Academic Qualifications

1997 Course (C++ Programming), Brevard Community College

1988 Graduate Course (Kalman Filtering), Iowa State University

1983 Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Computer Systems), Western Michigan University

Work Experience

1/15 – 4/15 GE Aviation, Clearwater, FL

Automated and manual testing of the KC46 Flight Management Software.
Automated testing was done via Visual Basic scripts.

9/13 – 1/15 BAE Systems, Endicott, NY

Firmware verification effort for the Embraer Remote Electronic Unit (REU).
Involved the writing of test scripts for the verification of the FPGA firmware.
Involved debugging test scripts in the lab using an Agilent logic analyzer to verify correct implementation of FPGA functions such as FIFO, DAC, CMDL and RS-485.
Software verification effort for the Gulfstream GS-500 Remote Electronic Unit (REU).
Involves developing and debugging automated test scripts to perform requirements-based Level A target S/W verification in preparation for FAA certification.

6/12 – 8/13 GE Aviation, Clearwater, FL

S/W verification effort for the Flight Management Systems (FMS) partition of the KC-46 Mission Control System (MCS).
Involves the following:
- updating of existing Visual Basic verification scripts for the testing of FMS S/W requirements
- debugging verification procedures
S/W verification effort for the ACARS partition of the KC-46 Mission Control System (MCS).
Involved the following:
- updating of existing verification procedures for the testing of approx. 2300 ACARS S/W requirements
- debugging verification procedures
- participating in S/W requirements peer reviews

3/11 – 6/12 Rockwell Collins, Melbourne, FL

Leading the S/W verification effort for the System I/O partition of the TTR-2100 Collision Avoidance System.
Involves the following:
- updating of existing verification procedures
- creation of new JavaScript verification procedures
- conducting verification procedure peer reviews
- debugging verification procedures
- updating test tool infrastructure S/W library packages
- participating in S/W requirements peer reviews

3/09 – 2/11 Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, CT

Involved with the CH-53K helicopter Warnings, Cautions and Advisories (WCA) function.
Duties have included:

10/07 – 1/09 BAE Systems, Johnson City, NY

Automated requirements-based test development and test debugging for the Flight Control System on the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter. Involved S/W requirements analysis and S/W problem analysis of the target system C code and implementing resultant test changes to automated tests executing on the target system.

4/07 – 10/07 GE Aviation, Grand Rapids, MI

Provided troubleshooting of S/W problems of the Health Monitor function for the Common Computing System (CCS) on the Boeing 787. CCS is a partitioned AE653-compliant Ethernet-based system which ties all the 787 avionics systems together. Health Monitor function was written in Ada 95.

6/06 – 4/07 Honeywell Defense Systems, Albuquerque, NM

Provided test procedure development and test procedure debug for FMS Nav, Lateral Guidance and Comm Radio functions.

4/06 – 6/06 Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, IA

Provided test procedure debug and review for various devices that use the Collins GPS navigational engine.
Test procedures are written in Ada for automated testing of Ada code to DO-178B level A.

3/05 – 3/06 Rockwell Collins, Binghamton, NY

Performed Ada development, primarily dealing with the voice communications MFD display pages for the OH-58 helicopter simulator.
Development work consisted of upgrading existing legacy simulator software package as well as incorporating new design features in order to bring to conformance with Army CDS4 display requirements.
GNAT compiler and debugger(GVD) development environment.

8/02-3/05 Smiths Aerospace, Grand Rapids, MI

Debugging of build scripts, build problems, GNAT compiler/debugger issues.

Provided development workstation setup, configuration, troubleshooting and upgrading.

S/W verification, maintenance and user support for in-house developed Ada Structural Coverage Tool.
Development of InstallShield applications.
Software tool evaluation, user support and vendor liaison (WindRiver Tornado & FTP Server, ACT GNAT, Raincode, Omni-NFS Server).
User support for AE653-compliant VxWorks-based partitioned systems.
Facility assessed at SEI CMM level 3.

8/01-4/02 ITT Industries, Melbourne, FL

Ada 83/Dec Unix/VADS and Ada 95/GNAT compiler development environment.
S/W maintenance for the Spacelift Range Systems Contract (SLRSC).

3/01-8/01 Boeing, Oklahoma City, OK

Ada 95/Sun Unix/Clearcase/Power PC(target) development environment.
Troubleshooting S/W problem reports in the lab environment for the B1-B operational avionics S/W suite.
Development of lab support tool (NVM declassification tool).
Facility assessed at SEI CMM level 3.

3/00-3/01 Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, IA

Ada 95/Rational Apex/Clearcase development environment.
Original Ada development and troubleshooting for new open-architecture Flight Management Systems (FMS) S/W.
Developed S/W testing tool (written in Ada) to enable dynamic viewing of flight plan data in a multi-windowed desktop-testing environment.
Facility assessed at SEI CMM level 3.

6/99-3/00 Honeywell, Phoenix, AZ

Systems S/W testing of Flight Management Systems (FMS) S/W.
Development of systems test procedures.

3/98-6/99 Rockwell Collins, Melbourne, FL

Ada 83/VAX VMS/Intel 80186(target) development environment.
Original development and troubleshooting S/W problems in the lab environment for the VHF-900 ACARS datalink S/W.
Functional testing of previous generation VHF-900 ACARS datalink S/W products.
Facility assessed at SEI CMM level 3.

8/97-3/98 Boeing, Oklahoma City, OK

Ada 95/Sun Unix/Power PC(target) development environment.
Development of 1553 I/O S/W for the B1-B S/W upgrade program.
Facility assessed at SEI CMM level 3.

9/95-8/97 Rockwell Collins, Melbourne, FL

Ada 83/VAX VMS/Intel 80186(target) development environment.
Development of VHF-900 ACARS datalink S/W.
PLM-86/VAX VMS/Intel 80186(target) development environment.
S/W maintenance, modification and testing of ILS-900, VOR-900 and ADF-900.
Facility assessed at SEI CMM level 3.

2/95-9/95 Allied Signal, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

S/W module testing and S/W requirements capture for flat panel display S/W.

2/90-2/95 Rockwell Collins, Melbourne, FL

PLM-86/VAX VMS/Intel 80186(target) development environment.
S/W maintenance, modification and testing of ILS-720, ILS-900, VOR-900 and ADF-900 avionics S/W.

4/89-2/90 GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI

PLM-86/VAX VMS/Intel 80186(target) development environment.
S/W maintenance, modification and testing of X-ray systems S/W.

4/86-4/89 Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, IA

Jovial/VAX VMS development environment.
Development, integration and testing of synchro interface S/W for the GPS receiver S/W.
Ada 83/VAX VMS development environment.
Development of CDU keyboard interface S/W.
Facility assessed at SEI CMM level 3.

6/83-4/86 Naval Avionics Center, Indianapolis, IN

PLM-86/Intel MDS development environment.
Development, integration and testing of Built-In Test S/W for the ALQ-170 EW simulator.
H/W integration, testing and troubleshooting.

Special Skills

C# and C++ Visual Studio (2 years)
Ada 95/83 real-time embedded S/W development (8 years)
JavaScript (1 year)
PLM-86 real-time embedded S/W development
Rational Apex/Clearcase
Green Hills Ada Multi development environment
GNAT development environment
Familiarity with Multi-Function Display(MFD) pages
Familiarity with AE653 partitioned systems
Extensive ARINC 429 background
Mil-Std 1553
S/W troubleshooting
S/W systems and module testing
Familiarity with FMS, ADF, ILS, VOR, GPS, avionics, flat-panel display, ACARS datalink systems