Experience

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  Northop Grumman Space Technology

  • Manager: JWST Observatory Flight Software

    • Mar 2003 - Jun 2009

    Manage a team of embedded software engineers to develop the Observatory Flight Software for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The JWST Space Vehicle is scheduled to launch in 2014 to search for the origins of the universe and the creation of stars.

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  Northrop Grumman

  • Mgr: JWST Spacecraft Software

    • 2003 - 2009
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  TRW

  • Project and Functional Management

    • Jul 1980 - Jun 2000

    4/80-7/99 Project and Functional Management, TRW Space and Defense, Redondo Beach, CA’97 – ‘99 Software Manager: RH32 cross-development C++ product line -- for Astrolink’86 – ‘97 Column 80 classified project work on: XP2000, Type 4, Skycap, Firefly, 3993, 0440Section Head for software engineers s...

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  California Polytechnic State University, San Lu...

  • Assistant Professor

    • Sep 1978 - Apr 1980

    Courses covered include:- Operations Research I and II - beginning and advanced- Microprocessors Applications Lab for Numerical Control- Engineering Test Design and Statistical Quality Control- Industrial Engineering Reliability- Digital Computer Applications- Manufacturing ProcessesRecipient: Ou...

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  Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant : Lockheed Ma...

  • Data Manager

    • Jan 1978 - Sep 1978

    Monitored Laboratory and Field Studies for an Environmental Impact Statement directed to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Developed real-time data acquisition / reduction system for 30 thermally controlled ocean chambers and thermal tolerance gradients (the Lab). Abundance studies on substrat...

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  Lockheed Center for Marine Research

  • Data Analyst

    • 1978 - 1978
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  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  • Statistician

    • Sep 1973 - Sep 1976

    Plan, graph, and analyze biological research results and develop software tools. Wrote technical sections for journal publication and trade studies.