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Bellevue, Wa, Us

Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

• Directed engineering, maintenance, and repair of 21 vessels in Yokosuka and Sasebo, Japan, aligning with US executive leadership.• Coordinated supply chain management and logistics efforts across continents for just-in-time parts delivery.• Sourced critical supply chain units and assemblies to support highly constrained install timelines.• Balanced operational needs and maintenance requirements through collaboration with repair facility and technical compliance authorities.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Led acquisition efforts for Expeditionary Fast Transport vessels, managing stakeholders, cost constraints, and aggressive schedules.• Deployed first medium-/large-size autonomous-capable vessel for transport and disaster relief.• Managed JIT delivery for 1000s of parts, ensuring on-time deliveries of two vessels.• Collaborated with builder for supply chain parts sourcing and sequencing to support overall build schedule.• Coordinated among disparate stakeholders for rapidly evolving requirements designed to meet end customers changing needs.

San Diego, California

• Top engineering interoperability/assessment analysis manager across the Navy enterprise. • Delivered engineering lab solutions to the end user, mentored the users on effective usage of the systems, and collected real time user feedback to bring back to the lab for analysis and the iterative build cycle. • Aligned a five person geographically dispersed engineering team and conducted data-driven analysis for interoperability assessment of 120 operational ships’ radar, combat systems, and servers.

Cupertino, Ca

Engineering Program Manager (EPM) - iPhone • Delivered a successful and profitable iPhone model on time as part of cross-functional team in support of engineering development builds.• Managed build planning, material for clear to build, supplier management, logistics, Bill of Material (BOM), budget, and procurement in partnership with 10+ vendors.• Led build matrix management, materials forecast and planning, CTB (Clear to Build) analysis and reporting, logistic readiness, budget, procurement, and configuration management activities• Assisted in balancing competing priorities and risk management with other cross-functional teams to deliver best overall product. Responsible for the technical management and support of engineering development projects within Apple’s Hardware (HW) division. The specific HW responsible for was cellular, WiFi/BT, Near Field Communication (NFC), BBHW along with the software (SW) required for signal processing, and antennas allowing us to Tx and Rx our valued data. Ensured our HW did not create emission interference with neighboring components and had physical integrity though our rigorous reliability testing. Responsible for enabling large cross-functional teams to deliver complex systems quickly and with high quality. Understood the who, what, and how of hardware and software system development, orchestrated all of it into a program plan and schedule, then successfully manage execution of the program plan. • Support system definition and drive closure of architecture and technical options in the early stages of a project. • Establish and manage program feature baseline, scheduling, critical path, and technology risks areas for execution. • Lead cross-functional teams, including EE, PD, Software, Operations, NPO in engineering and validation activities. • Briefed Apple Executives on status and progress on each phase of product build.

Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

• Class Team Leader (CTL) for all Sasebo homeported L-Class/Amphibious ships managing an annual fiscal year budget of $200M and four forward-deployed amphibious ships.• Project Manager (PM) for USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD 6). Led $38M CNO Restricted Availability for on-time, on-budget delivery of ship. Led $8M Continuous Maintenance Availability.• Financial: Funds Administrator for approximately $30M FY budget.• Tools/Software: AIM, AIMxp, MRQT, Microsoft Office• Team Leader: Lean Kaizen Project into tank assessment and repair.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Master's of Science: Engineering ManagementMaster's of Science: Naval Construction and Marine EngineeringThesis research: Developed of ship construction cost estimating algorithm based on complexity of design.

· Led four Integrated Product Teams comprised of approximately 20 personnel each in the System Engineering fields of Verification & Validation, Risk & Opportunity Management, Ground-Relay Architecture Management, and Air Link/Signal Management· Led my segments in the early on-orbit delivery and on budget completion of two multi-billion dollar communication satellites· Received Joint Service Medal in recognition of satellite acquisition leadership efforts

· Led various crews of between 3 - 15 cross-functional, mission-oriented personnel· Maintained a comprehensive and instantaneous knowledge of all aircraft systems, rules, procedures and mission requirements as well as the ability to communicate these in a safe and effective manner· Engaged and led in time-critical teamwork on daily basis· Led and completed missions in three different aircraft in three full years

Master Of Science - Ms, Naval Architecture And Marine Engineering

Master Of Science (M.S.), Engineering Management

System Design and Management Fellow, 2014 Sloan/MIT Masters in Management and Engineering focusing on the leadership and management.

B.S, Aerospace Engineering With A Concentration In Aeronautical Engineering

Graduated with Honors.