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Cambridge, Ma, Us

Waltham, Ma, Us

- Managed a $2.6M portfolio of technical R&D projects for America's warfighters, ensured on-time and on-budget delivery.- Created project plans, defined tasks, established deadlines, and managed resources to prevent disruptions to project milestones. Anticipates potential issues, collaborates with stakeholders, marketing, and leadership to adapt to economic conditions.Signature Accomplishments:- Predicted potential supply chain risks, communicated mitigation strategy to the tech team, and prioritized the development tasks to ensure early parts ordering, enabled on time delivery of a magnetic crawling robot for US Navy ship hull inspection.- Mentored and guided the development team to reduce the dry weight of an ROV used for tether management in explosive ordinance disposal, resulting in a 60% weight reduction and eliminating the need for a human technician in a mine threat area.- Engaged US Navy autonomous vehicle community, developed user stories for automated anchoring software using ROS2, and delivered anchoring management software for USVs on-time and on-budget.- Led 14 engineers in developing an automated QA/QC system for Thermal Spray Coating on Navy flight decks. Used ROS2 and high TRL sensors to deliver platform-agnostic system for real-time evaluation of ISO roughness standard. Completed project on-time and under budget

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

- Managed 3 projects/60+ stakeholders; responsible for cost, schedule & performance- Liaison between senior decision makers, MAJCOMs, industry personnel & tactical-level warfighters- Sole Proj Management SME f/next gen force protection IDIQ; responsible for technical & risk evals- Led multi-functional IPT through RFQ, development, design, installation, test, and sustainmentSignature Accomplishments:- Lead PM for $783M Contract action; evaluated 31 proposals, awarded 4 months ahead of baseline- Utilizing wireless mesh network to mitigate risk for security system across 80 sq mi for 134 facilities

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

- Led booster stacking & maintenance team for Minotaur I/IV rockets on east/west coast ranges- Plans, programs, budgets, and executes $1.5M across 4 separate launch campaigns within a year- Serves as liaison for integrating gov't agencies with commercial partners- Creates robust training program for maintenance techs to reduce mission risk to launch schedulesSignature Accomplishments:- Executed $90K mobile crane contract in 28 days to mitigate bldg crane failure, averted 8-week/$800k schedule slip- Executed 900 mile emergency convoy from CA to NV, $1.5M Transporter Erector safed at depot- Led scheduling team for ICBM interceptor demo, bridged telemetry between 2 test ranges- Vandenberg's Lead for NASA's Orion Ascent Abort 2 test, led 11 member team for pad operations

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

- Supervised 3 member team; assesses facilities for 3 national programs: X-37B, Minotaur, SpaceX - Oversaw sustainment projects for critical spacelift processing facility complexes worth over $70M- Provided technical guidance & facility readiness status. Analyzes & mitigates infrastructure risk- Executes on-console procedures with mission team during testing, rehearsals, & day of launch Signature Accomplishments:- Provided on console support for 9 launches, supported SpaceX & ULA. 55 satellites in orbit- Executed $350K Army Corps design contract; renovated $40M processing facility’s HVAC system - Led $622K HVAC project & managed facility schedule risk. Ensured spaceplane recovery - Led SQL infrastructure database IPT; established accountability/assurance capability

Melbourne, Florida, Us

• Provided drafting and modeling support to the James Webb Space Telescope and Worldview 4 integration team• Manipulated 3D models of flight hardware and support equipment to create integration instructions for the operations team• Created 3D models of ground support equipment. Saved prep time by programming user-input variable 3D models

Corning, New York, Us

• Managed and oversaw execution of changes to engineering drawings to support revision control of 15 product lines • Created and designed new production parts to support engineering design of custom optical systems • Designed and 3D printed test fixtures to support system assembly, lens manufacturing, and quality control and assurance• Created Laser Optic Part template, facilitated design, release and revision of new parts – reduced release time by 50%

Master Of Science - Ms, Systems Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering