Summary
Michael Wheatman is a senior engineering manager with 11 years of experience building and directing server-side, distributed systems and autonomy architectures for defense and academic programs across the Washington DC–Baltimore area. He has led software strategy and delivery for undersea and surface maritime platforms—overseeing architecture, DevSecOps, testing, and sustainment for UUVs, ROVs and manned systems—while holding TS/SCI clearance. At Penn State he architected and led the AURA maritime autonomy stack and helped author the UMAA standard, marrying research rigor with field-test validation. His background includes high-performance distributed systems work at Raytheon and an early AWS IAM internship, giving him a mix of industry-scale engineering and hands-on implementation. Known for coordinating multi-team efforts and reuse across platforms, he brings a practical focus on operational reliability in safety-critical, wide-scale systems.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Penn State University
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Computer Science at Carleton College
English