Brian A. Grunow, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Milford, CT, US

Cincinnati, OH, US

• Senior Project Manager in support of program teams for Lockheed Martin and Blue Origin, providing Program/Project Management, Project Engineering, Resource Capacity and Earned Value expertise.
• Project Manager for Digital Transformation projects for Test Organization, delivering 12 transformation projects with over $9M in projected savings.
• Designed, implemented, and managed the Digital Transformation program dashboard for creating and monitoring key metrics including schedule, resource capacity, earned value, and risk and opportunities. Dashboard was.
• Lead Project Engineer for $250M proposal effort for creating and managing Basis of Estimates for the Test Organization. Developed key metrics and quad chart presentations for Executives for key decision-making points.
• Control Account Manager for critical Test Organization Programs as overall owner of budget, schedule and risk and opportunities, developing detailed and top-level program schedules to successfully maintain cost and.
• Scrum Master for Digital Transformation corporate projects using Jira software. Successfully implemented projects by applying Agile Methodology.

Arlington, VA, US

• Program Manager with P&L responsibility for Instrumentation and Controls aftermarket programs and PMO processes in support of Navy Programs. Responsible for entire program life-cycle from the proposal process to.
• Orchestrated cross-functional teams including manufacturing operations for systems, sustaining and aftermarket programs in low volume/high mix environment. Managed day to day activities of the team by hosting daily.
• Managed programs’ life-cycle process including proposals, forecasting, budgeting, and financials.
• Applied Risk Management principles to identify track and mitigate risks and opportunities.
• Implemented and maintained metrics driving focus on delivery and process improvements.
• Developed MS Project and MS Excel templates for the proposal process for improved accuracy on estimations and scheduling while increasing speed of proposal delivery.

Arlington, VA, US

• Program Manager for the successful ERP implementation of MS Project Server 2013 with Deltek Costpoint 7.
• Responsible for setting up and overseeing the integration of cost and rate data from Costpoint 7 with MS Project Server 2013.
• Created training guides for MS Project and Project Server 2013 which were essential in reducing the learning curve on personnel use of MS Project Server. Trained over 50 personnel.

• Manager of R&D Project Management in the Nuclear Measurement Industry. Led the development of the Project Management, project control and resource management processes. Work closely with Scientists, Engineers, and.
• Designed, implemented and managed global Project Management dashboard/scorecard processes using business intelligent reporting tools to effectively communicate qualitative and quantitative indicators for over 40.
• Led monthly global project reviews and implement action plans to control project costs and schedules.
• Developed and implemented resource capacity planning system and processes using Microsoft Project Server 2010.

• Key Senior Project Manager and Deputy Program Manager for company’s critical multi-million dollar systems, hardware and software projects.
• Managed several Project Managers; including recruiting, training, mentoring, and performance appraisals. Coached several Project Managers in obtaining their Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
• Lead monthly project reviews for manufacturing site, including tracking action plans for project performance improvement.
• Mentored teams in Project Management Methodologies with strong emphasis on communication, work breakdown structures, project scheduling and project risk.

Stratford, Connecticut, US

• Leader for building/maintaining the Planning and Integrated Master Schedules for multi-billion dollar Aircraft Development programs and applying Earned Value techniques to set budgets and track performance. Managed.
• Managed Project Planners; including recruiting, training, mentoring, and performance appraisals, influencing the quality of the project plans.
• Trained Program Management and Project teams in Project Planning and Earned Value Management for the division, improving reporting and financial results to the Customer.
• Led team that the Customer NAVAIR recognized our work as World Class in the Industry for Project Planning and Earned Value Management.
• Led team that created the corporation’s first standard Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for Helicopters. All Corporate planning, estimating and financial data were based on this WBS.
• Created standard work scheduling templates to standardize performance and quicken the process and accuracy of schedule building.

Stratford, Connecticut, US

• Managed and developed commodities of approximately 70 suppliers providing $60 million in business each year. Member of United Technology Corporation's Supply Chain Team.
• Negotiated Long Term agreements, reducing costs by 20%.
• Performed supplier site audits, used for right sizing the supply chain.
• Reduced long lead items by 25%.
• Resourced major flight safety assemblies.

Stratford, Connecticut, US

• Responsible for technical problems associated with supplier parts within a helicopter sub and major assembly manufacturing facility.
• Developed computer simulation models for manufacturing cells, reducing costs by 35% and lead times by 50%.
• Processed technical problems quickly and efficiently for short and long term solutions.
• Reduced purchased part shortages by 40%.
• Lead team effort to categorize all parts into part family groupings for supply sourcing (over 130,000 part numbers).
• Created templates for Manufacturing Operation Sheets for the Sheet Metal and Machined parts commodities that significantly reduced the planning time for new designed parts.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Engineering Technology

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Management And Industrial Relations