Resume of Louis Newstrom

Resume of Louis Newstrom updated 7/2010
available on line at LouisNewstrom.com
contact louis@louisnewstrom.com

552 Waterfront St
Melbourne, FL 32934
(321) 821-2385

SUMMARY
I am a Software Engineer with a strong scientific background.
I increase productivity by boosting the competency of others.
I do this by making simple interfaces to complex algorithms.
(Think of what a calculator does for a non-mathematician.)

SKILLS AND TOOLS

Management

ClearQuest
Estimating
Scheduling
Leadership
Project
Tracking

Design

Object Oriented Design
Database Design
Library Design
Rational Rose
Software Design

Development

ClearCase
Excel
PowerPoint
Word

Database

dBase
Access
Oracle
Sybase

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, May 1987, from Rollins College
Master of Arts in Management and Leadership, estimated spring 2011, from Webster University

CLEARANCES

I was cleared for Top Secret Information, based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) completed on 12/19/2007.
My Secret clearance is still current.
I have held a TS/SCI clearance in the past.

LANGUAGES

Preferred

C++
HTML
PHP
SQL
UML

Used On The Job

BASIC
C
CORBA IDL
dBase / Clipper
Fortran
Java
MatLab

Studied At School

Ada
COBOL
LISP
Machine / Assembly
Pascal

PLATFORMS

Sun Solaris
Unix
Linux
Windows

EXPERIENCE of Louis Newstrom

Software Engineer 5 for the Air Force Technical Applications Center (Jan 2007 - May 2009)
on the National Data Center (NDC)
supporting the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)

managed 5 person team to automate detection of nuclear events
designed library so non-database programmers can access Oracle database
designed library so non-X Windows programmers can write X Windows GUIs
developed digital signal processing tools

Senior Software Engineer for Northrop Grumman (Dec 2005 - Aug 2006)
on the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) project
on the Information Warfare IR&D project

designed library so non-socket programmers can write communications software
developed route algorithm for autonomous unmanned combat air vehicles
developed methodology for information warfare attacks and defense

Senior Firmware Engineer for Bally Gaming (Jul 2004 - Feb 2005)
on the Alpha Game System

maintained and updated a tamper resistant operating system
developed secure communications protocols

Senior Software Engineer for Raytheon (Jan 2004 - Jun 2004)
on the Next Generation Destroyer (DDX) program
on the Integrated Under Sea Warfare (IUSW) program

designed library for database access
developed database initialization routines
ported task scheduler from Java to C++ to improve reliability and availability

Engineer Specialist for Lockheed Martin (Nov 2001 - Sep 2003)
on the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program
on the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program

developed battle monitor and control software
developed databases for battle plan and situation display data
developed access control to battle plan and situation display databases
developed test simulators for distributed components

Senior Technical Staff for Titan formerly DBA Systems (Aug 1997 - May 2001)
on the Modern Imagery Exploitation System (MIES) program

managed 3 person team to develop on-line training for Imagery Analysts
wrote procedures that brought company to CMM level 2 and ISO-9000 certifications
presented status to military customer
designed CGI server for web pages
designed web based access control of databases
developed database for storage of large (>1Gb) satellite images
ported C++ programs to Java