieval of intelligence data products, including a Web Feature Service to capture the geospatial components

of the multi-discipline product store, and a Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) to manage registration of mission offerings and of

metadata rendered by intelligence product providers. I communicated OGC standards to the developers enabling geospatial queries in the

SOA architecture to satisfy user requirements from the client side (warfighter side) of the intelligence products discovery process, such

as combatant commanders and deployed intelligence cells.

I coordinated a community definition of the current and objective exploitation and dissemination architectures spanning all sensing

phenomenologies and security domains and implementing DoD and NASIC standards for web services and metadata conventions.

As Senior Lead Systems Engineer, I engineered the architecture design of OPIR* Broadcaster, a tool enabling web transfer of

extremely large video products to bandwidth limited IC customers. This required re-hosting of a commercial video distribution system

design and standards assessment across DoD and IC for full-motion video systems to transform OPIR large scale data feeds into

streamed MPEG video useable on commercial desktop applications.

As senior Lead Systems Engineer, I performed requirements analysis, defining mission architecture in UML and DoDAF* design,

and creating API documentation of the MARR TPED System, a NASIC program focused on characterization of missile threats from a

ship-borne special collection radar system. Designed and developed the Java-based simulation interface component of the MARR TPED

system connecting this IC-focused tool to DoD and IC analysis systems.

As a project manager employing six sigma systems engineering techniques, I refined the capture of agile-based program metrics

used in EVM of the MARRTS hybrid-agile development process characterizing a traceable requirements hierarchy.

As Senior Lead Systems Engineer I modeled the simulation architecture design at Schriever, AFB., creating DoDAF models of the

BMDS and documenting sensor characterization models.

As Principal Systems Engineer I created and authored systems engineering methodology for the Air Force Research Laboratories

(AFRL) which supports enterprise level down to project level project and portfolio management. I established continuous process

improvement process for project and headquarters application.

As a Principal System Engineer, I designed and led the team developing for AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate a Space Situational

Awareness Analysis Tool Set supporting trade analysis of future SSA technologies and systems. This tool set is used to make decisions

on technologies to pursue in the 20 or 30 year timeframe, marking technology readiness stages throughout the development lifecycle.

I was the Principal Investigator for an internal research (IRAD) program developing a rapid-turnaround analysis tool set based on

integrated commercial apps used to iteratively refine analysis of the future billion dollar systems and DoD-wide architectures.

I led a multi-CSCI architecture design team for FIRE program (Project size: $55M). FIRE supported IC and DoD-wide scenario-

based studies to determine system value in scenario context of future architectures, and enabled system trades and cost/benefit analysis

across the entire DoD. I modeled BMDS collection assets, exploitation organizations, the C2 infrastructure, and the mission control

segment of the TCPEDS* cycle.

As A Principal Systems Engineer I led efforts to establish a space order of battle in DoD exercises and performed tool studies

supporting the Space Warfare Center.

I designed & developed an application to perform trend analysis of real time data feeds for the SBIRS ground system and a ground

software component characterizing static events.

As a systems engineer, I developed a discrete even simulation model to support architecture design and performance analysis of

NSA’s Trailblazer program, a massive data acquisition and data mining architecture.

As PM and systems engineer I managed the JLOC program delivering a fielded GPS Jammer Location system product (Project Size

$3.7M).

As lead systems engineer I managed and design of the Image Tasking Optimization System (ITOS) for the Orbview satellite systems

(Project Size $15.5M). I led development of a complex optimizing resource scheduling system. My development team made all

deliveries on schedule, producing an optimizing planning system with first baseline delivery under 9 mos.

As Project Manager of Satellite Tools and Simulation Group, I designed an OO model of the future USIGS as the Architecture

Simulation Analysis Platform (ASAP) simulation tool. I designed and led the ASAP team as principal designer, project manager, and

interface to community simulation forums.

In my first professional position, I engineered design and database validation for ten satellite calibration models and for software for

command validation of vehicle dynamics for a National satellite system.

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Employment Timeline

Aug 13 to Present – Chief Scientist, Chief Systems Engineer, Content Chair; vCalc, LLC

Jan 05 to Aug 13 – Chief Architect, Senior Lead Systems Engineer, Project Manager; General Dynamics/AIS

Aug 03To Jan 05 – Principle Investigator, Mission Planning SME; Booz Allen Hamilton

May 02 to Aug 03 –Software and Systems Engineer / Principle Investigator; SAIC,

Sep 01 to May 02 – Chief Architect, Sycamore Associates, Colorado Springs, CO

Feb 01 to Aug 01 – Program Manager / Principal Investigator, NAVSYS Corporation

Oct 97 to Feb 01 – Project Mgr/M&S Lead Engineer/Chief Architect – Corporation for Studies and Analysis (CSA)1

Jul 96 to Oct 97 – Senior Systems Engineer; Booz Allen & Hamilton, Colorado Springs, CO

Jan 96 to May 96 – Systems Engineer; CSA, Chantilly, Virginia

Nov 92 to Jan 96 – Systems Analyst; Booz Allen & Hamilton, Vienna, Virginia

Sep 90 to Nov 92 – Systems Engineer; Pacific-Sierra Research Corporation, Arlington, VA

Jul 87 to Sep 90 – Requirements/Systems Engineer and Physicist; IBM Corporation, Gaithersburg, MD

Education

B.S. cum laude, Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1987

B.S. cum laude, Mathematics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1987

Program Management Professional (PMP) Certification, 2012

INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ACRONYMS USED ABOVE

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DoDAF – Department of Defense Architecture Framework (closely related to UML modeling standards)

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NASIC – National Air and Space Intelligence Center

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NGA -- National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

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NRO – National Reconnaissance Office

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OPIR – Overhead Persistent Infrared

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SAR – Synthetic Aperture Radar

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SBIRS – Space-based Infrared System

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TCPEDS – Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, Dissemination, and Storage

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TENCAP – Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities

1 CSA was acquired in early 2000 by ERIM International and then ERIM was acquired by Veridian, officially transferring me to Veridian Systems as of Jan 2001. I retained the same position and title of Chief Architect during both

acquisitions and until leaving Veridian in Feb 01 when they closed operations in Colorado Springs.

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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

DoDAF Artifacts Most Commonly Used:

OV-1 AV-1, CV-1, CV-2, CV-6, Div-2, Div-3, OV-4, OV-5b, OV-6b, SV-1, SV-2, SV-3, SV-4, SV-5b

For SOA Architectures: SvcV-2, Svc-3a, SvcV-7

Systems Engineering and Requirements Analysis Methodologies Used

• Integrated Lifecycle System Acquisition Process [Model-based, iterative process]

• Hybrid Agile [Software System Development]

• Storyboarding in Combination with Use Cases

• Iterative Prototyping

• Rational Unified Process

Software Tools

Expert in: MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Expression Web, MS Project

Coding in: C++, JAVA, Groovy

IDE: IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse with Subversion VCS

Hadoop/MapReduce algorithmic architecture

Modeling and Analysis Tools

MathCad, vCalc, DOORS, MS Visio, Satellite Toolkit, ExtendSim

Rational System Architect (used extensively), Familiarity with: Rational Rose, Rational Rhapsody, Rational Software Architect, Rational Tau,

Rational Doors, Rational Clear Case, Rational Focal Point

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