Greetings
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I'm a Biomedical Engineer who uses computers and programming languages to solve problems for other people through process automation. I'm also a requirements gatherer and team builder who makes things happen
Jason W. Plummer
System Design Engineer
Phone:
832.543.3281
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Email:
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Address:
3454 Howard Road
Murfreesboro, TN 37127
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Date of Birth:
August 21st, 1969
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EXPERIENCE
2017-Present
Senior Software Engineer
2014-2017
Senior Systems Engineer
Vital Source Technologies
I am part of a nimble cloud architecture and engineering DevOps group that oversees dockerized application development and deployment using Google Cloud services
Ingram Content Group
I was part of an infrastructure engineering team charged with forward reconnaissance and evaluation of burgeoning technologies to enhance IT and DevOps capabilities relative to rapid application development and deployment
NASA, Johnson Space Center
I wore many hats while at NASA, but always with an engineering design perspective. I was part of Engineering Robotics Division 7 within the Engineering Directorate and worked in the Project Constellation lab as both a solutions architect and as a software engineer in the DevOps arena
2007-2014
Principal Software Engineer
2000-2007
System Design Senior Staff Engineer
Motorola, Inc.
I was a system design engineer within the Government and Enterprise Mobility Sector. I authored OS and application provisioning requirements for Public Safety 2-Way Radio Systems in our portfolio
1996-2000
Research Scientist
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
I ran a computation lab for the department of biomedical engineering, taught UNIX to entering freshmen and graduate students, and performed automotive safety research
EDUCATION
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
My field of research was automotive safety. I performed numerical analyses of simulated automotive side impact crashes using a 3-D computational model of a human pelvis. I received a Master's of Science in Biomedical Engineering with a sub-specialty in Finite Element Biomechanics.
1993-1996
Master's Degree
1987-1992
Bachelor's Degree
Louisiana Tech University
I completed a 5 year multi-disciplinary engineering curriculum heavy in mathematics, chemistry, pre-medicine, and biology. I received a Bachelor's of Science in Biomedical Engineering with a sub-specialty in Mechanical Engineering.
SKILLS
Team Work
Continuous Integration
Docker
Engineering Design
Process Automation
Unix / Linux
Team Work
Continuous Integration
Continuous Deployment
Engineering Design
Process Automation
DevOps
Docker
Unix / Linux
Who is the customer?
The customer is the person asking for your help. Being customer focused means understanding that the primary reason for technology and process is utility. It is one thing to design a personal solution used only by you, but it is quite another to understand and execute against someone else's expectation.
What is design?
Engineering is how something is made. Architecture is how something is used. Design is the thoughtful combination of both with a focus on utility, not just for the customer, but also for the technology maintainers. The key to discovering what to design is conversation about the needs and drivers from all involved.
When can we do that?
Triage is probably the most important tool an engineer has in their bag of tricks. Before plotting a course to do something new, one needs to understand both the desired and current state. Subtracting the former from the latter frames the gap to span. Implementation is an iterative, recombinant, and ever-moving stratum so the time to start is now.