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United States

United States

Senior Management Team (SMT) leader, spearheads the PMO and Engineering Department providing telemetry and space program execution for LEO antenna ground stations and on-board & test products. Successfully established and developed both organizations from inception to support company growth goals and introduce organic capabilities. Executes contracts for DoD and government/commercial space agencies, supervising bid proposals, vendor selection, requirements/compliance matrix, integrated master schedule, risk mitigation, financial/budget reporting and forecasting, CDRL/SDRL delivery, and risk/opportunity management to ensure customer satisfaction and product delivery within schedule/cost requirements.

Norcross, Georgia, United States

Suwanee, Georgia

Led programs providing small arms virtual training systems to military/law enforcement. Developed and implemented strategy for cross functional matrix team of sales, engineering, production, supply, compliance, and finance to meet quality, cost, schedule, technical performance and customer satisfaction objectives. Built work breakdown structures, SOW compliance matrices, budgets and integrated master schedules. Used V-model and agile development processes, Project Server, Costpoint and EVM techniques to analyze progress and brief senior management. Interfaced and fostered long term customer partnerships. Managed schedule, cost, scope and risk for NRE/NPI projects. Led RFQ/RFI response preparation, vendor selection, low-rate initial production (LRIP), full production and site activation efforts. • Oversaw $60M+ portfolio, mostly DoD contracts

Greater Atlanta Area

Project manager leading multi-national team of for new product introduction. Led finance, engineering, test/qualification, manufacturing and field installation to develop, integrate and release products for international markets. Launched company’s first-ever global product. Finalized development, testing, on-site customer pilot and global marketing/sales materials. Brought to fruition company’s first product launch in four years.

Greater Atlanta Area

Directs engineering development projects for the world’s leader in military & law enforcement small arms training systems. Leads cross-divisional teams while controlling scope, risk, workflow, cost, schedule and change management. Utilizes waterfall, V-model and agile development processes to achieve project requirements and goals. Coordinates with marketing, manufacturing, sub vendors and compliance. Employs Project Server, JAMA, Costpoint and EVM techniques to analyze progress and brief executive management.

Warner Robins, Ga

Oversees 840 personnel responsible for the C-17 depot modification and modernization production line through a private-public partnering agreement with The Boeing Company; delivered 74 aircraft through 620,000 man-hours in FY 14

Warner Robins, Ga

Commanded and stood up 160-person active duty squadron in a complex Total Force Initiative organization; led all aspects of maintenance operations, deployment execution and personnel development. Ensured quality maintenance and maintained fleet health; reviewed maintenance analysis reports to address trends, certified safe maintenance practices. Won the 2012 Maintenance Effectiveness Award for best aircraft maintenance organization in the United States Air Force.

Ramstein, Germany

Provided executive support to a 2-star General Officer commanding Air Forces Africa, supporting military operations and partner building for Department of Defense’s second largest area of operation, 53 nations covering 11.1M square miles. Led 8-person team performing protocol, trip planning, briefing development, program management, and oversight of 314-person staff; reviewed, edited and processed staff actions, recommended and drafted policy.

Ramstein, Germany

Led 15 personnel responsible for logistics support of 266 aircraft, 7 main operating bases and 150 geographically separated units in European Theater. Formulated, coordinated and supervised logistics force equipment bed down and sustainment for fuels, supply, maintenance and munitions operations supporting US and coalition partner countries in Europe.

Goldsboro, North Carolina Area

Led 460 person squadron for Air Force’s largest F-15E fleet, 96 aircraft valued at $5.1B. Managed 18 workcenters in support of a 25K flying hour program, and was directly responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of 27 facilities, 17 vehicles and support equipment valued at over $170M.

Various

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)