Senior Software Engineer at Adnet Systems
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Senior Software Engineer at Adnet Systems
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Applications and web developer with demonstrated leadership skills. Over 20 years experience in IT field, with experience including operations, full life cycle software development, web development, systems administration, web administration, and training. Additional experience in spacecraft operations.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2006 — Present (2 years 6 months)
Task lead for a 5 person task which provides IT and spacecraft operations support for the successful CIRS instrument on NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Participated in CMMi Level 2 audit. Develop software and web sites. Administer computer systems and web sites. Develop instrument level spacecraft commanding files and support spacecraft operations activities.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
October 1996 — June 2006 (9 years 9 months)
Developed software and web sites and provided computer systems and web site administration for the CIRS instrument on NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Served as instrument Operations Technical Lead, the prime liaison between the local instrument team and JPL (the center managing the spacecraft) for 2.5 years. Developed instrument level spacecraft commanding files and supported spacecraft operations activities.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
July 1992 — September 1996 (4 years 3 months)
Developed, tested, and maintained software for Postal Service Bar Code Sorters. Provided configuration management support for source code repository. Tested hardware.
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; BAH; Management Consulting industry)
September 1990 — May 1992 (1 year 9 months)
Participated in full life cycle development of space flight network testing software. Led three person development team. Held Secret level security clearance.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
June 1989 — September 1990 (1 year 4 months)
Designed, developed, and tested mission planning and database administration software for NASA's highly successful Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite. Served as task lead for the Mission Planning software development task. Eventually, lead scientists from this project won the Nobel Prize in Physics from their work with the data gathered in this mission.
Computer Science, Physics, Engineering 1988 — 2005
M.S, Applied Physics, 1997 — 2003
Physics, Mathematics 1998 — 1999
B.S., Computer Science, 1982 — 1986
Graduated cum laude (3.55 GPA on 4.0 scale). Minored in mathematics.
ACM, IEEE, AAAS, AGU
AdNet Group CREW (Customer Recognition of Exemplary Work) Award, 2008, as Task Lead of Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) operations team
SSAI Certificate of Achievement, 2001, for support of Cassini's Jupiter Flyby
NASA Group Achievement award, 1998, as member of the Cassini CIRS Development Team
STX Certificate of Achievement, 1990, for contributions to the development and integration of the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) Science Data Room
NASA Group Achievement award, 1990, as member of the COBE Project Team