This document provides a summary of William J. White's professional experience, including his roles as a Senior Radar Engineer, System Engineer, and Program Manager. Over his long career spanning back to 1969, he has gained extensive experience in radar, tactical data communication design, and program/project management for both government and private sector organizations. His areas of expertise include spectrum management, requirements development, risk management, and systems engineering.
• 24 years of professional experience in systems engineering, process improvement, test planning and data analysis with Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in support of Flight and Ground Test planning, integration and execution, Modeling and Simulation (M&S), System Pre-Mission Testing (SPMTs), System Post Flight Reconstruction (SPFRs), Distributed Ground Test (GTD) Integrated Ground Test (GTI) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) testing.
• Test planning lead in support to MDA Ground Test Planning (DTG) Leadership with all BMDS elements and components for HWIL and distributed ground tests, test execution and deployment activities.
• Accomplished ability in identifying requirements, DoD Acquisition Process, and leading complex efforts fielding and integrating resources and products with Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) test policies and Army programs.
• An innovative, resourceful, independently motivated analyst with strong technical skills and attention to detail. Exceptional work ethic. Exhibits lead-taking behavior managing multiple activities, working with executive leadership and crossing organizational boundaries in order to meet and exceed customer product schedules and objectives.
A resourceful, conceptual and skillful professional with 14 years of systems engineering and network communication experience in the Defense Industry. In addition, four years of IT experience with a commercial company providing extensive expertise in requirement generation and maintenance, software integration and testing.
* Section manager, led two IPT, integration and production, teams of 10 engineers. Ten Years’ experience in planning, scheduling, program managing, and accounting.
* Advanced skills in generating and managing systems requirements, performing trade-studies, flow-down requirements to subsystem, preparing the verification plans and procedures. Executed system engineering and integration testing.
* Designed state-of-the-art communication systems for AEHF satellite post launch space-based application.
* Developed telemetry, protocol sequence diagram and architecture definitions for payload systems.
* Experience in FBCB-2 Army Command Control’s network communications. Analyzed / verified GMR program’s GPS (Global Positioning System) transmit and receive functionalities. Performed Architecture design, develop and verification of upload initial images application for AEHF Satellite. Worked on FAB-T Satellite Ground Segment requirements, validation, and verification. Performed GoGo Air’s Antennas TX/RX analysis, GPS tracking, network beams switching, and RF receiver analysis.
• 24 years of professional experience in systems engineering, process improvement, test planning and data analysis with Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in support of Flight and Ground Test planning, integration and execution, Modeling and Simulation (M&S), System Pre-Mission Testing (SPMTs), System Post Flight Reconstruction (SPFRs), Distributed Ground Test (GTD) Integrated Ground Test (GTI) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) testing.
• Test planning lead in support to MDA Ground Test Planning (DTG) Leadership with all BMDS elements and components for HWIL and distributed ground tests, test execution and deployment activities.
• Accomplished ability in identifying requirements, DoD Acquisition Process, and leading complex efforts fielding and integrating resources and products with Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) test policies and Army programs.
• An innovative, resourceful, independently motivated analyst with strong technical skills and attention to detail. Exceptional work ethic. Exhibits lead-taking behavior managing multiple activities, working with executive leadership and crossing organizational boundaries in order to meet and exceed customer product schedules and objectives.
A resourceful, conceptual and skillful professional with 14 years of systems engineering and network communication experience in the Defense Industry. In addition, four years of IT experience with a commercial company providing extensive expertise in requirement generation and maintenance, software integration and testing.
* Section manager, led two IPT, integration and production, teams of 10 engineers. Ten Years’ experience in planning, scheduling, program managing, and accounting.
* Advanced skills in generating and managing systems requirements, performing trade-studies, flow-down requirements to subsystem, preparing the verification plans and procedures. Executed system engineering and integration testing.
* Designed state-of-the-art communication systems for AEHF satellite post launch space-based application.
* Developed telemetry, protocol sequence diagram and architecture definitions for payload systems.
* Experience in FBCB-2 Army Command Control’s network communications. Analyzed / verified GMR program’s GPS (Global Positioning System) transmit and receive functionalities. Performed Architecture design, develop and verification of upload initial images application for AEHF Satellite. Worked on FAB-T Satellite Ground Segment requirements, validation, and verification. Performed GoGo Air’s Antennas TX/RX analysis, GPS tracking, network beams switching, and RF receiver analysis.
A resourceful, conceptual and skillful professional with 14 years of systems engineering and network communication experience in the Defense Industry. In addition, a four years of IT experience with a commercial company providing extensive expertise in requirement generation and maintenance, software integration and testing.
* Led two IPT, integration and production, teams of 10 engineers.
* Advanced skills in generating systems requirements, performing trade-studies, flow-down requirements to subsystem, preparing the verification plans and procedures and executing integration and testing.
* Designed state-of-the-art communication systems for AEHF satellite post launch space-based application.
* Developed telemetry, protocol sequence diagram and architecture definitions for payload systems.
* Experience in FBCB-2 Army Command Control’s network communications. Analyzed / verified GMR program’s GPS transmit and receive functionalities. Worked on FAB-T Satellite Ground Segment requirements, validation, and verification. Performed GoGo Air’s Antennas TX/RX analysis, GPS tracking, network beams switching, and RF receiver analysis.
Accomplished Systems Engineer with more than 11 years of experience in leading global, large scale integration activities across systems, software architecture and system test environments. Extensive expertise in identifying, evaluating and documenting complex requirements for system integration. Adept at assessing, monitoring and tracking to completion program/project risk and opportunities. Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with engineering, leadership, subcontractors and clients. Solid track record of ensuring streamlined operations of client programs/projects through scope and objective development; preliminary project planning and design; and determination of resources and timelines. Creative problem solver, with excellent organizational skills. Successful project leadership and development skills. Proven ability to achieve defined goals. Education includes an electrical engineering degree along with certifications as a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. Additionally, I possess a Government issued Secret Security clearance.
A dynamic, highly innovative Engineering Management professional with a successful track record in project and systems engineering, hardware design, software integration, technical documentation, modeling and simulation, electrical engineering, and process improvements technical guidance. Adept at combining solid business knowledge, technical expertise, and hands-on experience to achieve successful outcomes. Proven ability to develop and lead projects from conception through readiness testing and manufacturing processes. Excellent leader, communicator, and presenter.
1. William J. White
2 Town Farm Lane,North Billerica MA 01862 billwhite_47@verizon.net 978-667-0420
Summary: Versatile System Engineer and Program Manager
Core Competency: Radar, Tactical Data Communication Design
Professional Experience:
Senior Radar Engineer II October 2011 – 30 April 2015
Jacobs Technology Inc -- Lincoln, MA
Generated Spectrum Supportability Risk Assessment for Milestone A of JSTARS Recap
Program
Prepared Spectrum Management aspects of Statement of Work and Contract Data
Requirements List for Pre-EMD Phase of JSTARS Recap Program
Developed detailed task/process schedules that were incorporated into the program’s
Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
Prior to April 2014, established process metrics to track program execution of Dismount
Detection Radar (DDR) Quick Reaction Capability program.
OPR to generate artifacts and to monitor extensive national-level approval chain related to
Spectrum Certification process – in order for DDR program to be granted permission to
emit RF energy from several equipment involved with CONUS testing at Tijeras NM
(Mini-T2 CDL), McKinney TX (radar sensor), El Segundo CA (radar sensor, Mini-T2
CDL, RTN MTS (Moving Target Simulator), and MIT/LL MTS2) and Mojave CA (radar
sensor, Mini-T2 CDL, RTN MTS, and MIT/LL MTS2)
Established task metrics to provide senior Air Force Program Office management with
national-level approval status of various DDR Spectrum Management artifacts
OPR for securing TEMPEST accreditation for Mini-T2 CDL ground and airborne
components of DDR system architecture, from NSA, in collaboration with Army
(INSCOM and DE-CGS PMO). Generated and costed various programmatic Courses of
Action; and secured approval to proceed from senior governmental sponsors – leading to
award of a Task Order (in conjunction with Warner Robbins AFB) with L3 COMM, whose
preliminary value is $1M to cover a 6 month effort.
Technical support provided to DDR In-Process Teams (IPTs): Radar, Information
Assurance, Test and System Engineering.
System Engineer IV February 2008 – October 2011
Jacobs Technology Inc -- Lincoln, MA
Government Control Account Manager (GCAM) for Eglin Space Control Radar CSPU
(Control and Signal Processing Upgrade) project, overseeing HW design and monitoring
System Engineering and Integration/Test (SEIT) task progress, encompassing technical/
schedule as well as cost performance dimensions
Technical lead in evaluating Development Spiral 3 (Beam Steer Control Upgrade (BSCU)
proposal and Program Office Cost Estimate; as well as establishing Development Spiral 4
2. (Net-Centric Sidecar) requirements and TSL/SOO taskings
Participated in two Interim Baseline Reviews (IBRs) to establish budgets and detailed task
schedules
OPR for Risk Management
Established (and coordinated through various governmental agencies Entrance/Exit
Criteria for program's combined System/Program Design Review (S/PDR) and Critical
Design Review (CDR)
Focal point for establishing and coordinating agenda of Quarterly TIMs and bi-weekly
technical staff discussion
Derived system metrics presented at weekly IPTs and Quarterly TIMs
On-site monitoring of Development Spiral 2 integration testing within developer
(SENSOR Division of ITT)’s System Integration Lab (SIL) in Colorado Springs; and of
installation and check-out at Eglin Radar site
Long History (1969 – 2008):
Senior Operational Analyst
Very seamless transitions, throughout corporate mergers/Air Force Engineering Support contract
changes, with Engility – Burlington, MA; L3 Communications – Billerica , MA; Titan – Billerica,
MA; SENCOM – Bedford, MA
Lead System Engineer on FPS-85 Space Control Radar Service Life Extension Program
(ESLEP)
Established requirements baseline within various levels of description -- such as
Operational Requirements Document (ORD), Capability Production Document (CPD),
System Specification, and eleven Subsystem Specifications. This effort has been
recognized as being exemplary by SMC/PI (an Independent Program Assessment team
reporting to PEO Space) as well as ESC/AE (ESLEP was selected as being Pilot Program
from 350 ELSW in Requirements Management initiative)
Established in-house Modeling/Simulation capability (employing MATLAB and STK) to
assess radar design alternatives
Organized Net-Ready Working Group to attain acceptance of design solution to Net
Centric Key Performance Parameter requirement
Led Government efforts to plan for, and conduct successful System Requirements Review
(SRR), SDR and PDR
Derived a watch list of engineering products that have been employed quarterly to monitor
progress of developer (SENSOR/ITT) to include: identification of specific design
attributes to be evaluated via a formalized Technical Performance Measurement process;
software and system engineering metric tracking; as well as assessment of Modeling &
Simulation results and Object Oriented Analysis & Design artifacts; and finally by
evaluation of engineering documentation produced
Presented technical status/issues at various Wing-level (350 ELSW) engineering reviews
Led government PMO team in re-scoping of requirements to accommodate program
funding constraints -- to include defining functional/performance tradeoffs as ESLEP was
being considered as a CONUS site for planned Space (Surveillance) Fence; conducting
technical risk assessments for various architectures that were considered; and providing
cost estimates for software, hardware and system engineering components of project
3. Led government's effort to reestablish technical baseline, as ESLEP program was being
re-organized (following PEO Space/KDP-B milestone decision) into de-scoped Control
and Signal Processor Upgrade (CSPU) program, involving coordination with several
AFSPC organizations , as well as coordinating content of a new System Specification and
five new subsystem specifications
Wrote Technical Baseline document (CARD level of detail) in support of Program Office
Cost Estimate associated with milestone decision
Organized Program Office self-assessments which led to attainment of CMMI Level 2
compliancy
Prepared CSPU System Engineering Plan and Information Support Plan
Ordered and tracked delivery of all COTS hardware and software necessary for
deployment of Time Critical Targeting Functionality (TCTF) to CAOC-X, 12AF, USAFE
and PSAB
Analyzed end-of-life supportability issues for all embedded COTS products
Assessed DII-COE level 5 and 6 compliancy for all TCTF segments
Investigated deployment opportunities as presented by GCCS-I3 distribution, which effort
has resulted in nomination of A2IPB to, and consideration by, Program Engineering
Requirements Group (PERG)
Project lead for JTAMDO Data Engineering and Standardization (JDES) IPT
Contributed to joint service Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace (IPB) initiatives
with Missile and Space Intell Center (MSIC) of DIA, Army's Space and Missile Defense
Command (SMDC) and Navy's SPAWAR/ GCCS-M organizations
Project lead engineer for preparation of Statements of Work for Automated Assistance to
IPB (A2IPB) and Joint Terrain Analysis Toolkit (JTAT) mission application components
of TCTF architecture; as well as for requirements analysis of message processing and data
mining functionality (relating to TBMCS messaging agent -- IRIS, and to JIVA products,
InfoWorkSpace and Broadsword)
Responsible for defining new application interfaces, such as between A2IPB and Joint
Defensive Planner (JDP); as well as TCTF component interoperability with Adaptive
Battlespace Awareness ACTD architecture
Organized and led Government's assessment of A2IPB code walk-throughs and in-plant
testing.
On JTAT project, established functional and documentation requirements
Provided acquisition oversight of developer (Meridian/Pacific Sierra Research and Army's
Topographic Engineering Center) to ensure successful and timely delivery of capability to
ESC/ACP Software Interoperability Facility for TCT Functionality (SWIFT)
Defined and tested product-level interface between A2IPB and JTAT
Lead engineer on Communications Planning Module project to customize NetCracker
Designer COTS application to facilitate rapid network configuration planning and
performance assessment for local area and wide area communications modeling and
prototyping within tactical scenarios
4. Program Manager
INFOTEC Development – Wakefield, MA
Lead System Engineer for Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS)
Independent Verification & Validation (V&V) project, responsible for analyzing detailed
design, and source code (i.e. Fortran 77, C and VA X Assembly) embodying radar, data
communications and operations/control computer programs
Developed and presented system architecture, software documentation, and task criticality
assessment training for governmental software maintenance organization
Developed software test and code analyzer tools, derivation of software test
methodologies, and analysis of radar vulnerabilities
Deputy Program Manager for National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) project,
responsible for establishment of logistics requirements and data communication interfaces,
and for generating associated portions of System Design Document
Organized and presented a PDR
Responsible for program planning, budgeting and subcontract management.
Lead System Engineer/ Deputy Program Manager for Tactical Air Forces Linked
Operations - Intelligence Centers (Europe) program
Established system functional requirements and data communication interfaces, and
publishing associated specifications and Interface Control Drawings (ICDs)
Organized and presented SRR and several Program Management Reviews (PMRs)
Program Manager for NETCAP (Network Capabilities) project, responsible for organizing
matrix'ed staff to respond to contract requirements in terms of technical performance, cost
and schedule
Organized and executed varied tasking such as site surveys, equipment (e.g. workstation,
host processor, LAN) integration and installation, and system architectural analyses.
Maintained liaison with all Government agencies
MITRE – Burlington, MA
Lead Network and Distributed Systems Engineer for Automated Message Handling
System (AMHS), responsible for system design of message text search/retrieval engines
and data communication interoperability
Participated in world-wide field installations as well as DISA and DIA accreditation
testing
Technical Lead on Source Selection Evaluation Board, Management Panel on Strategic
Defense Initiative National Test Bed project,
Associate Project Leader/Group Leader on Communication System Segment Replacement
program, responsible for establishing system's requirements baseline, and accomplishing
system performance modeling, Reliability/Maintainability/Availability trend analyses,
system-level test planning and result evaluation
Associate Project Leader/ Group Leader on Missile Warning Bypass project, responsible
for system interface definition and software/system-level test assessment for this NORAD
data communication upgrade program
Group Leader/Member of Technical Staff on Strategic Air Command Digital Information
Network (SACDIN) project, responsible for operational requirements analysis, IV&V,
software test planning and execution, and system inter-operability studies.
5. Involved in traffic studies to determine costs/benefits of Autodin 2 network backbone
alternatives -- ranging from utilizing Defense Data Network to deploying a dedicated line
network
USAF – Hanscom AFB MA and Sunnyvale AFS CA
Software Engineer
Organized software qualification test evaluation team
Defined software functional, design and documentation requirements
Program Manager responsible for production of a Software Acquisition Management
Guidebook series and study of Software Sizing and Costing Techniques
Data Base Administrator
Analyzed orbital satellite telemetry in support of mission operations
EDUCATION
M.S. Electrical Engineering, California State University @ San Jose
B.S. Electrical Engineering, Manhattan College
Computer Science courses (6) at UMASS Lowell, 1995 - 1996
SECURITY CLEARANCE
Top Secret, 13 July 2011 (granted by DISCO)