Experience

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  Data transformation corporation (dtc)

  Mar 1988 - Mar 1990

  Computer scientist

  • Designed and implemented a large software system to automate test procedures specified in The Minimum Operational Performance Standards For Mode S Aircraft Data Link Processor. Validated the processor design standards and test procedures for logical correctness and computer programmability. Detected and reported these and other types of errors in the standards document at RTCA (Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics) working group meetings, as well as rewrote some of these sections. These test procedures are now published as part of a national standard and published as the Minimum Operational Performance Standards For Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System/Mode Select (ATCRBS/MODE S) Airborne Data Link Processor Equipment.• Designed and developed the software system to allow an aircraft cockpit Multi-Purpose Control and Display Unit to receive, parse, and display Air Traffic Control and weather information that is digitally transmitted from the ground via data link. Show less

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  Computer technology associates inc. (cta)

  Mar 1990 - Sept 1992

  Senior computer scientist

  • Project Lead for research and development support task for the FAA Technical Center Airborne Data Link Program. Involved with all aspects of company business regarding this task: Task Order Management Plans, proposals, scheduling, estimating, workloads, costs, status, interviewing, and monitoring. • Conducted research of the airline industry's cockpit digital data control and display capabilities and plans for data link communication. Report was published as an FAA Technical Note and presented at major industry committee meeting (SAE-G10 Committee). • Lead Software Engineer responsible for hardware and software engineering effort necessary to perform major modifications to convert an off-the-shelf cockpit simulator from a military trainer to a life-sized simulator resembling commercial airliners, including all of the digital cockpit displays and simulations of the cockpit analog displays.• Designed and implemented large complex software system to emulate a complete cockpit Flight Management System computer-human-interface on emulated cockpit hardware and displays, and integrate it into the cockpit simulator. Show less

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  Federal aviation administration (faa)

  Sept 1992 - May 2008

  • Served as the Executive Secretariat of the Aeronautics Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) Infrastructure Interagency Working Group (IIWG) under the Aeronautics Science and Technology Subcommittee (ASTS) under the Committee on Technology (COT) of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC).• Responsible for all aspects of management for the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center research and development laboratories. They included The Research, Development & Human Factors Laboratory; The EnRoute Integration and Interoperability Facility; The Free Flight Technology Integration Laboratory; The Airway Facilities Tower Integration Laboratory; the new Commercial Space Transportation Laboratory; and the new Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Laboratory. Show less • Responsible for the management of research and development activities, technologies, personnel, facility, budget, etc for The Research, Development & Human Factors Laboratory, a world-class laboratory addressing the FAA's human factors issues such as Air Traffic Control (ATC) computer-human-interface design, prototyping and evaluation, workload assessment, situational awareness and more.• Responsibilities included experiment planning, coordination, logistics, prioritization and scheduling; sponsor dialogue, requirements, deliverables and satisfaction; contractor activities, as well as all other management responsibilities. This work included En Route, Terminal, Oceanic and Airway Facilities (TechOps) domains.• Completed a detail at the Eurocontrol Experimental Centre (EEC) in France, assisting them in the design and implementation of their new Human Factors Laboratory. Show less • Responsible for the creation and development of the FAA Technical Center's Virtual Reality (VR) Laboratory. Handled all system design, budget, procurements, delivery of components, installation, integration, laboratory issues, maintenance contracts, system operation, systems administration and all the project development using the system. Led the laboratory and its personnel to complete dozens of 3-dimensional, real-time, computer graphics visualizations/evaluations for various FAA organizations as well as the Federal Air Marshals, the National Transportation Safety Board, the State Department and more. FAA work was in the areas of En Route, Terminal, Airways Facilities, Towers, Airports and more.• Appeared on at least two different Discovery Channel documentaries and a few major publications. Show less • Develop and modify NASA software for the lab's En Route Air Traffic Control (ATC) display simulation systems. Served as the laboratory expert in the commercial ATC display simulation system, ATCoach by UFA, which replaced the NASA system in the lab.• Prototyped and simulated the Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) Maintenance Control Center (AMCC) system and the Monitor & Control (M&C) console displays for various studies.• Researched, specified, procured, installed and learned software that the lab would use for rapid prototyping and evaluation of En Route and Terminal ATC displays and systems. Led team to prototype and simulate the proposed Automated En Route ATC (AERA) computer-human interface for air traffic control. Show less

  • Branch (Group) Manager (GS-15)

    Feb 2002 - May 2008

  • Branch Manager

    Jan 1992 - Jan 2008

  • Laboratory Manager (GS-14)

    Dec 1997 - Feb 2002

  • Technical Lead/Computer Scientist (GS-14)

    Mar 1993 - Dec 1997

  • Computer Scientist (GS-13)

    Sept 1992 - Mar 1995
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  Cape computer services

  Aug 1995 - Sept 2004

  Owner

  • Owned and operated Cape Computer Services, providing information technology (IT) support for businesses and organizations. Areas of support included web site design and development, web site hosting, eCommerce, domain name registration and maintenance, business software installation, virus recovery, computer instruction and more.• Served as Chairman of the Marketing & Advertising Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cape May. Also served as the Co-chairman of the Internet Subcommittee. Show less

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  Diakon solutions

  Dec 2004 - now

  President & ceo

  Providing program, strategic and research support to the FAA Future Facilities Engineering Team at the FAA Technical Center in Atlantic City, NJ and the FAA NextGen Facilities Special Program Management Office at FAA Headquarters in Washington, DC. This work centers around development of the Concept and Requirements Definition (CRD) products and Investment Analysis of the Acquisition Management System (AMS) process for all of the Nation’s new FAA NextGen facilities, including En Route, Terminal and Tower. It involves research into the program, technical and physical requirements of the NextGen operational concepts and capabilities, and their impacts on NextGen facilities. This includes, but is not limited to, the following NextGen capabilities: • Integrated Arrival/Departure Control Service (Big Airspace)• High Altitude Generic Airspace Operations• Staffed NextGen Towers• Flexible (or Dynamic) Airspace Management• Airspace Redesign• Flow-Based Trajectory Management (Multi Sector Planner)• Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)• Commercial Space Transportation• Integrated Business Continuity Services (BCP)• Convergence• Trajectory Based Operations (TBO)Responsible for a continuous research and development gap analysis that tracks efforts necessary for the successful facilitation and implementation of the operational concepts within NextGen facilities. Responsible for the identification and coordination of necessary Human Factors analysis activities for NextGen Facilities, which also includes the technical and project coordination of the task to develop a virtual reality visualization of a proposed NextGen facility for analysis. Involved with program management, concept of use, concept of operations, risk management, and business continuity. Show less

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  Global analytiic it services

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2008

  Vice president, aerospace and faa programs

  • Managed all Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and aerospace programs, including the FAA En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) independent verification and validation (IV&V). Responsibilities included project management, government reporting, business development, personnel and various other technical and management responsibilities.