Direct an array of engineering efforts for $900M in contracted defense programs within billion-dollar Department of Defense (DoD) contractor, leading full life cycle program / project / software development management while serving in chief engineering role. Drive high-quality product design, engineering, and delivery in precise alignment with complex military requirements. Oversee all aspects of requirements gathering / analysis / validation, solution design / prototyping, programming and development, testing, production / manufacturing, and implementation.Manage project planning, estimation, scheduling, resource planning, performance analysis, cost / expense tracking, and communication; develop milestones, work breakdown structures (WBS), risk / issue / change management tools, and status reporting processes. Evaluate, select, negotiate with, and manage outsourced consulting partners and vendors. Liaise with and direct third-party partners, outsourced sub-contractors, and suppliers; routinely present program statuses to program stakeholders from the defense sector. Manage performance of 34 engineers, providing technical, operational, and administrative leadership. Administer $121M in operations / program budgets. • Played integral role in development and on-time delivery of multiple defense products:─ Command Post Integrated Infrastructure (CPI2) – This current contract value is $113M. I was a key contributor in winning the CPI2 OTA, including the submission of the RFP, negotiations of SOW, Technical lead and Project Engineering Manager. Built 45 prototypes, met all vehicles deliverables and our system excelled in the Operator Assessment by U.S. Army. The system has over 2 miles of cabling (RF, UVMS, Network, TFOCA II & Power), OTM ECU and Power system, integrated US Army tactical communication systems, over 1100 drawings and a 4700 BOM items for each of the 3 configurations.

Directed an array of engineering efforts for defense programs within a billion-dollar Department of Defense (DoD) contractor, leading full life cycle program / project / software development management while serving in a technical engineering role. Drive high-quality product design, engineering, and delivery in precise alignment with complex military requirements. • Played integral role in development and on-time delivery of multiple defense products:─ ─ Command Post Integrated Infrastructure (CPI2) – This current contract value is $113M. I was a key contributor in winning the CPI2 OTA, including the submission of the RFP, negotiations of SOW, Technical lead and Project Engineering Manager. Built 45 prototypes, met all vehicles deliverables and our system excelled in the Operator Assessment by U.S. Army. The system has over 2 miles of cabling (RF, UVMS, Network & Power), OTM ECU and Power system, integrated US Army tactical communication systems, over 1100 drawings and a 4700 BOM items for each of the 3 configurations. ─ Lead team with ESLA for C4I technology transfer of TIGER, E-CiX, NPMS applications. ESCC C4I technology transfer of PNR1000, MCTR 7200 and GCX8000 Radio waveform and applications. ─ Supported design and delivery of Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) Power Amplifier.─ Managed development/ manufacturing programs including two IRAD projects SRW\MUOS and two funded projects UVPA NAS, RIDM with gross profits of 27.5% and 37.5%.─ Held role of process owner for source code control, project sell-off, and Technical Data Packages.─ Established System Integration and Test Engineering processes / procedures.─ Championed company-wide conversion to lower-cost software, saving $1.5M in annual licensing.• Established formal, PMBOK-based project management and standardized software development processes to ensure high-quality product development; developed innovative engineering strategies, procedures, and tools.

Served as the principal engineer supporting Motorola Canopy Wireless Platform manufacturing within multibillion-dollar telecommunications leader, collaborating across the R&D, prototyping, testing, and manufacturing lifecycle to ensure testability and manufacturability—enabling the transfer of domestic manufacturing operations to Mexico for production volume of 1 million units per year.• Leveraged Six Sigma best-practices to: ─ Perform statistical analysis of production metrics and ensure top manufacturing performance. ─ Proactively identify and resolve key risks and issues. ─ Design and implement processes driving production to 95% FTY.

Led program team responsible for end-to-end requirements analysis, design, and development of software modules for the F-16 Peace Marble V; managed evaluation and validation of vendor test requirements, hardware / software gap and feasibility analysis for both COTS and custom technologies, and creation of statements of work (SOW), Design Requirement Specifications, and Technical Assistance Agreement. Performed project planning, developer scheduling and task assignment, and quality assurance.• Spearheaded development of F-16 Peace Marble V High-Speed Data Test Set (HSDTS)—featuring object-oriented C++ programming for Windows 2000 and incorporating next-generation technologies such as Fibre Channel, the HOTLink, the Channel Link, and Fast Ethernet—provided leadership to mission-critical program engineering efforts such as: ─ Led Preliminary and Critical Design Review meetings with the client and Technical Interchange Meetings (TIM) with vendors. ─ Presented program risk analyses and mitigation strategies to senior client and internal leaders. ─ Defined hardware block diagram for custom PCI boards and managed vendor development. ─ Delivered design and engineering innovation resulting in $750K cost-savings per unit.• Introduced site-wide use of ClearCase / ClearQuest SCM tools in alignment with CMM level 4 standards; established programming / coding standards and style guidelines