Paul Leopard

• Digital Engineering (DE) Lead with expertise in Digital Engineering concepts, program design, and program management.
• Digital Engineering systems business development
• Exceptionally skilled in team building and leadership, including recruiting and hiring highly qualified professionals to strengthen team capabilities.
• Scaled Agile (SAFe 6.0) skilled professional with two Agile certifications.
• Ensuring regulatory compliance by staying current on industry standards and proactively addressing potential issues
• Utilizing Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools for large-scale weapon systems architectural modeling.
• Expert in large-scale process design and deployment using innovative automation strategies and techniques
• Risk assessments for complex engineering projects, minimizing potential hazards while maximizing resource utilization.

• Manager, Advanced Concepts, Enablers and Integrated Functional Capabilities Department - Sentinel and Advanced Projects Programs.
• Manager, Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis Department - Sentinel Program.
• Technical Lead, Systems Engineering Academy - Leading the design of a program to assess and strengthen division competencies in Core Systems Engineering, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), and many other program related skill sets.

Chief Engineer over a staff of 400 technical personnel.

Responsibilities include:

Processes

• TBE Chief Engineers Team / company systems engineering processes development, review, and maintenance.
• TBE Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) training and skills development.
• Mission Systems business unit safety hazard and incident management processes developer and maintainer.
• Engineering, administrative, and appraisal team lead for TBE Capabilities Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) team for 2018-2019 re-accreditation and 2022-2023 re-accreditation efforts.
• Business unit engineering process group lead and yearly process improvement plan lead.

Business Execution and Oversight

• Technical oversight for multiple diverse contract efforts
• Technical oversight for business unit internal research and development efforts
• Teledyne Advanced LIDAR Program technical and business program manager
• Technical oversight for large scale modeling and simulation software programs with agile processes and Universal Modeling Language (UML) based software engineering tools

Workforce Management

• Developer and Manager of TBE Start Your New Career (SYNC) workforce training and internship program.
• Business unit skills capabilities and gaps analyses.
• Developing and fostering relationships with career services leadership of multiple colleges and universities. Leveraging these relationships to aid recruitment efforts for Mission Systems business unit and TBE company wide.
• Responsible for re-placement of employees across TBE following contract losses.

Business Development

• Proposals/RFI Support., SOW /WBS/CONOPS/Technical Approach Development.
• New technologies assessment.
• Cross company network development with over 65 Teledyne subsidiaries.

Research & Development Efforts

• Technical program management for four hypersonics related internal research and development (IRAD) efforts.
• Technical lead for MBSE efforts on IRAD programs.
• Lead for AI/ML projects for discrimination and vehicle recognition.
• Lead for perimeter security / infrared temperature scan systems.

• Execution of large scale modeling and simulation software programs leveraging Agile processes and Universal Modeling Language (UML) based Computer Software Engineering (CASE) tools
• Principal engineer on a small team designing and implementing a GPU based scene generator for Electro-Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave sensor simulation and scene generation in support of various U. S. Army tactical smart weapon systems. This scene generator is currently being integrated into various AMCOM RDEC S&T simulation systems.
• Responsible for assessing customer modeling and simulation needs, developing plans and strategies for accommodating these needs, and developing cost proposals including labor and material cost requirements to complete task efforts.
• Responsible for developing software system requirements given these needs and formulation of plans to meet such requirements in an AGILE framework in the form of task backlogs. Development of software development cycle sprint plans and release plans from such backlogs and the subsequent execution of such plans for product development. All product development accomplished with the use of a continuous integration server that includes configuration management, software system builds, comprehensive unit testing, test coverage metrics, memory checks, and source code analysis.
• Designed and developed a data fusion testbed for the AH-64E Apache helicopter that fuses FLIR, RF, and Visual data into a real-time 3D visualization. Studied the AH-64E pilot and co-pilot gunner cockpit displays and procedures to add new data and information to enhance Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) navigation and targeting

• Designed and developed large scale software systems for military systems analysis and visualization in support of U. S. Army weapon systems including Tube-launched Optically tracked Wire-guided missile (TOW), Compact Kinetic Energy Missile (CKEM), Extended Area Protection and Survivability (EAPS) inner and outer tiers, and the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Trajectory Correction Kit (TCK)
• These systems were utilized to analyze and characterize performance of missile tracking and guidance algorithms by reconstructing trajectories from captive flight and test programs. Test playback capabilities included animation and display of missile components and functions in full 3D with instrumentation overlays
• Lead for TOW II weapon systems performance analysis in the TOW Real-Time Hardware-In-The-Loop (HWIL) laboratory.
• Responsible for assessing customer modeling and simulation needs, developing plans and strategies for accommodating these needs, and developing cost proposals including labor and material cost requirements to complete task efforts.

• Execution of large scale modeling and simulation software programs leveraging Universal Modeling Language (UML) based Computer Software Engineering (CASE) tools
• Chief software architect for MagnaCom's flagship visualization library suite MagnaSIM. MagnaSIM is a DITSCAP certified set of 16 C++ software toolkits that simplify development of engineering simulation, analysis, and visualization products. Toolkits include mathematics, statistics, GIS, audio, imaging, compression/decompression, environmental effects, digital signal processing, network and distributed processing, radar transmission/reception/scattering, terrain optimization and display, 3D modeling, OpenGL rendering algorithms and special effects, and a real-time visualization engine which integrates all of these components.
• MagnaSIM’s distributed processing packages were utilized in the design and fielding of a communications architecture for coupling MagnaCom’s AEGIS radar model with the AEGIS Weapon System (AWS) simulation in support of the 2004 GMD TEX Testbed.
• The MagnaSIM visualization engine and related packages were utilized to build a full 3D test playback capability for the TMD (Theater Missile Defense) Countermeasure Mitigation Program (TCMP) and the U.S. Army CKEM missile system.
• Lead the development of a real-time network-based data distribution system for the U.S. Army Software Engineering Directorate (SED) that leveraged a shared memory interface to an ADA based C3I data acquisition system (CEES) to intercept and re-route selected messages over TCP and UDP networks.
• Led the design and development of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Line-Of-Sight Analysis Tool (LOSAT); a virtual terrain analysis tool for evaluating armored tank training ranges throughout the United States for their suitability in fulfilling sets of training requirements.

• Execution of large scale modeling and simulation software programs leveraging Universal Modeling Language (UML) based Computer Software Engineering (CASE) tools
• Lead the design of an all-digital simulation of a polarimetric, imaging infrared sensor. This effort included intensive coordination with the IR engineering design team to understand and accurately model the major polarimetric components of two sensor configurations.
• Responsible for assessing customer modeling and simulation needs, developing plans and strategies for accommodating these needs, and developing cost proposals including labor and material cost requirements to complete task efforts.
• Designed and implemented a cross-platform architecture for bridging disparate HLA federates in support of the MICOM Distributed Simulation Center.

• Designed and developed software architectures for the visual analysis of Surface-To-Air Missile Systems which utilized state-of-the-art digital terrain management, real-time simulation visualization, and digital image processing and analysis techniques.

• Designed, developed, and utilized software systems for the evaluation of Smart Weapons algorithm performance for various U.S. Army tactical weapon systems including MLRS/TGSM, MLRS/TGW, TOW2, Hellfire, Patriot, SADARM, AAWS-M/Javelin, and BAT. Performance analyses focused on MMW, RF, LIDAR, Acoustic, and EO/IR sensors hardware and signal processing. Responsible for assessing customer modeling and simulation needs, developing plans and strategies for accommodating these needs, and developing cost proposals including labor and material cost requirements to complete task efforts.
• Lead the development of a high-fidelity computer simulation of the MLRS/TGSM MMW radar sensor/seeker subsystem. Simulation included models of the TGSM antenna, receiver, transmitter, D/A converters, frequency agile source, range tracker, and other critical seeker hardware. Applied this model to the analysis of tracking error signals and tracking algorithm performance effects induced by the sensor characteristics, hardware component anomalies, and signal processing algorithms.
• Analyzed MICOM/ASC developed principal scatterer models and utilized these models in the evaluation of MLRS/TGSM terminal tracking algorithms.
• Lead the design and development of multi-platform, multi-network, computer processing system for evaluation of MMW, and EO/IR field test data and algorithms. Tasks included the identification and procurement of computer hardware and software as well as the integration of all system components and development of analytical computer codes.
• Performed research on the application of various artificial intelligence techniques to smart weapons discrimination processes.
• Designed, developed, and tested a machine learning system based on neural networks for identifying various tactical targets within RF/MMW scenes.
• Developed high-resolution image graphical display, processing, and analysis software, special purpose image processing algorithms, and computational procedures for assisting the evaluation of IR/EO field test data as well as for the investigation of critical problems peculiar to IR and EO missile system sensors.
• Received "Outstanding Engineer Award", 1991.

• Developed and utilized computer simulations for evaluation and optimization of radar signal processing and discrimination algorithms, multi-sensor kill assessment algorithms, and ballistic missile shell gaming scenarios.
• Performed systems analysis services in support of the TOW II wire-guided land combat system analog and digital autopilot guidance/control systems and algorithms.

• Developed finite element analysis models of space shuttle solid rocket booster components and ground support equipment. Utilized these models for performing static and dynamic stress analysis on such equipment. Components included space shuttle Thrust Vector Control (TVC) assembly, Aft Skirt, and Aft Skirt ground transportation stabilization platform.