William Pack

Current

• Senior Systems Engineer II at Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems

Past

• Research/Programmer Analyst at Institute for Defense Analyses
• Mathematics Teacher at St. Charles Parish Public School System

Education

• University of New Orleans
• University of New Orleans

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Connections

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Industry

Defense & Space

William Pack’s Summary

Mathematician by education, Systems Engineer by profession, I've worked over the past 6 years in varying roles of Systems Engineering. I have experience in performance analysis, algorithm development, mathematical modeling and simulations as well as requirements development (definition, allocation, and flow down). I'm currently the analysis lead for Tactical EO/IR Sensor Systems Development at Raytheon in McKinney, TX. My current responsibilities include algorithm development (3D Noise analysis, SITF, MRTD, NUC analysis) for characterization of tactical EO/IR sensor systems.

William Pack’s Specialties:

Mathematical modeling, simulations, performance analysis, sensor characterization

William Pack’s Experience

• Senior Systems Engineer II

  Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RTN; Defense & Space industry)

  January 2002 — Present (6 years 10 months)

  Responsibilities include:
  -Technical Lead for Tactical EO/IR Sensor Development Programs
  -Algorithm development
  -Mathematical modeling and simulation (radiometric, vibration, statistical, error propagation, reliability)
  -Trade studies
  -Requirements management (definition, allocation, decomposition, flow down)
  -Data analysis (tool development, verification of mathematical models)

• Research/Programmer Analyst

  Institute for Defense Analyses

  (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  June 2003 — June 2004 (1 year 1 month)

  Assisted senior research staff members with technical aspects of analyses (mathematical modeling, coding, interpreting data).

• Mathematics Teacher

  St. Charles Parish Public School System

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  August 2001 — December 2001 (5 months)

  Taught 9th grade Algebra I to a diverse, multi-ethnic student body. Responsibilities included preparation and presentation of lectures/lessons, implementation of learning methodologies, counseling/mentoring students, tutoring students, grading homework assignments and tests.

William Pack’s Education

• University of New Orleans

  MS, Applied Mathematics, 1999 — 2001

  Master's Thesis: Stokes' Second Problem for a Porous Plate
  Thesis Advisor: Pratap Puri

  Activities and Societies:

  Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

• University of New Orleans

  BS, Mathematics, 1991 — 1998

Additional Information

William Pack’s Interests:

Strength sports (powerlifting, strongman, olympic weightlifting)

William Pack’s Groups:

AAU, IMA Workshop on Minorities and Applied Mathematics

•    Math, Math Education, Math Culture
•    University of New Orleans Alumni
•    Applied Mathematics
•    Friends of Mathematical Association of America

William Pack’s Honors:

Modern Day Technology Leadership Award - Black Engineer of the Year Award Conference, February 2007

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