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July 2015 – May 2021: Senior Research Scientist,
Georgia Tech Research Institute — Led team defining and
supporting information exchange standards, data models, specifications,
tools, documentation, and training. Worked closely with program sponsor
to define, plan and schedule activities. Advised and supported technical
committees governing data standards. Wrote and implemented
specifications, and developed supporting tools, tests, and
documentation. Represented sponsor in outreach, training, and technical
support. Responsible for integrating data standards.
- Published multiple releases of the National Information Exchange
Model (NIEM), a data interoperability standard used for information
exchange across state, local, tribal, and federal government, including
DOD, DHS, DOJ, HHS, and NATO.
- Defined standards and published specifications, as technical lead
and facilitator for NIEM Technical Architecture Committee.
- Wrote NIEM specifications integrating XML data defined by XML Schema
with JSON-LD and ontologies.
- Integrated data standards from DOD, ISO, MIP, NATO, NGA, OASIS, OGC,
W3.
- Delivered metamodel for NIEM for understanding and translating data
models across standards and formats.
- Developed information exchanges, integrating system requirements,
codelists, and rules with information exchange standards
- Conducted and delivered asessment of data interfaces between systems
within Defence Security Service (now DCSA).
July 2009 – July 2015: Research Scientist 2,
Georgia Tech Research Institute — Responsible for developing
information exchange standards, data models, specifications, tools,
documentation, and training. Responsible for developing validation
frameworks and software supporting data standards. Provided training and
technical support. Developed lines of research and briefed
decision-makers. Supported governance bodies in development of
information exchange standards.
- Developed architecture for distributed managment of reusable data
definitions across broad communities using XML Schema.
- Advanced information exchange within DOD: developed C2 Core and NIEM
MilOps, leading to DOD adoption of NIEM.
- Developed the NIEM NDR, providing standards for reuse,
interoperability and extension of data models,
- Delivered tools and rules for conformance testing XML Schemas for
interoperability, with Schematron and XSLT.
- Transformed and integrated information exchange standards, enabling
their reuse across broad communities.
- Developed and presented training on XML, XML Schema, and NIEM, to
developers, managers, and policy makers.
November 2000 – July 2009: Research Scientist 1, Georgia
Tech Research Institute — Acted as project director and
software developer supporting government sponsor in conformance testing
of HLA simulations. Responsible for developing standards for data and
data model interoperability across federal, state, local, and tribal
governments. Responsible for developing software for managing and
producing data definitions.
- Acted as project director managing small team; coordinated
requirements, milestones, and budgets with government sponsor.
- Developed software used by government sponsor to validate client
software in HLA distributed simulations.
- Represented sponsor organization and employer at industry
conferences and technical committees.
- Developed HLA client software for exchanging information across a
distributed simulation federation
- Automated testing of use of HLA for distributed simulation, by
developing rules and tools defining conformance to standards.
- Developed Java software generating XML Schema and subsets of XML
Schema for NIEM SSGT.
- Developed Java software that was the DOD standard for tesing
participants in HLA simulations, the Federate Compliance and Testing
Tool.
February 1999 – November 2000: Software Engineer,
The Proven Method — Contractor to Georgia Tech Research
Institute. Responsible for developing software supporting distributed
simulations.
- Developed software library to manage lifecycle of participants in
HLA distributed simulation federations, in C++.
- Worked with Army sponsor to develop software connecting logistics
data systems across HLA distributed simulations.
November 1994 – August 1998: Software Engineer,
Boston Dynamics — Responsible for developing software supporting
physical simulations, 3D computer graphics, computer animation, and user
interfaces. Responsible for data sharing of motion capture and
simulation data.
- Developed models, 3D graphics, and physical simulations of running
robots, in C++ with GL, OpenGL.
- Developed user interfaces for 3D graphics environments, using C++,
TCL, X Windows, Xt, and Motif.
- Developed software for surgical simulations with haptics, force
feedback, contact detection, and 3D graphics, of tools and organs.
- Developed software for import and export of object geometry and
motion data, supporting 3-D motion rides, in C++, Lex, YACC
- Developed software for transforming motion capture sensor data into
position and joint data for 3D animation.
Master of Science, Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology,
2008.
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Georgia Institute of
Technology, 1994.