John F. Davis

About John F. Davis

Intuitive, curious, driven - Relentless pursuit of problem resolution through creative application of past experience and current knowledge.Researching Automation of Safety-Critical test development strategies to produce certifiable tool sets for use by organizations involved in safety-critical systems and software development such as FAA DO-178B and DO-254, NASA IV & V, and medical technology applications.Software and Systems Analysis, Design, Development, Validation and Verification for DO178B levels A-D Applications; responsible for all deliverable artifacts and demonstration of completion of contract deliverables. Requirements analysis, requirements development, requirements management - associated tradeoffs in validation and verification strategies based on available support tools and environments. Writing testable requirements and developing associated validation and verification strategies and test environments. Organizational and Program Process Gap Analysis and Process Improvement strategies as they apply to Software Development. Automated Static code Analysis, Formal Coding Standards such as MISRA - drafting and maintaining effective coding standards supporting manual and automated custom, open source and available commercial development environments and tools. DO178B, DO254, CMMI and ISO process improvement solutions - a lot of times one shoe can fit all.Reverse engineering and artifact completion for certification of already fielded applications falling under DO-178B or DO-254. Gap analysis of existing programs and artifacts and developing completion strategies going forward.IV & V of software development programs for prime contractors and government agencies; independent review of full life cycle artifacts. U.S. Army CECOM on site review engineering and test witness - Nasa IV & V Facility System and Software supplier program review.Team communication and collaboration solutions, business process and marketing improvements using Social Media.

Experience

1. Business Process Marketing Consultant

   Simcloud

   Sep 2011 — Present

   Board Member Senior ConsultantStrategic Technology Consulting; applying emerging technology trends to current business problems and practices. Increasing business effectiveness through the application of technology in planning, process and execution. Gap Analysis, Business Process Analysis, Marketing with Social Media and technologies

Education

• Electronics Institute

  FCC first Class Radio/Telephone, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  1969 — 1970

• Penn State University

  Electrical Engineering

  1968 — 1969

• University of Pittsburgh

  B.S., Computer Science, Geology

  1983 — 1985

• Windber Area High School

  Diploma, Academic

  1964 — 1968

Skills

• Gap Analysis
• Microcontrollers
• Program Management
• Software Documentation
• Assembly Language
• Requirements Management
• Clearcase
• Satcom
• Do-254
• Fpga
• Embedded Software
• Rs232
• Rs422
• Can Bus
• Custom Communication Protocols
• Technical Leadership
• Software Design
• Do-178b
• Device Drivers
• Configuration Management
• Reverse Engineering
• C
• Programming Languages
• Requirements Analysis
• Systems Engineering
• Iv&V
• Static Code Analysis
• Firmware
• Testing
• Aerospace
• Software Engineering
• Embedded Operating Systems
• Telelogic Doors
• Avionics Integration
• Rtos
• Unix
• Mil-Std-1553
• Software Project Management
• Clearquest
• Cmmi