Rick Wolfe

About Rick Wolfe

High-performing system development manager with expertise in software development, test and integration, system engineering and release management of large-scale real-time system applications in Government Defense, Commercial, and Transportation sectors. • Highly-skilled in full product life cycle from requirements definition to delivery and operations and maintenance of complex systems – real-time client-server command and control, air traffic control, GPS ground system command and control, wireless ground-based line-of-sight, air-to-ground, SATCOM information network systems, 4G LTE voice, data, and fax services over satellite, and open-payment electronic fare processing transit systems. • Extensive scope of responsibility, proven success, and record of accomplishment motivating technical teams to meet all schedule, cost, and quality commitments, resulting in excellent levels of customer satisfaction.

Experience

1. Systems Integration and Test Engineer Senior Staff

   Ascent Technologies Inc

   Mar 2018 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Currently, supporting Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) of a system delivering 4G LTE voice, data, and fax services over satellite. Supported the system engineering and verification and validation effort for the GPS Contingency Operations contract to update the current ground system to support the new on-orbit Block Satellite. • Managed an early integration effort of current Block combined baseline with upgraded VM infrastructure to reduce the risk of finding issues later in the SDLC. • Managed a test effort executed on merged baselines to detect regression in existing legacy Block II functionality as the system was developed. • Developed and executed integration and Formal Qualification Test (FQT) scenarios to verify and validate requirements.

Education

• University of Louisville

  Bachelor of Science

  1977 — 1981

• University of Louisville

  Master of Engineering

  1981 — 1982

Skills

• Requirements Analysis
• Hardware - Mainframe, Workstation, Desktop, Laptop, Server
• Applications - Clearcase, Clearquest, Doors, Ms Office, Artemis, Wboe
• Unix
• C++
• Microsoft Office
• Testing
• System Testing
• Systems Engineering
• Program Management
• Integration
• C
• Clearquest
• Applications
• Systems Design
• Databases
• Platforms - Unix, Windows
• Java
• Languages - Tested Applications Written in C, C++, Java, Html, Xml, Ada
• Operating Systems
• Software Engineering
• Software Design
• Earned Value Management
• Clearcase
• Software Development
• System Architecture
• Embedded Systems
• System Design
• Doors
• Protocols - Sna, Tcp, Udp, Voip Across Lans and Wans