Experience

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  Self-Employed

  • Harpers Ferry, WV

  • Construction Manager

    • Mar 2010 - Jan 2018
    • Harpers Ferry, WV

    Retired. Moved to Harpers Ferry, WV. Built a custom house, then lost wife to cancer. Back to work.

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  Northrop Grumman Corporation

  • United States
  • Defense and Space Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Sr. Network Engineer

    • Aug 2002 - Nov 2009

    • Team lead/manager of network engineering team and one Microsoft System administrator.Responsibilities include managing all networks on three campuses supporting nearly 2000 end users, integration and test labs and a manufacturing facility for the F-35 communications and navigation avionics. Network of 50+ VLANs included Riverbed WAN optimization, Cisco 6500 switches, FWSM and ASA firewalls, and 150+ access switches. Protocols include EIGRP, BGP, HSRP, DNS, DHCP, and IPSec. Enclaves include unclassified, Sensitive ITAR, and various levels of classified. • Lead the Northrop Grumman Metro Area Network project connecting three campuses from different Northrop Sectors in preparation for Northrop’s move to centralized data centers. Opt-E-Man and GigaMAN links provide diverse redundancy to different ATT central offices. Ethernet WAN links enabled bandwidth upgrades on short notice with no equipment change-out.• Continued as technical point of contact with Northrop Security and SME for all IT security matters, classified, and unclassified, including representation before representatives from Secretary of Air Force for Acquisition (SAF/AQ) at audits and facility acceptances.• Construction and build-out of System Integration Lab (largest of several build-outs). - Three story purpose-built building with heavily networked lab space. - Worked design with architect, build-out with contractors, and acceptance by DOD. - Complex environment included a mix of classified and unclassified processing. - Nine separate classified network distribution facilities. - 52 unclassified switches.

  • IT Manager for JSF Avionics Program (concurrent with above)

    • Aug 2002 - Nov 2009

    Proposal to production IT responsibility for Northrop’s $5B 10 year program. Northrop Grumman was selected for Avionics by both Boeing and Lockheed teams during the down select competition.Responsibilities included the IT portion of proposals to both primes. Both teams were required to demonstrate subcontractor links of IT systems for computer aided design and business tracking prior to award, and a full build-out was completed after the award to Lockheed. A program network was built at the ITAR level to Lockheed and our subcontractors.• IPSec encrypted links to our prime contractor Lockheed and Northrop’s eight subcontractors.• Turnkey delivery of links and routers preconfigured using a spreadsheet that drove a Word form letter to create consistent, accurate configurations. Shipped, plugged in, worked, no travel needed.• An isolated Windows environment bid with program-owned, not corporate equipment. Complete with DNS, DHCP, Active Directory, Exchange, file and print servers.• This network also served as a backbone that enabled rapid deployment of three classified networks with KG-135, type 1 encryption between JSF partners.• A Cisco VPN concentrator provides access from PC’s on the Northrop network into the JSF Partner Net without split tunneling. Authentication is provided by AD group membership managed by program personnel, not the corporate service center. Context for file services and printers is saved and restored by a script when switching between networks.

  • Merger Team: TRW into Northrop Grumman

    • Aug 2002 - Aug 2002

    • Transitioned from TRW Space and Defense DMZ to Northrop connections including implementing new procedures for network design, documentation and change control.• Represented division on transition team for AD, DNS, Exchange, DMZ firewall rules, SecurID and BlueCoat reverse proxy issues.

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  TRW Space and Defense, Radio Systems Division

  • San Diego, CA

  • IT Services Manager

    • Jan 1998 - Aug 2002
    • San Diego, CA

    • Managed team of four including a purchasing specialist, administrator and two software engineers.• Managed service center billing and division purchasing systems.• Served on TRW Space and Defense Sector selection team for email and web based collaboration.• Division technical contact for IT related security matters including classified networks, government encryption, spill handling. Worked closely with our division security organization, prime contractor, and government security representatives.• Wrote IT Policies and Procedures manual that was key to earning ISO 9000 certification. Covered Help Desk, Desktop Services, Server Operations, Networking, Unix Engineering Support, billing, disaster recovery, and IT security. Previous IT procedures had been informal and ad hoc.• Implemented Remedy Help Desk system with branch leads: Customers rated performance as they closed each ticket. This 100% feedback enabled very effective follow-up. I visited branch lead and customer providing escalation to work out any unresolved issues leading to consistently outstanding service ratings across all branches of the service center.• Managed project to find, update, and bring all mission critical hardware and software under maintenance. Systems included alarms and video for security, controllers for power cogeneration facilities, vibration tables for engineering, and equipment on the factory floor for manufacturing

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  TRW Space and Defense, Military Avionics Division

  • Engineering Computing Lead

    • Jun 1996 - Jan 1998

    Lead team of four Unix administrators and one Oracle DBA.• Centralized Unix accounts under NIS.• Transitioned engineers from do it yourself to professional Unix administration.• Established the Engineering Tool Board that brought competing voices of Mechanical, Electrical, Software engineering disciplines together for coordination of hardware, software, and budget issues.• Integrated Unix and Microsoft file systems deploying TRW's first NetApp filer.• First sector users of SecurID and PKI email to support specific program requirements. • Liaison to Sector level DMZ for firewall issues, certificates, Bluecoat Reverse proxy.• Served on Space and Defense Sector team that developed TRW’s internal IT Security Certification program for Unix and Windows system administrators.

  • Staff Engineer

    • Nov 1986 - Jun 1996

    • Started as computer system manager for one project with 100 users.• Advanced to technical management of central computing cluster serving entire site.• Integrated mainframe, VAX, Apple, HP-UX, Solaris and Microsoft printing.• Added HP Unix support for Mechanical engineers.

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  Tangent Data Systems, Inc.

  • San Diego, CA

  • President, Founder

    • Mar 1982 - Mar 1986
    • San Diego, CA

    PC based software development. Federal and private sector contracts. Obtained corporate clearance for classified work. One additional employee.

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  Naval Ocean Systems Center

  • San Diego, CA

  • Electronics Engineer, DP-III, (Civil service)

    • Apr 1975 - Mar 1982
    • San Diego, CA

    Designed systems for laser communications and signal processing. Awarded full time Computer Science Master's program at USC with salary. Returned to bring department engineers from mainframe batch to video terminals on their desktop throughout the complex at far less cost.

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  US Navy

  • Various

  • Electronics Technician

    • Jan 1971 - Jan 1975
    • Various

    Trained as an electronics technician to find and fix problems in surveillance radar and high power radio communications systems. Emphasis was on speed under pressure, justifying each move towards the diagnosis, working against a stopwatch