David D. Johnston
djohnsto@his.com
15028 Cherrywood Drive
Laurel, MD 20707 U.S. Citizen
(301) 604-1968 (Messages) Cleared Secret
Objective: Seek position that will use both my technical and
business management skills.
Summary of Qualifications
- Experienced software developer and systems engineer with over 15
years of experience.
- Proficient on a variety of hardware platforms ranging from
mainframes to desktop machines.
- Completed Master's degree program with a G.P.A. of 3.7 while
working full-time, making use of the Internet to conduct research
for academic papers and presentations.
- Flexible, able to adapt to changing requirements while
maintaining a high quality of service.
Relevant Skills & Accomplishments
Software Design/Development
- Mastered complex software systems that often required reverse
engineering of designs to construct an understandable
explanation of the underlying system, given imprecise
requirements.
- Ported legacy or established software packages from mainframe
systems to UNIX or PC workstations.
- Analyzed, coded and maintained real-time software for several
guided missile programs for the U.S. Navy and Air Force. Tested
and implemented display and control modules for these systems.
Teamwork/Communication
- Opened up lines of communication between traditionally
independent technical groups.
- Prepared presentations to both junior and senior personnel to
explain complex issues.
- Able to grasp a wide variety of issues ranging from those of a
technical or scientific nature to political, economic or
financial issues. Researched these issues using both traditional
and new methods including public and commercial on-line search
and retrieval services.
Project Administration and Development
- Coordinated design, coding and documentation changes for a data
analysis and reduction program for the Surface and Ground
Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM & GLCM) TOMAHAWK project.
- Prepared and led product demonstrations to Air Force and NASA
Personnel.
- Generated software change proposals to enhance existing systems
and suggested new areas to develop.
Computer Skills
SOFTWARE
C++, C, Fortran, Pascal, Ada, Unix, Ultra-16, ROLM 1666 Assembler and
Univac 1100 Assembler. Software packages used include network
monitoring software such as HP OpenView. Familiar with http, ftp,
and Internet browser tools, as well as the companion HTML language.
Used Lexis and Westlaw legal search tools as well.
HARDWARE
HP 9000/755, SCO and SUN UNIX workstations, Vax 8600 and 11/785
under VMS, Rolm 1666 (DG NOVA), Masscomp (Concurrent) 5500 series,
IBM & UNISYS mainframes, IBM PCs, and Apple Macintosh.
Employment History
1995-Present Systems Engineer Raytheon Systems Corp
1990-1995 Sr. Member of Technical Staff Computer Sciences Corp
1988-1990 Software Engineer OAO Corporation
1982-1988 Computer Programmer Vitro Corporation
Education
M.B.A., elective courses taken in Finance and Entrepreneurship -
Loyola College, Baltimore, MD, 1994
B.S., Computer Science, minor in Math and Physics - University of
Maryland, College Park, MD, 1982
e-mail: djohnsto@his.com