JAMES FINERFROCK

Merritt Island, Florida ● jfinerfrock@earthlink.net

SUMMARY

Results-oriented senior level Technology Leader with over 25 years of increasing responsibility

and proven track record delivering innovative solutions to complex business challenges within

Fortune 50/100/500 corporations. Industries include, Aerospace/Aviation, Rail Transportation,

IoT/M2M, Internet/e-Commerce, US & Foreign Governments, Financial, Consumer Electronics

and Hobby/Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Electronics, as well as extensive experience within Information

Technology, Networking and System Security, Embedded Systems, Research & Development.

Over 15 years of Technical Management experience within software and systems engineering,

project and program management, product management, quality management,

strategic/tactical planning, and hands-on technical knowledge of a wide variety of opensource,

commercial, and government technologies. Thorough knowledge of software, system,

and test development, and able to execute multiple projects from conceptual design and

analysis through completion of production, deployment and support. Aptitude in mastering

new technologies, processes, equipment, and designs. Ability to work in an environment with

ambiguity and fast-moving deadlines.

CORE SKILLS

Leadership: Over 15 years of Team Management (direct/contract/remote/offshore). Ability to

drive software, system, and test development teams. Experienced in technical program,

project, product and quality management, as well as strategic and operational planning,

performance and risk management, configuration and release management, coaching and

mentoring, research and development, UX/UI design and development, and business

development.

Extensive experience and involvement in:

∙ Software Engineering

∙ Technical Project Management

∙ Technical Product Management

∙ Software/System Architecture

∙ Cross-Functional Team Collaboration

∙ International Teaming

ALSTOM Signaling

Manager, Product Quality

∙ Systems Engineering

∙ Project Engineering

∙ Quality Management

∙ Business Development

∙ Leading & Building Teams

∙ Customer/Supplier Coordination

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

03/2016 - Present

Melbourne, FL

Manage product quality for Cabin Signaling System (CSS) and Speed Enforcement System

(SES) which make up Alstom's Positive Train Control (PTC) product line. Product line consists of

carborne electronics (CSS/SES – RT/embedded systems), rail operation center and backup

management systems (SCADA), wayside equipment (micro-wireless interface units with interlocking,

base radio communication equipment (TDMA)), and rail track equipment (programmable

transponders). Product quality conforms to CMMI Level 3 & ISO9001 for design, development, and

testing. Key responsibilities are:

• Manage team of test engineers (SDET) (i.e. software/hardware/system test software

development, test planning, execution and reporting).

• Manage support staff preforming field product testing (vital/non-vital) on-site for

the New Jersey Transit project (500 rail cars/15 car types) located in Morristown, NJ.

• Guide overall product quality strategy for Client (i.e. product quality plans - processes

and procedures, installation and maintenance, inspection and delivery, continuous

improvement).

• Participation in key product milestones to assure Quality, Cost, and Delivery (QCD)

achievement (i.e. Team Meetings, Reviews (Design, Readiness, Delivery, Gate, Project,

Safety), and Risk Management sessions).

• Measure and control Cost of Non-Quality (CONQ) for product and lead CONQ

reduction initiatives via root cause analysis & continuous improvement methods.

• Lead product audits and launching of corrective action plans for non-conformance.

• Participate in customer Top 10 issue process and manage root cause analysis and

subsequent solutions.

• Maintain and display the Product Quality Dashboard with target of full

transparency for product quality.

• Use metrics to drive continuous improvement using Quick Response Quality

Control (QRQC) methodologies.

• Assure that scope changes do not negatively impact product quality, total cost and

delivery.

Independent Consultant/Contractor

04/2015 - 3/2016

Perform consulting/contracting within technology industries. Areas of expertise are Technical

Program/Project/Product Management, Software/System Architecture, Project Engineering,

Software Quality Assurance (SQA), Process Quality/Improvement/Automation, Software and

Hardware Testing and Integration.

• Sr. Consultant – Melbourne, Fl – Perform freelance software and hardware quality

assurance and validation. Perform final QA/QC inspection ensuring test verification

and validation are properly performed and documented, as well as visual

inspection of quality (e.g. code quality, PCB component tolerances and measurements,

FMEA, etc.).

• Advisor – GuidePoint Global – Perform technical advisory role within Aerospace,

Aviation, Rail, and IoT/M2M industries.

• Sr. Technical Consultant – Herdon, Va. - Xavient – Practice lead for building IoT

Center of Excellence working along side CxO level team on IoT architecture

(tactical and strategic).

• Sr. Technical Consultant – Vienna, Va. - Capital One Financial - Lead technical

teams in migration to hybrid cloud solution (MS Office365/E3). Responsible for

network and system designs consistent with industry best practices for cloud

technology framework (i.e. scalability, availability, maintainability, and flexibility). Key

responsible areas covered:

• Analysis, design, and documentation of Cloud network (Microsoft Office 365 -

Hybrid), which included internal application interfaces and migration.

• Quality assurance and testing of hybrid system designs.

• Coordination with Microsoft's Office365 Team on designed solution.

• Cloud deployment/implementation for large enterprise (70K user base).

• Direct circuit connectivity across a broad geography (CONUS) and non-direct

for international (OCONUS).

• Support for mobility within vendor capabilities (e.g. iOS, Android) and security

associated (e.g. SSO - AirWatch EMM w/ Ping authentication).

• Active Directory (AD) provisioning and permissions.

• Assessment and implementation of key 3rd party security controls (i.e. security

policies, internal/external collaboration management, file governance, data loss

prevention (DLP), eDiscovery, legal hold, Retention (IRP), etc.).

Fine Industries Corporation

President/CEO

07/2010 – 03/2015

Merritt Island, FL

Founder, managing partner, and chief architect overseeing the design and development of

consumer electronic products, software solutions, and consulting services. Responsible for

product roadmaps, quality (software, testing, reliability), BOE/BOM management, requirements

management, and research and development of new products using market research, trending

and cost/benefits analysis (ROI).

• Managed project budget P&L, resources, schedules, risk and performance.

• Managed teams developing consumer electronic products within automotive safety,

lighting controls, hobby/do-it-yourself (DIY), and IoT/M2M electronics industries.

Custom designed low-power printed circuit board (PCB) solutions applying a wide

range of hardware and software using a co-design methodology for embedded

systems.

• Managed software scrum teams developing solutions within embedded systems,

client/server, mobile/cloud, and IoT/M2M (i.e. C/C++, C#/ASP .Net, Java EE/ME, Perl,

Python, JavaScript).

• Oversight on product design reviews (Software, RTM, SRR, SDR, PDR, CDR, PRR, etc.).

• Lead product design teams in:

• Software/System documents (e.g. HLR/LLR, SRS, SDD, ICD, Use Cases, User Stories).

• Quality documents (e.g. test plans, test cases, acceptance testing, V&V, inspection).

• UI/UX design.

• Software/System/Network architectures, and continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD).

• End-User/Training documents (e.g. technical, non-technical, drawings).

EMBRAER

Program Lead, Engineering

01/2013 – 11/2014

Melbourne, FL

Senior member within Embraer's Engineering and Technology Center. Responsible for product

design and development of Cabin Management System (CMS) and Infotainment System.

Additional responsibilities include the development of operational standards, policies,

procedures, training/mentoring, technical documentation, software/system test, leading

change control board (CCB) and software/hardware design reviews for CMS/Infotainment

System. Member of continuous improvement teams for quality and process management.

• Managed budget, resources, planning, risk, scheduling, and performance.

• Managed team in the design and development of CMS/Infotainment system.

• Managed external suppliers/partners providing services in support of internal

hardware and software product development.

• Translated Voice of Customer (VOC) into Engineering requirements at the aircraft

and system level through the application of fundamental and relevant

benchmarking with balancing aircraft level trade-offs for component and system

design decisions.

• Led design, development, testing and integration of new technology prototypes

(e.g. smart mobility architectures (SMARC)), low power-light-weight embedded

systems and sensors (e.g. IoT/M2M, NFC, RFID, Cap-Touch, etc.), high-speed data (e.g.

HDBaseT, HSDT, Fiber, Thunderbolt, WirelessHD/WiGig) supporting audio and video

streaming (e.g. AVOD, UHD, 4K, Infotainment), wireless 802.11/15 (PAN) supporting

cabin control systems (e.g. interior lighting, seating, windows shades (electrochromic,

electromechanical), waste, water, etc.) within Executive Jet.

• Led system (V-Model) and software design (embedded C/C++, Qt) using various

communication protocols (Ethernet, WiFi, RS-232/422/485, ARINC-429, CAN, Discrete

I/O) within a test-driven (TDD) and agile environment.

• Led IT infrastructure design (LAN/WLAN/PAN), development (servers, software,

databases) and systems supporting continuous integration and continuous delivery

(CI/CD) using Openstack/Nodepool, Github, Gerrit, Zuul, Gearman, Jenkins, and build/test

automation for software production and aircraft system performance data analysis.

• Managed sprints as product owner in agile environment using Jira. Led refinement

meetings to groom product backlog for next sprint. Worked with remote product

management and stakeholders in defining user stories and story prioritization.

• Established System Integration Lab (SIL) supporting development, verification and

validation of hardware/software systems and pre-qualification (DO-178B, DO-160G,

DO-254, EMI, Software MC/DC Analysis, Hardware-In-Loop, LabView, Modeling/Simulation).

• Development of Engineering Product Design Documents (e.g. Project Plans,

Schedules, Risk Analysis, Development Plans, Concept of Operation (CONOPS),

Software/System Requirements, Design Specifications, Interface Control Documents (ICD),

Test Plans and Reports, Service Line Agreements (SLA), Request for

Quote/Proposal/Information (RFQ/RFP/RFI), Standard Bidding Documents (SBD), Work

Instructions).

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Liaison/Coordinator of Brazilian systems engineering teams providing US based

system support within Embraer Executive Jets (i.e. Phenom, Legacy and Lineage).

• Provided support on FAA Type Certificate (TC) and Supplemental Type Certificate

(STC) process for Executive Jets (Aftermarket Engineering).

• Used Dassault Systems CATIA V5, 3Dcom and Solidworks for CMS/Infotainment

and aftermarket production hardware designs for Embraer Executive Jet platforms.

GE Transportation

Engineering Project Manager

08/2011 – 09/2012

Melbourne, FL

Contractor to GE Transportation (Intelligent Control Systems). Responsibilities included managing

resources (contract/GE US-China-India), project scheduling, financial forecasting ETC/EAC/EVM

(Plan, Actual, Scope, Time, Cost), risk/performance management, patent pursuits, change order

management/BOEs, and independent verification and validation (IV&V) of engineering effort,

ensuring tasks complete on time and in accordance with detailed project plans, schedules and

quality. Managed projects through gate review process with oversight on system and software

document releases using Oracle Agile (PLM). Managed full requirements traceability matrix

(RTM) (i.e. requirements (RequistePro), use cases, test plans, user stories). Additional responsibilities

included evaluating and applying complex technical solutions for a variety of customer

requirements, interpreting technical designs and engineering objectives, preparation and

presentation of project status to stakeholders and senior management, as well as assisting

product management on technical implementation of designed solution, project planning

(workload/capacity, time/cost estimates), and driving technical feasibility. Led GE software

development teams from Waterfall to Agile methodology, which later became the standard for

GE software product development. Projects included schedule, resources (system, software,

IV&V) and P&L:

• Hangzhou Metro – RailEdge TCS/SCADA (Hangzhou, China) - $4M – Real-time

control system (34 stations/54km, one control center, yard and depot) integrating fire

alarm system, power SCADA, building automation system and access control.

Managed verification and validation, FAT/UAT, implementation, delivery and

warranty phase.

• Meet Plan Worksheet (NPI) - Canadian National Railway – $2M - Real-time online

planning tool that detects meet/pass conflicts and route optimization (Java/JBoss).

• Movement Planner (NPI) – $4M - Real-time solution that provides traffic planning

and optimization (Java/JBoss).

CSX

Technical Consultant/Sr. Business Analyst

07/2010 – 08/2011

Jacksonville, FL

Contractor to CSX (Cybernetics and Services). Responsible for evaluating and documenting

existing business practices, needs, methods and procedures; and providing consultation and

recommendations to processes and procedures within CSX's Positive Train Control (PTC)

initiative. Key areas covered:

• Functional requirements (data models, technical specifications, use case scenarios, work

instructions, test plans, reports).

• Non-functional requirements (methods, processes, procedures, testing, flowcharts,

business case analysis, strategic planning indicating risk and ROI, continuous improvement

opportunities, metrics, KPIs).

• Maintenance of various technical documents and diagrams reflecting standards and

best practices for Enterprise CSX with focus on PTC initiative.

• Evaluating the degree of compliance required by CSX in meeting and exceeding

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regulations, as well as assessment of current

railway industry standards.

• Gap analysis within various component work flows, documentation, processes and

procedures.

• Evaluating existing quality assurance and control measures for all data types

(spatial/non-spatial), as well as hardware, software, and related processes.

• Presenting materials to stakeholder groups with comprehensive sessions within

various CSX business units and external customers. Results of these sessions was

the creation of business use cases, which were later decomposed into user stories

by agile teams.

• Provided technical guidance for client-server software system solutions.

JetBlue Airways / LiveTV

Manager, Software Engineering

11/2005 – 07/2010

Melbourne, FL

Senior member within the In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) engineering team.

Managed team of software, systems, and test engineers, as well as technicians developing

advanced In-Flight Entertainment systems, aircraft communications systems, and supporting

systems. Oversee software project engineering throughout life-cycle development

(requirements, design, development, integration, test and release) of software products into aircraft

and ground-based equipment.

• Managed 20 person staff (software/computer, electrical, and test engineers) designing

and developing embedded systems (IFEC Systems) and ground based systems

supporting aircraft operations.

• Managed software scrum teams working a wide range of implementations using

C/C++/VC++, .NET (C#/ASP), PHP, Perl/Python, database applications (i.e. MS-SQL

Server, MySQL, SQLite) using various agile management tools (e.g. Agilefant,

IceScrum, Xplanner, Jira).

• Managed platform architecture for IFEC system (e.g. SATCOM antenna, XM Radio, live

television (DirecTV), CCTV, video servers, user interfaces, system content and configuration,

credit card reader/sensor, etc.) over various communication protocols (i.e. ARINC

429/717, RS-232/442/485, Ethernet, WiFi). Maintained system and software designs,

documentation, and drawings (i.e. BOUML, Visio, Pro-E, EA, Rhapsody).

• Managed platform system/software test engineering teams (IV&V). Test teams

reported systems failure analysis (i.e. system/sub-system, regression) and DO-178B

MC/DC software analysis (i.e unit, functional, dynamic) using VectorCast.

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Implemented change and release management system for software continuous

integration and delivery (e.g. bug tracking and resolution, new features, feature

enhancements, software and system testing, software releases, and change control board).

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Implemented cloud solution (i.e. OpenStack, Hadoop cluster, Savanna) for monitoring

aircraft IFE systems (i.e. Nagios, Cacti) and IFE data analysis used for fleet health,

predictive performance analysis, reliability, and customer dashboards. Text

analytics, NLP, and Churn prediction were used to detect current/future system

failures and anomalies using MapReduce (Python/Hadoop Streaming API) tasks.

• Development and support of Audit & Corrective Action Report System (Vendor

Quality Assurance System).

• Managed the development of technical processes and procedures documentation

for Aircraft Maintenance Manual (AMM) used by field maintenance.

• Provided formal training courses at JetBlue University (Orlando, FL). Topics covered

the operational use of maintenance console laptop tools in the diagnosis,

troubleshooting, and updating of aircraft IFEC system/sub-system components.

• Designed embedded software for LiveTV’s TV & XM Radio products.

• Product Owner role for wireless IFEC system update delivery system (i.e. TV/XM

content delivery, configuration, and software updates) and TV/XM/Audio/Video UI/UX.

Worked with stakeholder to acquire feature definition. Managed story-writing

workshops, sprint planning meetings, definition of user stories and acceptance

criteria, elaborate epics, prioritize and groomed backlog, updates to product

roadmaps and vision boards, provide feedback during sprints.

• Developed test software for manufacturing and LiveTV's (FAA Certified 14 CFR Part

145) Repair Station acceptance test procedure (ATP).

• Managed global systems supporting the deployment of software, data/content

(audio/video), and configurations to aircraft systems worldwide.

• Managed coding standards, code quality and review processes, as well as PCI

compliance framework for In-Flight credit card data security.

• Managed aircraft software and document release process used for aircraft system

updates (i.e. configuration, content (audio/video), software updates) over wired/wireless

connections through Service Bulletin (SB) and/or Aircraft Maintenance Manual

(AMM).

• Managed LiveTV’s Moving Map (LiveMAP) product and vendor production.

• Managed IFE system configurations for LiveTV fleet (Boeing 737-600 through -900,

Airbus 318/319/320/321, and Embraer 135/145/190) consisting of aircraft system

configuration, LRU software/firmware versions, and entertainment content.

• Provided engineering support for manufacturing (ATP), LiveTV's (FAA Certified 14 CFR

Part 145) Repair Station, FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) installation for

prototype (first article) delivery, and daily fleet status report meetings.

• Provided engineering customer support for system configuration and User

Acceptance Testing (UAT). Customers included JetBlue, WestJet, Frontier, AirTrans,

Azul, ExpressJet, Virgin Australia, Alitalia, Bahrain Air, and Bluewings.

Canin Associates

Principle Software Engineer

11/2003 – 10/2005

Orlando, FL

Managed software, systems and database development efforts for corporation. Designed software

products using MapObjects, ArcObjects, ArcIMS, C# .Net and PHP, as well as other open-source solutions

for both client-server applications. Led corporation in research and development of new technologies.

Managed multi-platform environment (Windows/Linux), as well as Oracle and PostgreSQL databases.

Performed business development and marketing for the corporation.

Titan Corporation

Manager, Application Development

08/2001 – 10/2003

Cape Canaveral, FL

Managed 20 person technical staff (i.e. software, systems, database) supporting IT functions for US

Department of State (DOS-INL/A)(Office of Aviation/DOSAW) and US Air Force 45th

Space Wing located at

Patrick Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and Kennedy Space Center. Managed project

hiring, reviews, mentoring, training, workload, budget (P&L), planning, risk, performance and scheduling.

Managed design and development for government and commercial projects. Managed coding standards,

reviews, and quality. Managed application servers running Solaris 8, RedHat Linux, and Windows 2000

with various configurations for web development, production, and deployment. Managed Oracle and

PostgreSQL databases used for application development, and government clients. Managed

hardware/software architecture design, as well as research and development of new technologies.

Performed business development within US Defense and commercial markets, as well as RFP/RFI proposal

development.

• Managed software system architecture for U.S. Department of State program (e.g distributed

architecture) using COTS and open-source solutions (e.g. RedHat Linux, Internet Map

Servers, Apache, ProFTPd Server, PHP, Mapscript, DHTML, JavaScript and

PostgreSQL/PostGIS). This system supported aerial mission planning for CONUS/OCONUS

personnel accessing imagery source data, vector data, project status and historical

information (i.e. terabytes of vector and raster imagery at sub-meter resolution). This

solution led Titan Corporation to join OGC as an associate member.

• Managed design and development of technical solution for US Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA) Multi-Hazard Modernization project with project award potential

of $700M.

• Designed and developed internet solution for City of Chicago's Department of Zoning using

ArcIMS 8, ArcSDE 8, Oracle8i and SUN Solaris 8. The project required installation, technical

and user documentation, as well as providing on-site training for technical staff.

• Software system architect of vector data conflation production system for US Bureau of

Census TigerLine 2000 data under ITS088 specifications using ArcGIS 8, ArcView, Perl and

VB. Major aspects of this system : data capture and conflation, QA/QC, and final output

product. The system allowed short-listing of the corporation as prime contractor for the US

Bureau of Census MAF/Tiger Modernization Project with $300M contract award. Key software

solution developed for this project utilized pattern recognition techniques to detect change

between images (same area-over time) to aide Census Enumerators in locating new housing.

• Managed the designed and developed of internet application using ArcIMS, ArcSDE,

ASP/ADO, JSP, Java/JavaScript, DHTML/HTML, JDBC, Oracle8i, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Apache,

Tomcat on Solaris 8, Windows 2000 and Redhat Linux.

• Developed GeoBase/Spatial Data Standards (SDS) translator using ArcGIS 8 and ArcView in

support of US Air Force GeoBase conversion projects.

• Member of Titan R&D team (San Diego, CA) for design and develop of new products (NPI)

with focus on US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

GeoComm International Corporation

Director, Technology

11/1996 – 08/2001

Niceville, FL

Co-founder and chief architect for corporate IT and software solutions. Managed software development

teams for Internet/eCommerce and desktop products. Managed database design and administration

(Oracle, PostgreSQL) supporting application development, product development, and corporate financial

data. Managed network/system administration, and network security. Managed vendors supplying

corporate server hardware, software and storage solutions. Directed corporate software standards for

product development, product quality and testing, processes and procedures, as well as supporting

business development and sales. Provided consulting services for software and systems development,

database design, data and web analysis, product development, and technical articles for corporations

wirelessdevnet.com and spatialnews.com websites.

• Managed budget ($5M/yr), resources, planning, and schedule.

• Managed corporate owned, operated, and branded domains: wirelessdevnet.com,

spatialnews.com, gisdatadepot.com, geocomm.com.

• Architect of corporation enterprise systems and products.

• Drove strategy for network operations and software development.

• Directed 20 persons technical team responsible for network and software architecture, and

product development.

• Managed corporate Ad Management Systems (i.e. Open Ad Service, OASIS).

• Developed automated CD-ROM recording system for online order process using C/C++/Perl,

CD Studio, and Rimage CD thermal printer.

• Developed web content management system (CMS) using Perl/CGI/DBI, Oracle7/8i, and

later migrated to PHP and PostgreSQL database.

• Developed online shopping software (eCommerce) using Perl/CGI/DBI, PHP, PostgreSQL

integrated with CyberCash for online credit card transactions (PCI).

• Developed automated HTML generator producing over 250K static HTML documents from

Oracle using Perl and ProC. HTML documents generated were based upon RDBMS tables

containing geospatial and non-spatial relational data.

• Developed corporate email system. The system allowed for website editors to post

daily/weekly/monthly newsletters processed against one or more subscriber lists. System

executed several concurrent mailings daily (500,000 subscribers).

• Managed server farm (terabyte) running Apache, Netscape Enterprise Server/iPlanet, Redhat

Linux, Solaris, Windows NT/2000 Server, Oracle 7/8i and PostgreSQL with a mix of SAN, NAS

and RAID configurations.

• Manage partial class “C”, 15+ domains, DNS, fractional T-1, 100BT Windows-Samba-Unix

backbone and various routers and switches (e.g. Cisco, 3M, NetGear).

• Developed back-office systems using C/C++, ProC, Perl, Python and Unix Shell supporting

business operations (e.g. backups & recovery, data processing) and Internet initiatives (e.g.

log rotations, web analysis, and system analysis), as well as, database quality assurance and

report generation.

• Developed application for Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) using

ArcView/Avenue, Oracle PL/SQL for Work Program roadway projects throughout 7 districts.

• Developed internet solutions using PHP, ASP, DHTML/HTML, JS/SSJS, JSP, Vortex, ColdFusion,

Perl/CGI/DBI, Oracle8i, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Apache/Tomcat, MS-IIS, Netscape

Enterprise Server/iPlanet, ArcIMS, MapGuide, GeoMedia, AutoDesk Whip, Dr. DWG NetServ,

and Jshape on Solaris, Linux, Windows NT Server and Windows 2000 Server.

• Developed TeleCom product (WirelessSourceDisks) using ArcView and CTIA provided data.

• Developed desktop and Internet applications for US Space Command and US Air Force. All

projects included on-site training, installation, and documentation.

The following applications were developed:

o Internet application (MS-SQL Server/MS-IIS/ASP/ADO and NetServ/Dr. DWG) allowing

US Air Force personnel to view, review/discuss, manage, and red-line base level Satellite

Control Network CAD drawings covering the Communication Configuration Management

System (CCMS). CAD drawing files were maintained at Schriever Air Force Base with

access required by US Air Force personnel CONUS/OCONUS. The application provided US

Air Force personnel with the capability of managing system administration and user

access control. Installed at Schriever Air Force Base.

o Server application (ArcView) allowing US Air Force personnel to view, query, and

manage Inside/Outside Cable Plant, Circuit Records and Assets (CommGIS/GIMS).

Installed at F.E. Warren Air Force Base.

o Desktop application (ArcView) allowing US Air Force personnel to input COGO

(coordinate geometry) data for viewing, and managing Hardened Inter-site Cable

System (HICS) Right of Ways for US Space Command. Installed at Minot AFB,

Malmstrom AFB, and Grand Forks AFB.

o Asset Management System application (ArcView) allowing US Air Force personnel to

manage assets (e.g. computers, peripherals, software) including equipment geographic

location, security classification, and configuration through GUI. The application provided

database search capabilities for equipment or group of components based upon any

combination of attributes. System implemented historical view of asset arrangement on

a per room, building, and yearly basis (i.e. past, present, future). Installed at Scott AFB

for USTRANSCOM.

Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc.

Senior Product Engineer

01/1993 – 11/1996

Redlands, CA

Developed geospatial products and applications. Performed product testing (Alpha/Beta), domestic and

international consulting, database design (Oracle DBA), and technical writing.

• Software architect of QCView Product (a quality assurance product) (a.k.a. Production Line

Tool Set - PLTS) using ArcView, Arc/Info and RPC. First product implementation validated

electrical utility networks and equipment for Pennsylvania Power & Light.

• Developed applications for geospatial industry using C/C++, Avenue, AML, Tcl/Tk, ArcView

and ArcSDE.

• Developed software coding standards and software library system that categorized software

for code re-usability between projects.

• Developed conversion/migration tools (ETL) and data translators for Professional Services

Group and Database Services Group using C/C++, AML and Avenue.

• Developed GRASS to Arc/Info Vector translator for US Army Corps of Engineers Construction

Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL).

• Developed warehousing routing solution for Sears Corporation reducing yearly operational

costs by $1M per Distribution/Warehouse Operations Center.

• Supported RFP/RFQ/RFI proposal development.

• Senior Consultant - Professional Services Group - Supported rapid application development

(RAD) projects. Clients included: Philadelphia Electric (PECO), Pennsylvania Power and Light

(PP&L), Central Louisiana Electric Company (CELCO), Weyerhaeuser Corporation, and City of

Sacramento, California.

• Senior Consultant – Indonesia - Pasco International Consortium Team Member – Provided

technical training on software development, data migration/development, database design.

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Technical Consultant – France - Institut Geographique National (IGN) – Provided support for

software design/development and software version control.

• Member of ArcSDE development team. Implemented first commercial use of ArcSDE -

Nassau County New York, and marketing demonstration applications.

Geonex Corporation

Sr. Software Engineer

01/1986 – 01/1993

St. Petersburg, FL

Developed software products, automated systems, data conversion/migration (ETL), and file format

translators. Provided technical consulting, marketing support, technical writing, and customer training.

Worked classified/unclassified environments. Supported RFP/RFI proposal development.

• Developed automated data conversion/migration production systems using numerous

languages (i.e. C/C++, AML/CPL, FORTRAN, AutoLISP, ESRI Arc/Info, Unix Shell), COT

products (i.e. Bentley Microstation, Intergraph/MGE, Autodesk/AutoCAD/MAP, VISION,

ERDAS, MOTIF and RDBMS (i.e. Oracle, Sybase, Igres, Informix)) using various operating

systems (i.e. PRIME/PRIMOS, Unix (AIX, HPUX, IRIS, Sun, SGI), VAX/VMS, Windows) for the

following solutions:

o Digital Feature Analysis Data (DFAD) Edition 2 (MIL-D-89011).

o Digital Chart of the World (DCW) (MIL-D-89009).

o Digital Nautical Chart (DNC) (MIL-PRF-89023).

o Vector Map (VMAP) Level 1 (MIL-PRF-89033).

o US Bureau of Census Arc/Info to GBF/DIME production system and translator.

o City, County, State and Federal Governments.

o Automated Mapping Facility Management (AM/FM) Utilities production systems.

o E911 Systems (production system and commercial product).

o Force Level Automated Planning System (FLAPS-USAF) - Laser-disc product.

• Developed raster to vector processing software using C++. This software used artificial

neural networks (ANN) and sparse pixel vectorization (SPV) algorithm, along with resampling

techniques (i.e. cubic convolution, low-pass filtering, natural/nearest neighbor)

determining vectors based upon raster characteristics.

• Developed device drivers for ALTEK digitizing light tables using C/C++.

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US Army/Reserve/National Guard

• Special Forces – Airborne - Communications (05B/18E)

• Land Combat Electronic Missile Systems (27E)

EDUCATION – CERTIFICATIONS - TRAINING

• Bachelor of Science – Computer Science – Amstead University

• ALSTOM – CMMI (Decision Analysis and Resolution, Product Integration, Organization Process

Definition and Focus, Risk Management, Technical Solution, Validation, Verification, Organizational

Training), Non-Conformity Management, Quality System Management, First Article Inspection

(FAI), Manufacturing/Supplier Quality, Field Modification Instructions (FMI), Demerit Process,

Continuous Improvement Methodologies, ClearQuest, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA),

8D, 5Y

• New Jersey Transit Rail – Rail Safety Training

• EMBRAER – Regulatory Compliance, Lean Manufacturing, Development Integration Phase,

Supplier Selection Process, RCA/RCCA/FRACAS, SLA, Results Management, Process Management,

Enterprise Excellence Criterion, 5S, 5Y, 8D, Kaizen, Poka-yoke, Muda, Anti-Corruption

• ESRI – ArcSDE, ArcGIS, ArcIMS, ArcView, Avenue, Advanced Arc/Info, AML, INFO

• BOEING – Kork Tran by Boeing Autometric

• ORACLE – Oracle Database Administrator Certified Associate

• Secret security clearance granted Feb. 1981 – US Citizen

• TS/SCI security clearance granted Jan. 1987 - US Citizen

• VISA – Brazil – Jan 2014

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: C/C++/VC++/Cx, CSS/CSS3, Curl, DTD, FORTRAN, GML/SGML, GTK, HTML/HTML5/SPA,

Java (J2EE/ME/SE), JavaScript, JSON/P, JSP/EJB, Perl, PHP, PL/SQL, Powershell, Python, R, Ruby,

SQL/NoSQL, Servlets, SSJS, SysML, S60, Tcl/Tk, Unix Shell Scripts, VB6, VBScript, WMI, WML/WML Script,

XAML, XLT/XSLT, XLS, XML, XMI, UML, .NET (C#, VB, ASP).

Environment/Stack:

OS: Android, BusyBox, Cygwin, Linux (Embedded, Debian, FreeBSD, Redhat/CentOS, Rasbian, SuSE,

Ubuntu), Unix (AIX, HPUX, IRIS, Solaris), Windows Desktop/Server/Embedded, Symbian, Tizen,

PRIMOS, OpenVMS/MicoVAX.

RTOS: eCOS, Contiki, FreeRTOS, LynxOS, MicroC, MontaVista, MQX, Rocket (Wind River), RTLinux,

RTX (Keil), uCOS, VxWorks, Win10-IoT, Xilinx.

MCU/SoC: ARM Cortex A/M/Gecko, Atmel, Freescale, Intel/Quark, 8051, Motorola 6800/Coldfire,

NXP, PIC, Qualcomm, ST, TI MSP430/DSP, PC/104, AD Blackfin.

Communications: ANT/ANT+, ARINC 429/717, BT/BLE, CAN, CORBA, Discrete I/O,

Ethernet, GPIO, I2

RTP/RTMP, SPI, USB, UART, WiFi/Zigbee.6LoWPAN (802.11/15), XMPP.

Sensors: Capacitive, air quality, smoke, temp, humidity, pressure, motion, proximity, MEMS, etc.

Databases: Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS-SQL, SQLite, MongoDB.

Design/Test/Process: OOAD, Design Patterns, ETL, JTAG, PLM, SQA/SQE, SDLC - Agile, Scrum

framework (Scrum Master/Product Owner roles), iterative, kanban, kaizen, waterfall, requirement and

design traceability/RTM, IV&V, TDD/ATDD/BDD, White/Black/Gray, SIL/HIL, functional/non-functional,

regression, A/B, UAT, FAT, SIT, ATP/BurnIn, BIT, Static/Dynamic, Test Automation Frameworks,

MC/DC, TOGAF, 4+1/MVC, System Design (V-Model).

Networking/Administration: TCP/UDP/IP, MPLS, M2M, Network Server - Analysis - Security

(dtrace/strace, tcpdump, wireshark, hping, ettercap, snoop), Administration (ssh/d, TLS/SSL, Cacti,

DNS/BIND, DHCP, Firewall, HTTP/S, NAT, Nagios, NTP, sendmail/SMTP, SNMP), Video (DLNA, Miracast,

WiDi), Visualization (Hyper-V, KVM, QEMU, VMware, VirtualBox, Xen), VNC/RSAT, VPN, IPv4/IPv6, Network

Design/Architecture, Switches/Routers (SDN, Cisco, 3M).

Electronic Lab Equipment: Audio Analyzer, DVM/Multimeter, Data Bus Reader, EPROM Programmer,

Logic Analyzer, Oscilloscope, Power Supplies/DC Electronic Load/Inverters, Soldering, Spectrum Analyzer,

Waveform Generator.

Software: Apache (Ant, Cassandra, CloudStack, Cordova, HBase, Hadoop, HTTP Server, Maven, Spark,

C, Internet, MQTT, Mono, NFC, ODB-II, PoE, PWM, RFID, RS-232/422/485,

Technical Consultant - US Fish & Wildlife - Evaluation of Wetland Statistical software

supporting the annual “State of Wetlands” provided to the US Congress.

11/1980 – 12/2000

Spatial Information System/SIS, Subversion, Struts, Tomcat, Xerces), ADO, Ansible, Autodesk

AutoCAD/MAP, Atlassian (Bamboo, Confluence, Crucible, FishEye, Jira), Balsamiq, Bentley Microstation,

Borderware Firewall, BIND, BOUML, Cacti, CANalyzer, Canoo, CGI, CircuitMaker, CodeWarrior, CostPoint,

CVS, Cyrus, DesignSpark PCB, Docker, DNS, EagleCAD, Eclipse, Erdas, ERWin, ESRI (Arc/Info Suite,

ArcGIS, ArcObjects, ArcIMS, ArcPy, ArcSDE, ArcView, ArcPad), ExpressPCB, Fireworks, Fritzing, Forte, FTP,

GeoAPI, GeoMedia, GRASS, Green Hills, GIT, Grinder, HTTP/S, IBM (ClearCase, ClearQuest, DOORS,

ReqPro, Rhapsody, Rose), Intergraph MGE, JBoss, JDBC, JD Edwards, Jenkins, Jmeter, Jprofiler,

JUnit/NUint, Keil, KorkTrans, LabVIEW, LoadRunner, MacroMedia Studio MX, Mapserver, MapGuide,

MapObjects, Microsoft Office 365 (Excel, Exchange, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher,

SharePoint, Skype, Visio, Word, Yammer), Microsoft Products (Active Directory, Azure, Delve, IIS, 365

Video, SQL Server/SSIS, Visual Studio), Mono, MongoDB, Movian, MySQL, Nagios, NetBeans, Netscape

Enterprise Server/iPlanet/LiveWire, ntop, NTP, OASIS, ODBC, OpenGL, OpenStack, Oracle 10i, Oracle Agile

PLM, Pencil Project, PhoneGap, PhotoShop, POP, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, Premavera P6, ProFTP, PSpice,

PuTTY, Pylot, QMail, Qt, Radview, RealMedia Open Ad Stream, RDBMS, SAP, Samba, SCCS/RCS, SCP,

Selenium/Selendriod, SendMail, Simplicity Studio, StarUML, SharpDevelop, SlickEdit, SQLite, SMTP, SNMP,

Snoop, SSH, SSL/TLS, Sybase, SysML, Telnet, TeamViewer, Toad, Tomcat, Texis, TCP/IP, VectorSoft,

VectorCast, VirtualBox, VMWare, VNC, VISION, VPN, WAP, Web Services (SOAP, REST, WCF), Wind River,

WireShark, XBMC/Kodi, Xamarin, XenServer, XMLSpy, Zend, Zeus, Various Javascript libraries (angularJS,

backbone, jquery/jqm, node, underscore).