Bob K.

Bob K.

Senior System Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Jira Team Lead at JerseySTEM

  • Education

    • The Johns Hopkins University

      1975 - 1977
      Master of Engineering - MEng Mathematics and Computer Science
    • The George Washington University

      1982 - 1986
      Master's degree COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES
    • Drexel University

      1970 - 1975
      Bachelor's degree Mathematics

      Activities and Societies: Pi Mu Epsilon - Honorary Mathematics Society

  • Experience

    • Northrop Grumman

      Oct 1982 - Oct 2009
      Senior System Engineer

      Over the course of 25 years with the ESL/TRW/Northrop Grumman organization, I performed roles as a software developer, a system architect, a senior system engineer, a Lead Test Engineer, a Lead System Engineer, and a Software Program Manager, I wrote (and rewrote) hundreds of thousands of lines of C, Pascal, Fortran, Ruby SQL, and VBA code across VMS and Linux operating systems, analyzed and documented thousands of system requirements and managed over a hundred different engineers in different development environments. Show less

    • Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc.

      Oct 2009 - May 2015
      Senior System Engineer

      As a Senior System Engineer for Sotera Defense Solutions (now part of KeyW), I work built and managed a database and visualization tool to collect and display IT Infrastructure interfaces so that other system engineers could understand the mechanisms necessary for successful system to system interaction.

    • KeyW Corporation

      Jun 2015 - Mar 2019
      Senior System Engineer
    • None

      Apr 2019 - now
      Retired
    • JerseySTEM

      Dec 2020 - now
      Jira Team Lead

      This pro-Bono position provides day to day support for the JerseySTEM Jira implementation which tracks activities through the organization. Jira Activities includes managing users, creating/updating projects and workflows, and provide technical support for Jira users. I have expanded my role to include software development in Google AppScript and AWS Lambda environments to support customer automated process flow requirements. I also provide GSuite Administrative support to our user base.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)

      Scrum Alliance
    • Jira Work Management Fundamentals Badge

      Atlassian
      Aug 2023
      View certificate certificate
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Administrative Vice President

      Issued by Greenbelt Arts Center on Oct 2015
      Greenbelt Arts CenterAssociated with Bob K.
    • Actor

      Issued by Greenbelt Arts Center, et al on Jul 1996
      Greenbelt Arts Center, et alAssociated with Bob K.
    • JIRA Team Lead

      Issued by JerseySTEM on Nov 2020
      JerseySTEMAssociated with Bob K.
    • Director for numerous productions over last 10 years

      Issued by Greenbelt Arts Center on Aug 2010
      Greenbelt Arts CenterAssociated with Bob K.