Role and Company

Phantom Works Integration Engineering Manager, Boeing

Expertise

33 years experience in defense, aerospace, & aviation

Location

Saint Louis, MO

About Ken

BSE in Computer Engineering from University of Michigan (1983) and MS in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis (1993). Embedded Real-Time Software Engineer for F/A-18 fuel computer, Stores Mgmt Set Upgrade computer, Mission Computer; YF-23 prototypes fuel computer; A-12 engine monitoring and vehicle systems computer; SLAM-ER cruise missile computer; Software Manager for a proprietary program; Integrated Product Team Leader for a proprietary program; Program Chief Engineer; Chief Engineer of Advanced Global Strike in Phantom Works; Chief Engineer of Advanced Boeing Military Aircraft in Phantom Works; and currently the Phantom Works Integration Engineering Manager reporting to the Phantom Works Vice Present of Engineering (former Vice Admiral) while at McDonnell Douglas Corp / The Boeing Company.

Presently a professor at the University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez teaching "Real-Time Embedded Software in Aerospace Applications" (Live online/video conference from Washington University in St. Louis). Embedded real-time software is becoming a lost art...we must pass our knowledge on to the next generation!

My son-in-law in a 1st Lieutenant and Jump Master in the 1st Squadron (Airborne), 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade.

Live in St. Louis, Missouri. 3 grown kids, older girls are out of college and married and youngest son in starting at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) in Mechanical Engineering. Interests include NHL (St. Louis Blues), MLB (St. Louis Cardinals), Michigan Football and Ice Hockey, running, in-line skating, swimming,