Experience

Emergent Space Technologies, Inc.

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Product Development

  • Dec 2016 - Present

  - Named Director of Product Development in January 2021, responsible for flight and ground software product development, deployment, management, and marketing - Leads multiple projects that are advancing and deploying Emergent flight software autonomy products for use on civil and national security space missions - Serves as the Lead Software Engineer for the RISE contract at AFRL/RVE in Albuquerque, NM - Led a team enhancing and supporting Mission Operating Center software (ASIST/FEDS) for key NASA missions, including MMS, GPM, WFIRST, Raven, Restore-L, GEDI, ATLAS, and others - C, C++, Python, Linux Show less



Firefly Space Systems

• Cedar Park, TX

• Software Engineering Manager

  • Oct 2015 - Sep 2016

  - Led a team to develop software systems designed to test, launch, fly, land, and manage space launch systems, payloads, and spacecraft - C, C++, cFS, RTEMS, freeRTOS - Led a team to develop software systems designed to test, launch, fly, land, and manage space launch systems, payloads, and spacecraft - C, C++, cFS, RTEMS, freeRTOS



Tolteq

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Firmware & Electrical Engineering Manager

  • Apr 2014 - Oct 2015

  - Led a team developing firmware and hardware for Measurement While Drilling data acquisition tools used in extreme downhole environments - C, Python - Led a team developing firmware and hardware for Measurement While Drilling data acquisition tools used in extreme downhole environments - C, Python



Virgin Galactic

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Propulsion Avionics Supervisor

  • Jun 2011 - Apr 2014

  - Led development of comprehensive embedded systems designed to test, operate, and fly piloted, sub-orbital, and autonomous orbital propulsion systems and vehicles - C, C++, Assembly, purpose built custom RTOS - Led development of comprehensive embedded systems designed to test, operate, and fly piloted, sub-orbital, and autonomous orbital propulsion systems and vehicles - C, C++, Assembly, purpose built custom RTOS



SpaceX

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Avionics Specialist

  • Aug 2009 - Feb 2011

  - Built and tested, and led avionics project teams to build and test, Falcon 9, Dragon, launch pad, and test site systems - LabView, VBA; Avionics, electronics, measurement, physical, and rocket test site skills - Built and tested, and led avionics project teams to build and test, Falcon 9, Dragon, launch pad, and test site systems - LabView, VBA; Avionics, electronics, measurement, physical, and rocket test site skills



American Express

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Software Development

  • Aug 2005 - Jan 2009

  - Managed the software development and implementation team equipping AmEx Corporate Card's 15,000+ internal user sales force with customer relationship management, sales support, corporate credit authorization, and other business critical systems - .Net, VBA Scripting, JAVA, SaaS, SalesForce.Com, Siebel 7.7 - Managed the software development and implementation team equipping AmEx Corporate Card's 15,000+ internal user sales force with customer relationship management, sales support, corporate credit authorization, and other business critical systems - .Net, VBA Scripting, JAVA, SaaS, SalesForce.Com, Siebel 7.7



Oracle

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Technical Account Manager

  • 2000 - 2005

  - Siebel certified technical consulting and management of large scale Customer Relationship Management software implementations for major clients including Schlumberger, Texaco/Chevron, CenterPoint Energy, JP Morgan Chase, BMC, and Administaff - Siebel 7.7, VBA scripting, JAVA scripting - Siebel certified technical consulting and management of large scale Customer Relationship Management software implementations for major clients including Schlumberger, Texaco/Chevron, CenterPoint Energy, JP Morgan Chase, BMC, and Administaff - Siebel 7.7, VBA scripting, JAVA scripting



Integration Services Inc.

• Practice Manager

  • 1994 - 2000

  - Built and managed a software consulting branch office, growing the practice from one up to twenty five people. Key clients included Schlumberger, Fina Oil & Chemical Company, Kvaerner-John Brown, Texas Workman’s Compensation Fund, and Browning Ferris Industries - C++, VB, VBA, SQL Server, Oracle Forms, Power Builder - Built and managed a software consulting branch office, growing the practice from one up to twenty five people. Key clients included Schlumberger, Fina Oil & Chemical Company, Kvaerner-John Brown, Texas Workman’s Compensation Fund, and Browning Ferris Industries - C++, VB, VBA, SQL Server, Oracle Forms, Power Builder



Daniel Industries

• R&D Department Manager

  • Oct 1988 - Nov 1994

  - Managed an R&D team developing flow measurement, data acquisition, real-time control, chromatography, fuel blending, truck loading, and other industrial automation systems that revolutionized the petrochemical measurement and production industries - C, C++; Key embedded systems: 80x86, z80, 8051 - Managed an R&D team developing flow measurement, data acquisition, real-time control, chromatography, fuel blending, truck loading, and other industrial automation systems that revolutionized the petrochemical measurement and production industries - C, C++; Key embedded systems: 80x86, z80, 8051



Delta Soft Inc.

• Embedded System Developer

  • Jan 1984 - Oct 1988

  - Working with Dick Whipple and John Arnold, the duo who developed the first Tiny BASIC interpreter, and with early 80's tech wonders, including Mary Sowders, Danny Lee, and Edward Newman, developed revolutionary solar powered petrochemical measurement, monitoring, and control systems - Z80 Assembly, BASIC, custom Real Time Operating system development - Working with Dick Whipple and John Arnold, the duo who developed the first Tiny BASIC interpreter, and with early 80's tech wonders, including Mary Sowders, Danny Lee, and Edward Newman, developed revolutionary solar powered petrochemical measurement, monitoring, and control systems - Z80 Assembly, BASIC, custom Real Time Operating system development