Provided critical expertise to the Space Shuttle Transition & Retirement (T&R) Project Office totaling $4.5 billion by providing metric & schedule charts used by leadership for crucial decisions using PowerPoint and Excel Microsoft programs. Included the knowledge of ITAR, SBU, Recordation, and FAR requirements. Led resource meetings for the customer to ensure timely, accurate status on one of the largest transition projects in U.S. Government history. Received "Outstanding Award" from the NASA T&R Manager in recognition "…of a job well-done". Space Shuttle Main Engine Project Manager recommended a promotion. Provided budget analysis and management to successfully complete FY06 through FY11 Planning, Program, Budget, and Execution Process (PPBE) resulting in successful completions of the Shuttle missions using my outstanding skills of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for presenting data. These Space Shuttle Main Engine budgets totaled over $40 billion of a total Space Shuttle Budget of approximately $100 billion. Praised and recognized from Space Shuttle Main Engine Project Manager and the NASA Business Lead.Mission support to the NASA customer in Technical Evaluations, Technical Directives, COSIS, Transition, and Logistics & Scheduling resulted in receiving an “Outstanding Performance” letter from NASA Space Shuttle Main Engine Project Lead. Maintained and provided necessary information for the successful analysis of 533 Financial Reports and Earned Value Management System (EVMS) reports from the NASA prime contractor. Received recognition for accurately analyzing reports and working to resolve important cost/manufacturing/business issues with prime contractor.

Provided budget analysis and management to successfully complete FY04 through FY06 Planning, Program, Budget, and Execution Process (PPBE) resulting in successful completions of the Shuttle missions using my outstanding skills of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for presenting data. These Space Shuttle Main Engine budgets totaled over $40 million of a total Space Shuttle Budget of approximately $100 billion. Praised and recognized from Space Shuttle Main Engine Project Manager and the NASA Business Lead.Mission support to the NASA customer in Technical Evaluations, Technical Directives, COSIS, Transition, and Logistics & Scheduling resulted in receiving an “Outstanding Performance” letter from NASA Space Shuttle Main Engine Project Lead. Provided and maintained information required for the successful analysis of 533 Financial Reports and Earned Value Management System (EVMS) reports from the NASA prime contractor. Received recognition for accurately analyzing reports and working to resolve important cost/manufacturing/business issues with prime contractor.

Responsible for meeting and developing relationships with Engineers at two (2) of the largest automobile suppliers, Delco-Remy and Visteon. Prepared written requests for proposals (RFP), analyzed offers received, obtained required pre-award surveys and pricing reports to develop negotiation strategy, evaluated technical cost proposals, prepared a negotiation position to negotiate cost, fee, or profit margins as well as technical issues involving specific product needs. Recommend award with management, developed a formal contract with modifications as needed to offeror. Analyzed specific customer requirements through understanding of Statement of Work (SOW), negotiated price, while meeting contract specifications, delivery dates, incentives, and other terms of conditions. Responsible for negotiations of multi-million dollar contracts and managed contracting transactions from initiation to recommendation of award to procure specific supplies or services for specialized manufacturing requirements.Coordinated all contract activities with company departments and participated in evaluation boards, contract change boards, and various business, technical, and review meetings associated with procurement actions. Developed understanding of contract administration activities for long-term contract types that could vary depending on the best interest of the company. Contract types could vary from Firm-Fixed-Price through Fixed-Price-Incentive and Fixed-Price-Economic-Price-Adjustments

Product Marketing Engineer over a myriad of complex AC/DC switching devices for the Power Tool, Computer, vending, and various other Manufacturing Industries. Responsibilities included both inside and outside sales for Porter-Cable, S-B Power Tools, Ryobi, Dixie-Narco, AT&T, Ford Motor Company, Polaris, and all major distributors within the continental United States, including European Power Tools accounts. Responsibilities required the knowledge of understanding blue prints, plastic characteristics, use of precious metals to conduct electricity, and electrical motor capabilities. To insure complete customer satisfaction, this required working with Design Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, Test Engineers, Drafting, Quality Control, Master Schedulers/schedulers, and Accountants. This responsible position also required the ability to communicate with all customer(s) departments, the ability to provide additional services (value added), troubleshoot, and the ability to provide competitive pricing and negotiate multi-million dollar contracts.Understanding of other Manufacturing Operations/Requirements:CNC MachinesPlastic Injection Molding MachinesPunch Presses Assembly Motion/Time StudiesUse of Precise Measuring InstrumentsUnderstanding Test Data Six SigmaISO 9001Lean Manufacturing Kaizen