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The Universities Space Research Association, established in 1969 by the National Academy of Sciences, is a private, nonprofit consortium of 102 universities offering advanced degrees in space- and aeronautics-related disciplines. USRA's mission is to conduct leading-edge research, develop innovative technologies, promote education and policy across the breadth of space science, and operate premier science and technology facilities by involving universities, private industry and government.

• Seasoned software architect with 20+ years of hands-on Aerospace software application development experience, in the area of flight control design and optimization for rotorcraft, fixed-wing aircraft, and UAVs/drones. Extensive experience with full software product development cycle, using agile and waterfall methodologies. • Experienced senior technical manager with proven track record in leading and managing multiple Aerospace software and research projects/programs simultaneously in a government contracting environment, taking them from early conception through successful product release and deployment. Adept at leading extremely effective teams of highly talented and skilled researchers and software developers. • Strong Aerospace engineering background provides cross-disciplinary skills to serve as flight control researcher/co-PI on many high profile Army AFDD collaborative programs with industry and academic partners. Published and co-authored many technical papers in this field. Specialties: • Technologies: MATLAB programming, C/C++, Java, Python, FORTRAN, CIFER, CONDUIT, Objective-C, Swift, iOS, Android, OOP, UI/UX, TCP/IP, UNIX/Linux shell scripting, ClearCase, ClearQuest, Git, CVS, Windows, UNIX/Linux, macOS • Skills: Program/project management, leadership, software design and architecture, software product development, software development lifecycle, flight control, system identification, simulation, effective communication, problem solving, collaboration