_________________ Gerard A.

Brunelle ____________________
10820 Hammock Drive (727) 302-2396 (work
) Largo, Florida 33774 (727) 415-2354 (cell)

Qualifications
- Excellent combination of 30+ years of proactive technical and management exper
ience, interpersonal skills, demonstrated by a wide range of leadership roles i
n managing engineering design/build and integration, and test teams.
- Past employment with U.S. Government, General Dynamics, and Raytheon Compa
ny.
- Demonstrated expertise with planning, designing, modifying, producing, integra
ting, and testing large-scale military command and control and IT systems.
- Demonstrated capability to manage and technically lead multi-discipline teams
of
upwards of 50 people to achieve specific technical goals and to satisfy al
l projects
requirements, from system conception, through entire life cycle.
- 30+ years experience applying system engineering techniques, processes, and po
licies
towards problem solving, including requirements development, requirements
analysis,
feasibility studies, functional analysis modeling and simulation, trade-of
f studies,
hardware and software design/build, and systems integration and testing.
- 30+ years experience with technical /cost / schedule / risk assessment, config
uration
management, and quality assurance, and Capability Maturity Model Integrati
on (CMMI)
- Certified Six Sigma Specialist
- Current DoD Secret Clearance

Employment
Raytheon Corporation
Network Centric Systems (NCS)
8333 Bryan Dairy Road
Largo, Florida 33777
July 2007-Present
Title: Senior Principal Systems Engineer
Transferred, upon my request, from Raytheon, Portsmouth, R.I., to St. Petersburg
, Florida, in July 2007. Released from service (early retirement) on 15 August 2
010.
August 2007 - August 15, 2010
January 2010- August 2010: Title: Senior Principal Systems Engineer
Selected to be part of company-wide Engineering Process Pool (EPP) team, worked
in the area of Engineering Process Management and Improvement. Analyzed, recomme
nded, and implemented changes to the Engineering process environment including t
hose related to traceability tools (i.e. - DOORS). Established and implemented n
ew metrics to help in improving project and organizational level technical plan
ning and management.
June 2008- January 2010: Title: Senior Principal Systems Engineer
Assigned as system engineer on system engineering staff for company-proprietary,
middle-east security system design, development, and implementation. Used DODAF
to develop and manage system infrastructure. Developed CONOPS for key system el
ements. Developed Use Cases to document key functional interfaces. Created Soft
ware Requirements Specifications for major IS system elements.
November 2007 June 2008: Title: Senior Principal Systems Engineer
Assigned as a technical contributor for a large-scale ( > $1 Billion USD), inter
national surveillance and security contract proposal. Managed a team 20 + system
s engineers developing, allocating and managing all technical engineering requir
ements. Designed various aspects of overall system including major aspects of IS
infrastructure, sensors, and command and control system.

Raytheon Systems Corporation

Integrated Defense Systems (IDS)
1847 West Main Road
Portsmouth, R.I. 02871
1997-July 2007
April 2005-July 2007 : Title: Senior Principal Systems Engineer
Chief Engineer for New Business Initiative (NBI) projects related to capturing m
ajor contracts
( >$10 million) for the development, production, integration, test, and delivery
of shipboard combat systems, Tomahawk weapons launch systems, and torpedo launc
h systems. Developed designs, work packages, schedules, cost, and requirements t
o match various international Customers requirements as part of several capture
and proposal efforts..
Developed advanced launch system concepts for the US Navys next-generation subma
rine. Worked on a proposal for contract for the US Navys next-generation imaging
system.
May 2003-April 2005: Title: Senior Principal Systems Engineer
Chief Engineer responsible for the design and development of a Weapon Launching
System for the US Navys current-generation, Seawolf submarine, part of a Raytheo
n multi-million dollar contract with the US Navy. Responsible for all facets of
technical decisions and direction for both Raytheon and subcontractor team membe
rs. Accomplishments included:
- Established all electrical, mechanical, environmental, and validation requirem
ents.
- Interacted with shipbuilder (General Dynamics) to identify and address all pr
ogram
technical, cost, and schedule risk
- Provided overall technical and planning guidance for all hardware and softwar
e
developers, including sub-contractors
- Provided technical guidance for system test program development and
conduct
- Provided technical guidance to all subcontractors
- Created and led integration and test team
- Resulted in under budget, early delivery of system to Government

Chief Engineer for design and development of the AN/BSG-1 Nuclear Tomahawk (UGM
109A) Missile Weapon Launching System. Responsible for all facets of technical d
ecisions and direction for both Raytheon and subcontractor team members. The res
ponsibilities included:
- Establishment for all aspects of security/COMSEC requirements
- Interfaced with National Security Agency (NSA) to establish and meet nuclear
security and safety requirements
- Interfaced with Sandia Labs to establish and meet nuclear security a
nd safety
requirements
- Provided technical guidance to 20+ hardware and software developers
- Provided technical guidance for system test program development and
conduct
- Provided technical guidance to 20+ subcontractors
- Created and led integration and test team
Lead Systems Engineer for a multitude of proposals, coordinating team members, e
stablishing
Base line requirements, conducting cost trade-offs, developing integration and
test approach.

General Dynamics Corporation / Electric Boat Division

Newport Engineering Office
2 Corporate Place, Middletown, R.I. 02842
1985-1997: Title: Principal Systems Engineer
System Engineer Lead for the design and development of a large-scale simulation
system for integration and test of the Combat System for the Navys next generat
ion submarine . This simulation system development was a $50 million effort over
the course of five years.
Project Manager and Technical Lead for the development and test of new submarin
e technology advancements for the Navys Open Systems Critical Item Test (OSCIT)
laboratory demonstration at the Naval Undersea Weapons Center (NUWC), Newport, R
.I.
Project Engineer for two separate multi-million dollar Internal Research and Dev
elopment (IRAD0 projects. Both projects required the development of concept whit
e papers, trade-off studies, cost analysis, and proposed concept of operations,
schedule and staffing estimates.
Project Lead Engineer for Tomahawk Missile Automated Engagement Planner
software development. Responsible for concept development that resulted in an ad
vanced software approach for creating automated Tomahawk missile mission engagem
ent plans.
Lead Engineer for an advanced system developed for use aboard Navy attack submar
ines, as a means of launching conventional Tomahawk missiles.
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Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Middletown, R.I. 02842
1985-1997
Senior Systems Engineer directly involved in a full range of tasks related to th
e concept development, technical development, integration and test of the combat
system for the new SSN 751 attack class submarine. These included definition of
requirements for an advanced data distribution system, analysis of system funct
ional architecture requirements, review of hardware and software developed by th
e prime contractor, and development and conduct of test plans and procedures tha
t led up to certification of this and other subsystems.
Systems Engineer directly involved in the technical development, test, and integ
ration of the initial version of the Command and Control System (CCS) for Triden
t class submarines. Performed concept development, feasibility studies, review o
f technical documentation developed by contractors, and development and conduct
of test plans and procedures.

Education
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of Massach
usetts, Dartmouth, 1974
Degree: Master of Science in Information Systems Science from Salve
Regina University, Newport, 1992
Personal
Viet Nam veteran
Excellent Health
Married
Languages
My parents are of French Canadian descent. Good understanding of French language
.
Clearance
U.S. Government DOD Secret Clearance (currently active)
Relocation
Willing to relocate at my own cost
Awards
2008Raytheon Team Achievement Award
2007 Raytheon Team Achievement Award
2006 Raytheon Individual Achievement Award
2005 Raytheon Individual Achievement Award
2004 Raytheon Team Achievement Award for AN/BYG-1 Performance
2003 Raytheon Team Achievement Award for AN/BYG-1 Performance
2003 Raytheon Individual Achievement Award
2003 Raytheon Team Achievement Award for AN/BSG-1 Performance
2000 Engineering Honors Award: Raytheon Electronic Systems
1999 Individual Achievement Award: Raytheon Electronic Systems
1984 Naval Underwater Systems Center: Special Achievement Award
1983 Naval Underwater Systems Center: Quality Salary Increase Award
1982 Naval Underwater Systems Center: Special Achievement Award
1977 Naval Underwater Systems Center: Special Achievement Award
1978 Naval Underwater Systems Center: Quality Salary Increase Award
1978 Naval Underwater Systems Center: Special Achievement Award