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Byron Formwalt

Byron Formwalt

Surprise, AZ, United States
Member since March 24, 2014
Byron has eighteen years of experience in highly technical algorithm development. He holds a PhD in electrical engineering and offers extensive knowledge of signal and image processing and artificial intelligence. Byron is extending his development skill set to web and mobile applications.
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Portfolio
Experience
  • Image Processing, 20 years
  • C++, 20 years
  • iOS SDK, 7 years
  • Objective-C, 7 years
  • Ruby, 6 years
  • PostgreSQL, 4 years
  • Python 3, 3 years
  • Swift, 3 years
Surprise, AZ, United States
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Mac, iOS, Linux
The most amazing...
...software I’ve built automatically played Texas Hold’em online non-cooperatively using real-time image processing and AI reasoning.
Employment
  • Innovation Center Program Manager
    2016 - PRESENT
    Air Force Sustainment Center, US Air Force
    • Developed a data-driven recruiting resource optimization algorithm that harvests open source data repositories to focus government resources on the best universities to engage for recruiting new engineers.
    • Worked to determine the best strategy and business model for standing up innovation centers to support Agile integration of advanced manufacturing innovations into the Air Force Sustainment Center.
    Technologies: Ruby, ActivRecord, Python3, MATLAB
  • Owner
    2015 - PRESENT
    The Idea Cave, LLC
    • Awarded utility patent (pro se application).
    • Developed advanced driver assistance device for iPhone users using patent-pending process and proprietary machine vision algorithms.
    Technologies: Python3, C, C++, Swift, Bluetooth LE, Linux, iOS, Image Processing
  • Lead Process Engineer for Depot Maintenance, Ogden Air Logistical Complex
    2015 - 2016
    Air Force Sustainment Center, US Air Force
    • Created a gated process tracking and reporting system for engineering managers using VBA for Excel.
    • Created an automated reporting system for management of engineers, technicians, and planners for non-conforming technical assistance requests, using smart card PKI authentication to the Oracle back-end database using VBA for Excel.
    • Created a program management forecasting and tracking tool for monitoring multiple independent parallel projects consisting of identical and serial subtasks. Currently used for monitoring contracts and human resourcing.
    • Developed a custom workflow application for Sharepoint 2013.
    • Led multiple rapid improvement events to solve inter-organizational shortcomings in best engineering and business practices.
    Technologies: Visual Basic for Applications, Java, JavaScript, CSS, HTML
  • Deputy Director, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Engineering
    2013 - 2015
    ICBM Systems Directorate, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, US Air Force
    • Directed the ICBM Systems Engineering Office and four technical engineering operating locations supported by seventy civilians, 25 AD military personnel, and 100+ contractors.
    • Exercised engineering authority over the Minuteman III weapon system.
    • Handled $1B+ annually in acquisitions, sustainment, and test programs.
    • Directed and managed resources to provide 24/7 engineering expertise for nuclear emergencies.
    Technologies: None
  • Special Assistant for HUMINT Support
    2011 - 2013
    Air Force Technical Applications Center with Duty Under DIA Directorate for Technical Collection
    • Conducted specialized rapid reaction engineering addressing multiple HUMINT technical collection capability gaps.
    Technologies: Ruby, C, C++, USB firmware and drivers, MATLAB, Signal and image processing
  • Chief, Missiles Technical Collection Division
    2010 - 2011
    Air Force Technical Applications Center with Duty Under DIA Directorate for Technical Collection
    • Supervised the work of five military and civilian engineers and scientists addressing research, development, testing, and evaluation of missile technical collection capability gaps.
    • Planned, directed, and executed highly classified, national-priority intelligence technology programs valued at more than $4.8M.
    Technologies: C, C++, MATLAB, Signal and image processing
  • Chief, High Power Microwave Computational Physics Section
    2009 - 2010
    Directed Energy Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, US Air Force
    • Led and supervised a team of nine civilian scientists responsible for modeling and simulating high-energy physics weapons for lethal and non-lethal military applications.
    • Developed and maintained physics code for virtual prototyping weapons with applications ranging from electronic warfare to non-lethal deterrence.
    Technologies: C, C++, Python, Distributed Computing
  • Chief, Performance Analysis Branch
    2008 - 2009
    Airborne Laser System Program Office, Aeronautical Systems Center, US Air Force
    • Led a multidisciplinary team of 23 scientists and engineers chartered to perform mission-critical analyses for the Airborne Laser, supported by multi-tiered modeling and simulation capability.
    • Directed $6.9M/year corresponding to 47,805 man-hours of contracted support.
    Technologies: MATLAB, Java, Finite Element Analysis
  • Chief, Technology Development Branch
    2007 - 2008
    Airborne Laser System Program Office, Aeronautical Systems Center, US Air Force
    • Directed a multifaceted long-term technology development program for inserting advanced capabilities into the Missile Defense Agency's next-generation production model Airborne Laser weapon system.
    • Managed $40M/year in technology investments.
    Technologies: None
  • Full Time PhD Student in Electrical Engineering
    2003 - 2007
    Air Force Institute of Technology
    • Researched modeling, simulation, and estimation of optical turbulence.
    • Wrote and published the Covariance Delineation Theorem for computationally efficient optimization of simulators for random processes in n-space.
    Technologies: C, C++, MATLAB, Image Processing, Signal Processing
  • Electro-Optics Research Engineer
    2000 - 2003
    Sensors Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, US Air Force
    • Conducted research on electro-optic infrared remote sensing phenomenology for spatial-spectral detection and identification of concealed targets in urban, desert, and forested environments.
    Technologies: MATLAB, IDL, Image Processing, Automatic Target Recognition
  • Full-time Master of Science Student in Electrical Engineering
    1998 - 2000
    Air Force Institute of Technology
    • Researched real-time color stereovision processing.
    • Researched statistical pattern recognition and artificial intelligence.
    Technologies: C, C++, MATLAB
  • Optical Tracking Engineering
    1997 - 1998
    National Air Intelligence Center, Air Intelligence Agency, US Air Force
    • Directed analysis and production of technical intelligence assessments on foreign optical tracking and surveillance facilities.
    • Located, identified, and analyzed new tracking facilities and assessed foreign operational procedures and capabilities to identify and track US space assets.
    Technologies: Satellite Surveillance, Java, JavaScript, Unix
Experience
  • HDM (Development)

    Texas Hold'em Poker bot created using MATLAB, C, and Java to intelligently interpret and respond in realtime to events through simulated human interface inputs.

  • GCM (Development)

    Stock portfolio algorithm development engine for historical paper trading created in MATLAB.

  • PFS (Development)

    Headless Ruby application that downloads all scanned images of public records for a particular county, performs optical character recognition (OCR), and conducts complex boolean word and phrase searches, tolerant of OCR errors with word proximity and order constraints.

Skills
  • Languages
    Python 3, C, Ruby, Python, Objective-C, C++, Swift
  • Tools
    MATLAB, GCC, Xcode, Sublime Text 3, TextMate
  • Other
    Image Processing, SSH
  • Frameworks
    iOS SDK, Ruby on Rails (RoR)
  • Paradigms
    Model View Controller (MVC), REST, Agile Software Development
  • Platforms
    Mac OS, Linux, iOS, Embedded Linux, AWS EC2
  • Storage
    PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL
  • Libraries/APIs
    OpenGL ES, ImageMagick, OpenGL
Education
  • PhD degree in Electrical Engineering
    2003 - 2007
    Air Force Institute of Technology - Dayton, OH
  • Master's degree in Electrical Engineering
    1998 - 2000
    Air Force Institute of Technology - Dayton, OH
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering
    1993 - 1997
    US Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs, CO
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