Resume of Principal Systems Engineer

Title
Principal Systems Engineer

Primary Skills
advanced research program execution, machine learning fundamental research, software engineering...

Location
US-AZ-Tucson

Posted
Nov-26-07

Secret, Active US DoD Clearance

Summary:

ENTHUSIASTIC AND GOAL ORIENTED PROFESSIONAL skilled in advanced research program execution, machine learning fundamental research, software engineering including object oriented design and formal configuration management as well as hardware design, prototyping and testing; demonstrates leadership in customer interactions, new funding pursuits, contract award and execution.
* Employ high-energy level, attention to detail and ability to reduce errors.
* Self-directed work style. Anticipate/respond to program requirements and needs.
* Solid record of performance on advanced research projects.
* Personable and confident with a commitment to product results and leave others delighted.
* Skilled in many areas associated with advanced research, including computer programming in several programming languages, algorithm development and implementation in both embedded and interactive systems, requirements development, new business acquisition and contract scheduling, planning and execution.


Publications:

* Stevens, T., "Integrated Target Tracking and Power Management in Wireless Sensor Networks," Master of Science; Thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, November 2006
* Stevens, T. and Sundareshan, M., "Radial Basis Function Network-Based Sensor Configuration Management In A Wireless Ad-Hoc Network," Adaptive Sensor Array Processing Workshop, MIT, Cambridge, MA, March 2004
* Stevens, T. and Morrell, D. "Minimization of Sensor Usage For Target Tracking in a Network of Irregularly Spaced Sensors," Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing, September 2003

Education:

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ: Jan 2001 - Dec 2006
MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering,
* Thesis on machine intelligence, hierarchical Bayesian networks, target tracking, particle filter. (Python, Matlab, TinyOS, C++)
* Graduating G.P.A of 3.0

Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ: May 1995 - May 1999:
BS in Computer Science and Engineering
BS in Electrical Engineering
* Graduating G.P.A of 3.0

Mohave Community College, Lake Havasu City / Kingman, AZ: January 1991 - May 1995
AA in Mathematics and Science
AAS in Computer Information Systems
* Graduating G.P.A of 3.65.

Experience:

Raytheon Missile Systems: July 1999 - August 2007
Advanced Systems Design Department, Rapid Response Initiatives: January 2007 - August 2007
Sr. Systems Engineer II
* Facilitate rapid redesign of complex electronic control system
* Troubleshooting of complex real-time systems, software (C, C++)
Advanced Systems, DARPA Programs: February 2005 - January 2007
Sr. Systems Engineer II
* Systems Administrator for classified network environment.
* Team lead for DARPA funded gunfire localization using distributed acoustic sensors (Java, TinyOS)
* Systems Architect for a DARPA funded GPS based detection and tracking system (Matlab, TinyOS)
Advanced Technology SBIR Initiative: October 2004 - February 2005
Sr. Systems Engineer II
* Team lead for an initiative on leveraging Small Business Innovative Research government funded R&D efforts.
Advanced Programs, Cognitive Systems: April 2003 - October 2004
Sr. Systems Engineer II
* Principal Investigator for a micro-aerial vehicle program designed for surveillance and targeting
* Liaison to Arizona State University for a DARPA funded distributed sensing program.
Advanced Programs, Advanced Systems: July 1999 - April 2003
Systems Engineer I, Systems Engineer II, Sr. Systems Engineer
* Worked a broad range of activities including hardware interface design for guidance enhancements on existing systems to new business pursuits and proposal development for major systems.
Website Hosts: August 1999 - May 2002
* Independently hosted client web sites on a FreeBSD server
* 30+ clients
* 100+ users.
* Maintained a free regional classified ad system in Perl and Python
* 2500+ hits per week.
Northern Arizona University: January 1996 - March 1999
Academic Computing Instructional Tech Services January 1997 to March 1999
Departmental WWW Liaison, Assistant to the Director
* Redesigned and implemented the user authentication system on NT Servers
o RPC, Windows authentication and CGI scripting in Perl.
* Designed and implemented a Unix hosted web-based authentication system
o Perl , (long before you could just go download one).
* Architected and implemented an automated on-line student-faculty evaluation system
o Multi-platform system which interacted both with the campus administration student database, class database and the faculty evaluation system
o ColdFusion, Perl and C.
* Development the automated generation of an internet site template for faculty
o ColdFusion and Perl.
Faculty Instructional Technology Studio (FITS)
Office For Teaching And Learning Effectiveness January 1996 to May 1997
* Exploited the use of the internet in an academic environment (before doing so was commonplace).
* Responsible for the activities of 4 other students.
T'ommy Tech: Lake Havasu City, AZ: October 1992 to August 1994
Owner/Operator
* Computer network design, implementation and maintenance for small business.
Satellite Man: Lake Havasu City, AZ: September 1990 to August 1994
Owner/Operator
* C-Band and Ku-Band communications and TVRO systems dish antenna systems.



Software:
* Algorithm Implementation in Embedded Systems (Microcontroller, DSP, FPGA)
* Statistical analysis and prediction systems (tracking, detection, discrimination)
* User Interface Design
Programming Languages:
* C, nesC (TinyOS), C++, Java,
* Matlab, Python
* PERL, Fortran
* PL/SQL, SQL Server
* HTML, CFML (Cold Fusion)
Development Paradigms and Methodologies
* OOD, TinyOS, RMI, CORBA
* OMT, UML, Design Patterns (Rational tools)
* Agile development, extreme programming
* CVS, SVN, Bug Tracking, Sourcesafe
* Requirements Capture and management (DOORS and Slate)
Operating Systems:
* TinyOS, Linux, UNIX, Solaris, SunOS
* MS-Windows: NT(4x,5), 2000 (Server, Pro), XP (Home, Pro), Server 2003
* Macintosh OS 8.x, 9.x, X (tiger)
* AIX, IRIS, AS400, VAX, VMS, DOS
Hardware:
* Analog Circuit Design (Mentor Graphics, OrCAD)
o Guidance Unit Interface to Enhance Existing Weapon System
o Acoustic Amplifier / Primary Discrimination
o Photoelectric Activation Sensor
* Digital Circuit Design (Mentor Graphics, OrCAD)
o I/O for Acoustic Sensor Board
o FPGA Upgrade for Acoustic Sensor Board
* Algorithm Implementation in VHDL (Xilinx, Altera)
* Embedded Systems Design and Prototype
data fusion, supervised machine learning, unsupervised machine learning, Bayesian inference, Bayesian parameter estimation, influence diagram, Monte Carlo methods, particle filter, data assimilation, pattern recognition, time series analysis, stochastic grammar, distributed database construction, multi-tier, web-based application development, bioinformatics, real-time, embedded systems, linux, solaris, Windows,

Certifications
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