Software/Solutions Architect ESDS ESCG/NASA-JSC at MEI
Houston, Texas Area
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- ESDS Software Architect ESCG/NASA-JSC at MEI
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- VP of Engineering at Kiboga Systems, Inc.
- Director of Knowledge Integration Portal Development at Elagent
- Senior Software Engineer/Scientist at SAIC
- Software Engineer/Scientist at SAIC
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- University of Central Florida
- University of Florida
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Christopher Dean’s Summary
- Have worked in the field of application and data integration and web technologies for the last 10 years utilizing technology such as Java/JSP, Adobe Flex, Actionscript 3, ColdFusion, XML, HTML, Ajax, and relational databases.
- Have a U.S. patent and several publications in these areas.
- A firm believer in test-driven/automated development processes and Agile Development methodologies and has extensive knowledge of such tools including Ant, xUnit, Subversion, Eclipse, ColdSpring, and Mach-II.
- Currently the Software Architect and Technology Analyst for the Enterprise Software and Data Services (ESDS) group of the Engineering and Science Contract Group (ESCG) for the NASA Johnson Space Center and the Senior Architect for Lighthouse Data Services, LLC.
- Two important projects include the Lunar Sample Database web application (using Mach-II, Coldfusion, Coldspring, and CFUnit) charged with managing a U.S. National Treasure and the XIM (eXtensible Information Model) schema-less database program for modeling all the systems of the next generation Lunar Lander (dubbed Altair) using Adobe Flex and ColdFusion.
- Previously was the VP of Engineering for Kiboga Systems Inc. and the manager and lead engineer on both the patented RIDE (Real-time Integration and Data Exploration) and DILE (Data Integration for Law Enforcement) systems with RIDE being a java agent-based, domain-independent, integration platform and DILE, a web-based law enforcement integration platform currently being used by over 1000 officers at the Dallas Police Department and other departments in the surrounding cities.
- Was the lead engineer on the Integrated Resource Management System, a Java/C++/CORBA integration platform, developed under the Launch Operations Support Contract for the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
- Three years of experience in advanced distributed simulation and computer generated forces research for the U.S. Army.
Christopher Dean’s Specialties:
Data Integration, Software Architecture, Agile Development, Model-View-Controller (MVC) frameworks, Knowledge-based Systems, Natural Language Understanding
Christopher Dean’s Experience
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ESDS Software Architect ESCG/NASA-JSC
MEI
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
August 2006 — Present (3 years)
Currently oversee solutions for the Enterprise Software and Data Systems group of the Engineering Science Contract Group for the NASA JSC Engineering Directorate in Houston, TX. Lead Developer and architect for the schema-less database/service layer and modeling tool (in Flex and ColdFusion) for use by the Altair (lunar lander) program. Also lead architect of the replacement lunar sample database application that manages all the lunar samples for study.
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VP of Engineering
Kiboga Systems, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Law Enforcement industry)
September 2001 — August 2006 (5 years)
Developed real-time distributed agent virtual warehouse for the sharing and integration of law enforcement information. It has been in use in Dallas to share information internally within agencies and among agencies since 2003.
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Director of Knowledge Integration Portal Development
Elagent
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 1999 — August 2001 (2 years 1 month)
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Senior Software Engineer/Scientist
SAIC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SAI; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1998 — August 1999 (1 year 8 months)
Lead Developer of the Integrated Resource Management System developed at Cape Canaveral Air Station for the 45th Space Wing under the ADG Group of Science Applications International Corporation
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Software Engineer/Scientist
SAIC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SAI; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1996 — January 1998 (2 years 1 month)
Worked on various Simulation programs for the US Army under the Science Applications International Corporation ASSET group in Orlando, FL.
Christopher Dean’s Education
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University of Central Florida
M.S.E , Computer Engineering , 1994 — 1996
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University of Florida
B.S.E. , Computer Engineering , 1987 — 1994
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Christopher Dean’s Interests:
Flex and Actionscript development and AI and integration technologies
Christopher Dean’s Honors:
-Certified in Java and ColdFusion development.
-JSC Spot Award for Altair LDAC-3 Closure
-United States Patent 7103593 - System and method for retrieving information from disparate information sources in a decentralized manner and integrating the information in accordance with a distributed domain model/ontology (http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7103593.html)
- Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
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