About Jim

Experience

Retired

None

May 2013 - Present

Hoquiam WA

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems

Sr Software Engineer

October 2012 - May 2013

Wobern MA

General Dynamics C4 Systems

Senior Software Engineer

January 2009 - June 2011

ADA on VAX's; Top Secret clearance + Crypto/COMSEC

Station Casinos

QA Software Engineer

April 2007 - August 2008

Responsible for testing and documentation on a variety of gaming systems.

• Responsibilities included Title31 Compliance systems, LMS (Lodging Maintenance System) Kiosks, Genesis Poker integration, SPIN (centralized control of customer data and promotions), Mainframes and Web applications written in .net framework using C# and Visual Basic, as well as a variety of generations of IBM RPG languages and Microsoft SQL databases and scripts. Performed reverse engineering efforts to create process and data flow diagrams, user guides, and requirements/design specifications. Prepared and submitted requests for GCB (Gaming Control Board) approval of changes to gaming systems.

Arcata Associates

Senior Software Engineer

March 1998 - February 2007

Responsibilities for a variety of Range Support Systems. Lead Engineer on range safety/mission control projects at Nellis AFB and Fort Irwin Army Base in ADA, FORTRAN, C++, LABView and Oracle on PCs, Encore, Silicon Graphics and HP Equipment.

Lockheed Martin

Project Leader and Systems Engineer

September 1995 - March 1998

At Luke AFB: Software Conversion from FORTRAN to C and subsequent upgrades of F15/F16 combat flight emulator.

• Lead for multi-person upgrade to add two additional threat aircraft and graphics display channels

• Missile flight and casualty assessment, record and instantaneous playback of mission displays

• Console control, operator interactions, and visual and audio controls.

Project Leader & Senior Systems Analyst

June 1989 - September 1995

Instrumentation Subsystem (CIS) at NTC Fort Irwin CA: Provided lead direction, system and detailed design, implementation, integration and testing for major software upgrades at NTC

Education

Florida Institute of Technology

MBA, Concentration Data Processing · (1984 - 1987)

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Physics · (1981 - 1984)

The Johns Hopkins University

Physics · (1973 - 1976)

UC Irvine

BS, Physics · (1969 - 1973)

UCLA

Physics · (1968 - 1969)