Senior Software Engineer

A seasoned team leader who encourages and motivates his staff to solve technical challenges and develop a wide range of complex software systems seeking opportunities requiring significant management experience and broad technical knowledge.

Skills

Team Leadership

Mentoring & peer training

Cohesive team building

Multi-disciplinary team cooperation

Change management

Scheduling, Staffing, Estimating,

Budgeting

Communication

Customer & vendor point of contact

Managing multi-cultural, multi-lingual &

geographically diverse teams

IPT lead

Facilitating cross-discipline

cooperation

Communicating with internal

management

Project Management

Managing key metrics

Tracking Earned Value & Performance

Contract proposal development

Decision making with incomplete

information

Risk/Opportunity management

Process Focus

Achieved external assessment of SEI

CMM Level 5

Developing, implementing & tracking

software process at project &

organizational levels

Process roll-out

Tool selection and roll-out

Problem Solving

Defining issues

Investigating & analyzing issues

Determining root cause

Developing courses of action

Balancing technical, budgetary &

schedule implications of solutions

Implementing solutions

Technical SW

Life cycle models including spiral,

iterative build, agile

Requirements analysis & tracking

Interface & specification development

Software design, implementation,

unit test, integration & formal test

Delivery & maintenance

Selection of Fielded Products:

Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) & Ground Control Systems (GCS)

Electronic combat simulators & trainers

Maintenance & tank crew simulators & trainers

EO/IR/Laser payloads & other air vehicle based sensors

AWACS radar system

Test equipment for bomber & fighter aircraft

Active Secret Clearance

Professional Experience

Textron Systems (AAI Corporation), Hunt Valley, Maryland 1992– 2015

Lead Software Engineer, Ground Control Technologies and ISR Systems 2010– 2015

Led software team in maintenance of ground control systems. Led team that corrected issues reported from the field and integrated systems on multiple platforms. Lead software on IR&D projects to integrate cell phone capabilities into Shadow UAS system and provide cohesive information to an Intelligence Analyst’s Station. Led the software effort on the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) project, responsible for developing STANAG-4586 compliant interfaces and databases to integrate the air vehicle with a Universal Ground Station (UGCS).

Lead Software Engineer – UAV Laser Designator/Range Finder Program 2006 – 2010

Developed technical specifications and integrated POP-300D EO/IR Laser Designator/Range Finder payload into the Shadow system, currently operational in Afghanistan. Managed a multi-cultural and geographically diverse team that included members in the United States, Canada and Israel. Designed and developed air vehicle datalink and payload software.

Team Member/Committee Chair – Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG) 1999-2007

Active member of the assessment teams for externally assessed SEI CMM Levels 3, 4 and 5. Developed, implemented and tracked project and organizational software process, including project development, metrics collection, and performance measurement. In my dual role as a Lead Software Engineer and a SEPG member, I provided mentoring and peer training to successfully integrate process improvements into active projects without effecting schedule or budget. As chair of the SEPG’s Tools and Technology Group, I wrote the charter, created and instituted tool selection processes, tool experiments, and roll-out.

Lead Software Engineer - Pioneer UAV Vehicle Specific Module (PiVSM) 2005–2006

Managed the software team that developed a STANAG 4586 compliant Pioneer Vehicle Specific Module and successfully integrated the Ground Control Station, Air Vehicle and POP-300 Payload.

Individual Contributor - POP-300 Payload Integration 2004-2005

Served as technical interface to both the Ground Control Station manufacturer in Canada and the Payload manufacturer in Israel. Improved the protocol and upgraded the air vehicle to the POP-300 payload. Utilized communication and language skills to support project activities.

Lead Software Engineer - Tactical UAV (TUAV) Flight Control Development 1998-2003

Led team that designed and developed a new autopilot box; an interface to the Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL); an airborne automatic landing system; and ground station and air vehicle simulators. Created a code generation database to translate between native AV and STANAG-4586 messages.

Area Lead – Joint Service Electronic Combat System Tester (JSECST) 1996-1998

Led the team that developed the Software Development Station (SDS).

Software Engineer – Simulator for Electronic Combat Training (SECT) 1992-1996

Implemented and integrated real time executive, combat environment and radar threat simulation.

MicroProse Games, Hunt Valley, Maryland 1991 – 1992

Senior Software Systems Engineer

Developed real time, three dimensional, multi-processor, graphics and special effects for arcade games.

Daedalean Associates Incorporated, Columbia, Maryland 1988 – 1991

Senior Software Systems Engineer

Lead Software Engineer on the Simulated Intermediate Automatic Test Equipment Maintenance Trainer System (SIATE-MTS) for the B-1b bomber aircraft.

Westinghouse Electric Company, Baltimore, Maryland 1984 – 1988

Software Systems Engineer

Worked on Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) projects. Developed a real time system to process and display radar data. Implemented real time fault detection and correction software.

Education

M.S. Degree in Computer Science, December 1988

Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering, Laurel, MD

B.S. Degree in Computer Science, December 1983

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Awards and Copyrights

Employee Spot Award 2012

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Tactical Network Test Bed (TNT) exercise

Outstanding Achievement Award 2008

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Laser Designator Development Program

President's Award of Excellence 2005

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SEI CMM Level 5 Assessment Team

President's Award of Excellence 2003

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SEPG (Software Engineering Process Group)

Outstanding Achievement Award 2003

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SEI CMM Level 3 Assessment Team

Employee Spot Award 2003

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Supporting UAV Systems Group

Outstanding Achievement Award 2001

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TCS Shadow 600 Flight Test

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Artificial Intelligence research project

Interests and Volunteering

Read, write and speak Hebrew

Private Pilot License

General Class Amateur Radio Operator

Past synagogue Chairman of the Board

Hospital visitation volunteer – Bikur Cholim

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

volunteer

Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES)

volunteer

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