Anne Knowles
Senior Instructional Systems Specialist at Aviation Systems Engineering Corporation
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolAnne Knowles is a Senior Instructional Systems Specialist with 10+ years designing adaptive learning and simulation-integrated training solutions for defense and industry, currently leading efforts at Aviation Systems Engineering Corporation. A PMP with a background in educational technology (M.Ed.) and linguistics, she excels at synthesizing complex technical and pedagogical requirements into executable strategies while keeping scope, schedule, and stakeholder alignment. Her career includes multi-million-dollar program leadership and process ownership at L3Harris and Chenega, where she built adaptive instructional models and integrated them with hardware simulations. She pairs practical AI, machine learning, and data analytics knowledge with hands-on systems integration experience, and even contributes to open-source C++ tooling through automation and build work in the widely used microsoft/vcpkg ecosystem. Known for a logical, detail-oriented leadership style, she is skilled at innovating pragmatic solutions that scale across teams and technologies. Based in San Diego, she brings an uncommon blend of academic pedagogy and production-grade engineering to complex training challenges.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Linguistics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Linguistics at University of California, BerkeleyAssociate of Science (A.S.), Mathematics, Associate of Science (A.S.), Mathematics at Citrus CollegeMaster of Education (M.Ed.), Educational/Instructional Technology, Master of Education (M.Ed.), Educational/Instructional Technology at University of Oklahoma
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Github Skills (7)
vcpkg10
c-language10
package-manager10
cmake10
lib10
cprogramming-language10
build-automation10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/vcpkg
Dec 2016 - Oct 2018
C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 3 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Anne's contributions center around updating the `dimcli` library within the `vcpkg` package manager. They consistently updated the portfile.cmake to integrate new versions of dimcli. These updates involve downloading, extracting, configuring, and installing the library, reflecting automation of build and release processes within the vcpkg ecosystem. The user also ensures the correct linking and build configurations.
c-plus-plussetuptoolspackage-managermacoscplusplus
gknowles/dimcli
Oct 2016 - Jan 2023
C++ Command Line Parser Toolkit
Contributions:35 releases, 1075 commits, 3 PRs in 6 years 4 months
cli-argscppsubcommandsargparsegetopt
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