Thorsten Hamp
Youngsville,NM
Summary
Dynamic IT leader with over 30 years of extensive experience in managing application systems, user interfaces, and business processes throughout the complete software development lifecycle. Recognized for designing and implementing innovative business process improvements that enhance efficiency through cost-effective, high-impact IT solutions. Proven ability to unite cross-functional teams and cultivate collaboration across all organizational levels, driving the success of transformative technology initiatives. Expertise in strategic planning, organizational leadership, and agile methodologies, bolstered by certification as a Scrum Master.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project/Task Senior Manager
General Dynamics Information Technology
Durham, NC
02.2015 - Current
- Leads project management activities for the EPA’s Application Deployment Support contracts, overseeing the Application Deployment and Engineering Solutions Teams for GDIT.
- Serves as the primary liaison between the EPA and technical teams, managing project scheduling, budgeting, resource allocation, and technical oversight.
- Supports system architecture and ensures the implementation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of high-visibility cloud and on-premise virtual environments.
- Partners with internal teams, clients, and third-party developers to design and maintain middleware infrastructures, coordinate security patches for LAMP stacks, Drupal core, and contributed modules, and manage custom code deployments.
- Collaborates closely with DevSecOps and other stakeholders to install, patch, update, integrate, secure, and evaluate middleware software and technical solutions that enhance system stability and performance.
- Managing a staff of up to 10 people in a supervisory role, providing performance feedback, scheduling resources, interviewing candidates, and assigning staff with appropriate skills to accomplish the work within budget and schedule.
- Customer expectation management.
- Project reporting to management and customers through required deliverables.
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously.
- Migration of several EPA Applications to the Cloud, including AWS, Cloud.gov, Microsoft Azure, etc.
Web Designer
Self Employed
Youngsville
08.2007 - Current
- Provide custom web design for non-profit organizations and manage the organization’s online presence.
- Develop and design new web interfaces, layouts, and site graphics.
- Comprehensive technical knowledge of HTML 5, PHP, jQuery/JavaScript coding.
- Responsible for quality assurance of finished websites including the validation of web forms and links.
- Developed and maintained Intranet and Internet for Company Websites utilizing HTML/XHTML, PHP, jQuery/JavaScript scripting languages as well as Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash and Photoshop tools.
- Performed validation of completed sites, including the debugging and testing of code.
- Developed and designed user-friendly interfaces for online programs like multi-media systems and web-driven e-mail.
- Created graphics, including icons and logos, using Fireworks and Photoshop.
- Integration of Drupal & WordPress Content Management Systems (CMS) with MySQL and custom web themes.
Principle Software Engineer
Engility Corporation
Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD
12.2012 - 02.2015
- Provided direct support for the Naval Aviation Training Systems Program Office (PMA-205, NAVAIR) sponsor-funded projects through the development of modeling and simulation software solutions.
- Designed and tested software engineering processes and streamlined engineering standards for new software products across all Navy Aviation Training software development associated with Software Engineering Competency NAVAIR (Air-4.1.4) processes.
- Established project objectives, resolving conflicts between competitive requirements and resources.
- Established relationships with other laboratories, both internal and external to NAVAIR, to translate project needs into practical system concepts.
- Established procedures and design methods to be used by software acquisition specialists.
- Investigated/resolved conflicts to ensure that the project would be completed in a timely manner.
- Reviewed and assessed overall progress and resolved technical difficulties.
- Coordinated the development of software program plans with detailed program requirements, objectives, approaches, manpower resources by quantity and skills, schedules, and estimated costs.
- Ensured application of the best technology to government training systems.
- Initiates the application of new concepts.
- Monitored commercial product developments, industrial research programs, in-house research programs, research programs of other government agencies, and the results of government and commercial applications.
- Provided software engineering acquisition, analysis, design, and evaluation services to Software Development Products in response to specific critical acquisition program training systems when the complexity of the problem exceeds conventional methods.
- Provides presentations, briefings, and indoctrination on modeling and simulation problems.
- Represented NAVAIR on matters of high visibility or urgent concern, at meetings and conferences with other Government activities and agencies.
- Defends technical position and secures consensus which is consistent with Navy program goals.
- Ensured consistency of Navy information Technology with other services by maintaining an active interface with the other services through regular personal contact, visits and participation in industry conferences.
Project Manager
Raytheon Corporation
Orlando, FL
01.2005 - 05.2012
- Spearheaded teams that provided systems analysis and engineering contract support to Department of Defense (DoD) initiatives.
- Designed and proposed modeling and simulation software solutions for DoD sponsor-funded projects, including Navy, Army, and Marine Corps.
- Expertly developed credibility maintained alliances, and collaborated with stakeholders at multiple levels, including those external to the organization.
- Through reorganization of the program, we successfully increased the effectiveness of business results and strategic intent and ensured alignment of program scope with strategic business objectives.
- Implemented and integrated the simulation and training technologies in the advancing medical training field, including distributed training, telemedicine, and virtual immersive technology applications.
- Collaborated with other industry partners and educational institutions (UNC Health) in determining and understanding technology applications traditionally used in DoD training for medical training applications.
- Demonstrated value management skills, organizing schedules, budgets, customer expectations, contracts, and future business development.
- Managed projects for strategic business and another organizational objective, including: Development of Modeling Architecture for Technology, Research, and Experimentation (MATREX) modeling and simulation (M&S) environment as well as Navy Live, Virtual, and Constructive (Navy LVC) and Navy Aviation Simulation Master Plan (NASMP) Interoperability standards and solutions.
Staff Software Engineer
Lockheed Martin
Orlando, FL
08.1998 - 12.2004
- Provided strategic oversight to the entire project life cycle, from initial analysis and design through testing and implementation.
- Administered software and system testing, from unit level through verification and validation testing.
- Played an integral role in guaranteeing on-time delivery of Internal Research and Development distributed training system projects; earned Lockheed Martin Galaxy Award for demonstrating exemplary performance in developing a key subsystem for the Visual Battlespace Interface (VBI) in 2000.
- Rendered direct support and supervision to the Internal Research and Development (IRAD), including incorporating commercial games with traditional DoD simulation systems as well as BreakAway Games visualization and behavior modeling, Export Semi Automated Forces (SAF), and Virtual Combat Convoy Trainer (VCCT).
- Successfully handled and carried out high-level technical skills in developing the following projects: Virtual Intelligent Tutor to monitor trainees during exercise execution.
- First Responder, an integrated virtual police car simulator with complex multimedia visual systems, featured in Homeland Security Modeling and Simulation Exhibit at Lockheed Martin’s Center of Innovation in Suffolk Virginia.
- Home Land Security Training and Exercise System (HLS TES), a system that provided manmade and natural disaster response simulation training to managers across federal, state, regional, local, and city Emergency Operations Centers.
- ReadiSim product, an architectural platform of common components to improve simulation devices.
- Led the successful integration of ReadiSim into UK Combined Arms Tactical Trainer, Advanced Gunnery Training System, F22 Air Combat Simulation, EA6B Prowler Aircraft Electronic Warfare Simulation System, Marine Corps Master Plan, Battle Group Command and Control Trainer and internal IRAD programs.
Software Engineer
Hughes Training Incorporated
Orlando, FL
06.1997 - 08.1998
- Responsible for the entire project life cycle, from initial analysis and design through testing and implementation for the Fire Support Combined Arms Trainer (FSCATT).
Software Engineer
Harris Corporation
Melbourne, FL
08.1995 - 06.1997
- Responsible for the entire project life cycle, from initial analysis and design to testing and implementing the Command & Control CSCI subsystem of the Air Force’s Range System Automation (RSA) program at Kennedy Space Center.
System Administrator
United Engineers
Orlando, FL
03.1994 - 08.1995
- Managed server infrastructures and data center operations across multiple platforms (Unix, Linux, Windows).
- Effectively planned, installed, configured, and optimized classified and unclassified IT infrastructures to consistently achieve high availability and performance.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Information Systems
University of Phoenix
Orlando, FL01.2001
Bachelor of Science - Aviation Computer Science
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach, FL01.1993
Associate of Applied Science - Computer Electronics
Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, VA01.1990
Skills
- Red Hat (Linux)
- Mac OS X
- MS Windows (2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 10)
- Sun (Solaris)
- SGI (IRIX)
- Motorola (AIX)
- Java
- HTML/HTML5
- Java Script
- JQuery
- PHP
- C/C
- C#
- Ada/Ada95
- XML
- PowerAda
- XML SpyArcIMS
- Rational Apex
- JBoss
- Drupal Content Management System (7 & 8)
- Web Services
- WordPress
- Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application Server
- Eclipse
- NetBeans
- NET
- Apache
- JIRA
- MS Office
- MS Project
- MS Visio
- Adobe CS4 Suite (Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Illustrator, Soundbooth)
- Artisteer
- MySQL
- Final Cut Pro
- New Relic
- Some Splunk
- AWS
- Responsive Website Design
- User Interface Design
- Web Design Fundamentals
- Teaching and Training
- Audio Engineering
Certification
- Raytheon-R6 Sigma Specialist
- Raytheon Program Leadership Certification
- Raytheon Earned Value (EV) Certification
- Certified Scrum Master – Agile (CSM)
- AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials
Languages
German
Native or Bilingual
Interests
I love to travel and explore new places I volunteer in disaster zones and underprivileged regions around the world I have traveled numerous times on mission trips to third-world countries to serve in orphanages and support economic development efforts by leveraging my technology skills
Organization Membership
- Embrace Uganda, Wake Forest, NC, 2015-01-01, 2020-12-01, Executive Board Member/Treasurer
- Town Of Wake Forest, Wake Forest, NC, 2018-09-01, 2019-08-01, Planning Board Member
Clearances
Department of Defense Clearance, Secret, Federal Government, Public Trust
Personal Information
Title: Project/Task Manager
2000 Lockheed Martin Galaxy Award
Received the 2000 Lockheed Martin Galaxy award for developing a modular based visual processing interface to apply for ground and aviation training simulation systems.
Timeline
Project/Task Senior Manager
General Dynamics Information Technology
02.2015 - Current
Principle Software Engineer
Engility Corporation
12.2012 - 02.2015
Web Designer
Self Employed
08.2007 - Current
Project Manager
Raytheon Corporation
01.2005 - 05.2012
Staff Software Engineer
Lockheed Martin
08.1998 - 12.2004
Software Engineer
Hughes Training Incorporated
06.1997 - 08.1998
Software Engineer
Harris Corporation
08.1995 - 06.1997
System Administrator
United Engineers
03.1994 - 08.1995
Bachelor of Science - Aviation Computer Science
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Associate of Applied Science - Computer Electronics
Northern Virginia Community College
Master of Science - Computer Information Systems
University of Phoenix