Carl Taylor Email & Phone Number

Fort Worth, Tx

• Program manager for a government funded research and development study for integration of advanced development engines and aircraft with two subcontracted engine manufacturers and two aircraft. • Program manager and Proposal Capture Manager for the integration of advanced development engines from two engine manufacturers into advanced fighter aircraft. • Work with flight test personnel to identify and mitigate restrictions due to hardware and software limitations to allow efficient testing that meets program objectives.• Define and coordinate with the test sites yearly objectives and requirements for flight test.• Developed processes and techniques to be used for technical subcontract management across engineering personnel to provide a consistent approach for requirements generation and management to reduce cost and risk.• Authored the Technical Integrity Standard for Propulsion Engineering to be used as a guide by chief engineers and upper level program management to determine the health and associated risk level of the propulsion effort through the life of a program.• Managed knowledge continuity across sites by developing a training curriculum, managing the development of design guides, securing budget for software improvements to specialized “tools”, and establishing a model and simulation strategy that is consistent with an integrated air vehicle approach. • Team leader and subject matter expert on program requested risk identification and root cause and corrective action (RCCA) initiatives.

Fort Worth, Tx

• Managed and mentored a diversified team of 15 to 20 engineers responsible for developing, refining, and verifying performance and integration requirements for a complex propulsion system for a 5th generation fighter aircraft.• Developed and fostered good communication paths and working relationships, and with the government customer, the propulsion suppliers, and internal integrated product teams (IPTs).• Analyze failure modes of the integrated flight and propulsion controls for airworthiness certification.

Marietta, Ga

• Managed the information technology department, billing operations, and customer service (call center and field service) establishing cross functional process and procedures that resulted in a 20% reduction operating costs.• Develop yearly budget, manpower, and facility requirements based on business growth projections, credit check guidelines for new customers to reduce the bad debt ratio, and communication interfaces and protocols with partner groups for integrated paperless billing and service orders.

West Palm Beach, Fl

• Successfully prepared and presented study on propulsion control system architecture to government customer requirements development team that saved cost and weight in an integrated aircraft design. • Contract manager for $14 million integrated propulsion controls effort on a supplemental contract for a concept development aircraft competition including proposal submittals, managing manpower, managing cost and schedule variances, and reporting program status to customer monthly. .• Administered and conducted engine control test program for a prototype engine program, which was successfully completed on schedule and 35% under budget • Verify proper operation of digital engine control systems during experimental engine testing.

Houston, Tx

• Develop procedures and train technicians, to assure the integrity of seismic recording equipment and data that resulted in a 25% improvement in data quality.• Propose, design, coordinate and conduct seismic data gathering research experiments to increase the quality and effectiveness of the data gathering techniques. • Designed, developed, and prototyped specialized equipment including: hardware and firmware design of microprocessor based units; data recording systems, test equipment, digital and analog design of programmable signal source; system integration of portable radio repeater units; and a programmable digital filter for use in adaptable feedback control system.

Atlanta, Ga

Organized, calibrated, and fabricated test equipment to assist with testing and evaluation of ra¬dar equipment.