Bernard Evans Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

On-site supplier management and development at suppliers in the Greater Los Angeles area.

Greater Los Angeles Area

* Accountable to ACI clients for supplier management, program & technical oversight, and business support, on-site at underperforming suppliers on the US West Coast, undertaking roles generally characterizable as Technical Subcontract-, Program- and Project- Management.* Client & supplier focal, managing technical & operations teams to agree objectives, identify and mitigate risks, overcome challenges, eliminate delays, improve quality, and drive program performance to achieve on-time completion of high-quality deliverables.* Closely collaborated with staff from shop floor to executive suite, addressing production, engineering, quality, procurement, and operational challenges, delivering independent evaluations and assisting in identification and implementation of best practices. * Participated in technical and design reviews (PDR’s, CDR’s, MRB's), and supplier and process audits. Ensured completion of failure-, returned material-, and root cause analysis processes (RMA’s, FMEA’s & RCCA’s), including ensuring implementation and ongoing monitoring of corrective actions.* Provided in-depth visit reports to internal and external stakeholders detailing production status, analyzing and charting execution against performance and quality metrics, describing urgent issues and risks, monitoring open actions and owners, anticipating upcoming challenges and staff absences.* Secured repeat and additional business for ACI by achieving high levels of client service and satisfaction.

Wichita, Kansas Area

Supported Lucas Aerospace (became Goodrich Power Systems, now Safran Electrical and Power) at the Bombardier Flight Test Center (BFTC) in Wichita KS on the flight testing of the Bombardier 'Global Express' business jet..* Hands-on system development, qualification, certification and flight testing of the Electrical Power Generation and Distribution System (EPGDS) for the Bombardier Global Express aircraft.* Compiled key portions of technical documentation for certification.

Buena Park, Ca

Hand-picked by UK executive management for this international placement, working on-site at a significantly behind schedule, major-system-component supplier in Los Angeles, CA.* Facilitated expedient development, modification, qualification and production of Electrical Power Generation and Distribution System (EPGDS) components for Bombardiers 'Global Express' business jet, despite a contentious and 'highly politicized' multi-company business relationship.* Responsible for ensuring technical issues were fully understood, accurately defined, clearly communicated, appropriately tracked and driven to resolution by the development teams in a timely manner, despite a significant time zone difference.

Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom

* Designed and developed elements of Power Generation Control Systems for cost, size and weight reduction on major commercial and military programs. -> Modified control unit power supply architecture to take advantage of new technology and more modern components, making the control units smaller, lighter, cheaper and easier to produce.-> Sustained and redesigned old and legacy circuit boards and control units to address obsolescence, supply chain and production challenges.-> Collaborated with international business partners on aspects of old and legacy systems to maintain manufacturability.* Authored and developed production acceptance test procedures and managed their realization into test equipment and production test procedures.* Played a major role in the introduction of computerized, automatic test equipment, reducing unit and circuit board and test time from hours on manual test equipment to minutes on automatic test equipment.* Performed fault-finding and root-cause analysis on circuit board and unit test failures identified by production and ‘environmental stress screening’ testing, making updates, changes and redesigns where necessary. * Participated in a small ‘Task Force’ team that ultimately reduced test rejects (28%) across multiple business facilities by eliminating an unproductive repetitive loop of test, rework and repair. This role ultimately lead to being asked to represent Lucas in an international service role as technical subcontract manager on-site at a critical under-performing California-based supplier.

Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom

* Extensive involvement in design, internal development and testing of generator control equipment* Supported investigation, analysis, and reporting on customer-returned equipment.* Aggressively resolved design and obsolescence issues on legacy systems; prepared supporting technical analysis and played integral role as company expert in capacitors.* Originally hired as Graduate Trainee. Achieved several promotions and mentored new graduates.

Msc, Electronics

MSc in Electronics, sponsored by my employer, undertaken on a part-time basis while employed.

Higher National Diploma (Aa Equivalent), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Achieved sponsorship and summer placement with Kodak.

Education record