Brian B. Alano
**** * ****** **, ***********, IN 47403
*****@*************.***
Objective
Engineer
Experience
present
Engineer Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane
• Systems Engineer. Reliability team lead and network design team member for Army Ground-Based Operational Surveillance System (G-BOSS) coordinating the development of reliability models, program plans, system designs, and system specifications (2014-present)
• Environmental Test Lead. Planned and implemented environmental and electromagnetic interference testing for Marine Corps G-BOSS and Alternate Energy Systems. Built statistical models to support test design and analysis (2012-2015)
• Software Integration Lead. Led software interoperability team for Global Discovery Marine Patrol Aircraft program (2011-2012)
• Acquisition Lead and Systems Engineer. Technical authority for Federal contracts with the Multi-Agency Collaboration Environment, coordinating with multiple Federal and DoD agencies to realize rapid solutions to interoperability gaps of software- intensive systems (2010-2012)
• Sustainment Engineer. Provided in-service engineering support to deployed U.S. Marines for the G-BOSS system (2009-2011)
• Mechanical Engineer. Lead hardware designer for G-BOSS 3.0 light variant (2009) 02/2009 to
05/2009
Jr. Mechanical Engineer SAIC, Inc, Bloomfield, IN
Introduced concurrent engineering process to team. Performed requirements and stakeholder analysis. Designed, integrated and supported weapon mounts for mobile platforms. Constructed 3D models from paper drawings using Pro/Engineer. 05/2004 to
10/2008
Systems Analyst/Programmer Innovative Employee Solutions Performed information systems analysis. Led database and web application development. 10/2000 to
12/2008
Independent Information Technology Consultant Bloomington, IN Provided IT outsourcing and consultation for local business including software design and development, network administration, system integration, user support, technical documentation and software deployment.
09/1996 to
10/2000
Lead Systems Analyst/Programmer CACI, Inc, Bloomington, IN Project lead, technical lead, call center manager, lead analyst, database administrator, system administrator and analyst/programmer.
Education
M.S. Systems Engineering. Naval Postgraduate School–Monterey. 2011. GPA 3.8/4.0 B.S. Mechanical Engineering. Purdue University–Indianapolis. 2008. GPA 3.7/4.0 B.A. Political Science/East Asian Studies. Indiana University–Bloomington. 1989. GPA 3.6/4.0 Job Related Training
Engineering (SPRDE) Level III, Defense Acquisition University (DAU), 12/2012 CLB 026 (DAU) Forecasting Techniques. 2015.
CLC 041 (DAU) Predictive Analysis & Systems Engineering. 2015. CLE 023 (DAU) Modeling & Simulation for Test & Evaluation. 2014. Skills
MATLAB
Pro/Engineer
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
eQUEST energy simulation tool
Spanish
Affiliations
Indiana LEGO Users Group - President
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) - Full Member Great Ball Contraption Wiki - Founder/Administrator Professional Publications
Alano, Brian; Barker, Adam; Burkart, Joe; Fatnassi, Saber; Halt, Troy; Lawson, Larry; Leonard, Jason; Radigan, Steven; Roth, Benjamin; Shawcroft, Bruce; Smith, Raymond; Thies, Russ; von Wahlde, Scott; Wagner, Cody. A System Engineering Approach to Improving Arizona Border Patrol C4ISR Mission Operations. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. Jun 2011. DTIC Report Number: NPS-SE-11-008.
Academic Achievements
Raytheon Systems Award for Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Senior, IUPUI, 2008.
Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Institute (MURI) Scholar, 2008.
Outstanding ASME Student Member Award, IUPUI, 2008.
ASME Undergraduate Teaching/Mentoring/Tutoring Award, IUPUI, 2008.
Pi Tau Sigma International Mechanical Engineering Honor Society. Chapter President, 2008.