EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING | PROJECT MANAGEMENT | BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Talented, driven systems engineer with exceptional combination of technical background and business acumen. Proven success in engineering management complemented by strong interpersonal skills and entrepreneurial spirit. Seeking challenging position that requires excellence in complex problem solving. U.S. Citizen with active U.S. Government clearance – Secret level.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE (GTRI) 08/2006–Present
RESEARCH SCIENTIST I
INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS LABORATORY, QUANTICO, VA (09/2011–PRESENT)
*Appointed as member of Director’s Council, Information Communications Laboratory
*Technical Manager for Data Visualization within US Marine Corps Decision Support Toolset: Authored requirements and architectural approach documents; Responsible for the activities of 5 engineers engaged in requirements definition, user analysis, prototyping, detailed design, testing and integration of the toolset; Proposed and won follow-on funding from customer
*Chief Systems Engineer for largest GTRI proposal effort to date: Led and managed proposal team composed of GTRI researchers across multiple labs and senior level staff from 12 subcontracting firms; Dissected performance work statement to ensure full and proper response to requirements; Won GTRI’s Spot Award for innovation/creativity, teamwork, initiative/can-do, and leadership; Award pending
*Systems Engineer for Electronic Management Center: Proposed and won funding; Worked with customer to develop requirements; Collaborated with team to define and analyze solution space
*Converted Master’s capstone project – Optimization of Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Performance, Fuel, and Power Requirements – into funded project for US Marine Corps
ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYSTEMS LABORATORY, ATLANTA, GA (08/2006-09/2011)
*Team captured multiple military engineering projects, totaling more than $10 million
*Won GTRI’s Spot Award for managing team of engineers on the development of a thermal model in Matlab that resulted in an additional $1 million funding from project sponsor
*Designed and implemented field test in Western U.S. to find atmospheric propagation conditions during concurrent airborne data collection in an effort *Derived unique human skin signatures from spectral reflectance data and applied solution to infrared multispectral imagery for personnel detection. Results published: J.M. Cathcart, T. Harrell, and T. West (Lenuik). “Electro-Optical Signature Analysis for Personnel Detection in Urban Environments,” Proceedings of the SPIE 6538 (2007).
*Planned and coordinated 3-day international workshop on disturbed soil for U.S. Army
*Developed marketing campaign; Transformed website and marketing materials from research-focused to client-based, solution-oriented; Managed website and community development
MEMPILE, INC., LAFAYETTE, CO
01/2005-08/2006
DRIVE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER
*Hosted existing and potential investors; conducted lab tours and demonstrated drive system
*Delivered technical reports on media testing to CEO, President, VPs, partners and investors
*Chosen to educate and train engineers on drive system and media testing at Israel office
*Established and implemented laser safety program; served as laser safety officer
*Led media testing: Designed and conducted tests to measure read/write capabilities and storage capacity; Collaborated with engineers to improve test setup; Train...
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