About Us

ABOUT

The JSTRE Groups mission is to assist Governments and private organizations having a clear scientific mission. Our experience resides in leveraging technology to support that mission. While not scientists ourselves The JTRE Group has been working with scientists since 2008 primarily in Meteorology, Astrophysics and Aerospace. In short, our mission is to support scientific efforts.

The JSTRE Groups vision is reduce our footprint on engagements in support of the United States Federal Government as we attempt to build International, State and Local engagements. While the current United States Federal Government administration has shown a clear intent to reduce scientific initiatives, we have seen Europe, Asia, Canada and Australia appear to share common goals concerning scientific initiatives and the value of using science to create a better more sustainable world for the future.

About Us

DATA ANALYTICS

Data Analytics experience was obtained during engagements across multiple organizations. While each organization had differing missions our focus on data analytics and supporting activities blossomed when we engaged exclusively with organizations having a core scientific mission.

While data analytic efforts are necessary, having a strong background in software architecture, design and implementation, technical / scientific writing and presentation experience facilitate the success of the efforts.

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METEOROLOGY & ASTROPHYSICS

Meteorology and Astrophysics experience was obtained on engagements at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS) and NOAA Environmental Satellite Data and Information Systems (NESDIS) divisions.

Engagements involved data analytics of space weather phenomena, technical / scientific writing, presentations to senior and executive management, software analysis, design, modeling, development and project management. Additional activities included providing assistance during efforts to transition legacy software from on-premise to the Amazon cloud infrastructure.

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AEROSPACE

Aerospace experience was obtained on engagements at The MITRE Corporation’s Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development (CAASD) and at Rockwell Collins Aerospace.

Engagements involved engineering, technical / scientific writing, data analysis and presentation skills. I became a Solutions Architect / Multidisciplinary Systems Engineer. Engagements supported The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Additional experience was obtained at Rockwell Collins Aerospace where I was afforded an opportunity to learn about Human Resource activities including Human-Factors as it pertains to the manufacturing of advanced avionics equipment.

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LOGISTICS COMPLIANCE

Logistics Compliance experience was obtained during engagements with the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the Customs and Border (CBP) agency.

Engagements involved software architectural design, engineering and data modeling. The engagements supported the CPB Cargo Systems Program Office (CSPO).

An additional engagement supported Border Enforcement Management Systems (BEMS) and Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Telecommunications experience was obtained while employed at XO Communications, NextLink Communications and Pervigil.

Engagements involved software engineering and customer local number portability (LNP). Software engineering involved creating a mandated Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Enhanced 911 (E911) product and integration into the Telecom Business Solutions (TBS) software. Development of a network performance analysis software product was also performed. LNP activities included client consultation and issuing number portability requests into existing LNP software.

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CONTACT

The JSTRE Group

c/o Jason Travis
6920-B Braddock Road
Suite 233
Annandale, Virginia 22003
Email: info@jstre.com

Logistics Compliance

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Performed tasks supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Cargo Systems Program Office (CSPO) for the application Free and Secure Trade (FAST). FAST is a trusted traveler/trusted shipper program designed to process known low-risk shipments entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico. The platform utilized a combination of .NET and Java software with DB2 universal database utilizing MQ messaging services with CBP OS/390 law enforcement identity check systems. Also served as a lead developer in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) modernization initiative.

Technology Stack

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Java / Java Enterprise Edition (JEE)

An object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems.
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.NET

An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft.
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IBM DB2

A database initially designed to support relation models but was enhanced to support object-relation and non-relation structures.
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IBM WebSphere Application Server

A software framework and middleware that hosts Java-based web applications.
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IBM WebSphere MQ

A message-oriented middleware product supporting pushing and pulling messages to a single location (queue) or distribute a message to multiple end-points (topic).
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IBM Rational Software Developer (RAD)

An integrated development environment bundled with WebSphere Application Server used for implementation, and testing.
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IBM Rational Software Architect (RSA)

Similar to (RAD) but also includes software modeling tools.
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IBM OS/390

An operating system that provides a fully functional Multiple Virtual Storage (MVS) package.
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Oracle Database

A proprietary multi-model database management system.
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Hibernate

An object-relational mapping library for Java that provides a framework for mapping an object-oriented domain model to relational database engines.
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EHcache

An open-source light-weight container facilitating in-memory storage.
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XStream

A Java library used to serialize objects to XML or JSON allowing the capability to read and write data on hard-drives.
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Extensible Markup Language (XML)

A file format for storing, transmitting and reconstructing data.
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Common Business-Oriented Language (COBOL)

A programming language used extensively on Mainframe systems and can leverage CICS for performing transactions.
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Customer Information Control System (CICS)

Provides online transaction management and connectivity for application on IBM Mainframe systems under z/OS and z/VSE.
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JUnit

A test automation framework for the Java programming language.
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Apache Ant

A software tool for automating software compiling processes for Java applications.
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Concurrent Versioning System (CVS)

A version control system to track changes to software over time.
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Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

A standard for automating the process of transmission of data between systems.
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Unified Modeling Language (UML)

A general-purpose visual modeling language providing standard notation allowing the creating many software and database design concepts.
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SUN Solaris

A Unix operating system now owned by Oracle.
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Eclipse

An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for primarily for the Java programming Language but provides strong support for other programming languages like Python, C and C++.

Milestone Accomplishments:

Created the Object Relational Mapping (ORM) system allowing the development team to focus on business logic and data analysis without spending time learning the database specific details. The result was a 45% improvement in implementation time and a 75% reduction in the over-all level of effort (LOE).
Creating a proof-of-concept illustrating how to use the Java programming language to access Mainframe applications improved managements trust in our team’s ability to leverage newer technologies without removing proven technologies. Effectively demonstrating that there was no need to “re-invent the wheel”.
Created an object transformation layer allowing teams having distinct responsibilities access to need-to-know information. The object transformation layer utilized the concept of “least privilege”, was completed under budget and became the standard for all data transmission.
The FAST application was a proof of concept to determine if a team of approximately 20 staff could achieve what the multi-million-dollar tax payer funded ACE system had not achieved. While the ACE team had worked to develop a solution for over 4 years the FAST team achieved in 1 year at a fraction of the cost.

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