Demonstrate professionalism & adaptability in managing short-term quick-turn prototype-environment projects and long-term complex projects from inception to delivery. Meet technical, schedule, quality, and cost objectives. MRP/ERP capable ~ NetSuite, Oracle, SAP R/2, SAP R/3, EpicorProphet21, and several In-House/Home-Grown company products.

Project Manager of Wabtec Passenger Transit (Duncan, SC) projects within Brakes & Safety division. Utilize Program Management and Technical Management skills during the project delivery process. Project assignments included two projects of $10.5mil & $6.5mil value. Each include kits of parts/components for brake systems on new multi-level passenger rail cars destined for North American end users. Projects added in 2020 included coupler parts/components totaling $12mil combined for new single-level passenger rail cars for North American end users.

Manage Operations for PMD's facility in Upstate South Carolina; Design, Fabrication, Assembly, Test, Global Site Installations, and On-Site Repair of complex/custom one-of-a-kind automated assembly systems.

Managed day to day Quality operations for a small manufacturing company with multiple product lines. Each production effort was involved in sub-assembly of mechanical/electronic components for nationally branded corporations whose products are sold/installed globally.

Maintain awareness of current business context & company profitability factors including budgetary control parameters. In conjunction with company owners - develop, implement, communicate, and maintain a quality plan to bring existing Quality Management System into compliance with global regulatory standards & legislation; ISO9001 and others as applicable to business sectors.Responsible for overall QMS of corporation at all facilities; two business units, six global locations. Perform required activities expected of ISO Management Representative for the corporation. Manage initial QMS upgrade to meet ISO9001 standards, obtain initial individual certification for both businesses. Conduct internal audits and proactively manage interaction with customer & ISO audit staff to maintain compliance to requirements and achieve successful recertification. Train/educate diverse corporate employee base at each global location regarding effective application of globally compliant QMS; empower employees to incorporate compliant quality methods, maintain global conformance to standards, implement performance improvement actions as required, deliver exceptional service to customers worldwide, and required day-to-day Quality issues related to distribution/warehousing of product/components.Develop, implement, and manage a First Piece Qualification system compliant to customer requirements/processes. Lead global team, oversee first article inspections, deliver documentation to support corporate reports and achieve component qualification status at customer locations. Ensure corrective action requests are effectively executed thru to customer satisfaction/closure. Manage corrective action / preventive action program. Determine error sources resulting in customer returns, formulate corrective actions to eliminate repeat errors. Manage/improve incoming quality inspections and outgoing product release programs for materials, components, finished goods, & kits.

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Engineering Program Manager / Senior Project Engineer of GE Wind Engineering programs and projects; scope included new product introductions to production line customers and product improvement modifications to existing/installed worldwide fleet of GE wind turbines. Modification projects included efforts to lengthen maintenance intervals and reduce repair/maintenance requirements. Utilized Program Management, Project Engineering, and Technical Management skills during the project delivery process.

Directly oversaw integration of Project Management data from 30+ programs / projects (~$800mil) from four sub-companies that represented: MMRO manpower staffing at global locations for military aircraft sub-contracts, commercial/military turbine engine MMRO, aircraft MMRO at LM-Greenville, and global parts sourcing for commercial/military sub-contracts. Project Management processes were deployed/reinforced across these four businesses, including capability enhancement training for their Project Managers. Chaired monthly technical/operations review with Executive Vice-President including performance summaries for each LOB and special functional areas. Responsible for HR issues pertinent to assigned personnel, managed department annual budget of $4.5mil, and I managed a Facilities team responsible for two leased office buildings & all related vendor subcontract efforts for these buildings. Directed relocation of 300+ executive, professional, and technical staff members from two separate office buildings to an existing leased industrial airpark facility. Led closure efforts for both office buildings, managed disposition of excess furnishings, and returned buildings to respective landlords.

Managed multidisciplinary aircraft modification/upgrade design group (20+ direct reports) with complete technical / financial responsibility. Oversaw technical design, engineering test, and report review for all design projects. Led Proposal development for Engineering Department efforts; developing Statements of Work, evaluating vendor sub-contract submissions for adequacy, and TINA / FAR compliance. Defined organization structure to provide efficient execution of multiple avionics / structural modification/repair projects involving new design activity, leading to mission success. Managed staff and handled HR-related issues pertinent to assigned staff.

Led multidisciplinary technical design group; up to 15 direct reports & 6 loan-ins from other specialties. Individual project man-hour responsibilities ranged to 40k+ man-hours and spanned 9 months to 5 years. Single point of technical / production / financial responsibility for assigned projects; interfaced with program / executive management, all engineering disciplines / leadership, production / installation management and international / domestic customers. Provided completed manpower requirement definition prior to project start and managed manpower resources during project execution providing the total technical solution in the allotted schedule. Prepared ground & flight test procedures, conducted ground & flight test effort, prepared & submitted test reports per contract requirements. Ensured projects adhered to program schedules, budgets, and technical execution of all designs, tests, reports, and required presentations satisfying contract requirements in a highly regulated environment. Also coordinated preparation & submission of technical portions of proposals from multiple engineering disciplines as well as production/installation support; proposal development responsibility for assigned design efforts included Statement of Work development, evaluation of internal design team effort and detailed review of vendor sub-contract submissions for TINA/FAR compliance, negotiation of vendor subcontracts.

Supervisor of a mechanical installation design & electrical drafting group supporting multiple programs; group size from 6 to 16 direct reports. Individual project man-hour responsibilities ranged to 65k+ man-hours and spanned 6 months to 2 years. Coordination & internal interaction with engineering / program / production management, as well as external coordination with international / domestic / government customers. Provided completed manpower requirement definition prior to project start and managed manpower resources during project execution. Prepared mechanical installation / design proposal sections. Created user / operator training materials for customer teams and conducted training classes.

Integrated Product Team Lead for a mechanical installation design & electrical drafting group supporting multiple programs with 18 direct reports. Designed equipment installations for avionic systems and mission systems.

Student Engineer involved with Mini-Baja and Mini-Formula racing teams.Designed, built, and raced both Mini-Baja and Mini-Formula race cars in US-National Collegiate competitions.Competed in 1982 and 1983 seasons, then assisted the 1984 team in their effort.[For the 2010 Carolina Baja competition in Greenville I assisted as a track judge for the endurance event]

Created, completed, and released the mechanical design package for a pendulum damper system on a four-bladed rotor hub. Evaluated rotor design change requests submitted from fabrication and released solutions to production. Produced mechanical layouts and incorporated revisions to production drawings. Analyzed fatigue test parts after failure and documented findings in reports for each component included in the test effort. Provided technical support to aircraft software programmers.