Experience

skyTran

• United States
• Ground Passenger Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Software Engineer

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Lead software engineer for planning, design, and development of: - command & control system for mag-lev vehicle flow management - embedded vehicle control system & communications software - engineering support simulation software Lead software engineer for planning, design, and development of: - command & control system for mag-lev vehicle flow management - embedded vehicle control system & communications software - engineering support simulation software



Dendrite Software

• Laguna Niguel, CA

• Chief Research Scientist

  • Aug 2018 - Oct 2021

  Simulated Neural Network development - Develop new neuron layer connectivity and parameterization approaches, to improve cognitive recognition - Research better deep learning/training techniques, back propagation, feedback loops, and experience learning - Correlate dimensional structure of input layers with vision type, for better machine vision - Build digital simulations of biological neuron electrical behaviors in Java Simulated Neural Network development - Develop new neuron layer connectivity and parameterization approaches, to improve cognitive recognition - Research better deep learning/training techniques, back propagation, feedback loops, and experience learning - Correlate dimensional structure of input layers with vision type, for better machine vision - Build digital simulations of biological neuron electrical behaviors in Java



IBM Cloud

• Costa Mesa, CA

• Solution Architect for Global System Integrator Alliances

  • 2016 - 2018

  Worldwide Channel Technical Specialist for DevOps practices, for multi-speed, hybrid-cloud systems. Business Development for IBM alliance partners working with hybrid-cloud technologies. Worldwide Channel Technical Specialist for DevOps practices, for multi-speed, hybrid-cloud systems. Business Development for IBM alliance partners working with hybrid-cloud technologies.



Rational Software

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Tech Services Manager for Global System Integrator Alliances

  • Mar 2003 - Dec 2015

  Joint partner service package development & delivery, combining IBM products with partner services.

• Field Services Consultant

  • 1999 - Feb 2003

  SDLC & tool consulting, process assessment/improvement, service delivery, product development from field prototypes. Deploy RUP, adapt process, methodology & tools, establish measurement plans & deploy metrics tools.Assess customer S/W development capability, deploy RUP & Rational tools, plan & manage services.Mentor & train clients in iterative development, requirements mgmt., use-cases, OO Analysis & Design.Develop configuration wizard for software metrics tool (Dashboard/Rational ProjectConsole) in Java.



Salient Corporation, Long Beach, CA

• Mission Viejo, CA

• Object Technology Consultant

  • 1997 - 1999

  Object-oriented analysis, design, and tool application to Y2K compliant Billing system development. Object-oriented analysis, design, and tool application to Y2K compliant Billing system development.



Hughes Space and Communications

• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quality Assurance / Process consultant

  • 1997 - 1997

  Assess & improve S/W engineering processes for Satellite Flight S/W production and ISO 9001. Assess & improve S/W engineering processes for Satellite Flight S/W production and ISO 9001.



TRW Space & Defense

• Dominguez Hills, CA

• S/W Development Engineer / Manager

  • 1985 - 1997

  Universal Network Architecture Services (UNAS) Product Manager. Manage partner marketing interface with Rational Software Corp. for UNAS sales, briefings, demos. Principal Investigator for “Distributed Architecture Megaprogramming” IR&D. Research application of CASE Tools, code-generation, and frameworks for distributed applications. Guide migration of proprietary technology toward open, standardized telecom/enterprise systems. Universal Network Architecture Services (UNAS) Chief Engineer. Guide technology insertion/evolution for UNAS C++ and Ada products.



Boeing Aerospace Company

• Seattle, WA

• Software Engineer

  • 1984 - 1985

  Develop missile ground communications simulator in Pascal on Intel 80x86 network Design/develop missile launch protection S/W in Intel 8751 assembly language Develop missile ground communications simulator in Pascal on Intel 80x86 network Design/develop missile launch protection S/W in Intel 8751 assembly language