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Kansas City, Mo, Us

Olathe, Kansas, United States

Olathe, Kansas, United States

Olathe, Ks

Part of the Garmin Aviation Systems & Programs team supporting OEMs in the general aviation business providing hardware and software support for Garmin systems such as the G1000® NXi Integrated Flight Deck, as well as G3000, and experimental G3X Touch™ system.Everything from development of project schedules, deliverables, and program management, to hardware and software development and system integration testing and verification.

Mesa, Az

• Support the qualification of new mill facilities for AM355 material.• Integrate and coordinate with suppliers of strap packs and other AM355 components to ensure on time delivery, first-time quality, and continued improvements.• Interface with shop floor for production assemblies and facilitate engineering reviews of quality and production issues.

Mesa, Az

• Develop new products through rapid design and analysis processes – using the data to drive decisions with a 5x reduction in design iteration time.• Reduce tooling costs by approximately 33% through innovative manufacturing techniques and approaches to design for manufacturing.• Collaborate with and managed suppliers to ensure on-time delivery of components.• Review emerging technologies for demonstration within the program and future manufacturing techniques.

Mesa, Az

• Managed technical project requirements definition and deliverable definition.• Coordinated schedules, deliveries and requirements with key suppliers and ensured on-time delivery.• Maintained product quality through technical support and engineering guidance.• Lead supplier audits to ensure quality and technical requirements were maintained at suppliers.• Cost savings of approximately $1,300 per tail rotor blade for the Apache through reduction in non-utilized components with team engagement and customer feedback.

Duluth, Mn

• Completed of First Flight of the Vision SF50 prototype within 18 months of first part being produced through team driven conceptual design, manufacturing and material decisions.• Utilized rapid prototyping techniques to meet time driven results while maintaining long-term thinking for production environment.• Incorporated industry standard best practices into analysis for requirements and key safety reviews.• Monitored real-time telemetry data during flight test of SF50 and provided feedback to pilots.

St. Louis, Mo

• Performed repair and design analysis for non-standard work utilizing available technology resulting in several aircraft returning to service and production line.• Decreased development time of new parts by approximately 50% by utilizing a dual role position within design and analysis of components and the use of geometric dimension and tolerance techniques to ensure the right data is flowed to the supplier.• Reduced part count and simplified assembly by 20 parts resulting in incorporation of design a full 5 aircraft earlier than scheduled with an extra $25K in savings by teaming with customer and peers.• Implemented best practices in model based part design by training 3 team members the process.

Lawrence, Kansas Area

• Maintained both public and private computers associated with the libraries at the University.• Provided software and hardware support• Upgraded computer hardware and installed new computer assets - using custom install scripts reduced the time to setup new computers by at least 1/2• Provided security checks and reviews of installed software

Lawrence, Kansas Area

• Researched Concepts for Automated Remote Vehicles for ice sheet thickness in Antarctica• Developed Simulation Models of Concept Vehicles• Co-Authored Locomotion (Terrestrial and Aerial) and Communication of Autonomous Robot Networks

Lawrence, Kansas Area

• Managed Team of Colleagues, Trained New Employees• Maintained Customer Database, Wrote Guidelines Regarding Database Maintenance• Liaison for NCS to Project Prime Contractors• Provided Test and Evaluation of Prime Contract Software

Master Of Science (Ms), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

While working full time for Boeing - St. Louis, I earned my Master's of Science in Aerospace Engineering.

Independent Study, Independent Study

Enrolled in independent, online course for project management.

Android Nanodegree, Android Development

Activities and Societies: Android Developer Career Summit (Fall 2015)Learn to develop for Android and transform your career outlook!.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering, 3.91

Activities and Societies: AIAA, Sigma Gamma Tau