Robert L. Peckham - Resume (web version)
Robert L. Peckham
(Email for Word document version.)
http://robpeckham.net
Interested in analytical, strategy consulting, or project management opportunities in the
energy industry, with long run growth into roles affecting energy policy.
Education:
MBA, UCLA/Anderson, Jun 2012
- Led UCLA/Anderson team to 2nd place in the 2011 Michigan Renewable Energy Case Competition.
- Completed Leaders in Sustainability Certificate program from UCLA Institute of the Environment.
- Completed Advanced International Management Certificate.
MS, Computer Science, UCLA, Dec 2000
- networking specialization.
BS, Mechanical Engineering, UCLA, Jun 1996.
- mechanisms and controls specialization.
Professional Experience:
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA
Technical Lead - Attitude Control Subsystem Flight Software,
Nov 2008 - Present
- Championed process improvement initiatives with government customer representatives, resulting in a 25% reduction to design review overhead, allowing multiple man-months of effort to be better spent on product quality.
- Managed verification customer relationship to ensure quality flight software for a multi-billion dollar satellite program.
- Effectively utilized multi-disciplinary skills to liaise between engineering subsystem teams to guarantee third party algorithm accuracy, reducing error correction effort by catching hundreds of errors at an earlier stage of the program.
- Led team to produce specialized product variants for internal customers in different operational environments.
- Mentored recently hired software engineers in engineering, math, software, and leadership aspects of their career.
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Redondo Beach, CA
Ground Station Simulation Lead, Oct 2007 - Nov 2008
- Executed plan to bring additional customer assets into the system with minimal new development.
- Reduced ground station simulation hardware usage by 90% by eliminating redundant computation.
Spacecraft Simulation Designer / Developer, Mar 2004 - Sep 2007
- Synchronized effort between Systems Engineering team and Spacecraft team to create requirements flexible enough to support the changing needs of our primary customer.
- Coordinated with spacecraft simulation developers to construct easily configurable subsystem models.
- Designed and developed satellite simulation software capable of concurrently simulating a wide variety of satellites.
- Earned reputation for predicting and implementing customer desires prior to customer realizing what they wanted.
Network Associates Laboratories, Los Angeles, CA
Computer Scientist/Network Security Researcher, Apr 1996 - Feb 2003
- Worked with an investigation and development team to add packet inspection features to our intrusion detection product. Received patent on the process of merging these technologies.
- Analyzed multiple stage virus and worm attacks to generalize what behaviors future incidents would consist of, in order to create predictive heuristics capable of defeating future exploits.
- Evaluated several Intrusion Detection System projects for technology acquisition value.
Robert C. Peckham and Associates, Glendale, CA
Student Intern, 1987-1996
- Designed and implemented a finite difference simulator for general two phase diffusion in a scalable environment.
- Design, layout, and prototyping of analog and digital printed circuit boards.
- Reverse engineered an automotive cruise control computer for diagnostic purposes.
Other projects:
Volunteer Non-Profit Consulting, Santa Monica, CA, Feb 2010 - Oct 2010
- . Led team to develop labor and event cost recording and planning tools for an educational non-profit organization.
Volunteer Tutor at Dana Middle School, Hawthorne, CA, Sep 2006 - Present
- Assisted teaching staff in optimizing tutoring assignments per tutor skills and the specific educational needs of each student.
- Tutored between 4 and 20 students per session, depending on number of available volunteers.
PKmud, 1994 - 1998
- Led a dozen volunteer staff members in development and operation of a free to play internet game, including software development, content development, and administrative policies.
- Supported other groups to build games based on the software framework I had developed.
Language Skills:
English: Fluent.
Mandarin Chinese: Basic.
Updated: September 07, 2012.
http://robpeckham.net/resume.html