Experience Summary: Over 19 years of experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle, including: requirements determination; system analysis, design, development, and testing; quality control and configuration management; data model creation and evaluation; systems architecture, simulation, and process modeling; and systems security support.

Position History:

Solution Architect

Sidebarr Technologies, Inc.

Aug 2013 – Current

Principle Business Process Engineering Specialist

The Newberry Group

May 2011 – May 2013

Senior Information Engineer

Northrop Grumman Information Systems

Dec 2002 – May 2011

Computer Systems Analyst

TRW Systems and Information Technology Group

Dec 1997 – Dec 2002

Junior Systems Engineer

BDM Engineering Services Corporation

Sept 1994 – Dec 1997

Position Detail:

 

Sidebarr Technologies, Inc.

 

Duties/Responsibilities: 

As an employee of Sidebarr, was responsible for design and implementation of Point of Sale (POS) systems for various commercial entities.  Implementations included MicroSale based systems for Hospitality industry and VeriFone/Globalbay Merchant based systems for general retail.  Related to that effort, shared responsibility for development of social media marketing.  Additional responsibilities included reviewing my employer’s internal processes and developing formal, repeatable processes to enable it to efficiently expand from a local business to a multi-state organization. 

The Newberry Group

 

Duties/Responsibilities: 

Under the IBM Distribution Portfolio Management Contract, major activities included: Acted as command representative on Distribution Secure Enclave (DSE) committee, created Enterprise wide data flow models, and provided Portfolio Management process change recommendations.

Attended Distribution Secure Enclave (DSE) requirements meetings in which my role was to observe, report proceedings to J6 decision makers, and advise the decision maker’s on the way ahead for the command’s Cloud/Application virtualization environment.

Another task was the production of a series of related enterprise data flow diagrams for the Distribution IT Portfolio and its various sub-portfolios.  These diagrams depicted the automated information systems that were members of each sub-portfolio, the primary function areas supported by those systems, and the high level data exchanges flowing between the systems.  These diagrams combined information from various enterprise architecture repositories, briefings, regulations, and other sources in order to serve as a vehicle to facilitate discussion/discovery of changes to the information environment.

As a result of the production of the data flow diagrams, identified multiple process and information system change proposals relative to Distribution portfolio management process.  The existing process consisted of a large number of manual or semi-automated workflows.  In this role, I identified process efficiencies and automation opportunities that could improve the effectiveness and decrease the cost of the portfolio management process.

Northrop Grumman Information Systems

 

Duties/Responsibilities: 

Under the OASIS Incorporated Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) Architecture contract, performed DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF) development activities in support of the AMC enterprise architecture division, and accomplished the Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) process for the Air Mobility Command Architecture and Data Resource Environment (AMCADRE) system. 

Architecture related activities included: Development of System View (SV) architecture products; analysis of DoDAF v2.0 model dependencies and information flows;  analysis of architecture-related products produced by other agencies; review of DoD Instructions and Manuals for impacts to AMC architecture development and system security accreditation; and acted as backup Computer System Administrator (CSA) for the (AMCADRE) system.

DIACAP activities included producing and/or updating over 30 accreditation documents including: System Security Plan (SSP), Contingency Plan, and Configuration Control Board (CCB) Charter.  Also, created required processes such as Configuration Management, Incident Response, and Account Management, completed the initial evaluation via the United State Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) Enterprise Mission Assurance Support System (eMASS) application, and closely coordinated all actions with USTRANSCOM certification and accreditation personnel, resulting in AMCADRE being granted Approval to Operate (ATO).

Under the Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) Architecture contract, major activities included:  acting as the data steward for interface data in the Corporate Resource Information Source (CRIS) system, executing the Technical Assessment for Interfaces, and acting as a system architect supporting the Joint Distribution and Deployment Architecture (JDDA). 

As data steward, performed requirements determination, data quality control, data model evaluation, report generation, data management, and direct support to system program managers dealing with interface documentation issues.

As system architect, founded and chaired the JDDA system architecture working group, was the subject matter expert for the Interface-related questions for USTRANSCOM Technical Assessments; developed and analyzed business rules and data collection strategies for system architecture data; and provided direct support to system program managers dealing with the Technical Assessment process.

Performed Technical Assessment for the Interface subject area, which included evaluating system architecture and security documentation in order to determine if all USTRANSCOM and component Program Managers where satisfying their data interface documentation requirements in the CRIS system.

 

TRW Systems and Information Technology Group
 

Duties/Responsibilities:  Under the Defense Enterprise Integration Services II (DEIS II) contract, major activities included: designed, developed, and implemented a technical proof of concept using the Genysm G2/ReThink process simulation system for the Advanced Scheduling Notification (ASN) Project. This six-month task involved requirements gathering and analysis, database design, interface design, and technical documentation, including three months of working directly with Gensym G2 developers at their Cambridge MA headquarters.  The task required setup and implementation of an Oracle database, refinement of the initial system design based on the system functional requirements document, design and development of data import routines, and development of over thirty Seagate Crystal Reports database reports.  Daily support services included: data processing; Oracle database administration; system troubleshooting; NT Server administration; FTP Site administration; and liaison between functional area experts and Gensym Rethink implementation experts.

Another major task was to lead the migration effort for the ASN Project which replaced the Gensym Rethink simulation solution with an Oracle database implementation, resulting in an order of magnitude increase in throughput for the ASN application. Duties included: development of several hundred pages of system logic flowcharts using Microsoft’s Visio; chairing the peer review sessions for those flowcharts; team lead for the Sustainment portion of the effort; and focal point for coordinating changes to the code base with the functional community. At the termination of ASN, duties included coordination of the shutdown and development of the final documentation set. 

Under the TRW Architecture contract, acted as lead for the system architecture development efforts, in that role, coordinated data collection and user interface requirements for capturing system data interface information via CRIS and produced DoDAF v1.0 compliant System View architecture products. Other tasks included evaluating the impact of the transition from the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) architecture framework to the DoDAF v1.0 framework on the command’s architecture products. 

Additional tasks performed included: Primary Administrator of the TRW Scott facility's NetWare Server, Windows NT Server, GroupWise post office, and the telephone/voicemail system. Maintained and updated all facility hardware and software. Served as technical advisor for business development efforts and coordinator for the Y2K remediation efforts at TRW’s Scott AFB facility. Developed storyboards and frames for the Air Force Communication Agency (AFCA) Y2K project and for the National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA) websites.

 

BDM Engineering Services Corp.              
 

Duties/Responsibilities: 

Under the Defense Enterprise Integration Services (DEIS) contract; developed a multi-table FoxPro database for the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) Systems Migration effort.  Developed SQL queries and reports, and designed and managed quality assurance for data entry. 

Performed site survey as technical representative on the DSS system and CDOP system.  Performed site survey as functional representative on the STARS system.  Produced functional and technical scores for the CDOP and STARS systems and wrote the technical section for the CDOP Interim Decision Paper (IDP).  Wrote the preliminary IDP for STARS system.

Designed and implemented a logical data model for Interface Tracking Database (ITD).  Tested tool sets to build a prototype front end for the ITD, choosing Visual Basic 4.0 16-bit to build the prototype.  I also acted as a JTCC representative to Defense Integration System Tool (DIST) Configuration Control Board and maintained the JTCC data in the DIST.  Other activities included: baselined DIST transportation system data which included migrating the interface data from the interface database into the DIST database; loading the DIST database with the technical question set response data from the response database; and debugging the DIST’s technical scoring mechanism. 

Developed a multi-table FoxPro database for the JDTC Survey (DO 39) and generated SQL queries and reports for that database.  Designed and managed quality assurance for data entry into that database. 

Designed the data gathering template for the Navy Operations and Management Information System (NAOMIS) Interface Data Element Survey

Provided quality assurance on the AFASI database for the J6 Year 2000 Implementation Plan Project. 

Assisted on the Preliminary Design Document (PDD) for the Transportation Control Movement Document (TCMD) module of the Technical Proof of Concept (TPOC) for TC-AIMS II. Provided functional and technical guidance for the TCMD module of the TPOC to clients and did onsite coding, debugging, and infrastructure maintenance. 

Supported Clinical Integrated Workstation (CIW-A) Project, including: workstation set up, Microsoft Internet Information Server configuration, website development, network administration, and hardware maintenance.

Provided basic site technical support and administration which included:

Installed a Windows for Workgroups network, Linux Operating System, set up the local Internet connection, and maintained the computer hardware and system software as well as managed Configuration Control for the BDM Enterprise Integration Team.  Installed a bulletin board system for the JTCC and translated C4 systems deliverable into a Windows help file.

Assisted in moving the office from the Fairview Heights location to the Scott Air Force Base location.  This involved a number of taskings including; installing the Compaq based NetWare server; transitioning the network infrastructure from the old BNC Ethernet to RJ-45/hub based Ethernet; migrating the old Windows NT/ISDN internet connectivity to Cisco Router/ISDN based connectivity; producing an operations guide that included account creation, account deletion, and client and server software installation guides; installing the telephone voice messaging system; migrating the network clients from Windows for Workgroups to Windows 95; and implementing a network based installation process for all client software. 

 

SECURITY CLEARANCE:

Secret (Not Current)

EDUCATION:

B.S., Computer Science, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 1994
A.S., Electronic Engineering Technology, Institute of Electronic Technology, 1991

 

CERTIFICATIONS:

Security +

 

APPLIED TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

 

Hardware:  SUN, IBM PC, PS/2

Operating Systems:  UNIX – Solaris, Linux, DOS, Win95, Win98, Win NT, Win XP, Win Vista, Win 7, NetWare

Software:  Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop

Languages:  C, C++, Pascal, SQL, Visual Basic

Databases: Oracle, FoxPro, Access

Communications: LAN

CASE/Development Tools: IEF (Composer), ER/Win, Visio, NetViz

Packages/Utilities: Excel

Word Processing/Publishing: MS Word, PowerPoint, FrontPage, PageMaker

Other/Misc.:  Gensym G2, Rethink, NeurOnline, Operations Expert

 

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