michael smith
Advanced Concept Engineer, Space and Airborne Systems at L3Harris Technologies
advanced concept engineer l3harris technology
tool builder , outset career . came school degree architectural engineering , immediately went work company producing software tool design analysis architectural lighting system . since early day , steadily honed craft produce software uncompromising accuracy , speed , directness usability . best tool built use tool . early work non-imaging optical analysis software wa born work designing life-critical lighting system operating table . today , spend hundred hour year engaged digital astrophotography . hobby ha yielded dozen technique , algorithm , usability idea feed professional work building sophisticated analytics extract insight geospatial imagery related data . career ha matured , developed skill operating higher level abstraction , evolving software engineer software architect . today , favorite challenge usually center taking complex problem , identifying big picture pattern , organizing effective blend new existing technology meet challenge . gift deconstructing explaining complex problem clearly , also still enjoy getting “ nitty-gritty ” detail solve problem . ’ building software processing astrophotography image , enjoy travelling , mountaineering colorado , listening learning music , going long bike ride .
L3Harris Technologies
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Broomfield, Colorado, United States
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Advanced Concept Engineer, Space and Airborne Systems
Harris Corporation
https://www.linkedin.com/company/harris-corporation
Theme: Deploy geospatial analytics to public and private clouds, integrating with existing enterprise stacks or delivering turnkey solutions, rapid development of solutions for vertical markets new to the application of geospatial analytics.

Specific Accomplishments:
- Developed a comprehensive enterprise deployment strategy for both new and legacy geospatial analytics. Offerings include commercial products, integration with existing partner platforms, and a complete data/analytics/visualization stack deployed on both public and private clouds as custom solutions for vertical markets.
- Evangelized commercial geospatial technologies to the broader Geospatial business unit, identified opportunities to complement adjacent offerings to deliver more comprehensive solutions for customers.
- Expanded use of open source technology, resulting in a decrease in the lifecycle cost of ownership for our technology portfolio.
- Expanded engagement with standards organizations such as OGC and STAC, raising the profile of Harris in the geospatial community.
Boulder/Broomfield, Colorado
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Chief Architect, Commercial Geospatial Products
Exelis Visual Information Solutions
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Theme: Deconstructed suite of legacy software products into reusable components that can be efficiently deployed as COTS products, custom solutions, and enterprise microservices.

Specific Accomplishments:
- Developed and executed a comprehensive plan to integrate components and technologies to support three commercial software products: IDL, ENVI, and ENVI Services Engine. 
- Developed a microkernel application architecture in which all functional capabilities were deployed as pluggable components – resulting in greater agility for the business to scale solutions up or down to meet customer needs.
- Developed a standardized interface to unify both legacy and new geospatial analytic algorithms by supporting introspection, chaining, customization and zero-code algorithm composition. As a result, the business can now deploy a single implementation of each analytic tool on all supported platforms, from desktop workstations to public and private clouds.
Boulder, Colorado
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Product Architect
Exelis Visual Information Solutions
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Theme: Designed, evangelized, and enforced architecture for COTS geospatial analytics software.

Specific Accomplishments:
- Developed comprehensive design of modular, reusable software subsystems
- Evangelized interface-oriented design and building software as reusable components
- Conducted regular design and code reviews to insure compliance with design intent
- Shipped ENVI-Zoom, a modern component-based successor to the popular ENVI remote sensing analysis software
- Designed and implemented initial desktop client software for discovery and consumption of cloud-based geospatial data
Boulder, Colorado
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Software Architect
Research Systems
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Theme: Lead engineer on a COTS development environment and runtime platform for medical imaging. Designed major subsystems, led small teams of developers to implement subsystems, conducted design and code reviews, served as high-productivity individual contributor. 

Specific Accomplishments:
- Designed loosely-coupled application framework, then evangelized and enforced compliance
- Directed development team in transition to Component Object Model (COM) architecture
- Implemented workflow engine to allow users to chain processing functions as needed
- Implemented drag-and-drop editor for building workflow graphs
- Built extensive library of reusable UI controls used to build forms without code
Boulder, Colorado
Lead Software Engineer
Research Systems
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Theme: Technical lead on a vertical COTS application for medical imaging. Designed major subsystems, led small teams of developers to implement subsystems, served as high-productivity individual contributor. 

Specific Accomplishments:
- Designed and lead implementation of framework for a medical imaging platform for rapid development of radiology protocols
- Lead team in the defining use cases to translate product requirements into testable features
- Initiated shift from monolithic application to component architecture
Boulder, Colorado
Technical Lead
Lighting Technologies
Theme: Brought rigor of disciplined business plan to a small engineering company with a think-tank culture.

Specific Accomplishments: 
- Managed small engineering company with over $1M/year revenue. 
- Developed and executed five year strategic plan, bringing business rigor to a formerly unstructured R&D environment. 
- Continued technical contributions, including specialized non-imaging optical design and software development. 
- Augmented revenue stream from COTS software offerings with algorithm licensing and custom software development.
Boulder, Colorado
President
Lighting Technologies
Theme: Project and technical management of software releases and major consulting projects.

Specific Accomplishments: 
- Managed the development of commercial non-imaging optical systems for specialized high-performance applications, often on budgets exceeding $200,000. 
- Developed and implemented algorithms to model the unique characteristics of these systems, often using Bi-Directional Reflectance Distribution Functions measured in our own photometric laboratory. 
- Served as customer-facing point of contact for both technical concerns and overall project management.
Boulder, Colorado
Project Manager
Lighting Technologies
Theme: Software and optical engineering, with an emphasis on development of novel radiative transfer algorithms and non-imaging optical design.

Specific Accomplishments:
- Designed and implemented illumination analysis algorithms deployed in three successful commercial software products
- Developed proprietary ray-tracing software to support design and analysis of high performance illumination systems
- Conducted extensive photometric testing of optical prototypes
- Designed optical system for the highly successful AMSCO Quantum Surgical Lighting System
Boulder, Colorado
Engineer
Master of Science (MS)
Civil Engineering
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University of Colorado Boulder
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Bachelor of Science (BS)
Architectural Engineering
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University of Colorado Boulder
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Atlanta, GA
michael smith
Jared the Galleria of Jewelry
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Cypress, TX
Michael Smith
SVP Supply Chain, Logistics, eCommerce and Call Center, Maurices
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San Francisco, CA
Michael Smith
Chief Executive Officer at ForeFront Power
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Springfield, IL
Michael Smith
Former Superintendent at Tuscola CUSD #301
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Portsmouth, NH
Michael Smith
Writer