Minh

8/1/2014
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Position Desired

Computer Engineering
los angeles, CA; orange county, CA; san diego, CA
Yes

Resume

OBJECTIVE: Project Manager. Technical Lead. Consultant.

SUMMARY of SKILLS and QUALIFICATIONS:

Information & Technology: More than twenty-five years experiences in software design, development, integration and test at a well established top 100 Fortune company. Solid knowledge of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Ability to lead an IT project in data stores, and cloud technology. Experience with programming languages such as C, C++, C#, ADA, JAVA, web development, how to resolve conflicts.. Familiar with embedded real time operating system VxWorks, UNIX/Sun Solaris, Excel, SQL database, and Microsoft Project 2010.

Project Management: Member of the international Project Management Institute. PMP certification. Can manage professionally a project, or an ongoing operation. Strong background in the management framework, the process group (Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling, Closing), and knowledge management areas such as integration, scope, schedule, cost, quality, human resource, communication, risk, procurement Management. Specialties in how to motivate teams, how to compress schedule, how to communicate to produce a final product on time with realistic schedule. Know how to balance constraints of a project, and manage the expectations of all stakeholders (such as end users, customers, upper managers, team members).

Leadership, Soft Skills, Global Perspectives: Proactive desire in searching for positive ways to transform the systems and structures. Good interpersonal skills, and management skills. A founder of two nonprofit organizations established to promote charity and justice in the Third World country. Determine which projects to support based on quality analysis, constraints, and human progressive needs. Achieve Competent Toastmaster of the Toastmaster International organization. Certified Spiritual Direction and Youth Ministry. Volunteer in faith formation at local organizations, and conduct retreats outside the US.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:

1984 - 2010 Staff Engineer, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, California.

Project Manager 2008-2010
Advanced EHF project
Manage a team to design, procure, develop, test, and integrate spacecraft software. Responsibilities also included overseeing the WBS, computer lab, managing team to write script test procedures, in/out database, simulated data to test the system. Major achievements were the ability to improve the quality control, reduce the schedule, and cost by analyzing root causes of the problem, and utilize the Rational Unified Process to attain the CMMI Level 5. Areas of concentration include budget analysis, project management plan, especially in communication and risk management.

Technical Leader 2005-2008
Airborne Laser System project
Lead a team to develop the Chemical Laser Display system to monitor and control the Controls and Instrumentation Subsystem of the Laser System. Manage team to determine customer’s requirements from scope, develop software, test the system, and write operations manuals. Responsibilities also include the ability to track project milestones, conduct procurements by collaborating with prime contractor, and outsourcing software to contractor to develop basic icons. Major achievements were the ability to get a team focused on goal with passion, and use the bottom up approach in tasks, and schedule decisions. Software development also uses the Sig Sigma methodologies. The ability to identify, communicate with stakeholders, and use risk register to manage risks that led to the improvement of the project’s quality.

Software Engineer, Test Engineer 1984-2004
Provide design, coding, modification, delivery of the software life cycle of major aerospace projects such as the Military Satellite Communication System, Space and Missile Tracking System, Combat Service Support Control System, and FADD. Areas of expertise are commands/control/payload communications, Responsibilities include the ability to review requirements, develop software, make presentations, peer reviews, integrate and test, present the design, perform formal quality control, participate in project status meetings, write status reports, and use all commercial or in house supporting software to manage change requests and configuration. TQM was used as part of quality control. Major achievements included the ability to work well with all, meet most of the milestone, and resolve conflicts for the positive outcome of the project.

1982 - 1983 Electrical Engineer, Pacific Missile Test Center, Point Mugu, California.

Maintained and oversaw simulation flight software. Simulation software was used to train pilot at the Miramar Air Force Base in San Dieg...

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