- 5 years of experience as a Software Engineer Manager, with responsibilities for employee development as well as program budget and schedule targets
- 2+ years of Integrated Product Team leadership including budget and schedule responsibilities along with technical contributions toward software development and integration
- 6 years of increasing responsibility as a Software Engineer working on embedded real-time software for advanced radar systems, supporting phases of the software development lifecycle from requirements to product delivery
Software Engineering Manager @ - Managed cost and schedule of two $10M embedded software development projects in C/C++, Linux
- Led a two teams of 10-15 Systems and Software engineers on a day-to-day basis toward program objectives, in coordination with Product Architects
- Managed the professional development and performance reviews of 12 direct reports
- Led radar software / hardware integration through successful flight test prior to contractual deadline
- Delivered two major product releases and four minor releases of an open architecture product on schedule and on budget
- Presented monthly to corporate executives and government customers on cost and schedule performance, as well as technical risks and resolution plans
- Executed to CMMI Level 5 processes and procedures, as well as pilots for Agile (Scrum) development From March 2010 to Present (5 years 10 months) Software Engineer @ - Led two Integrated Product Teams during the year prior to promotion to management with mentoring from the Business Area Manager
- Coordinated software / hardware integration for radar mode development, which included software, systems, and integration & test personnel
- Participated in all phases of embedded software development, from architecture and design through system integration and flight test
- Operated radar system during flight test and several customer demonstrations
- Promoted three times in seven years with steadily increasing responsibility From January 2002 to February 2010 (8 years 2 months)
Master of Science, Computer Science @ The Johns Hopkins University From 2007 to 2011 Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science @ Boston University From 1997 to 2001 Catherine Paquin is skilled in: Object Oriented Design, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Software Development, System Architecture, ClearCase, Linux, C++, Integration, Embedded Systems, Software Project Management, Embedded C++, Perl, HTML, VxWorks