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Josh H. Sparber338 E, Palmdale Ave., Unit 4Orange, CA. 92865Blackberry: 714-767-0027Work Email: Joshua.Sparber@dcma.milWork Phone: 714-372-1771Home Phone/Home FAX: 714-998-3439

WORK EXPERIENCE

Defense Contract Management Agency2001 to Present5301 Bolsa Ave., Huntington Beach, CA. 92647

CSEL: Combat Survivor Evader Locator FAB-T: Family of Beyond Line–of–Sight TerminalsGEDMS: Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplexer System GMD: Ground–Based Missile DefenseIPIC: ICBM Prime Integration Contract

Program System Engineer/Program Integrator:

In my continuing role as Program System Engineer-Program Integrator, I evaluated full Life Cycle engineering and management processes, compliance to government guidelines and adequacy of design of two large $3.0B (FAB–T) and $1.5B dollar government contracts (GMD).

2 years on GMD, 9 years on FAB–T, 5 years on CSEL and GEDMS, and 3 years on IPIC. FAB–T was a Family of Systems to transform all legacy and existing Air Force satellite systems into a similarly configurable telecommunications system with worldwide deployment. Production is being continued at Raytheon.

GMD was a System of Systems worldwide defense build including multiple conjoined independent systems, sensors and communication networks. Both GMD and FAB–T involved legacy platforms. FAB–T involved both general and specialty engineering. The GMD program is now in Sustainment.

GMD/FAB-T: Checked the status and maturity of the translation of customer Key Performance Parameters into Technical Performance Measures (TPMs). Extensively analyzed and tracked progress on TPMs. Also check the development of designs against design specs.

FAB-T: Paid special attention to contractor pre and post design reliability analysis databases: Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) and Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA).

FAB-T: checked the traceability of the system requirements to the specs through the DOORS Requirements Management System. In DOORS, checked the adequacy of Test and Evaluation to both verify and validate requirements to specs through traceability to Verification and Validation Strategies.

FAB-T: Aided the Program Office in two major program Replans with Internal Baseline

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Reviews (IBRs), (2005-2010).

FAB-T/CSEL: wrote Corrective Action Requests, Continuous Improvement Opportunities and Letters of Concern to stimulate program progress.

FAB-T: Monthly, used a Schedule Analysis tool to check the Integrated Master Schedule in Project for Critical Path, task connectedness and flow, length, and logic with about a dozen parameters.

GMD/FAB-T/CSEL Cost Plus contracts or portions: 2001-2012: Predicted Cost, Schedule, Performance and Programmatic Risks of engineering development and design through time with monthly Earned Value (EV) analyses.

GMD/FAB-T/CSEL Cost Plus contracts or portions: 2001-2012: Extensively evaluated EV and derived a monthly Independent Estimate to Completion range. Did Control Account (CA) Manager Interviews to track the impacts of technical issues, incorrect billing, and contractor technical or management processes on Schedule/Cost Variances and Indices, and Management Reserve. Checked Contract Line Item or CA actuals to Format 5 variance explanations.

CSEL/IPIC/GEDMS: By mid–2011, I transitioned into a Program Integrator position on program CSEL. This program is mainly Sustainment, with Production based on Independent Research and Development to reach new markets and maintain the product line. I also analyzed and reported on risk in engineering and engineering management on both IPIC and GEDMS, two programs, also both in Sustainment and Development.

All programs: tracked, analyzed and predicted risk on programs of engineering design and development, and the adequacy of contractor processes across Requirements Engineering, Risk/Issue/Opportunity Management, Configuration Management, Test and Evaluation, Supplier Management and Product Support. I did formal process reviews and reported on the adequacy of contractor processes to meet program goals. Attended Boards related to these processes; e.g., Failure Review Board, Engineering Review or Configuration Management Board.

All programs: Reviewed contractor Statements of Work or Performance Work Statements, system planning documents, and processes and procedures.

All programs: Paid special attention to Information Assurance/Failsafe Design Analysis Systems: cryptography, codes, DITSCAP/DIACAP, contractor ATT, ATO, ATC qualification and involvement of various agencies: DISA, DSS and NSA, and the impact of the government Cryptographic Modernization Initiative on programs.

Overall: Evaluated contractor Engineering and Management Performance for the Defense Acquisition Evaluation System, semiannual Award Fees and other analyses requested by outside Defense Department agencies: Missile Defense Agency, Space and Missile Command and the Air Force. Applied various sets of Readiness Levels to benchmark contractor performance.

Overall: Actively participated in and took notes on all the engineering meetings I attended: Program Reviews, Integrated Product Teams, Working Groups, Technical Interchange Meetings, Boards (Engineering Review, Configuration Control, Risk Issues and Opportunities and Failure Review Boards) and the Technical, Program and Business Leadership Councils.

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Overall: Interviewed engineers and managers on issues of concern. Continually created weekly or monthly reports based on my notes and the performance history of the programs. Reported on program developments, product improvements and adequacy of the engineering processes.

Special: Performed ongoing Technical Support to Negotiations (TSNs) for the Defense Contract Auditing Agency for proposals on many other programs. In these analyses reviewed Bases of Estimate for logical build up, and the consistency with Business Plans that were made available.

Special: For TSNs, I performed interviews with engineers and management to obtain a full understanding of engineering information presented in proposals. I check the overall auditability of proposals, as well as engineering hours and dollars for reasonableness and accuracy.

DCMA: Authored and created monthly updates of almost all sections of DCMA Monthly Reports or Program Assessment Reports, DCMA System Engineering Plans and reports. 2012-2015 formatted DCMA event based reports based on risks, or current observations. During development programs, mentored and coordinated with DCMA engineering colleagues in deriving their report sections. Continued on with unofficial mentoring.

DCMA: Yearly updated DCMA System Engineering Plans with Buying Office agreement. Updated DCMA docs capturing requirements flow from the program into our DCMA surveillance plans and aligned these with Event Based Surveillance activities in years 2010-2015. Helped with the conversion of our information into a fully web-based system, the Integrated Work Management System, and the Cloud.

Linfinity (now MicroSemi): 2000, Garden Grove, CA Product Engineer

Now part of Microsemi, this company was devoted to developing state of the art microcomputer circuits. I learned about bench work on developing integrated circuits.

I bench tested products. I built test setups for semiconductors. Through a computer, networked to a mini-frame running LTX machines in Basic/System Emulation Language; through this sent parameters down to test setups in the lab.

Work involved microscopes and lasers to check circuit performance and to modify performance to meet specs. Transfer files with a UNIX style LINXNET system back and forth from the lab. Authored weekly reports based on analyzing the functioning of the semiconductor circuits.

Ameriphone: 1998 to 2000, Anaheim, CAComponent Level Electronics Manager

Program was instituted to provide and assist people with deafness and other disabilities with telephone-like visual devices and other services. In this program I built on my experience in repair and troubleshooting with Krown Research, 1981-1986, another company involved with Telephone Devices for the Deaf (TDDs).

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I repaired and rebuilt Telephone Devices for the Deaf and Disabled and report the results of this to a repair database. Developed a modular repair system, coordinating material and protocols on repairable units to double our productivity.

Established a walkthrough protocol on units for troubleshooting. Teamed well with the Customer Service Department on this protocol to push rework out the door at twice the previous rate.

Intellipower: July 1995 to Jan 1998, Irvine, CAComponent Level Electronics

This company built interactive Uninterruptable Power Supplies, providing backup battery power in blackouts and boosting input power during brownouts. Business had several important customers whose networks were subjected to severe environments; e.g., Halliburton and Qualcomm.

I was the sole repair expert employed at the Irvine facility. Restructured the repair department and procedures, increasing productivity and authored a Troubleshooting Manual for future workers; organized and formatted repair work procedures.

In the troubleshooting Manual I described my troubleshooting methods, and shortcuts for finding and fixing problems on the board.

Worked extensively with engineering on Test and Evaluation of the units.

On a multilayer board with extensive digital components I derived logical troubleshooting method for fixing units that was successful in bringing up almost all of the boards. Used extreme caution on extracting fine lead digital components; used solder braid #1 (finest braid) extensively on the boards.

Organized the parts section of the repair department so that parts were logically placed and could be found; it had been in disarray. Organized parts in a logical order in terms of type so that time previously wasted in searching for important components was no longer lost.

QSC Audio: May 1992 to June 1995, Irvine, CAComponent Level Electronics Repair and Rework

QSC Audio is a company with a strong international market, competitor to JBL, which builds speakers and audio amplifiers for theaters, concerts and many other venues. I joined this team as they were moving from their small Costa Mesa offices into a large facility in Santa Ana.

I facilitated installation of a new multi–million dollar automated assembly line by managing and helping with the installation. Once the assembly line was set up, worked as the chief troubleshooter and repair expert, working to complete all repairs on time with the aid of Automatic Test Equipment.

As chief troubleshooter, I increased the margin of repair productivity by about 50% on an assembly line with a very diverse product line. I increased repair throughput to nearly 100% and reduced scrap to nearly 0% through the use of careful and systematic analysis techniques.

When things were slack in my area, I assisted other departments so that they could

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maintain their level of productivity on the automated system.

TRAINING-EDUCATION:

Masters of Science in Environmental Policy and Management with concentration in Energy and Sustainability Aug 2015University of Denver University College (online), Denver, Colorado: (48 Quartermester Hours) 99.25 average.

Many of these are available on Linked-In:

Thesis: Protecting US Power Grid from natural Electromagnetic Pulses: Research Paper and PowerPoint/w notesResearch Paper on System Design of High Speed Rail for CaliforniaTwo Research Papers and PowerPoints on Maglev (one /w GIS analysis)Environmental Economics and Finance: business strategies, balance sheets, calculation of Net Present Value for incremental projects, financial metricsBook: Proposed U.S. Energy Policy for the 21st Century (unpublished)System of Weather Systems paper (presented to CSER 2014)Research Paper on the Sustainability of the Nuclear Power industryEnvironmental Law: Research Paper/PowerPoint on Nanotechnology and the Law Research Paper on Natural GasResearch Paper/PowerPoint on effects of changing the Urban AlbedoStudy Climate Change and Climate model simulationsStudy Geographic Information Systems: basic course, and GIS for Business course: geospatial encoding, data manipulation and data conversion, thematic maps, map formatting, use of GIS for business analysis, GIS interaction with science: extensive use of ArcMap 10.2.2.

MSEE: Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering Dec 1999(Acquired California EIT Licence #59824 in 1983)Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA30 Graduate Semester Hours, 130 Undergraduate Semester Hours (GPA: 3.74 of 4.00 graduate, Fullerton undergraduate GPA 3.86 (26 courses total))

Preparatory Bachelor level work included all necessary Electrical Engineering curricula needed for grad school, including some intentional course repeatsin calculus and logic circuits. Grad work in Communication and Signal Conditioning included all math and technology involved: Integrated Circuits, Fourier Series, Laplace/Fourier Transforms, Complex Variable Calculus, Exponential Matrix equations, Plant Equations, Numerical Programming, Matching/Kalman Filters, Information Theory, Encoding/Decoding, AM/FM waveforms, all Multiple Access typesTechnology types: Radar, Radio, Satellite and Wireless CommunicationApps: GSpice, MatLabLanguages: Assembly Language including intermediate level with Symbolic Debugger (UCLA), Basic, FORTRAN, Ada and C (UCLA). Self–study of RF engineering, Object Oriented programming: C, C++, Visual Basic, and JAVA.

Bachelors of Science: Medical Electronics Dec 1990Thomas Edison State College, Trenton, New Jersey (Accredited Middle States Association)

Medical devices and technology: implementation and theory

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Links to biology and chemistrySpecial subjects: physiology, kinesiology, Technical WritingClassroom time as well as self-study/proctored exams for creditPass Biomedical Electronic Technician exam

Bachelors of Science: Computer Science June 1987Excelsior College, Albany, New York (Accredited Middle States Association)

Compilers and compiler structures, data structures, lower level languagesHigher level languages and the technology used to support the software. Pass GRE Computer Science

Bachelors of Science: Biology June 1974SUNY Stony Brook, New York

Biology, cell biology, invertebrate/vertebrate zoology, physiology and genetics: some labsChemistry: fundamental chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry and labsThree additional courses in Statistics.

DAWIA Certs:

Integrated Logistics Support Level 1 (2012)Program Management Level 2 (2012) Program System Engineer Level 2 (2011)Test and Evaluation Level 2 (2011)Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training (2011)System Engineer Level 2 (2003)

I have a Portfolio of my written work in Energy and Sustainability on a DVD that is available on request.

Certified System Engineering Professional (INCOSE): since 2007, renewed into 2016

May 2011: Certificate in Applied Sustainability: Cal State Fullerton Extension

INCOSE-LA Secretary 2010

2012: INCOSE-LA achieves Outstanding Chapter award – from Gold Chapter awards out of all chapters, including international. I share in this as team member with BoD. In 2011, I was the chapter activity bookkeeper.

Professional organizations (sample)

GWEN: Global Water-Energy NexusINCOSE: International Council of System EngineersOCTANE: Orange County Technology Advocates NetworkSMERC: Smart Energy Research CouncilSPIN: Software Programming Improvement NetworkWINMEC: Wireless Network for the Mobile Enterprise

Professional conference activities (sample)

GWEN/INCOSE Denver : Sept. 25-27, 2015: Use transformational thinking workshop to derive problem definitions/lead on to possible solutions for pressing

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problems in power grid/water infrastructure: Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado.

INCOSE International Workshop 2015: Jan 24-Jan 27, 2015, work with Infrastructure Working Group on pamphlets describing System Engineering for Construction, discussed UML-UPDM MBSE model of drawbridge, helped address GWEN concerns and attended many workshops on MBSE, Marriot: Torrance, CA.

INCOSE International Symposium 2014: June 28-July 2, 2014, work with Infrastructure Working Group on MBSE, Systems Science Working Group: Green Valley Ranch Resort Hotel, Henderson (Las Vegas), NV.

Conference on System Engineering Research : May 20, 2014: Crowne Plaza, Redondo Bch., CA.

INCOSE International Workshop 2014 : Jan 25-26, 2014, work with Infrastructure Working Group on MBSE, Systems Science Working Group: Torrance Marriot, Torrance, CA.

Plug-In America Conference : Mar 30, 2013: San Diego, San Diego Hilton OCTANE: 100 Big inventions: the bionic eye (current technologies and startups in

Orange County) Dec 10, 2013: Irvine, Hyatt. OCTANE VC in the OC (current technologies and startups in Orange County) May

22, 2013: Irvine, Hyatt. IBM Telelogic DOORS/IBM Rational Conference Jan 27, 2013: Irvine, Hilton. Electric Vehicle Conference EVS26 May 9, 2012: LA Convention Center Arranged joint SMERC-INCOSE Speaker meeting/Smart Grid lab tour with UCLA

July 13, 2011. My article on this appears in the Aug 2011 INCOSE–LA Newsletter. Charged2020 Conference July 11–12, 2011: University of California San Diego People/Profits/Planet Mar 24, 2011: Marriot Irvine SMERC UCLA Smart Grid Thought Leadership Conferences: 2010–2013 Use No-Magic SysML at home to work on Electric Vehicle Support System: 2009–

2011 LA MiniConference Feb 2009: Create third track of INCOSE Evolving Systems.

Plan and schedule eight speakers, coordinate and assist speakers in my track: LMU, Marina Del Rey, CA.

Three INCOSE Working Groups: Requirements, Infrastructure, and Complexity Science: provide expertise/ideas/individuals/link between groups.

INCOSE training: 2007/2009/2010/2013/2016 MiniConferences (all LMU), July 2010 International Symposium (Chicago), 2007-2014 International Workshops (yearly, attend those in domestic U.S.), INCOSE Tutorials, Workshops, and Seminars SPIN: 2007-2012IBM Telelogic: DOORS/Requirements EngineeringElectrical Engineering training: IEEE/LeCroy test technology

Languages: Spanish/Hebrew: read/write fluent, Japanese: read/write: advanced

References are available on request