Daniel Zwillinger, PhD 84 Highland Street Newton, MA 02465 (617) 388-2382 zwillinger@alum.mit.edu Highlights ========== Business professional with people, process, communication, and technical skills. Twenty five years successful experience in solving problems in business and the engineering and physical sciences. Experienced in large and small companies, government labs, consulting, and academia. Founded and ran a small business. + Six Sigma Black Belt (Both Raytheon and ASQ certified) + Proven technical expertise in the engineering and physical sciences. + Project and personnel management experience with fiscal responsibility. + Extensive experience in algorithm design/implementation, modeling, simulation, and numerical methods. + Excellent technical communication skills (both written and verbal). Wrote several reference books. + PhD in Applied Mathematics from Caltech. + College professor for 4 years at RPI. + Computer skills: UNIX, Matlab, Mathematica, perl, python, SQL, C++. + Proposal development and client contact experience. Education ========= PhD California Institute of Technology Applied Mathematics 1983 BS Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mathematics 1978 Industrial Experience ===================== Raytheon (Waltham, MA) Senior Principal Systems Engineer (2001-present) + Systems Engineering * Cobra Judy Replacement (CJR) requirements lead ("book boss") for Pre- and Post-Mission Software (PPS) * Updated Early Warning Radar (UEWR) requirements for cued search * Led qualification testing for UEWR tracking * Systems Engineering lead on Time Card system project + Six Sigma * Time Card system - $30M savings from improved interfaces * Zumwalt (DDG 1000) - $2M savings in Verification, Validation & Accreditation (VV&A) process * Patriot - $1M savings with improved Rolling Wave process * Manager of Six Sigma white/yellow belt training for new employees * On Black Belt certification board * Subject Matter Expert * Critical Chain Program Management (CCPM) * Test Optimization * Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) * Led projects: Labor Accounting Improvement (enterprise-wide team), business wide training improvement, minimal number of scenarios for requirements testing, minimal number of tests for acceptance, multiple hypothesis tracking, identification of core functions for facilitation relocation, ... * Coached dozens of projects: radar calibration, data logging, requirements writing, shelter humidity/temperature control, ... + Other * Taught Six Sigma, Matlab, and Simulink courses * Numerous modeling and simulation activities * Mentored many engineers Also held consulting, staff, and scientist positions with: + IronBridge Networks 1999-2001 + Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. (BBN) 1992-1994 + The MITRE Corporation 1987-1990 + Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA) 1987 + Exxon Research and Engineering 1981-1983 + Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) 1980-1981 + Sandia Laboratories 1979 * Modeled internet traffic for queues inside terabit router * Designed packet routing strategies for the internet * Modeled and simulated hardware designs * Solved numerous engineering problems using mathematical analysis, modeling, algorithm development. * Hands on computer implementation using a variety of tools (e.g., Matlab, Mathematical, perl). * Designed and created software for thin film optical interference filter design. * Developed new coding schemes for communicating over NASA's deep space net. * Designed software for wave propagation through layered media, led development team. * Performed cryptographic analysis; geothermal energy cost analysis; signal processing analysis (Markov chains, filter design, neural networks, residue number systems, chaos) Entrepreneurial Experience ========================== Founded Aztec Corporation, an applied engineering consulting firm. Started in 1990, incorporated in 1995. Responsible for business development, project management, proposal writing, client negotiations, staffing, and personnel management. Partial list of activities and clients: + Managed 4GL GUI development for Birkhauser's project database using Delphi and Crystal Reports. (2000) + Converted technical print books to web-based format (HTML, Javascript) for Academic Press. (1998, 2000) + Performed probabilistic modeling of random emitters for PinPoint Corporation (1997-2000) + Principal investigator for US Air Force SBIR contracts to develop a non-contact automated-test equipment (ATE) system. Phase I: Explored novel physical effects to allow visualization of circuit board electromagnetic fields. Phase II: Prototyped a visualization system using electro-optic sensors. (1994-1997) + Managed completion of SBIR contracts for SensAble Technologies. (1996) + Performed client negotiations, proposal development, and software construction for the world's largest management consulting firm specializing in aviation, SH&E. (1995-1996) + Managed US Department of Transportation SBIR contract that developed CAD tools to simulate images of packed luggage for X-ray detection systems. (1995) + Rewrote the Macsyma mathematical reference manual for Macsyma. (1992) + Constructed a statistical toolbox in Matlab for The MathWorks (1990) Academic Experience =================== Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1983-1987). Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in information theory, probability, statistics, differential equations, linear algebra, complex variables, advanced calculus, and discrete mathematics. Published papers on wave theory, stochastics, information theory, materials engineering, and algorithmic design. + Selected as a visiting SIAM (Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics) lecturer. Lectured to undergraduates on applied mathematics. (http://www.siam.org/vlp/alpha.htm) (1992-1912) + Selected to judge annual undergraduate Math Modeling Competition (administered to more than 500 schools internationally). Created 4 of the 70 problems used in the history of the competition. (http://www.comap.com/mcm.cfm) (1992-2008) + Appointed to the Technology/Engineering Council for the Massachusetts Board of Education (2000-2003) Publications ============ Publications and presentations list at http://www.az-tec.com/zwillinger/publications.htm + Editor-in-chief of the 30th, 31st, and 32nd editions of "Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae" (CRC, 1995-2011), an extremely successful reference book with nearly two million copies in print (all editions). Assembled team of 2 associate editors, 13 advisory board editors, and 25 contributors. CD-ROM version with embedded Maple engine 1997. Chinese version 1998. + Authored the reference books: "Handbook of Differential Equations" (Academic Press, 1st-3rd editions, 1989-1997, CD-ROM 1997) and "Handbook of Integration" (Jones and Bartlett, 1992). Each was book of the month for the Library of Science book club. Co-authored "Standard Probability and Statistics Tables" (CRC, 2000) and "Tables of Integrals, Series, and Products" (Academic Press, 6th - 8th editions, 2000-2012). + On editorial advisory board for "Handbook of Chemistry and Physics" (CRC, 85th-92nd editions, 2004--2011). Other ===== + Private pilot. + Have had numerous government security clearances (DoE, DoD, NSA). Active Secret clearance. + Home page at http://www.az-tec.com/zwillinger/ + Resume at http://www.az-tec.com/zwillinger/resume.pdf