Nicholas P.
Wilde
1201
Balsam Ave, Unit 301
Boulder,
CO 80304
303/915-2824
drnpwilde@gmail.com
SUMMARY
25
years of experience in leading technical teams, software systems architecture,
design, and development, using a wide variety of programming languages and
operating systems, from FORTRAN to C/C++ and Java. Proven leadership skills as
a manager, project manager, team lead, and lead architect. Excellent written
and verbal communications skills, as evidenced by a publication record in
leading scientific journals, presentations at conferences, and teaching
experience at the university level. In addition, I have advanced training in a
physical science (meteorology) and a solid mathematics and statistics
background.
PRIOR
EXPERIENCE
4/2008 to
10/2009 - NOAA Leadership Competencies Development Program, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration - Participant
For
18 months, in addition to my regular duties as PSD Senior IT manager, I
participated in NOAA's Leadership Competencies Development Program (LCDP).
Participation in LCDP is highly competitive. As part of the program, I attended
courses at the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, VA, as well as
participated in other leadership development activities. During that period, I
worked on 2 details in the Washington, D.C., metro area:
NOAA/OCIO - May 2008-Sept 2009 -
Worked for the NOAA CIO on e-collaboration strategies for NOAA. Helped
formulate the requirements for NextWave, NOAA/OCIO's
Unified Communications Initiative.
NOAA/NBO, Formulation Division - Feb
2009-June 2009 - Worked as the NOAA Budget Formulation Analyst for the
National Weather Service portfolio for the FY10 and FY11 budgets. Worked with
the NWS CFO and Budget Analysts to prepare NWS budget proposals and materials.
Briefed the NOAA CFO on NWS proposed program changes. Reviewed Department of
Commerce Investment Review Board (IRB) packages prior to submission to the DOC,
including Exhibit 300s.
10/2005
to present - Physical Sciences Laboratory, Earth System Research Laboratories,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO - Senior IT
Manager
The
Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSD) was formed, along with the rest of the Earth
System Research Laboratory (ESRL), in Oct of 2005. The former Climate
Diagnostics Center, the former Environmental Technology Laboratory, and the
Tropical Dynamics Division of the former Aeronomy Lab
all merged to become ESRL/PSD.
As the former IT manager for the Climate Diagnostics Center, I took over as IT
manager for the newly formed division. With PSD, my operational
responsibilities remained similar to my previous duties, but the scope
significantly broadened. The PSD IT group has a staff of 14, a budget of $2.5
million per year, and supports an end user community of approximately 150 PhD
scientists, research staff, and administrative personnel.
Of all the divisions in ESRL, the Physical Sciences Laboratory underwent the most
radical changes, with the melding of 3 disparate cultures from the original 3
labs. This, combined with the continued operation of two previously physical
separate infrastructures (CDC's and ETL's) has presented unique challenges.
Significant accomplishments in our first year of operations included merging
the systems administration and web and data management teams, producing a
unified IT budget for the merged division, and integrating the previously separate
networks.
09/2004
to 10/2005 - Climate Diagnostics Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Boulder, CO - Senior IT Manager
As
the manager of the IT group for the Climate Diagnostics Center, a NOAA
laboratory in Boulder, CO, I was responsible for all aspects of IT, including
personnel management, budgeting, daily and continuing operations, security,
data backups and storage management, and web site development and operation.
The Climate Diagnostics Center had an IT staff of 8, a budget of approximately
$1 million/year, and an end-user community of about 60.
07/2003
to 08/2004 - Sun Microsystems, Inc, Broomfield, CO - Sun Sigma (Six Sigma)
Black Belt
As
a Six Sigma specialist, I was responsible for evangelizing the Six Sigma
program of process excellence across Sun, mentoring others on Six Sigma
methodologies, teaching courses, and running process improvement projects. I
directly support the VP of Network Storage Software in driving process
improvement and excellence throughout his organization and throughout the
software development lifecycle. As an IT specialist, I am relied upon to provide
expertise on applying Six Sigma
principles and methods to software development and IT practices.
12/1999
to 07/2004 - Sun Microsystems, Inc, Broomfield, CO - Java
Architect
Consultant
and architect for the Sun Java Center (SJC), Sun's global competency for Java
architecture and development.
I
worked with Sun clients ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies.
Conducted architecture assessments of existing systems, and developed new
architectures for proposed systems. Mentored and directed client staff on
software development processes, Java technologies, and software architectures.
Provided program management expertise on year-long engagements with a team of
up to 2 dozen mixed Sun and client personnel. As the lead consultant I liaised
between Sun management, the Sun consulting team, and client management,
prepared weekly status reports, and helped negotiate follow on engagements with
clients.
7/1999
to 12/1999 - iXL, Inc., Denver CO - Project Manager
Project
manager for a consulting company specializing in e-commerce and e-business Web
development. Managed multiple Web site and Web application development efforts
concurrently.
Responsible
for client communication, schedule, resource allocation, and day-to-day
management of the development efforts. Managed multi-disciplinary design and
implementation teams ranging from 5 to 15 architects, designers, and
developers, on projects of 1-3 months in duration, with revenues ranging from $200,000
to $700,000.
11/1998
to 6/1999 - Contract with Lumio Technologies, LLC -
Independent Consultant
Worked
with marketing to define the second generation of Lumio's
service component for visitor behavioral analysis of commercial websites. As
part of a small group of developers, designed and implemented a core component
of the company's primary product: a tool for usability auditing of commercial
Web sites through log file analysis.
4/1997
to 11/1998 - The Radiance Group,
Boulder, Colorado - Technical Team Lead
Led
the initial requirements analysis and design efforts for the company's primary
product - a client-server-based medical information system. Acted as primary
conduit between customer and engineering staff, worked with object-modeling
team to provide use-case data for the evolving object design.
Led
a team of several developers implementing a core component of the system using
Java 1.2/JFC.
10/1996
to 4/1997 - Vexcel Corporation, Boulder, Colorado -
Senior Engineer
Responsible
for the ongoing design, maintenance and implementation of a software and
hardware system for the ingest and processing of satellite-based synthetic
aperture radar (SAR) data. Reworked some of the compute-intensive parts of the
SAR processing system to provide a speed-up
of close to 50% on parallel SGI and Dec Alpha machines using the PThreads POSIX standard for multi-threading C programs.
8/1994
to 9/1996 - University of Montana, Missoula
- Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Conducted
research in user interface design and end-user programming languages. Applied
for and received external funding for research and curriculum development.
Taught courses ranging from the
sophomore level to graduate level seminars.
9/1988
to 8/1994 - University of Colorado, Boulder
- Teaching and Research Assistant, Computer Science
Assisted
in teaching of courses, worked on variety of research projects in
human-computer interaction, design
processes for usability, and user interface design, published at leading
conferences. Research projects worked on included projects for USWest Advanced Technologies and the Center For Space
Construction at UC-Boulder.
5/1984
to 5/1988 - Air Force Global Weather Central -
Software Applications Analyst
Lead
analyst on team responsible for redesigning and implementing a software suite
for meteorological satellite (DMSP) data processing.
Responsible
for customer support and ongoing maintenance.
TECHNICAL
SKILLS SUMMARY
Programming
Languages
Java, C/C++, Ada83/95, SQL, HTML,
LISP/CLOS, FORTRAN, Pascal, HyperTalk
Operating
Systems
Unix/Linux, Windows 95/NT/2000, Macintosh
OS, VAX VMS, Unisys EXEC
Application
Programming Interfaces (API's)
J2EE, J2SE, numerous other Java API's,
Microsoft MFC, X-Windows,
XVT v 1.2 and 2.0, Macintosh Toolbox
EDUCATION
University of Colorado - Boulder Ph.D., Computer Science, 1994
M.S., Computer
Science, 1990
University of Wisconsin - Madison M.S., Atmospheric Sciences, 1984
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY B.S., Atmospheric Sciences,
1981
PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
Various scientific journals and
conferences.
Most recent include 2 presentations at JavaOne 2003.
List available on request.
OTHER
Previously
held DOD Security Clearance