Larry Wardman

System Engineer / System Analyst

Experience
7 years - System Engineering
21 years - Software Development
NASA Contractor - Geocent
Constellation Program / Ares I & V Launch Vehicles
System Engineer
* Provided scientific & technical support for the
Constellation Program Ares I & V vehicles
* Facilitated the collection of all vehicle command and
measurement data from data providers
* Updated the measurements, commands, command parameters,
effectors, and sensors lists
* Provided MIL-STB-1553B, RS422, and Gigabit Ethernet
bus layouts
* Synchronized user data input with the SQL Server database,
integrated control documents, & estimates
NASA Contractor - Computer Sciences Corporation
International Space Station Program/Payload Planning System
Senior Software Analyst
* Consolidated a variety of servers to Intel servers
(variety of OS to Linux)
* Implemented multi-tier distributed architecture
* Develop client code for user information, system
configurations, FTP sites, payloads
NASA Contractor - New Technology, Incorporated
International Space Station Program /
Payload Information Management System
Senior Staff Analyst
* Developed requirements, software, and documentation for
change requests, document management, & To Do List
* Implemented multi-tier distributed architecture
* Supported software installation, testing, maintenance,
& training
* Managed 7-13 personnel over 5 years
NASA Contractor - New Technology, Incorporated
Spacelab Program / Operations Management Information System
Staff Analyst
* Developed requirements, software, and documentation
for change requests, document management, & file transfer
* Added special features including automatic screen
refresh, word processing, & workflow
* Created an interface for the visually impaired
* Provided an interface for NASA international partner
space agencies
* Supported 28 Spacelab missions
Military Contractor - Nichols Research Corporation
Accounting, Personal, Government Contracts, Security
MIS Branch Manager
* Developed software for accounting, personnel, government
contracts, and security reports
* Created a PC to mainframe interface
* Converted sequential files to indexed sequential files
Steel Industry - United States Steel Corp, Fairfield Works
New Seamless Pipe Mill
Process Control Lead
* Download pipe mill schedules, recipes, & setups directly
to programmable logical computers
* Optimizing furnace settings for fuel savings
* Automatically cut bloom length, calculates optimum
product yield & reduce manpower
* Supervisor of 11 contractor personnel
Steel Industry - United States Steel Corp, Mon Valley Works
Coke, Rolling Mill
System Engineer
* Integrate coal & coke composition data into a single
database, eliminate duplicate data input
* Maintain quality control via average & range control
charts generated from the coal & coke database
* Reopened a rolling mill, downloaded schedules and setups
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$$$ Cost Saving Initiatives $$$
* Removal of 2 costly & inefficient COTS products,
savings $3.3M through FY08
* Solaris to Linux migration, replace $200K Sun servers
with $20K Intel servers
* Successful study to replace Oracle with PostgreSQL
database
Awards
* NASA Public Service Group Achievement Award June 2010
* NASA PEB rating of 98 fall 2001, 95 spring & fall 2002,
95 spring 2003, 96 fall 2003, 95 fall & spring 2004,
95 spring 2005
* Recipient of George M. Low Award (NASA top quality &
technical performance) April 2004
* NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Contractor Excellence
Award for 2001
Management Tools
* Clearcase, CORBA, MS Office Excel 2007,
MS Office Outlook 2007, MS Office Power Point 2007,
MS Office Word 2007, Windchill
Programming Languages
* Basic, C, Fortran, Java, Pascal
Database Applications
* MS Access 2007, MS SQL Server 2005, Oracle
Markup Languages
* HTML, XML
Operating Systems
* Linux, Unix, Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7
Documentation
* Inorganic Chemistry, "Electronic Spin Resonance Study in
a Trinuclear Complex", pp. 1313-1316, vol 14, June 1975.
* DECUS SIG Notes, "NASA Spacelab Flight Support System
OMIS", Digital Equipment Corporation Users Society
(DECUS), 1991. Presented at the DECUS Spring Symposium
in Atlanta, GA 5/6/91.
* NASA Documentation: Software Requirements Specifications
(SRS), Software Design Documents (SDD), Interface Control
Documents (ICD), Interface Design Documents (IDD),
Administration Guides, and User Guides.
Education
* Slippery Rock University Of PA, BS, Chemistry Education
* Bowling Green State University, MS, Chemistry
* California University of PA, AS, Computer Science