As a software engineer and technical consultant, I have worked for over 16 years in the design and development of software for real-time computer systems for avionics and combat systems and airborne and naval simulators. I have worked in roles being responsible for the development and control of functional and interface requirements, software design, implementation and verification & validation for software intensive systems. My experience has encompassed the management of system and software engineering teams. I have managed teams at the team leader level being responsible for cost-schedule planning and control, earned value measurement and reporting and metrics collection and evaluation