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Huntsville, Al, Us

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Manage the day-to-day tactical duties for assigned challenging program as a subject matter expert. Oversees and coordinates the cost/schedule/technical aspects of ongoing engineering projects within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer through project management skills. Interfaces effectively with people at all levels and from diverse technical backgrounds. Serves as a control account manager (CAM) for technical elements. Maintains scope control through disciplined change management. Generate and manage technical engineering portion of bids and basis of estimates. Reviews status of engineering projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports with earned value metrics.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Develop the new Program Controls department for the Mason site. Lead 5 other Program Control Analysts and implemented team tag-ups. Began establishing an earn value culture and help deploy work authorization documents (WADs). Identified non-value hours in the reporting and streamlined the labor charging on assigned program. Identified and starting a common inventory deep dive.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Focused on strategic outcomes and execution, including business planning, long-term customer relationship management, and operational reporting (to the Director of Engineering and executive management). Generate deliverables that provide insights into engineering’s capacity and demand, identify and manage risk, support early detection of project execution issues, and provide fact-based information and analyses to various stakeholders

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Managed the day-to-day tactical duties for assigned programs and internal research and development (IRAD). Oversaw and coordinated the cost/schedule/technical aspects of ongoing engineering projects within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer through project management skills. Interfaces effectively with people at all levels and from diverse technical backgrounds. Serves as a control account manager (CAM) for technical elements. Maintains scope control through disciplined change management. Generated and managed technical engineering portion of bids and basis of estimates. Reviewed status of engineering projects and budgets; managed schedules and prepared status reports.

Coventry, England, Gb

Manage the program business case, drive actions to optimize outcomes, manage the program scope, risks, opportunities, schedules and budget adherence to achieve customer satisfaction. Provide integrated management of constituent projects and other resources to achieve the program critical success factors (CSFs) and business case objectives. Provide leadership, coordination and direction to the program team and facilitate stakeholder engagement. Manage the customer relationship and lead related commercial negotiations along with contract amendments in conjunction with the commercial lead.

Paris, Fr

Manage program readiness for suppliers’ new product introduction by tollgate process, follow-up on planning, capacity and risk analyses. Partner with the suppliers to develop action plans with strategic planning to achieve performance metrics and milestones based on business goals. Broadcast supplier performance and manage crisis for short, mid and long term outlooks. Performed site visits to gain data for analysis and communicated findings.

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Lead quality initiatives in a cross functional team to drive a reduction in losses, increase product yield, and improve customer confidence. Focal point for customers and regulatory agent audits (AS9100, FAA, DCMA) and performed root cause and corrective action investigations, internal audits. Developed and managed metrics to support data driven decisions and process improvements. Investigated customer returns in accordance with repair manuals and FAR regulations. Improved QMS by implementing quality plans with digital ballooning software.

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Completed two-year intensive program designed to develop talent and produce leaders capable of meeting the challenges facing the operations function at GE through four challenging rotational assignments with training to develop skills in leadership, Six Sigma, Lean manufacturing and overall supply chain management.Quality Integration Team OMLP 4th Rotation (Yakima, WA)Engine Production Control OMLP 3rd Rotation (Strother, KS)2nd Shift Program Leader OMLP 2nd Rotation (West Jefferson, NC)Manufacturing Engineer OMLP 1st Rotation (Terre Haute, IN)

Supported the start-up program in ceramics matrix composites (CMC) by writing equipment procedures and process procedures while assisting in test trails for equipment and product.

Supported the Applied Engineering Division (AED) in the development, testing, and documenting of health and safety regulations for refuge chambers in underground coal mines.

Huntington, Wv, Us

Mentor to five First Lego League teams in programming and engineering, taught simple machine Lego sets to 4th grade students and explained Lego principles to various audiences. (Work Study - WV NASA Grant)

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Aerospace Engineering & Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Transfer Program