Randy Schauer, PhD

Chief Engineer/Scientist at NextGen Federal Systems
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Kingsville, Maryland, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Chief Engineer/Scientist
      • Aug 2020 - Present

      Chief Engineer supporting program execution, strategy and growth opportunities across the business. Serve as NextGen's Technical Lead for multiple contracts: USAF Global Synthetic Weather Radar (GSWR) Research to Operations (R2O), USAF Commercial Weather Data Pilot for GSWR Lightning, and NOAA System Engineering Services. Chief Engineer supporting program execution, strategy and growth opportunities across the business. Serve as NextGen's Technical Lead for multiple contracts: USAF Global Synthetic Weather Radar (GSWR) Research to Operations (R2O), USAF Commercial Weather Data Pilot for GSWR Lightning, and NOAA System Engineering Services.

    • United States
    • Defense and Space Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Sr. Principal Multi-Disciplinary Engineer
      • Mar 2018 - Aug 2020

      Chief Engineer and Solution Architect engaged throughout the capture life cycle, from opportunity identification to contract award. Develop technical solutions, approaches and partnering strategy for strategic acquisitions within the Civil/Defense Space & Weather business for a pipeline valued at over $1B. Lead development of white papers on technical topics to shape acquisition strategy toward customer mission success. Manage teams for 3-4 month proposal cycles in development of complex cyber, software and sustainment solutions. Show less

    • Principal Software Engineer
      • Aug 2013 - Mar 2018

      Chief Architect for HPC related business, including market research, vendor/partner/customer interfacing, and business development. This involves leading development of enterprise and system architecture artifacts, overall solutions, and white papers on technical and business related topics, as well as external R&D efforts to develop discriminating technology.Perform software engineering and integration services for the acceptance and deployment of the Fire Department of New York’s (FDNY) Electronic Command Board (ECB), including leading validation of new capabilities using deployed FDNY apparatus in an operational test environment and leading complex software and system integration efforts interfacing with multiple vendors and the customer.Perform data source management, capacity management, and software architecture reverse engineering in support of DoD programs Show less

    • Sr. Software Engineer
      • Nov 2003 - Aug 2013

      Performed software engineering and integration services for FDNY in the development of an electronic Incident Command System (e.ICS) as part of the ECB program. Led development of all peer-to-peer and backhaul communications functionality at the software level and integration with existing FDNY systems and infrastructure. Supported field testing with FDNY and implemented real-time fixes and enhancements based on resultsSupported operations at the Army Research Laboratory Major Shared Resource Center (ARL MSRC), which included providing local development and administration support for the Information Environment and leading integration of a major upgrade in streaming video technology to enable enhance external user engagement. Designed, developed and implemented applications to handle reserving subsections of a large HPC clusters over the web and a heterogeneous operations monitoring environment for the Network Operations Center. Managed major support applications, customizing open source solutions when necessary to meet customer requirements, while ensuring a stable and secure operating environment. Performed system and database administration activities as the task required. Mentored junior staff members and interns in database management and web application development.Performed system engineering services and trade studies for the U.S. Navy Fleet Numeric Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC)Performed market research, business development and proposal support for opportunities focused on HPC and DoD information technology, specifically Aberdeen Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) activities Show less

    • Software Engineer
      • Jan 2001 - Nov 2003

      Focused specifically on supporting operations at the ARL MSRC, to include designing, configuring, developing, implementing and managing enhancements for ARL’s Remedy Help Desk. Designed, developed and implemented a translator for VAX BASIC to Fortran 90 as part of a major code migration project moving a legacy application from a 1970s-era VAX to a Windows PC. Led development and implementation of an application which enabled an accurate means of tracking utilization of various COTS software packages on HPC systems and archiving data for analysis. Designed, developed and implemented major applications to handle procurement and inventory processes, hardware and software configuration management, and tracking operational availability of HPC systems Show less

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Aug 2000 - Dec 2000

      Implemented algorithms used for learning monotone disjunctive normal form expressions to ensure viability as a possible solution. Development began in a Maple environment for rapid testing and evaluation. The algorithm was later ported to C++ and tuned for speed optimization and testing of larger data sets. Implemented algorithms used for learning monotone disjunctive normal form expressions to ensure viability as a possible solution. Development began in a Maple environment for rapid testing and evaluation. The algorithm was later ported to C++ and tuned for speed optimization and testing of larger data sets.

    • Junior Web Developer
      • May 2000 - Nov 2000

      Worked on different teams to assist in the development of web-based applications to serve the needs of various state agencies. Development consisted of both static and dynamic web sites, as well as the interaction of web applications with backend database technologies. Depending on the needs of each team, time was spent developing user interfaces, altering site designs, creating database routines, performing quality assurance testing, or converting and formatting documents to be placed on the web. Show less

Education

  • University of Maryland Baltimore County
    Ph.D, Computer Science
    2006 - 2014
  • University of Maryland Baltimore County
    M.S., Computer Science
    2002 - 2005
  • Duquesne University
    B.S., Computer Science
    1997 - 2000
  • Calvert Hall College High School
    1993 - 1997

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