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| Reference ID: | CV-WHODIGY |
| Updated: | January 24, 2010 |
| Available: | Immediately |
| Will Relocate: | Yes |
| GIS Experience: | >10 Years |
| Desired Salary: | Negotiable |
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| VCU | Richmond, VA | Degree: BS
Major: Mathematics : Computer Sc
Dates: December 1987 | | Penn State | Worldwide Online Campus | Major: Geospatial Intelligence
Dates: April 2009 |
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| Senior Product Engineer | GeoEye | | Jan 2008 - Present | Dulles, VA | Performed program management, and numerous simultaneous roles, of a geospatial web enterprise demonstration proto-type transitioned to an initial operational capability, taking the program thru all phases of the systems engineering lifecycle to launch a new imagery dissemination platform branded as “EyeQ : The Q Platform”. Supported all necessary preparations to convince executive management, and ultimately a board of directors, to from a new business unit to sustain growth in geospatial value added solutions. Lead a multi-disciplined team, including sub-contractor support, to take both a production and test environments thru multiple agile spiral development cycles, while developing and base lining next generation color mosaic orthorectified imagery products (new CIB is ECRG) in a RedHat Linux Java WAR Solar/MySql environment, with storage systems to support hundreds of terabytes of OGC tiled and kml indexed imagery enabled in WMS 1.1.1 services. Personally tested, logged defect tickets, performed regression testing, and controlled system wide configuration while keeping with target milestones as planned. Including a beta program with NGA, that included me taking on the lead training role, where I was able to teach others efficiently based on my mastery of the functionality, as well as the modern standards (ISO & OGC) upon which the platform was built to facilitate enterprise scalability and interoperability.
Researched and presented business facts that influence the decision process on how best to position a whole new product line around a platform of Information Technology Services that completely change the business model of a $350M dollar publicly traded company (NASDAQ: GEOY). | | Bus Dev Manager / Project Manager | GeoEye | | April 2005 - Dec 2007 | Dulles, VA | Using my wireless telecommunications background I focus my business development efforts in the convergence of geospatial, wireless telecommunications, and GPS technologies in Location Based Services on connected mobile devices, navigation and special purpose electronic devices. My job duties during these years have been to attend industry conferences, write comprehensive trip reports, brief executive management weekly of my contacts and discussions with companies making note of product plans and strategies that will position GeoEye to capture market share. In doing this I have established a customer database (CRM : SalesForce.com) that is the largest in the company and contains mostly executive level decision makers at the worlds most powerful companies (such as Verizon, Garmin, TomTom, NAVTEQ, TeleAtlas, Sprint-Nextel, Autodesk, deCarta, and Magellan, just to name a few). In this role I am known for the product ideas I come up with that is more than just out of the box, but very clearly made with exacting facts and vision of dynamic markets that are changing very fast.
Because GeoEye is focused on Department of Defense (DoD) military markets and the same convergence is happening in this domain, I also find myself leading the contacts I make to understand the solutions we provide in the DoD marketplace. For example, GeoEye is positioned to be a significant leader in maritime domain awareness because we can partner with a radar monitoring system on orbit and identify individual ships with our high resolution optical that radar providers simply can not do. Enrolment in the Penn State Geospatial Intelligence program has also added another dimension to my C4ISR understanding.
GeoEye, Dulles VA Project Manager from April 2005 to January 2007
Daily tasks of this position in the GeoEye Program Office included coordinating and ensuring program adherence to budget and schedule while working with a set of vendors comprising the Team GeoEye. Works as a team player as legacy systems undergo replacement to support the next generation (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency NextView Contract : $550M) of high resolution satellites (GeoEye-1 and beyond).
Performed project management to support operational, maintenance, and full life cycle deployment of enterprise systems. GeoEye systems control state of the art optical imaging sensors on board earth-orbiting spacecraft, receive x-band wireless data transmissions to ground receiving stations, and process data streams into world class imagery products. Account management of multiple international customers operating our enterprise systems to process and receive high resolution satellite imagery. Managed the corporate position as a technical lea son working with both ground and space segment technical teams implementing the systems developed and deployed under the NGA NextView Program. Coordinated with international sale teams to market a new generation of international business partners in the remote sensing industry utilizing the best financial strategy for GeoEye.
When GeoEye is awarded large programs they turn to Mr. Manzer to make the program successful. In doing so executive management knows Mr. Manzer will perform end to end project management of revenue programs as they are awarded to GeoEye. One project Mr. Manzer took through the full life cycle was JSSP (Canada joint forces exercise to determine the role of high resolution commercial remote sensing plays when capturing real-time downlinks to a mobile unit in the theater during military exercises). Working with MDA, he provided a complete plan for capturing imagery of military operations in near real time and the system integration design to support to military strategic decision making. In a similar concept of operations, provided proposal support for Eagle Vision system upgrades to the USSF mobile ground receiving stations to process and review Orbview-3 imagery. Both program Mr. Manzer personally used AGI SDK and GeoEye’s Collection planning System software, which is similar to the Fishtools in classified environments in determining collection opportunities of assets (optical and other) in orbit.
Facilitated a NOAA inspection of all GeoEye Orbview-3 systems operated by our Asia Regional Distributors to ensure adherence with all conditions of our operating license in accordance with the Federal Register (Part IV DOC NOAA 15 CFR Part 960 Licensing of Private Land Remote-Sensing Space Systems). The NOAA work demonstrated ability to work with legal council to document and coordinate system compliance inspections in cooperation with our customers, whom happen to be the defenses intelligence agency’s of their respective nations. Government reports were issued and our systems were found to be in full compliance. This task allowed me to master international diplomacy to be successful and establish excellent relations with our governmental licensing authority.
Established a successful working report in a difficult contractor environment, (for various historical reasons characteristic of the dynamics in the remote sensing industry), so that everyone felt productive progress could be made. Then, worked professionally, diligently and efficiently to make progress towards Microsoft becoming a viable ground terminal provider of Orbview-3 imagery. I continued to manage and direct progress towards the day when Microsoft can produce images which will meet GeoEye product specifications, as well as the same quality standard currently being achieved with our contractor MDA and internal (St. Louis) systems, all of which meet or exceed NGA standards. Having alternative providers is in GeoEye’s best interest to have a set of competitive ground terminal providers to reduce the capital investment our Regional Distributors need to make to procure a ground station and operate a profitable business. Our business strategy allows our clients to allocate more funds for data purchase contracts with GeoEye rather than ground station infrastructure from the ground terminal providers (equipment such as an antenna is expense). This work was terminated early by the end of operational life of OrbView-3.
Managed and executed the Microsoft Proton system installed at our Dulles, VA satellite center and captured images on multiple successive orbits. These images were captured in this alternative system to facilitate the rawest forms of the data being received through the antenna system, vs. proprietary formats from other subcontractors. While using the Proton system I taught myself a portion of the Microsoft Apex Commander system. Overall this project gave me hands on experience with the DAS & bit-sync electronic equipment (frame sync and Read Solomon decoding) of the x-band downlink transmission, as well as the technical complexity required to do quality image reconstruction from a modern imaging space craft recording ephemeris parameters, role, pitch and yaw.
The Orbview-3 archive project was a multi-phased program I managed at GeoEye. The interim solution was to leverage a web based vendors image archive system (DataDoors from I-cubed) until we could design and architect an enterprise ArcGIS server solution. I established a process to keep the DataDoors system in sync with Orbview-3 collections by providing a quick-look images and GIS metadata on a near real-time basis. I planned for the automated support of OV3 archive orders as an email message, with an XML formatted attachment generated under program control. Under my direction, we replaced this interim solution with an enterprise ArcGIS server solution as the central repository and interfaces with Carterra for the web interface. | | Director / Sr Technical Consultant | Comsearch / Andrew | | Januray 1996 - March 2005 | Ashbrun, VA | During the past nine years with Comsearch (an industry recognized leader in wireless telecommunication interference analysis), I have learned many of the principles behind radio frequency (RF) engineering. I have supported RF engineers doing wireless network cell site design using many of the industry’s RF prediction tools, drive testing, and model tuning. When large volumes of data needed to be sent to an operator’s switch, I aided in the design of point-to-point microwave backhaul networks in frequency bands specific to meet the bit transfer rate requirements, reliability, and future capacity planning for expansion. When our satellite team cleared and approved a mobile uplink to cover a breaking news story, I have delivered the terrestrial microwave facilities in the proximity that had to be examined to designate the exact coordinates where the uplink would be able to operate and not adversely impact an operational wireless system, even when it means utilizing strategic building infrastructure to provide frequency shielding at a specific bearing. I produced spatial accuracy assessment documentation mandated by the FCC of new wireless base station equipment to geo-locate E-911 calls from cells phones, in dense urban corridors where global positioning systems were not available. I have simulated the impact dense urban buildings had on RF signals and algorithms utilizing time differential-of-arrival (TDOA) and angle-of-arrival (AOA) to geo-locate the cellular caller in an emergency. Whether it was FCC regulations mandating use-it or lose-it network build out requirements, or the examination of the particular frequency band for business case due diligence when participating in FCC auctions or band migrations, I was aware of the industry’s dynamics.
Managed the development of system components and application interfaces to Comsearch’s enterprise database resources, known as GeoPlanner. GeoPlanner includes point-to-point microwave infrastructure across many bands and is stored in an enterprise Sybase server. Leveraged ESRI’s Arc/Info AML programming RDBI to Sybase for spatial enabling as coverages / shapefiles, and an ArcView 3.2 Avenue application with a rich set of data products and functional capabilities needed by engineers and clients. Including, but not limited to, automated API methods submitted to the TerraServer-USA .Net Web Service for NAPP photography, locally stored custom hill-shaded relief maps from NED, NED Grids, NLCD and topographic maps as image catalogs.
Created and marketed a digital mapping product, GeoPlanner, and found a vertical market in which WindPower GeoPlanner was the only solution to aid the Wind Turbine industry to locate wind turbine generators without causing interference into existing microwave systems. The product included a comprehensive executive summary report with engineering parameter details about interference cases of turbines that potentially would have blocked wireless communications and map figures to illustrate the common land utilization. A CDROM deliverable with an ArcExplorer front end allowed for interactive use.
Managed an annual budget with targeted revenue, planned and forecasted expenses. The fixed expenses included a technical staff of 8 and a revenue center generating $1.2 M. Monthly progress reporting of both revenue tasks and overhead activities presented in management meetings and written reports to confirm and cross reference (SAP) accounting records. Financial management in this environment included many of the dynamics of value added reseller data components when client opportunities and other departmental requirements arose
Supported application prototype development (Antonymous Data Collection System) designed to pull real time wireless call parameters from the switching equipment (AT&T Wireless) and map the engineering parameters by cell tower to gain insight into the wireless system performance. The application represented a significant cost savings over traditional drive test measurements ts. Systems integration exposure to GIS feature streaming, and massive Oracle trigger handling of real time data. ArcGIS 8.3 ; ArcSDE 8.3 ; ArcIMS 4.0.1 ; ArcObjects ; Oracle 9i ; Microsoft .NET IIS Services.
Provided world-class digital data conversion, integration and supported Comsearch’s commercial point-to-point microwave backhaul system design software, IQ.Link. Provided guidance to integrate open GIS libraries, such as ERDAS Imagine, GDAL, and SDS FIE, to enrich the programmer development environment without royalties. Data support for this application included massive automated data processing for format conversion from numerous other commercial formats spanning the wireless industry worldwide. Terrain, clutter / morphology, topographic scan maps, and plannimetric vector layers supported. Additionally, a 4m resolution LIDAR digital surface model for the entire Netherlands was integrated and supplemented to fill in null / no data values. All combinations of 8, 16 and 32 bit, signed and un-signed, byte-swap generic binary files were analyzed, often without documentation.
Utilized SocetSet (now, Leica Photogrammetric Suite LPS) in support of business case development to compare in-house created vs. vendor purchased 3D building features. Performed proto-type project setup of stereo images and feature extraction of 3D building features for purposes of collecting cost metrics. Gained experience with ground control points, fiducials, camera calibration parameters, tie point block-bundle adjustments during image chaining, mosaic and artifact removal, ortho-rectificaton, and many other photogrammetric techniques.
Performed a market assessment of demographic analysis tools and selected SRC’s Allocate for its functionality, Census data content at the block centroid level vs. externally managed Census data, and GIS compatibility. Previously implemented (AML based) equal area reapportionment at the Census block level for demographic analysis of candidate cell site locations. This was a common service provided to an operator to model the financial and technical impact the newly designed site would have to their network.
In support of France topographic scan maps, created a modified TIF image library from a large (15,100) set of TIF (tfw) files into a merged collection (164) with Reduced Resolution Dataset support and a GeoTIF image hierarchy using DGAL 1.2.0 and Python 2.3.4.
Cost justified the purchase of, and the application development needed, to facilitate the use of national USA topographic scan maps for wireless telecom base mapping and overlay. Three scales were implemented at 1:250,000 ; 1:100, 000 and 1:24,000 as TIF image catalogs with Avenue support in ArcView 3.2. Ongoing cost assessment task to transform the 400 GB database data into SDE tables and upgrade the application interface to the current release version of ESRI’s ArcGIS product line.
Completed support for the processing and integration of the NED terrain database into a high performance production profiling system tuned to perform thousands of path profiles in support of microwave signal propagation design. Leveraged ESRI ODE (Open Development Environment) C API. Prior to the NED availability, processed and quality controlled the creation of a national 1-arc-second model from the 7 ½ minute DEMs, standardizing with an automated script and manual editing to create a seamless and artifact free best available product. Contour terrain was a critical system resource for Comsearch supporting its engineering software, but shortly after starting with Comsearch worked with other developers to transition to raster terrain models. Extracted massive amounts of contours from a legacy Micro-VAX system worldwide and converted to raster models of appropriate resolutions based on source topographic manuscripts. Used the national map accuracy standards as the basis for international models.
Processed the National Land Characterization Database (NLCD). Transformed raw data files (BIL) to a collection of TIF image catalogs. Modified its projection and tiling scheme in support of a UTM system to overlay topographic maps. Prior to NLCD availability, developed an ERDAS Imagine image-processing model from Landsat 5 source images using a combination of supervised and unsupervised, seed tool, radiometric digital signatures, and other classification methods.
Worked with wireless radio frequency engineers and RF design tools (MSI Planet, DB Planner, CelPlan, Wizard, Nokia NPSX). Designed and implemented bi-directional daily work flows to transfer and manage supplementary system design resources in both GIS and engineering tool environments.
Provided support for a team of field engineers who collected, recorded, and analyzed signal measurements taken at wireless communication towers, to ensure survey measurements and results were reported with the highest level of quality and accuracy. This included the use of hand-held GPS equipment, as well as contracted surveyor records, data, and reports. Integrated real-time system components to perform vehicle tracking as part of the drive test practices.
Worked closely with terrestrial earth station experts to model satellite communication domes when our clients (Viacom, USAF) expanded existing capabilities or planned for new antennas. Technical calculations were presented in map models, engineering drawings, and air-photo base maps.
Served as a team member developing Web based e-commerce of GIS data products before leveraging Web-GIS tools with a map canvas. Supported Mapinfo, Vertical Mapper, and MapExtreme.
Developed and practiced the functional capability to perform image-to-image spatial registration of client provided source maps, often in published PDF format without spatial orientation, to extract features in support of GeoPlanner using ERDAS Imagine 8.6. | | Systems Analyst | SAIC | | Aug 1991 - Dec 1995 | McLean, VA | Provided GIS planning and support including ARC/INFO application development, the EPA National Spatial Data Library, and spatial data repository management to the GATEWAY/ENVIROFACTS and National GIS Support Project. Envisioned approaches to ill-defined problems, which provided significant merit to the research aspects of the GATEWAY/ENVIROFACTS project. Provided substantial technical writing input into key deliverables in a SEI Level 2 software/systems engineering environment. Documents included development and operational test plans, development and test reports, requirement definitions, system designs, user's manuals, and version description and installation documents.
Acted as the single point of contact for all configuration items across multiple tasks. Contributed to the repeated fulfillment of the delivery order contractual obligations to architect engineer software and system products each year. Provided expeditious delivery of requested/required configuration items to client project officers. Managed the repository of key GIS data set holdings. Ensured the network transfer integrity of large spatial data sets to optical disk jukebox technology for storage and archive.
Task leader and principal developer of several Internet based applications that utilized both GIS technology and World Wide Web (WWW). Developed a Mosaic application that allowed EPA to be responsive to The Executive Order mandating the establishment of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure. Developed the first application integrated in EPA's network architecture, which disseminated a significantly large GIS database. This effort was significant because it lead to follow up development efforts with a much greater scope. Instrumental in combining technical Unix and WWW experience with the GATEWAY/ENVIROFACTS WWW development effort in order to facilitate the smooth transition of the comprehensive development platform into the production EPA WWW server environment.
Provided overall guidance and developed detailed procedures for the production and Product Assurance (PA) of the on-line TIGER-92 component of the U.S. EPA National Spatial Data Library System (NSDLS). Responsibilities included the creation and maintenance of the ARC/INFO library scheme as a baseline controlled configuration. Designed and documented the transfer and flow control by which the TIGER-92 GIS data (80-90 gigabytes) moved data between multiple systems prior to final insertion into NSDLS. Worked closely with PA analysts to ensure that quality GIS products were being produced using a thorough and complete process, and identified areas in need of process improvement.
Solved complex and challenging technical problems as a member of the Remote Terminal Emulation (RTE) Team. Designed and executed a total system test to document performance. This included tuning for the RTE host and the server system under test to enable comprehensive and complete testing. The Unix kernel tuning allowed additional users to be simulated during application performance load testing prior to widespread deployment. This assignment provided network statistics to assess the impact of the GATEWAY/ENVIROFACTS client server right?sizing initiative and provided performance benchmarks for an ORACLE relational database server with nearly 400 users. Set up the technical architecture required for client-server - Token Ring to Ethernet network connectivity. Developed design alternatives to meet multiple networking protocol requirements for the integration of applications into the EPA national infrastructure. This infrastructure included mainframe-, mini-, and personal-micro computers.
Performed GIS support to the EPA High Performance Computing Center efforts associated with GEMAP air modeling initiative. Responsibilities initially included a requirements analysis which, in turn, lead to the production of a nationally consistent custom GIS data product derived for the Bureau of Census mastered CDROM products: TIGER (tracts) and PL94-171 demographic statistics at the tract summary level. Utilized WWW development skills on this effort in order to communicate with modelers details associated with the integration of GIS technology with high-performance national-scale air modeling efforts.
Performed the initial phase of task leadership for a Mississippi River flood area initiative. The Flood initiative work is expected to involve Global Positional Systems (GPS) technologies integrated with the project technical architecture, specifically ORACLE and GIS applications. Performed AML programming to automate the evaluation of EPA Program systems facility based spatial deficiencies. Used the GIS tools to produce reports of latitude and longitude values that could be in error based on GIS thematic analysis. Developed innovative techniques for applying GIS to locational data quality and recommendations for coordinate improvement.
Responsible for the smooth transition of new system administrators and the oversight guidance on additional systems as the Ethernet resources expanded in the Systems Development Center. Directed and performed upgrades to the Data General Unix operating system software as the DOD Security Level C2 was established. Maintained a Data General/Unix/Ethernet LAN and associated network applications. Identified equipment and commercial software from EPA and contractor procurement methodologies in sufficient technical detail to ensure that what was designed was ultimately what was integrated into a research, development, and production environment. Installed, integrated, documented, and tested various objective configurations to identify the most cost effective and resource rich application environment (ORACLE, ARC/INFO, LAN Workplace/Workgroup for DOS, Novell NetWare, NetWare NLM TCP/IP, MS Windows, eXceed/w, PC-NFS, NetWare for AViiON, DG/UX, DEChub90). Responsible for the set up, installation, and maintenance of a Data General UNIX network. Assessed and documented the existing technical system configuration specifications and presented expansion options to the Unix configuration based on latest available equipment from the vendor. Facilitated on-site vendor efforts performing field maintenance to multiple Unix systems and peripherals.
Conducted technical assessments. Evaluated new technologies and commercial products, as appropriate, and integrated them as application and network components. Commercial product evaluation efforts provided research and technology assessment for critical path future interface development and GIS data management efforts.
SAIC Systems Anaylst August 1991 - September 1992
Provided ARC/INFO project support to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the Savannah River GIS Feasibility Study. Performed a facility sighting exercise utilizing GIS data and AML programming tools supported in ARC/INFO, after completing a study of available digital data. Provided programming support to Digital Matrix Systems for their InFoCAD GIS operating under SCO UNIX. Provided consulting services to DMS for new feature design and implementation specifications during the development of GIS analysis and thematic display capabilities. Wrote data translators for InfoCad software that required the technical awareness of projection systems transformation and topological structure. Worked through multiple phases of large projects using CASE tool (Software Through Pictures). Assisted the design of GIS database production services using System 9 (Computervision) for SAIC's county government clients, in a Sun environment |
| | | | Other Information | | IT professional with 22 years of experience in many technology-based disciplines specializing in mission critical enterprise systems integration, Geographic Information Systems, data management integration and conversion, remote sensing satellite image processing, 3D photogrammetry and software development. His most recent accomplishment has been the creation of GeoEye’s ISO/OGC production proto-type branded as “EyeQ : The Q platform”. He spent 2 years at GeoEye in a business development role focused on forming an enterprise systems approach to serving several markets including wireless mobility (including carrier off-boarding, .mobi and the mobile openness revolution), navigation & telematics, GPS & location based services, remote sensing & photogrammetry, and wireless network support for both portable navigations devices and mobile entertainment. In this role he is known for product ideas that are more than just out of the box, but very clearly made with exacting facts and vision of dynamic markets that are changing very fast. Previously at GeoEye, he has managed international customers in Asia, and presentations to executive management to form a strategy for the most efficient and profitable way to deploy enterprise systems processing the world’s highest resolution commercial satellite (GeoEye-1) imagery to the defense intelligence agency's of international governments worldwide. Mr. Manzer spent 10 years in the wireless industry supporting wireless engineers and their dependency on geospatial support and geospatial products as they built the worlds’ cellular and point-to-point microwave backhaul networks. He initially learned systems engineering while at SAIC for 3 years, civil engineering and mapping with CH2M Hill and Greenhorne & O’Mara for another 3 years early in his career after receiving a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Richmond, VA in 1987. In December 2008 he enrolled in the Penn State Certificate Program in Geospatial Intelligence, and studied under the direction of Dr. Mark Corson Prof. NW Missouri State University. | | | Keywords: | AML, ArcGIS, ArcInfo, ArcSDE, ENVI, ERDAS | |
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