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Central Florida

Consulting Services for small to medium sized companies in the Aerospace and Defense markets

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Recruited for general manager position, later promoted to President. Reported to parent company senior executive. Oversaw and led development of the strategic direction and performance of the organization.
• Led team through robust organic growth, including three successful acquisitions and integrations, leading to significant increases in revenue, profitability, improved product quality and market recognition.
• Grew organization from $16M to almost $100M, and profitability almost 400% during tenure as General Manager and President.
• Transformed the reputation of the company from a small filter and navy valve company to a leading position in the Space and Defense propulsion market.
• Created and nurtured a culture of mutual respect, collaboration and innovation, attracting and retaining a pool of talented engineers and technical personnel despite significant competition from much larger companies.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Reported to the owner and CEO.Recruited to lead the company to recover its market position, reputation and resolve technical issues threatening its viability.
• In less than six months, resolved complex technical issues related to a design problem and a field failure, re-established customer confidence and led the company back on track for future growth.
• Mentored a highly qualified engineer for succession as Director of Engineering
• Accomplished all of the above in less than six months.

Souther California

• Reported to Corporate Vice President. Oversaw all engineering operations from design, development, and qualification through production support. Acted as both the Chief Engineer and Engineering Director with oversight.
• Completed qualification of a titanium satellite latch valve and returned the space product line to profitability.
• Increased efficiency leading to added profitability and new business activities, doubling size of the space product group.
• Increased synergy between departments, dramatically decreasing number of failures and non-conformances.
• Achieved ISO 9000 certification on the first attempt.
• Reduced the assembly and test hours by a factor of two in clean room operations, created assembly/test cells and more than doubled the clean room footprint to accommodate increased business.

Manhattan Beach, CA

Oversaw design, qualification and production of space/human-rated valves, regulators, ODs and other fluid control devices used in cryogenic, hypergolic propellants and high-pressure applications for U.S. Space Shuttle and other spacer probes and satellites. Progressed from analytical engineer, project engineer, to engineering projects manager. Managed.

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Ba, Teological Studies, Theology/Theological Studies