Matthew Ford Kern

Enterprise Architect & Communications System Engineer

Qualifications

Experience

Education

Accomplishments

C4ISR

iAlarmPlus

CDC Arbitron Next Gen

USAF Cursor on Target for DHS

CALS

JEDMICS

FAA Backfile Conversion

What Is EA?

Frameworks

Psuedo-Frameworks

Matt's View of EA

Integration

Old

Older

Ancient

Downloads

Contact Me

Education (...and training)
  • 2008, Troux Architect Basic & Advanced User Training, Glen Knowll's Radiation Detection and Monitoring (Short Course), DHS MD 102 training (DHS SDLC)
  • 2007, DHS Investment Management System Training, DHS Basic Earned Value Management System Training, DHS Advanced Earned Value Management System Training
  • 2007, FEAC Institute Masters Certificate and Certification in DODAF, 16 sem hrs at 4.0 (Cal. State masters credit option)
  • 2006, FEAC Institute Masters Certificate and Certification in FEAF, 16 sem hrs at 4.0 (Cal. State masters credit option)
  • 1999-2004, Autodidactic education in Web technology: portals, application servers, firewalls and such- zero sem. hrs.
  • 1997 & 1998, MCSE bootcamp and 5 MCP certifications, all expired (I have decided Microsoft certifications are too transient, and do not provide adequate ROI to the bearer, and I stopped working on these)
  • 1985 to 1997, Autodidactic education in the networks and distributed systems- leading to the production of several large networks and global/national scale distributed systems and 2 patents- zero sem. hrs.
  • 1993, PRC Project Management Training
  • 1985, miscelaneous additional classes in math and economics, ~15 sem hrs
  • 1981 to 1985, Pennsylvania State University, Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering (top 10 EE school)
  • 1980, University of Maryland Far East Division, misc. courses, 6 sem hrs
  • 1979, additional electronic warfare coursework, 6 sem hrs
  • 1977 to 1978, Community College of the Air Force, Certificate in Electronic Warfare, 32 sem hrs., Honor Graduate
  • 1977 and prior, McDowell High School- Civil Air Patrol, street racer, worked in a construction warehouse, electronics hobbiest

"If you do anything long enough, you eventually get good at it."  MK

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