Engineer and scientist with 40 years of experience in the design and implementation of software applications for defense, space science, astronomy, education, and business. A polyglot programmer specializing in the development of data processing and archival systems for large projects with heavy reliance on relational databases. Earned management credentials and acquired experience as team leader in the development and deployment of image-processing systems for the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Palomar Transient Factory. Currently developing software for processing the unprecedented massive data volume expected from the Zwicky Transient Facility in 2017 and beyond. Interested in challenging projects with sophisticated data-processing requirements.
Specialties: Numerical methods, digital signal and image processing techniques, target detection and tracking, artificial neural networks, data classifiers, software development in a variety of programming languages for any platform, database schema and stored function design.