Michael Ritchson

Michael Ritchson

F-15 Aircraft Mechanic / Software Developer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    NASA Center Flight Data Enterprise Solutions Architect / Java Engineer

  • Education

    • Almeda

      2002 - 2006
      Bachelors in Computer Science Computer Science
  • Experience

    • United States Air Force

      Jun 1988 - Jan 1992
      F-15 Aircraft Mechanic / Software Developer

      Developed software solutions for supporting the Computer Automated Maintenance System - CAMSOther duties included:Phase Dock Aircraft Mechanic on F15, and T-38 aircraft.

    • IBM

      Jun 1996 - Jun 2001
      Tester/ Software Developer

      Developed and tested airline and transportation software that was designed for the Commercial Aircraft Industry.Tested mainframe protocols and X-25, ARCTIC card interfaces that connected to the following Airline host systems:1. ALC2. SABRE3. WORLDSPAN4. APOLLO5. 3270

    • CSC

      Jan 2001 - Jan 2005
      NASA Software Architect & Developer / T-38 Aircraft Mechanic / QA DynCorp / CSC

      Architected and developed several software solutions for NASA using the latest cutting edge JAVA technologies. Also, performed Activities as an A and P licensed Aircraft mechanic1. T-38 Flight Line Crew Chief2. T-38 Aircraft Phase dock mechanic3. T-38 Quality Assurance inspector4. Shuttle Trainer Aircraft (STA) Quality Assurance InspectorReceived NASA Manned Flight Awareness Team Award- In recognition of outstanding team work in the reconfiguration of an Air Force T-38 to NASA configuration. Show less

    • Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2007
      Software Development Team Lead

      Managed a team of developers ensuring requirements were met, and changes were implemented to production while adhering to the Software Development Life Cycle utilizing the Agile methodology.

    • L3 Technologies

      Sept 2007 - Mar 2016
      SOFIA Solutions Services Oriented Enterprise Architect / Java Engineer

      Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the SOFIA Portal, Services Oriented (SOA) Enterprise Middleware and SOFIA Data Management system. Also performed ground support tasks as an A and P licensed mechanic for the SOFIA 747sp

    • NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

      Mar 2016 - now
      Center Flight Data Services Oriented Enterprise Solutions Architect / Java Engineer

      Presently developing the Services Oriented (SOA) and event driven Enterprise Architecture for the ARMD Flight Data project. Utilizing Web Services, and other Enterprise components.Also support the DC8 Portal, and other ground support tasks as an A and P licensed mechanic

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Airframe and Powerplant license

      USA
      Jun 1991
    • NASA Tech Brief Certificate

      NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
      Dec 2014
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    • System Administrator

      NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
      Jun 2004
    • Armstrong Certified Systems and Applications Administrator

      NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
      Mar 2015