Dennis Sarsozo

• Lead embedded flight software development across the NASA EPSCoR C3M climate-monitoring mission and DoD AFRL Neutron-2 mission.
• Developed embedded C/C++ and Python software integrating an infrared spectrometer and FLIR thermal cameras; achieved wireless thermal imaging at more than 50 feet and 8 FPS live streaming.
• Built Python mission-operator tools for NumPy thermal data and extended the platform to drone-based wildfire hotspot detection.
• Led the refactor from tightly coupled Artemis bare-metal software into a shared NASA F Prime Application-Manager-Driver architecture supporting both C3M and Neutron-2 mission profiles.
• Designed the multiplexed Pi/Teensy/RF transport, payload Data Product and downlink paths, local emulation, ARMv6 deployment workflow, automated validation, and hardware-in-the-loop runbooks.
• Perform JTAG flashing, PDU troubleshooting, FPGA validation, and SatNOGS-COMMS radio bring-up.
• Drive Agile and Git practices, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across software, electrical, mechanical, and systems teams.

• Director of Operations (A3), Spring 2026: Led quality control and production oversight for three planning officers across physical training and Leadership Laboratory operations for more than 90 cadets.
• Planning Officer, Fall 2025: Developed weekly operations plans, coordinated personnel, equipment, and locations, and maintained a three-week planning buffer.

• Developed Android, iOS, and Windows features using Xamarin, C#, WPF, Objective-C/C++, Java/Kotlin, JavaScript/React, and SAP ABAP.
• Integrated OAuth 2.0 SSO and app linking across legacy mobile applications.
• Built barcode workflows for SAP inventory transactions and debugged issues across mobile clients, XML middleware, and SAP queries.

• Planned and executed smoke, regression, negative, white-box, and black-box testing for enterprise mobile software connected to SAP.
• Used Jira, Confluence, TestRail, PostgreSQL, Git, Xamarin/C#, and Python/Selenium while collaborating with developers, support, and management.

• Automated Palo Alto firewall provisioning in Python and built a PHP/Google Calendar display for the Network Operations Center.
• Provisioned Cisco switches and Aruba access points while supporting a campus network serving more than 40,000 users.

• Tested more than 75 feature tickets, documented more than 20 defects, and created regression tests for Prometheus Mobility builds.
• Automated a repetitive login process with Python and Selenium and trained the incoming QA engineer.

• Investigated DUO multifactor-authentication fraud, DMCA notifications, and more than 200 suspicious Active Directory logins using Splunk and Cisco Stealthwatch.

• Produced more than 500 photographs and 10 videos for university marketing, including portraits, facility imagery, events, recruiting, and social media.
• Managed pre-production through final delivery using Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere, and After Effects.

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

B.S. Computer Engineering · Expected May 2027 · GPA: 3.33/4.0

Air Force ROTC Detachment 175 · United States Space Force select

North Carolina State University

B.S. Business Administration, Information Technology concentration · Computer Science minor · 2021 · GPA: 3.86/4.0

Coursework included data structures and algorithms, operating systems, C#, Python web development, and database management.

Wiesbaden High School

High School Diploma, STEM · 2017 · Wiesbaden, Germany