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Patti Ahlstrom

Reston,VA

Summary

Dynamic Systems Engineering Manager with a proven track record at Peraton, adept in technical leadership and cross-functional team leadership. Spearheaded the NGA Enterprise AI Forum, integrating cutting-edge AI/ML programs. Recognized for excellence with a Director’s Award, showcasing exceptional project management and systems integration skills.

Overview

38
38
years of professional experience

Work History

Systems Engineering Manager

Peraton (legacy Perspecta)
Chantilly, VA
01.2019 - Current
  • Stood up and leads the NGA Enterprise AI Forum for IT Acquisition and Integration.
  • Oversaw the enterprise integration of the agency's flagship GEOINT AI/ML program.
  • Provides functional leadership and guidance to a diverse team of engineers, integrators, and architects, responsible for user site architecture support and cyber security for the NSG.
  • Executed an AoA to identify the way forward for Enterprise Translation Services.
  • Coordinated the process for Joint Ground Architecture Transformation.
  • Supported multiple business capture and solution architecture initiatives.
  • Led the ESAT team through a major contract transition.

Senior Systems Engineer

Peraton (legacy Perspecta, Lockheed Martin)
Chantilly, VA
04.2005 - 01.2019
  • Led the External Site Architecture Transition (ESAT) team, providing emerging geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) capabilities to major NSG customers.
  • Performed user engagement, oversaw end-to-end modeling analysis, developed transitional architectures, and CONOPs for GEOINT sites worldwide in preparation for library consolidation and retirement, new sensor data, and modernization to cloud-based solutions.
  • Executed formal readiness reviews, developed transition criteria. change requests, ECPs, and RFCs as needed. ECPs and RFCs ; oversaw formal IC&T
  • Early success of ESAT earned a Director’s Award for the Government POC for successfully meeting an aggressive goal of retiring a large number of on-site libraries by CY 2014.
  • Led the ESAT Community VTC to communicate major changes to the NSG users worldwide.
  • Integrating the agency's property management process with the agency's configuration process, specifically readiness and configuration management.
  • Developed a database and associated processes to improve property management throughout the agency. Also led and facilitated a variety of agency technical fora at all levels of the agency.
  • Led and facilitated a variety of senior level agency technical fora for architecture and engineering

System Engineer

Lockheed Martin
Reston, VA
07.1998 - 09.1999
  • System integrator supporting directorate of the DoD IA responsible for worldwide terrestrial and satellite communicates
  • Led the systems integration group responsible for developing and instituting a formal readiness process to support two mission partners within the IC.
  • Member of the Senior Design Review Board that assesses and approves all program deliverables prior to presentation to the customer.

Systems Engineer

Harris Corporation (full- and part-time, ~4.5 yrs)
Alexandria, VA
11.1990 - 03.1997
  • Designed and coded a Computer-Based Training (CBT) system for the Survivable Secure Communications Network of the Distributed MILSATCOM Conferencing (DMC) system.
  • Led the development team responsible for coding the Communications Manager Processor human-machine interface for the DMC system. Led all design reviews, and documented and tested the system in accordance with DoD standards.

Systems Engineer

Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, D.C.
08.1987 - 11.1990
  • Assessed system specifications and performance platform analyses for a Tri-Service Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system.
  • Assigned as the Navy POC for COMSEC and Time of Day issues.
  • represented the Navy at NATO IFF meetings in London

Education

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
06-1987

Skills

  • Technical leadership
  • Systems integration
  • Requirements management
  • System architecture
  • Project management
  • Customer proposals
  • Requirements gathering
  • System integration planning
  • Artificial intelligence implementation
  • Systems analysis
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Employee engagement
  • Personnel management

Timeline

Systems Engineering Manager

Peraton (legacy Perspecta)
01.2019 - Current

Senior Systems Engineer

Peraton (legacy Perspecta, Lockheed Martin)
04.2005 - 01.2019

System Engineer

Lockheed Martin
07.1998 - 09.1999

Systems Engineer

Harris Corporation (full- and part-time, ~4.5 yrs)
11.1990 - 03.1997

Systems Engineer

Naval Research Laboratory
08.1987 - 11.1990

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

Drexel University

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