Brad Irwin, Mba, Pmp, Cbap Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas

Project Manager and Business Analyst

Houston, Texas Area

• Project Description: Jacobs Enterprise Management System (JEMS) is a suite of seamlessly integrated application tools that provide accurate, timely and pertinent contract information including financials, task.
• Served as the segment product owner and project manager for suite of business systems including Enterprise (Project) Management System.
• Accountable for requirements identification, tools development, implementation, reuse considerations, documentation, test and verification, maintenance, and sustaining engineering.
• Responsible for software lifecycle management: customer requirements gathering, product concept, design, validation and verification/integration and testing, development, implementation and customer support of software.
• Created project schedules, planed costs to execute project, and monitored the project status for technical, schedule and cost.
• Managed on-time/on-cost delivery of software products, completeness of documentation, technical correctness and completeness of products, and comprehensiveness of technical reviews.

Houston, Texas Area

Lead Business Analyst - Application Development and Integration

The primary responsibility is to oversee and coordinate the User Acceptance, Pilot and Parallel Testing components of the Passenger Revenue Accounting Integration program. In additional to coordinating testing, the UAT Coordinator participates in program design tasks such as process mapping and requirements documentation.

• Strategic Project Management - aligned projects and resources with strategic objectives of Department, Business Unit, and Company
• Applied IT Governance Frameworks (COBIT, ITIL, CMM) to oversight of outsourcing providers consisting of 16 FTE’s, managing resources based on operational priorities.
• Standardized the software configuration of 250 HP/UX workstations at the library and application level.
• Managed Electronic Data Interchange to multiple internal and external entities connecting through an Enterprise Application Integration.
• Oversaw data feeds to the Federal Aviation Administration enabling participation in Collaborative Decision Making (CDM). The ability to substitute arrival slots, alone saved $13M annually.
• Crisis Management - Diagnosed the root cause of incidents and determined the appropriate resolution and interim workaround to minimized impact to Service operations by working with the service Desk, System.

• Conducted operational audits, performance reviews, safety investigations, and efficiency monitoring ensuring compliance with regulatory and company policy including Tankering Program saving the company $50M annually.
• Monitored and Controlled dispatch procedures and policies, using operations management principles to address both processes and individuals needing attention of management.
• Prepared briefings for internal System Operations Coordination Center and external departments on relevant issues affecting the operation and represented the department at division meetings
• Made suggestions for course of action for the shift (examples are fuel reserves, general routing guidance, reduced operations etc.). Coordinated irregular operations to support company initiatives. Recommended Fuel.
• Evaluated and modified daily staffing requirements.
• Drafted project hardware and software requirements for System Status Screens to automatically display key performance indicators (KPI) regarding system flight operations.

• Developed a flight planning training manual for in-house training and reference.
• Authored the script for a Pilot Training Video on Airline Dispatch and assisted in the production.
• Deployed faxing Government weather charts to all destinations saving $.8M annually.
• Prepared flight plans, released flights under Part 121 and maintained a flight monitoring of all aircraft.
• Maximized carrying revenue passengers and cargo in lieu of fuel loads and on-time performance saving $1.9M annually.

• Acted as the single point of contact between Continental, the FAA Command Center, and FAA field facilities including Centers, Approach Control, Towers, and Ramp Control and advocated on Continental’s behalf.
• Monitored the status of the NAS and flow of all air traffic affecting Continental and Continental Express, and reported directly to Operations Director.
• Utilized Slot substitution program during ground delay programs to reduce delay to company by coordinating and prioritizing arrival slots based on company business plan saving $13M annually.

Mba, Business

Activities and Societies: Deans Excellance Award

Bs, Aeronautics

Activities and Societies: Alpha Eta Rho