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Kirkland, Wa, Us

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Everett, Washington, United States

Lead a large geographically-dispersed team of managers, engineers and analysts to deploy the thousands of engineering standards used across The Boeing enterprise. Successfully defined a vision for digital transformation of standards, gained advocacy from critical leaders, and launched an international effort to accelerate transformation, including a strategy for leveraging emerging technologies like AI/NLP. Define configuration management governance and processes; inspire and enable continuous improvement. Exercise excellent technical and business judgement as chair of the Standards Change Control Board and Technical Review Boards. Manage a broad array of stakeholders from business unit VPs, to supply chain, and government regulators. Prioritize work statement and manage a $$ million budget.

Everett, Washington, United States

Led a team of Manufacturing Engineering (ME) Managers, Technical Fellows, engineers, and global workshare partners in a Functional Core organization which governed the processes for the thousands of ME's across Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA). As The BCA ME Compliance Leader, directed response to numerous regulatory findings, airplane safety escapements, Speak-Ups (concerns reported by employees), and other issues; driving systemic process improvements. Owned and maintained critical ME processes for work instructions and configuration management. Defined a vision and strategy for transformation of work instructions, informed by compliance findings. Received a meritorious invention award for Authoritative Work Instructions, which also became a significant part of Boeing's commitment to improve safety culture.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Led a team of quality engineers to resolve systemic quality issues affecting BCA delivery operations and in-service fleet. Provided technical communication to internal stakeholders & executives, airline & defense customers, and FAA. Applied six sigma and lean process improvement methodologies. Championed systematic problem solving. Developed data analytics methods and metrics to support quality management system.

Cambridge, Ma

Candidate for MBA with emphasis in Business Analytics and FinanceCandidate for SM in Civil Engineering with emphasis in Supply Chain & Sustainability

Kent, Washington, United States

As an MIT Operations Lab student, partnered with Blue Origin Ground System Operations team to conduct a retrospective analysis into cost and schedule overruns for three major capital projects. Identified and defined systemic root causes for project overruns associated with the design and build of rocket engine test facilities. Developed organizational recommendations to mitigate future underperformance and enable product development.

East Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Developed business process for evaluating and managing work sourced to Contract Manufacturers. Evaluated historical make/buy decisions and identified opportunities to invest in internal manufacturing capacity. Led insourcing initiative in response to COVID-19 business impacts. Supplemented findings with academic research to publish master’s thesis on strategic sourcing.Architected critical F135 quality improvement initiative based on Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) to demonstrate compliance to Department of Defense (DoD) requirements and maintain competitiveness in ongoing campaigns.

Everett, Wa

Held 3 management positions in Manufacturing Engineering & Build Integration across multiple airplane programs; leading development, sustainment, and integration of the manufacturing build plan.Motivated, directed, coordinated, and evaluated team members. Improved team performance by setting priorities, establishing metrics, maintaining technical oversight, and providing feedback. Trained and mentored engineers. Represented approximately 250 engineers and 15 managers as skill team leader. Defined and forecasted budget and headcount requirements, to align with work statement. Led hiring, redeployment, skill alignment, and career development for union-represented production engineers.

Everett, Wa

Owned the build plan for multiple 747 structures commodities. Led a team of engineers to provide technical ownership and oversight of all aspects of the build plan, including: design producibility, make/buy decisions, supplier collaboration, manufacturing processes, tooling, sequence of operations, inspection and metrology plans, production safety, build quality, consumption of requirements, system integration, and continuous improvement.Resolved several high-priority assembly integration issues, resulting in millions of dollars in savings and cost avoidance. Recognized by the Executive Council, 747 Engineering Team of the Year, and Excellence in Quality award.

Master'S Degree, Civil And Environmental Engineering

Emphasis in Supply Chain and Sustainability

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Minors in Mathematics and French

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Emphasis in Business Analytics and Finance