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Ronald L Hall Jr.
Email: ron@ronhall.com WWW: www.ronhall.com Phone: +66 (0) 847-836-744
SUMMARY:
Sr. Software Engineer/Technical Lead with experience in software development, systems integration, user training, and team management. Have delivered mission critical systems to satisfied customers worldwide.EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
June 2002 to Present- Self-Employed - International ATM Consulting - Chonburi, Thailand
ATM Systems development, planning, implementation, on-site troubleshooting and system acceptance testing.
Germany: Provided 16 weeks of on-site support to evaluate and update TracView system source code and adaptation data. Adapted TracView system from one DFS location to another (Bremen to Karlsruhe). Debugged and fixed a code-red mode-S radar tracking problem on site in Langen. This fix was then distributed to all sites nationwide. Provided on-site support to evaluate alternate graphics card for HP workstation for next large scale system upgrade. Provided support and training to DFS Engineers on development and support of the TracView system. Developed and taught TracView adaptation data course to DFS system administrators from all ACC sites in Germany.
Viet Nam: Successfully completed system upgrade for Ho Chi Minh
City, Viet Nam ATC system to support RVSM and provide warranty fixes.
Provided advanced training to technical staff to support installation
of new software and adapting the system. Click
here for more photos of my experience with TracView.
July 1998 to June 2002 - Sr. Software Engineer II - Raytheon Co - International Air Traffic Control
Technical Leadership: Technical Lead on 4 International ATC systems in past two years: Düsseldorf ACC, Munich Dual LAN Upgrade, Ho Chi Minh City ACC Radar Upgrade, Ho Chi Minh City ACC East Sea Airway Upgrade. Managed teams of up to 18 people to successfully field these systems. Responsibilities included managing and/or participating in the following tasks: technical support during contract negotiations, program status meetings, procurement of all hardware components, lab setup, software development, system integration, factory acceptance testing, site installation, user training, documentation review, site acceptance and sign-off, and project wrap-up. Received Raytheon Co. achievement awards for successfully completing each project on time, under budget, and to the satisfaction of the customer. Click here for more photos of my experience with TracView.
Software Development: Developed the client component and the test tools of the Procon product. This product converts radar data from one format to another. System is hosted on HP-UX and uses the TCP/IP network protocol. Developed a new ASTERIX radar interface type for the TracView ATC system.
Systems Integration:
Successfully integrated numerous TracView ATC systems
in
User Training:
Have taught TracView system administration and operations
courses in
New Business Development:
Developed 4 year upgrade plan for Ho Chi Minh ACC that was presented to Civil Aviation officials in
Hanoi,
ATC Experience: RDP, FDP, AFTN, ASTERIX, RVSM, ADS, CPDLC
March 1997 to July 1998 - Director of Media Integration/Technical Director - GVOX
Led team of media integrators in developing multimedia enhanced CD-ROM titles to teach people how to play guitar, bass and piano using the G-VOX HW/SW system. Tools included Microsoft Visual Studio C++ and Macromedia Director. Managed company network and computer systems in West Coast office. Click for more information.
August 1994 to March 1997 - Sr. Software Engineer - Graphix Zone
Lead software engineer on numerous CD-ROM projects. Responsible for integrating and programming a wide variety of media types into award winning consumer multimedia titles for the PC and Macintosh. Used a multitude of development tools including MS Visual C, Macromedia Director, Wise Installation System, and Apple Media Tool. Click for more information.
July 1987 to July 1993 - Software Engineer - Hughes Aircraft Co.
Duties included designing, coding, integrating, testing and documenting large scale Air Defense systems for NATO and other countries following DoD 2167 Mil-Std specifications. Experienced and trained in all phases of software lifecycle from developing requirements, top-level design, detailed design, coding, testing, and integration.
July 1993 to February 1999 - Consulting
As a self-employed contractor/consultant, I developed many different software solutions for clients including complete CD-ROM productions, database systems, games, and setup programs. Following is a table of clients I have done work for:
| Client |
Type of Job |
| CalCom Cellular |
Kiosk Sales System |
| CountryWide Mortgage Co |
CD-ROM, Game |
| EDS |
CD-ROM, MPEG Video |
| I.D.E.A. |
CD-ROMs, Kiosks, Database, Setup Programs, Games, WWW |
| Interplay Software |
WWW Shockwave |
| Killingsworth Presentations |
CD-ROMS,
Games, Setup Programs |
| Marlin Software | WWW
Shockwave |
| Pinkerton Security Systems | Database
System, Kiosk |
| Toshiba | CD-ROMs |
| Candle, Inc | CD-ROMs,
Setup Programs |
| Disney | CD-ROM
Development Consulting |
| Pentel | WWW
Game |
| Merisel | CD-ROMs,
Database Systems, Setup Programs |
| Superior Fireplaces | CD-ROMs,
Database Systems, Setup Programs |
COMPUTER EXPERIENCE:
| Languages |
Years |
Systems |
Years |
Tools |
Years |
| Ada |
6 |
Unix |
8 |
Director |
10 |
| C |
8 |
Windows |
14 |
GNU |
4 |
| C++ |
2 |
Linux |
2 |
MS Visual Studio |
2 |
| HTML |
4 |
Macintosh |
15 |
Codewarrior |
2 |
| Java |
1 |
HP-UX |
4 |
Dreamweaver |
5 |
| PHP |
1 |
SUN Solaris |
4 |
MS Office |
14 |
EDUCATION:
Bachelors of Science - Computer Science, California State University - Fullerton - GPA: 3.5/4.0
2000 Raytheon Individual
Achievement Award for successfully leading Düsseldorf Project
2000 Raytheon Spot Achievement Award for Munich System Installation/Integration
2001 Raytheon Team Achievement for Team effort on multiple
projects
2001 Raytheon Spot Achievement
Award for Munich System Upgrade and Vietnam System Upgrade
2001 Raytheon Individual
Achievement Award for Vietnam East Sea Airway Upgrade
TRAINING:
Six Sigma Specialist Training, Certified Specialist
LVM/OOD (Layered Virtual Machine/Object Oriented Design)
REFERENCES:
Doug Miknuk , BFR Engineering Manager, Raytheon, Fullerton,
CA, USA - 714-446-2863
Jeff Christoffers, MSAS Program Manager, Raytheon, Fullerton,
CA, USA - 714.446.2494
Lothar Arend, DFS TracView Project Manager, DFS, Langen, Germany - +49 6103-707-2691
