Bill Perkins Email & Phone Number

Florida, United States

Director of Engineering and QualityManaged the function of the engineering department, with supervisory responsibilities for department of 24 engineers. Trouble-shooting/Root Cause Analysis experience with manufacturing and performance problems. Developed and implemented a standardized procedure for conducting a failure investigation. Established Quarterly Reviews for all engineering to facilitate cross-pollination and sharing of best practices and lessons learned. Set up a training program for young engineers for fundamentals of Systems Engineering in the beginning of their career. Led an initiative to introduce CMMI and basic Systems Engineering practices. Established continuous improvement program within the facility and chaired the Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Board. Flowed down LSS project goals to all engineers and monitored progress. Director of Programs / Program Manager-Managed programs ranging between $10M and $100M delivering a munitions product (KE-W A2®, M1028 and M829A2) to the government. Responsible for the overall program financial performance. Established and monitored production delivery schedules and critical item test plan. Coordinated malfunction investigative analysis as necessary. Supervisor of 5-8 program engineers and support personnel.Work to set up Performance Based Payments with the US Government to significantly improve cash flow on a $30M program.Led an initiative to capture best practices and standardize program management processes. Bid & Proposal WorkServed in numerous levels of responsibility from Proposal or Volume Manager to section author to Red Team participant. Accustom to the challenge of meeting schedule and providing a quality product.

Worked to achieve Type Classification, Materiel Release (fielding) and production of a number of ammunition end items including M735, M774, M833, M900 105mm kinetic energy APFSDS-T cartridges. Assisted in the tech transfer and Americanization of the 120mm M827 and M865 cartridges from Germany.Conducted numerous trouble shooting investigations of manufacturing process and performance related issues. Participated in and assisted with the identification of cause and corrective action associated with the M900 breech blow investigation.

Develop detail and assembly drawings in support of the manufacture of various Gear Shaping machines. Supported the manufacture of the equipment during the course of assembly.