Experience

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  PB Associates, LLC

  • Gaithersburg, MD

  • Owner

    • Sep 2007 - Present
    • Gaithersburg, MD

    Business Development / Program and Project Management / Proposal Consultant to the Defense Military-Industrial Complex. Primarily supporting Communications, Sonar, E-W and Classified Business clients in creating and securing new business opportunities within Intelligence and Communications DOD organizations.

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  Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Systems and Sensor Systems Divisions, Applied Signal Technology,

  • Rosslyn VA and Annapolis Junction , MD

  • Senior Business Development Consultant,

    • 2007 - 2009
    • Rosslyn VA and Annapolis Junction , MD

    Working as the Division Business Development Lead for multi-million dollar Military Electronic Divisions within a large size defense contractor. Primarily responsible for transforming business base from Science & Technology to Sub-System supplier of Terrestrial and Airborne SIGINT, Advanced Seaborne Radar, Sonar, and Non-Acoustic Imaging and Sensing Systems. Responsible for all aspects of business development including strategic planning, opportunity discovery and evaluation, capture plan preparation, detailed marketing efforts, teaming arrangements and leading proposal preparation activities all tailored to achieve expansion of markets for all product lines.

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  Strategic Planning Division of Office of Spectrum Management, NTIA, Commerce Department

  • Washington DC

  • System Engineering Manager / Communication Specialist

    • 2004 - 2007
    • Washington DC

    - Senior System Engineering Manager primarily responsible for the development and creation of the Federal Strategic Spectrum Plan. Led the collaborative interagency project team comprised of the US Government Agency spectrum managers as they developed their individual agency Strategic Spectrum Plans. -Provided direct guidance and facilitation to the client federal agency spectrum managers in establishing a structured system engineering based requirements process within their agencies which allowed them to identify their agency specific future spectrum requirements.- Successfully worked with the FCC, with and on behalf of OSM Federal Agency clients, to alleviate interference from and to Federal systems caused by the Part 15 authorized underlayment of unlicensed operations in Federal Spectrum.

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  Systems-Management Consultants, Inc.

  • Pomona, New York

  • Owner

    • Jan 1993 - Mar 2004
    • Pomona, New York

    Business Development / Project and Program Management /Proposal Consultant to Commercial and Government and Government Contractors. Primarily working in Communications and System Engineering Management positions. Extensive experience with FCC regulatory and licensing of XM Satellite Radio System

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  Sirius XM Radio Inc. (formerly XM Satellite Radio Inc.)

  • Wasington DC

  • System Engineering Consultant

    • 2000 - 2002
    • Wasington DC

    As a consultant, acted as the Chief Regulatory Interface with FCC working on permanant licensing of XM Satellilte Radio's Extensive (over 850 sites) repeater sysem around the nation. System Engineering Management Consultant designing proper EMI/RFI and grounding elements into all repeater sites as well as the UP Link and extensive receive satellite system atop the XM Satellite Radio HQ in Washington DC. Performed duties as "Xm Satellite Radio's Mr. Interference" ensuring that the installed XM repeater installations and HQ transmit and receive systems did not interfere with other services and did not receive interference from other Radio Systems which would affect XM listeners' reception of XM service. Worked with FCC field engineering to remove and permanantly eliminate multiple incursions into XM radio spectrum by knowing and unknowing interferers.

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  General Dynamics, Advanced Technology Systems, (Bell Laboratories).

  • Whippany NJ and Wshington DC

  • US Army Marketing Representative - Consultant

    • 1997 - 2000
    • Whippany NJ and Wshington DC

    Successfully expanded the Advanced Communication Systems / Networking and Decision Support Systems business base within various DARPA and US Army organizations. Created strategic marketing plans and assisted in proposal preparation for the business opportunities developed.

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  C3I Architecture Branch, C2SID, RDEC, CECOM

  • Ft. Monmouth, NJ

  • Senior Systems Engineering Manager and Organizational Development Facilitator

    • 1995 - 1998
    • Ft. Monmouth, NJ

    Led the professional staff development, and deployed a formal SE process within the branch. Organized tasks, staff, and budgets which led to successful task completion on numerous Communication, Command, and Control systems designs. Marketed branch expertise within Army R&D community that led to capture of new business for the branch.

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  LUCENT (AT&T), Advanced Technology Sector, Bell Laboratories

  • Whippany, NJ

  • Senior System Engineer/ Engineering Managent Consultant

    • 1990 - 1997
    • Whippany, NJ

    -Assisted Senior Engineering Management in the transformation of the Government Projects Division from an R&D structure to a fully operational Design and Development Integrated Engineering Organization. Authored, wrote and implemented the System Engineering Manual throughout the Division, which became the basis for the organization's transformation.-Led development of project implementation plans for major programs within the sector. -Led front end System Design of communications systems, which transformed user operational needs into system requirements.-Lead system engineer for various successful underwater acoustic and communications programs and proposal efforts

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  Phillip Barsky

  • Sole Proprietor

    • Sep 1989 - Jan 1993

    Independent Project Management and Program Management / Proposal Consultant

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  Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Oceanic Division

  • Sykesville, MD

  • Senior System Engineering Management Consultant

    • 1989 - 1990
    • Sykesville, MD

    Test and Evaluation Manager for the tremendously successful WINNING AN/SQQ-89I proposal effort for this major Navy Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Combat System development program

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  Diagnostic Retrieval Systems

  • Oakland, NJ

  • Program Manager

    • 1986 - 1989
    • Oakland, NJ

    As Proposal Leader, architected and managed the successful winning proposal effort for, and. as Program Manager, led the design, development and production of the U.S. Navy Acoustic Video Processor (AVP) Standard Shipboard Display. The awarded contract included Full Scale Engineering Development phase with delivery of 10 Engineering Development Models and a 144 unit Production Phase totaling $40M. Was responsible for the total technical and cost performance of an integrated 75-person design engineering, production and integrated logistics team.

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  Loral Electronic Systems

  • Yonkers, NY

  • Engineering Manager II

    • 1983 - 1986
    • Yonkers, NY

    Led the Full Scale Hardware-Software Engineering Development for the AN/ALQ-131 Receiver/Processor (R/P) - a real time Electronic Warfare Detection and Processing system. The on-time delivery of 8 fully specification compliant Engineering Development Models, an in-budget successful producibility design effort, quick and accurate responsiveness to the customer's ever changing needs, led to major production orders which are still being exercised today

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  Gould- Chesapaeke Instruments

  • Glen Burnie, MD

  • Project Engineer

    • 1977 - 1983
    • Glen Burnie, MD

    Managed the successful Full Scale Engineering Development (FSED), Initial Production, and At-Sea Trials for the AN/SQR-19 Towed Array Sonar System, and the subsequent, AN/SQR-18 Towed Array Program through FSED and Initial Production. Both array programs are still providing superior at-sea performing systems to the Navy.

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  Grumman Aerospace Corp

  • Bethpage, NY

  • Senior Analog and System Engineer

    • 1966 - 1977
    • Bethpage, NY

    Designed Organizational and Intermediate Level Ground Support Electronic Test Equipment for Navy F-14 and E2C aircraft programs. All design work went from initial concept, detailed design and successful production and installation.