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Our Team

Our staff provides broad management and technical depth, encompassing program management, system design/definition, software development, database development/administration, business planning analysis, and technical writing/publications development.

Corporate

• Frank Briese, President. Mr. Briese (University of Maryland) leads SDI technical and corporate activities. He possesses twenty-five years experience with space, aerospace, software, and communications programs, including space development projects, prototype and production avionics, maritime domain systems, and developmental terrestrial systems. His significant program management and system planning experience across a variety of technologies enables SDI to address broad-based challenges.
  
  
• William Vangroll, General Manager. Mr. Vangroll (Marymount University) coordinates projects and major technical reviews and performs project planning, documentation development,facilities coordination, and requirements analysis. His background in customer spacecraft launch activities includes pre-ship planning, launch site support, and post-launch activities.
  
  

Software Design & Development

• Brendan Adams, Software Engineer. Mr. Adams (The College of William & Mary) performs software engineering, coding, and testing, along with support to SDI database implementation efforts.  He is developing the innovative firefighter RFID Tour Roster and Ride List software applications using C# and .NET technologies; for this program, he is providing significant assistance to overall system design and implementation. He is lead developer for SDI test software efforts including a broadband network test application, an RFID test application, and a user provisioning performance benchmark test application.
  
  
• Paul Hinders, System and Network Administrator. Mr. Hinders (St. Mary's College of Maryland) performs system and network administration and development and maintenance of key data flows for the CMA project. He assists with hardware and software installation at deployment sites and monitors system performance.
  
  
• Roger Paz, Software Engineer. Mr. Paz (Radford University) performs software development activities including analysis, design, coding, and test. His knowledge of programming languages includes Ada 95, Java, Java Server Pages, Visual Basic 6.0, Perl, Prolog, Lisp, and PHP with his efforts focused primarily in Java technologies. Mr. Paz also performs analysis and assessment of commercial software packages and Web technologies development including J2SE 1.5, Eclipse SDK 3.2, and MyEclipse 5.0M1.
  
  
• Dale Meisenbach, Software Engineer. Mr. Meisenbach (North Carolina State University) performs system analysis and software design and implementation. He is developing the firefighter RFID system database and Web application and contributing to the overall architecture design to ensure first responder remote access capabilities. His software development expertise includes knowledge of Java, ASP.NET, JSP, and C programming languages, and proficiency with defect tracking, x86 Assembler, database and web technologies. His dual degrees in Computer Science and Economics provide a strong background for application development within the business analysis area.
  
  
• Bart Posselt, Web Technologies Manager. Mr. Posselt's (George Mason University) expertise includes Web programming, database integration, e-commerce, and Web security. He uses MS SQL Server, MySQL, and MS Access. His knowledge of programming languages includes ColdFusion, SQL, PHP, Perl, CSS, and VBScript. Mr. Posselt performs IIS, FTP, SQL Server, MySQL, and ColdFusion server administration.
  
  

Publications & Technical Documentation

• Alexandra Berman, Technical Writer. Ms. Berman (The College of William and Mary) develops web-based content, technical documentation, and system/project planning documentation. Her background in multimedia development including radio/script preparation provides an innovative approach to technical, business, and marketing publications. Ms. Berman specializes in presenting user-level instructions/training information with concise and easily understandable publications and collateral material.
  
  
• Amy Flanagan, Senior Technical Writer. Ms. Flanagan (George Mason University) performs systems analysis and technical documentation activities for government and commercial clients. She develops a variety of technical and non-technical documents, including specifications, standards, user guides, newsletters, program plans, reports, and web sites. Ms. Flanagan possesses specialized experience investigating and defining program security plans and procedures. She has hands-on experience navigating the certification and accreditation process from definition of protection levels to preparation of certification plans and procedures.
  
  
• Jeff Peters, Senior Technical Writer. Mr. Peters (The College of William and Mary) performs system planning, documentation, review, and training activities for SDI's government software development projects. He creates a variety of technical documents, including User and System Administration guides, transition plans, white papers, and requirements documents. Mr. Peters is skilled at performing user-level software testing and documenting accurate procedures. He performs configuration management and maintains hardware inventories. Mr. Peters' experience in education and educational publishing provides a strong background for training system users, both through written material and live instruction. He effectively interprets and relays user feedback to elicit improvements in design.
  
  

Technical/Business Planning & Analysis

• Gabriel Gerni, Project Analyst. Mr. Gerni (The College of William & Mary, University of Maryland) performs system planning and coordination including project planning, economic analyses,and case studies. He performs research and investigation to develop studies, white papers, business documentation, and technical documentation in support of government and private sector clients. His experience also includes Web development, network administration, and testbed configuration. His knowledge of programming languages and other development tools includes ASP, CSS, PHP, and VBScript.
  
  
• Mike Kimosh, Business Analyst. Mr. Kimosh (North Carolina State University) performs system and project planning, economic analyses,and case studies development. His business management academic background enhances his capabilities to conduct special studies and analyses for SDI government and private sector clients.