Experience

Scientific Systems
• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior Software Engineer

  • Jan 2017 - Present


BioMimetic Systems

• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Lead, Senior Software Engineer

  • Jan 2011 - Jan 2017

  Software lead for R&D company developing acoustic gunfire detection (GFD) sensors for military and law enforcement. Customers included Army Research Lab (ARL), Picatinny Arsenal NJ (US Army), Natick MA Soldier Center (NSRDEC): Added significant new functionality to embedded C++ Linux application running on acoustic sensors, including TCP/UDP network capability. Added network capability to Windows user interface for sensor. Architected and developed sensor fusion network software (C++) to produce more accurate solutions from multiple individual results; developed two Visual C# Windows user interfaces for the fusion network. Authored user guides, release notes, protocol and design specifications. Ran and/or assisted with field tests at Ft. Devens gun ranges; supported field tests and customer demos at other Army sites and various national and international locations. Gave paper at IEEE MFI, September 2015, San Diego, CA, “A Mobile Self Synchronizing Smart Sensor Array for Detection and Localization of Impulsive Threat Sources.”



Raytheon Company

• Senior Software Engineer

  • May 2007 - Nov 2009

  DDG 1000 / Zumwalt Navy destroyer program: As part of a team, developed C++ domain controller software (MDCR) to manage circuit tasks and external communications resources. Responsible for some detailed design, development, testing of MDCR release 5, all preliminary and detailed design of MDCR release 6. Wrote test procedures and scripts for release 5 of Mission Readiness Element (EMRS). DDG 1000 / Zumwalt Navy destroyer program: As part of a team, developed C++ domain controller software (MDCR) to manage circuit tasks and external communications resources. Responsible for some detailed design, development, testing of MDCR release 5, all preliminary and detailed design of MDCR release 6. Wrote test procedures and scripts for release 5 of Mission Readiness Element (EMRS).



McGrath Studios

• United States
• Artists and Writers

• Digital Consultant, Photographer

  • 2005 - 2006

  Researched digital cameras, software and technology necessary to transition McGrath's school ID photography program from film to digital; purchased and configured cameras and laptops for photographer digital kits. Wrote comprehensive user manual for McGrath's digital photography program; trained photographers. Researched digital cameras, software and technology necessary to transition McGrath's school ID photography program from film to digital; purchased and configured cameras and laptops for photographer digital kits. Wrote comprehensive user manual for McGrath's digital photography program; trained photographers.


Hallmark Institute of Photography
• United States
• Photography
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Student

  • 2003 - 2004


Avid Technology

• United Kingdom
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Jan 1998 - Jan 2003

  Won $1000 Avid Engineering Significant Achievement Award for lead role on project to design and develop browser-based user interface for Avid TransferManager, using Microsoft's IIS web server, COM, and ASP - enabled customers to see the status of their workgroup transfers from any desktop on their network; in a later release, implemented access control. Wrote functional, design and test specifications for the UI. Implemented significant new functionality in several layers of the TransferManager, enabling users to "steer" transfers to different areas in their workgroup, where previously the TransferManager always sent media to the same directory. Updated relevant specs as needed. Played "utility infielder" during beta-readiness phase of four software releases - fixed bugs in six different components of Avid's workgroup software, improving product reliability before the software went to SQA and to beta customers. Wrote specs for, designed, and developed C++ applications for Avid's TransferManager Automation API and MediaManager Access SDK - these served as code samples for third party vendors and as real-life test applications for Avid's test group to perform regression testing of both APIs. Analyzed Avid TransferManager server to find memory leaks and performance bottlenecks; recommended design changes to significantly improve performance. Enhanced VisualBasic configuration utilities used to install and set up products on customer sites - eliminated the need for manual text editing of configuration parameters and streamlined product installations.



Computer Network Technology Corp

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

  Ported Brixton PU5 SNA server to SCO5, including debug of device drivers; assisted testing of version 2.5 on all platforms (RS6000/AIX 4.1, HPUX 10.20, SunOS/Solaris) following port. Assembled the first release notes the PU5 SNA server ever had, enabling customers to more easily determine how changes in the product might affect their installations. Ported Brixton PU5 SNA server to SCO5, including debug of device drivers; assisted testing of version 2.5 on all platforms (RS6000/AIX 4.1, HPUX 10.20, SunOS/Solaris) following port. Assembled the first release notes the PU5 SNA server ever had, enabling customers to more easily determine how changes in the product might affect their installations.



Digital Equipment Corporation

• United States
• Computer Hardware Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer II & I

  • Jan 1987 - Jan 1997

  Won $1000 Engineering Performance Award for contributions to Custom Special Systems organization. AlphaStudio Broadcast System (M-JPEG and MPEG-based digital broadcast video servers, disk- or tape-based content servers for archive storage of video data): Led small team in design and development of multithreaded system control component. Retail network management solutions: Designed and developed interfaces for several different communications protocols, as part of large-scale system integration efforts. Digital Cartridge Server Component (DCSC) for VMS and UNIX: Developed distributed server software to control third-party robotic tape storage device on both VMS and UNIX.