Production Manager
CurrentProduction Manager, Photonics Manufacturing• Designed, built, and certified two ISO7 world class photonics manufacturing facilities with capability to build and test over $7M of space grade satellite hardware per month• Recruited a manufacturing organization of 50+ employees. Talent included: Manufacturing Engineers, Test Engineers, Operations Managers, Production Planning, Training Coordinator, Shopfloor Supervisors, Quality Control and Technicians• Accountable for manufacturing cost and schedule performance using Earned Value Management (EVM) to monitor and correct unfavorable trending.• Daily use of GEMBA, EVM, Risk Management and Change Management • Infused a continuous improvement culture into the production team that has saved the company over $1M• Developed and presented technical gate review presentations to internal and external customers (examples: PMRs, MRRs, MRAs, PDRs, CDRS, TRRs, etc.)• Developed complex labor and material proposals using capacity modeling and learning curves.• Influenced DFM and DFT improvements along with creation of DTUPC models to facilitate cost reduction• Ensured all deliverable product was built to AS9100 standards