Steve A. Nelson

Senior Systems Engineer

Clearance: DoD Top-Secret, SCI, EBI

Skills Summary

General

· Meyers-Briggs Personality Inventory: INTJ

· Strong verbal and listening skills with proven ability to communicate technically complex concepts to a wide audience range both written and in presentations

· Excellent analytic, strategic planning and decision-making skills.

· Able to select and act on high priority activities and issues from competing alternatives

· Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams composed of members from multiple organizations and multiple contractors.

· "Power User" Microsoft Office; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio

Systems Engineering

· Engineering process assessment, revitalization and implementation.

· 20+ years experience in Requirements Analysis, Derivation, Capture & Management employing behavior modeling techniques; threads, Use Case and Scenario Sequence Diagrams.

· Practiced Conops Architect, experienced in developing and documenting requirements based system behavior, maintaining continuity across all levels from customer's external perspective down to SW algorithms.

· Experience with use of commercial & custom tools in developing architecture consistent with UML, SysML, IDEF & DoDAF standards.

· Maintain a web site of Systems Engineering topics and discussion. http://www.sanelson.com/SSD

· Developed custom Visio based tool for automaton of behavioral analysis and design capture.

· Experienced in developing and implementing system verification strategies, melding requirements, Conops, and design constraints into an integrated whole.

Professional Experience

Cutting Edge Communications, LLC

April 2011 – Present

Consultant

Provide consulting services to large aerospace companies on proprietary programs

Albin Engineering Services, Inc.

March ‘07 – April ‘11 Albin Engineering Services, Inc. on location at Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, CA

Technical support to Lockheed-Martin Space Systems Company

Systems Engineering support to SWSE and CONOPS efforts. Involved in SW requirements verification (SIQT) SWSE documentation validation and development.

Provided technical support and guidance for CONOPS restructuring effort and subsequent behavior analysis and document development.

Albin Engineering Services, Inc.

Nov ’06 – March ‘07 Albin Engineering Services, Inc. on location at Lockheed Martin, Albuquerque, NM

Technical support to Lockheed-Martin Information Systems & Global Services Company

Lead Systems Engineer for the definition and development of REDFOX; the next generation AFSCN satellite operation ground systems, supporting RDT&E, Space Command and Operationally Responsive Space (ORS). Lead a team of geographically dispersed engineers responsible for system and subsystem specification development, interface control document development. Also responsible for process improvement and systems engineering staff training and development and customer liaison.

Albin Engineering Services, Inc.

Nov ’06 – Aug -07 Albin Engineering Services, Inc. on location at Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, CA

Technical support to Lockheed-Martin Space Systems Company Space & Strategic Missiles

Systems engineering support to senior Lockheed-Martin technical leads, including Analysis, Conops and Integration lead, Electrical Integration lead, Scenario Analysis Lead. Responsible for system behavior analysis and requirements review and approval, design development and capture, development of Hardware/Software ICD and Control & Monitor database along with management and mentoring of associated Systems Engineering staff. Developed analysis tool to facilitate and automate behavior analysis and capture. Developed course materials and training in Systems Engineering.

Jan ’05 – Nov ‘06 Albin Engineering Services, Inc. on location at Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, CA

Technical support to Lockheed-Martin Space Systems Company Space & Strategic Missiles

Systems engineering support to senior Lockheed-Martin technical leads, including Chief Engineer, System Integration lead, System Verification Lead, and FSW Development and Test Team leads. Responsible for development of Systems functional validation scenarios, and coordination of Systems Engineering review & approval of FSW and FSW implemented system requirements verification. Developed and maintained FSW Requirements Verification Matrix. Developed tracking strategy and reporting product for program management and customer review of FSW verification progress.

Jan ’04 – Jan ’05 Albin Engineering Services, Inc. on location at Boeing, Seal Beach, CA

Systems engineering support to senior Boeing technical leads, including Chief Architect and Integrated Product Team leads. Lead engineer for system behavior and architecture analysis, and Operations Concept development. Responsible for development and implementation of system design analysis processes across multiple independent IPTs. Received customer commendation for development and production of the Operations Concept Document.

Enhanced Boeing Systems Engineering practices through training and process refinement, including implementation of an Analysis Package process for behavior analysis and system design development utilizing Scenario Sequence Diagrams and Event Flow tables. Implemented a Technical Memorandum process for documenting design decisions. Lead the System SEIT team in the development and execution of successful SFR and PDRs. On pace for successful CDR.

Feb ’03 – Dec ’03 Albin Engineering Services, Inc. on location at Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, CA

Technical support to Lockheed-Martin Space Systems Company Space & Strategic Missiles

Systems engineering support to senior Lockheed-Martin technical leads, including Chief Engineers and Integrated Product Team leads.

Responsible for development of the system threads and use cases employed to validate requirement allocations and architecture implementation at the system and segment levels. Also responsible for documentation and capture of system constraints and allocation of mitigation to system elements. Duties include: development and maintenance of the threads and constraint capture process, establishment of the development schedule, leading the threads and constraints development teams, and supporting development of the System Conops.

At Lockheed-Martin Central Engineering request developed and presented training to Systems Engineering personal on the tools and techniques employed in system behavior analysis (threads). This was an evolution of the tools and techniques developed and used on the OSR project.

Scitor Corporation July ‘95 - Feb ‘03

Technical support to Lockheed-Martin Mission Systems

Systems Engineering support to senior Lockheed-Martin technical leads, including Chief Engineers and Integrated Product Team leads.

OSR Lead Systems Engineer & Systems Architect

Supported the OSR (Operations Switch Replacement) project for the AFSCN, as Lead Systems Engineer & Systems Architect, through the product lifecycle from concept inception and definition, through technical proposal, requirement clarification, development and deployment to a successful transition to operations.

Developed conops and requirements, and designed and implemented an ATM based communications infrastructure with protocol based routing prioritization, for AFSCN (Air Force Satellite Control Network) satellite mission traffic, including an IP based control and network management infrastructure with custom NT based User interface.

Co-authored, with the OSR Chief Engineer, a Systems Engineering process which was incorporated into the Lockheed Martin-RCDC System Engineering Management Plan (SEMP). OSR systems engineering was independently assessed at a SEI Capability Maturity Model Level-5 for systems engineering practices.

Responsibilities

Technical Proposal & Cost Analysis- Perform initial need assessment and feasibility analysis. Define project scope and notional implementation. Assess areas of technical and programmatic risk. Develop initial schedule and cost projections.

System Analysis- Perform customer needs assessment and requirement derivation. Object Oriented based System Engineering analysis process, ObjecTime and Rational ROSE modeling tools, and IDEF Process Modeling techniques. On-going customer, and product user, liaison.

System Design- Develop conceptual through implementation system designs and architectures based on requirements and customer, sponsor, technical and cost constraints. Key contributor to IP/ATM networking implementation and User system interface (GUI).

Documentation- Operations Concept, Transition Plan, System Engineering Management Plan (SEMP), and System Engineering Design Document (SEDD). Procurement and product requirement specifications (CI, SRS) and interface specifications (IRS, IDD, ICD).

Project Management- Develop and present technical and status briefings to Lockheed-Martin management, government sponsors, customers & users, and internal development teams. Facilitate internal development team coordination through use of Intranet "web" sites.

ADI Lead Systems Engineer

An independent government initiative to facilitate integration of the multiple vendors and developers required for the OSR project.

Responsibilities

Performed User needs clarification, operations concept development, requirements- analysis, derivation & management, and iterative system architecture and system design development.

Lockheed-Martin Technical Operations Co., Sunnyvale, Ca '84 - ‘95

$150M, technical support services for satellite ground system development and on-orbit space vehicle test and evaluation

Supervisor; Planning & Operations Nov. '93 to July ‘95

Managed and directed an operations staff of 75+ individuals including senior lead personnel.

The Operations staff is responsible for translating customer requirements of government sponsor and scientific community into operations concepts, procedures, and test plans, for the development of software tools and mission specific databases to support satellite missions and for providing ongoing customer contact and assistance in the elaboration of mission requirements.

Senior Operations Engineer Nov. ‘89 to Nov. '93

Project management for AF RDT&E satellite operations, providing technical assistance and recommendations to customer (AF) management, and directing program personnel. Conducted daily status briefings and provided formal status reports to customer management.

Satellite Operations Sept '84 to May '86

Execute mission operations with AF and other US space ranges for the integrated support of assigned missions. Performed weekly and 24 hr activity plans, shuttle Payload Crew Activity Plan development, and individual satellite contact plans. Coordinated prioritized and resolved multiple conflicting requirements of multiple payload and scientific community users. Analyzed satellite subsystem performance and prepared contingency responses when required.

Carondelet High School, Concord CA '77 - '84

Dept. Chairperson; Science

Classroom Teacher; Biology, Algebra, Geometry

Education

B. A., Ecology and Systems Biology; SF State University, San Francisco, Ca, Jan 1973

California Teaching Credential (life), Biology; SF State University, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 1976

Continuing Education:

Technical Courses

• Cisco Certified Design Associate (LM Group Study)

• Cisco Internetwork Design (ASCOLTA Training)

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (LM Group study)

• HP OpenView Network Node Manager

• Fundamentals of Data Communications (UCB)

• Digital Telecommunications (UCB)

• Computer Networks (UCB)

• Broadband Communications, ATM (UCB)

• Modeling with Rational ROSE (API)

Professional Growth Courses

• Basic Supervisory Program

• Managing Personal Growth

• Interpersonal Managing Skills

• Supervisory Training & Educational Program

• Project Management