Kevin J. Wooley OSA C3I Program Manager, The Boeing Company
 

Faced with decreasing customer dollars, increasing commercial technical capabilities, and a decrease in available engineering resources Boeing invested in a re-useable Open Systems COTS based architecture for Boeing's real time Command and Control systems. Open Systems Architecture (OSA) is the basis for mission avionics systems on multiple large domestic and foreign Boeing programs. Discussion will include the definition and leverage of Open Systems concepts, DII COE compatibility in a real-time environment, challenges with multi-language/ multi-compiler / multi-program support, legacy systems re-engineering, evolutionary development, Ada83-Ada95 migration, concepts for addressing COTS plus cost avoidance to date. Hear the benefits and drawbacks of Ada from a large program perspective along with Open System challenges on the horizon.

Mr. Wooley has been sixteen years at the Boeing Company working in embedded software development on various software projects from Space Craft Control, Simulations and Airborne C2 Systems. His duties have included all work in all phases of large system developments from early concept/proposal, design, integration, flight test, training and field support.  Mr. Wooley's main background is in the design and development of large human in the loop systems and their integration. Past assignments have included Space Shuttle Technical Assist Team membership plus a year spent as the on-site manager and Software Engineer of a team fielding a Maritime Patrol System for Indonesia. He has worked in Ada and COTS based systems since 1989 in an evolutionary software development environment, and in Software Program Management since 1992.

Degrees : B.S. Computer Science, University of Illinois
M.S. Software Engineering, Seattle University