Kyle Platt's Resume (Last updated April 14th 2009)

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Kyle Platt
Orlando, Florida 32828

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OBJECTIVE
Successful and highly motivated program systems engineer, with a strategic plan to be a key player in the defense training systems domain. 10+ years experience working with and for the United States Department of Defense, specializing in the technical program management of various high visibility, dynamic, and cutting edge war-fighter supported training devices. Possess exemplary leadership, team working , technical writing and presentation skills.

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WORK EXPERIENCE

U.S. Army Program Executive Officer for Simulation Training & Instrumentation
Systems Engineer / Information Assurance Security Officer

April 2007 - Present
Orlando, Florida
As a Systems Engineer for the United States (US) Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEOSTRI) and in support of the United States war-fighter, day-to-day activities included: interfacing with the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Program Integration Office, (TPIO-L) and the Army Training Support Center (ATSC) in an effort to design, develop and test the US Army's One Tactical Engagement Simulation System (OneTESS); it's first Non-Line-Of-Site (NLOS) and Beyond-Line-Of-Site (BLOS) Tactical Engagement Simulation System. OneTESS will ultimately be the system that succeeds MILES, MAIS and OT-TESS.

In part, responsible for the multifaceted technical development and technical program management of OneTESS. This was accomplished by leading four working group level Integrated Product Teams (IPTs).
  • Served as acting lead engineer
  • Insured horizontal integration with PM-TRADE hardware and software product lines; yielding a cost effective path to future Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) training exercises.
  • Via a Department of Defense (DoD) Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office (MSCO) Engineering Change Proposal (ECP), I managed the OneTESS Live Terrain Format (LTF) integration and consolidation into OneSAF; yielding a fair fight, common terrain database for all Live, Virtual and Constructive entities.
  • Work with the Lead Systems Integrator (LSI) Cost Account Manager's (CAMs) to ensure working group level activities remained in budget and scope
  • Work with Program Management Office (PMO) to execute sound systems engineering technical management processess
  • Demonstrated exemplary technical expertise in communicating and managing technical criterion for developing, integrating and documenting cutting edge fully integrated and interoperable software product line components; yielding cost and schedule effective fair-fight training capabilities
  • Responsible for the execution of the Information Assurance, Security Engineering and the Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP).
  • Successfully managed the execution of Department of the Army Information Assurance guidance (AR 25-2, DoDI 8500.1 and DoDI 8500.2)
  • Recognized as one of the premier Information Assurance Security Officers (IASO) in PM TRADE

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Morgan Research, a Stanley Company
Systems Engineer

November 2005 - April 2007
Orlando, Florida
Concentration - Visual Systems and Aircraft Platform Concurrency

As a Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance Contractor for the United States (US) Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation and, in support of the United States war-fighter, day-to-day activities included: interfacing with the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Program Integration Office, Virtual (TPIO-V) and the Department of Simulation (DOS) in an effort to develop and execute a modernized, cost effective collective aviation combined arms training device.

Responsible for the technical program management of various Engineering Change Proposals (ECP) that impact the Program Manager's Office for Air and Command Tactical Trainer's (PM-ACTT) Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT).
  • While working closely with either a U.S Army Contracting Specialist, or the U.S. Army PEOSTRI Principal Contract Officer (PCO), both lead, and participated in the negotiation, awarding and execution of several successful multi-million dollar and multi-year contract awards. Including the Engineering Change
Proposals (ECPs) for the Image Generator (IG) Re-architecture, Night Vision Goggle & Aircraft Exterior Lighting Upgrade (NVG/AEL), Common Missile Warning System - SIIRCM (-), AH-64D Block II, Lot 8 Apache Longbow concurrency upgrade, and the Communications Hardware and Software Upgrade.
  • Responsible for not only the development of the Principal Contractor Statement of Work (SOW).
  • Responsible for the daily technical program management tasks normally indicative of an industry Program Engineer.

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WITTENSTEIN aerospace & simulation
Systems Engineer

October 2003 - September 2005
Winter Park, Florida
Responsible for the Technical Program Management of various high fidelity, Level-D Electrical Control Loading (ECL) flight simulators. Coordinating international design efforts (via the United States Department of State) with customer requirements lead to successful working relationships with L3 Link Simulation and Training's Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT) and Flight School XXI, as well as Boeing's F15-K/E.

  • While responsible for the Technical Program Management of various projects, I was wholly responsible for the design, integration, and test of the AVCATT, Flight School XXI, Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) and CF-18 Control Loading deliverable devices.
  • Solely developed software applications which streamlined the managerial accounting, and procurement decision making 100% more intuitive and successful.
  • Possess strong interpersonal communications skills, enabling effective marketing and sales
presentations at I/ITSEC and other local exhibitions
  • Successfully helped to decrease customer lead times by evaluating and aiding in the development of a robust international shipping procedure as well as a real time inventory control software environment.

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Starhunter Corporation
Lead Propulsion Systems Engineer, Consultant

January 2002 - May 2005
Orlando, Florida
As the Lead Propulsion engineer, I was responsible for the thermo-fluid research and design aspect of the Government grant application process.
  • Made effective use of the University and Corporate resources surrounding the Central Florida area. This enabled the Thermo-fluids engineering group to continually research new technologies.
  • My strong leadership and engineering background enabled Starhunter to quickly respond to new exciting technologies.

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Cyber Defense Systems
Lead Aerospace Systems Engineer, Consultant

January 2004 - April 2005
Saint Petersburg, Florida
As of one of two engineers that aided in the creation of one of the most promising Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) companies, I helped to develop various highly profitable designs and manufacturing procedures
  • Responsible for various design activities such as structural and power-plant requirements
  • Lead engineer responsible for patent application drawings

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AirTran airways
Aircraft Structural and Maintenance Engineer

June 2003 - December 2003
Orlando, Florida
Responsible for the computer aided drawing portion of the cabin re-upholster initiative. Possessing strong technical writing skills allowed me to take on further responsibility, inasmuch that the aircraft technicians
required engineering instruction sets in order to properly address problems.
  • After satisfying a six month contract work requirement in one month's time, I was asked to dedicate my time to addressing power-plant and structural failure analysis
  • Was given special acknowledgement for my design efforts by the Director of Engineering.

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DME Corporation
Mechanical Systems Engineer

May 1999 - January 2002
Orlando, Florida
Primarily facilitated the design, analysis, and procurement process of the F-22 maintenance trainer. Working along side other engineers, I was responsible for the various customer design requirements such as assembly, structural analysis, and failure mode testing.
  • Other responsibilities included working as a Component / Procurement Engineer to ensure proper fit, form and function components in high fidelity training devices.

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EDUCATION

University of Central Florida
Bachelor's of Science in Aerospace Engineering

August 1997 - December 2002
Orlando, Florida

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University of Central Florida
Master's of Science in Aerospace Engineering

January 2002 - May 2006
Orlando, Florida

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THESIS
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
M.S, Aerospace Engineering
Design and Fabrication of a Full-Featured Labscale Hybrid Rocket Engine

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RESEARCH
Florida Space Institute, Cape Canaveral, Florida Jan. 2002
DARPA Grant Funded, 1kW Microwave Electro-Thermal Thruster (MET)

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Jan. 2002
Micro-Nozzle Flow Visualization Utilizing Schlerin

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Jan. 2001
Miniaturized Mono-Propellant Attitude Control System

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Jan. 2001
Vacuum Chamber Development

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Jan. 2002
Sub-Miniature Butane Thruster

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Jan. 2002
PICO-SAT Design, Integration and Test

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Mar. 2003
Visual Basic Graphical User Interface (GUI) for remote terminal access
of satellite attitude control

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ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS
"The MET (Microwave Electro-Thermal) Thruster Using Water Vapor Propellant." Plasma Science 2004. The 31st IEEE International Conference, June 2004, 325.
In its simplest design, the MET uses a directly driven resonant cavity empty of anything except gaseous propellant and the microwave fields that heat it. It is a robust, simple, inexpensive thruster with high efficiency, and has been scaled successfully to operate at 100 W, 1 kW, and 50 kW using 7.5, 2.45 and 0.915 GHz microwaves respectively.

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ACQUISITION TRAINING
ACQ 101 - Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management, Defense Acquisition University, Orlando, Florida, Jan. 2006

ACQ 201A - Intermediate Systems Acquisition, Defense Acquisition University, Orlando, Florida, Oct. 2007

ACQ 201B - Intermediate Systems Acquisition, Defense Acquisition University, Orlando, Florida, May 2007

SYS 101 - Fundamentals of Systems Planning, Research & Developmental Engineering, Defense Acquisition University, Orlando, Florida, July 2007

SYS 202 - Intermediate Systems Planning, Research & Developmental Engineering, Defense Acquisition University, Orlando, Florida, June 2008

SYS 203 - Intermediate Systems Planning, Research & Developmental Engineering, Defense Acquisition University, Orlando, Florida, Sept. 2008

SYS 302 - Technical Leadership in Systems Engineering, Defense Acquisition University, Orlando, Florida, Feb. 2009

LOG 101 - Acquisition Logistics Fundamentals, Defense Acquisition University, Orlando, Florida, Jan. 2006

TST 101 - Introduction to Acquisition Workforce Test and Evaluation, Defense Acquisition University, Orlando, Florida, Jan. 2006

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SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
  • Autodesk Inventor V.4 - V.6
  • Mathsoft MathCAD V.5 - V.13
  • Autodesk Mechanical Desktop V.3 - V.6
  • PTC Pro-E V.2000i - V.2001
  • SDRC I-deas V.8 - V.9
  • UGS Unigraphics V.18 - V.NX2
  • Solidworks V.2000 - V.2005
  • Cosmos Design Star
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • ANSI C
  • Microsoft Office
  • Microsoft Project

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AFFILIATIONS
Army Acquisition Corps (AAC), U.S. Army, Nov. 2008

President, Delta Upsilon International Fraternity, Orlando, Florida, Nov. 2000 to Nov. 2001

Alumni Academic Advisor, Delta Upsilon International Fraternity, Orlando, Florida, Dec. 2001 to Dec. 2002

Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Orlando, Florida

Member, American Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Orlando, Florida

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SECURITY CLEARANCE
Available upon request

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LICENSES
Engineering Intern, Florida Board of Professional Engineers, Tallahassee, Florida, Dec. 2001

CompTIA Security+ Certified, May 2008

Information Assurance Security Officer, U.S. Army, Jan. 2007

Systems Planning, Research & Developmental Engineering (SPRDE-SE) Level 1 Certified, Aug. 2007

Systems Planning, Research & Developmental Engineering (SPRDE-SE) Level 2 Certified, Sept. 2008

Systems Planning, Research & Developmental Engineering (SPRDE-SE) Level 3 Certified, Feb. 2009

Program Systems Planning, Research & Developmental Engineering (SPRDE-PSE) Level 1 Certified, Jun. 2007

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