Robert L. Peckham

Robert L. Peckham - Resume (Limited web version)

Robert L. Peckham

(Email for Word document version.)

http://robpeckham.net

Interested in analytical or project management opportunities in the energy industry, with long run growth into roles affecting energy policy.

Education:

MBA from UCLA/Anderson, June 2012 (in progress)
- Led UCLA/Anderson team to 2nd place in the 2011 Michigan Renewable Energy Case Competition.

MS in Computer Science from UCLA, December 2000
with networking specialization.

BS in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA, June 1996.
with 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 algorith
m 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 50% 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: April 08, 2011.
http://robpeckham.net/resume.html