Chris Brinkley Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Led a team of 15 distributed across 2 continents and 4 cities to implement database driven charting (DDC) into an aircraft navigation system, the first implementation of ARP-5621 onto a platform in the industry. • Managed a $350K budget as part of a $12M program.• Scheduled and coordinated use of the test aircraft across programs, including internal and external pilots, Test Equipment Operators, aircraft maintenance, and test equipment installation.• Collated Flight Test results, and led a team to categorize and prioritize results into “Must Fix” certification issues, Product Improvements, and other categories for two platforms.• Created Human Factors Budgets and Schedules, and tracked to completion.• Identified technical and resource issues, and drove them to resolution.• Identified methods to utilize desktop simulation to accelerate development of the next generation applications by enabling HF feedback earlier in the design cycle using off-target prototyping.• Created Human Factors Test Plans and Procedures.• Identified clutter issues that were major customer dissatisfiers and certification risks (due to ARP-5621 adherence), and led the redefinition of criticality tables and range-based decutter definitions to increase customer acceptance and reduce the certification risk.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Led Human Factors activities on key projects, including:Electric Green Taxi System (eGTS) Program: Allows Airbus aircraft to taxi without main engines.• Conducted Human Factors evaluations in Toulouse, France with pilots from North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.• Used pilot evaluations to recommend changes to the Marketing Requirements that saved $50M in Non-Recurring Engineering for the program.• Constructed a Human Factors plan for the program that included Journey Maps, Touch Point Analysis, Prototype Generation, Persona Development, and Stakeholder Analysis.• Led the effort to analyze the Human Factors aspects of the maintainability concept using a virtual modeling environment and identify changes needed to the design prior to first article build, and for support equipment necessary once fielded. • Conducted control tower Observational Voice of the Customer (OVOC) activities to understand impact on ground operations and verify models.Central Maintenance Computer (CMC) Program: A tool for diagnosing problems in large, complex systems• Performed OVOC activities on visits to USAir & Jet Blue at their primary maintenance facilities.• Developed personas and “day in the life” descriptions for the technicians encountered.• Summarized results and fed back to the development team for inclusion into future requirements.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Led Systems Engineering and Business Development activities in both a Commercial and Military environment for the following programs:BENDIX / KING REVITALIZATIONTo enable the Bendix / King brand to compete with Garmin• Mapped current development processes, and identified process improvements / simplifications to cut engineering cycle times by 25% and accelerate speed to market.• Used a design-based systems philosophy to reduce layers of requirements, achieve better system understanding among stakeholders sooner, and minimize verification layers and overhead.• Developed the KSN-770 Integrated Navigator Installation Manual • Led the development of an Installation and Configuration Tool for the KSN-770, including Human Factors design.• Led the development of the Database Download tool for the KSN-770.INDEPENDENT INITIATIVEProduct Line Design: Avionics System for Class I-III Aircraft• Completed the Business Plan, systems layout and preliminary design for an integrated avionics system for small aircraft that uses common components to deliver a product line solution that would allow Bendix-King to compete with Garmin, the current market leader in the segment. • Market Analysis included downloading the aircraft database and analyzing ~250,000 aircraft.• Included Strengths/Weaknesses/Opportunities/Threats (SWOT), Competitive Analysis with other vendors, Inventory Management, and Dealer Integration.URBAN UNATTENDED GROUND SYSTEMAn Army program to allow building monitoring without stationing troops. • Led the development of the Concept of Operations, and the States and Modes of the system.• Drove Human Factors changes to the Local Display & Control to allow touch operation.• Recommended changes to the Systems Process to cut requirements and associated development by half while improving consistency; Improve coverage, maintainability, and upgradability of the system; and allow re-use and reduce system costs.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Led a multinational team of Systems Engineers in developing a ground based, regional GPS augmentation system for Australia, a $20M development program with a $2M Systems Engineering budget. • Directed the work activity of six systems engineers.• Organized the project for consistency across subsystems.• Organized the project around deliverables allowing project tracking.• Led the Change Control Board to prompt resolution of issues.• Identified program threatening problems and worked with Systems Analysts for solutions.• Identified design simplifications that resulted in faster throughput and greater scalability of the system.

Waterloo, Iowa Area

Led Electronics Program Management and Systems Engineering activities, including: ELECTRONICS PRODUCT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATIONInitiated and provided strategic direction for the design and development of a design independent, automation capable Hardware in the Loop (HIL) test set for Systems verification and validation. • Managed a $1M budget and a team of 8.• Reduced the cycle time from project definition to test set availability from a year to six weeks. • Doubled test capacity for an incremental cost.• Used Microsoft Project and Earned Value to complete the project four months ahead of schedule. • Gave the first quantitative summary of project performance that included cost and schedule information within the Electronics group.ELECTRONICS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTLed a $10M electronics development program on Deere’s flagship product, which is responsible for 20% of the division’s profits.• Put definition around customer’s need for “more light”. Directed resources to develop an industry leading solution that enhanced a 62% product market share, increased reliability, gave a 179% profit margin, and was delivered on time.• Coordinated with internal departments (mechanical and hydraulic engineering, tech pubs, purchasing, reliability, PV&V, etc.) • Led and participated in Six Sigma processes, FMEA’s, Hazard Assessments, Supplier Selection activities, and Homologation Reviews to develop systems and deliver programs.• Introduced Systems Engineering (SE) tools such as Requirements Specifications Common Requirements across platforms to define and manage programs. • Developed SE process maps that linked electronics development (HW, SW, and sensors) to the Engineering Product Development Process and Technology Development Process. • Introduced Program Management tools such as Statements of Work and Earned Value for resource planning and project tracking.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

Integrated Collins ProLine 21 and Bendix EGPWS in the Hawker 125-800XP and Premier I business jets. Additional Relevant ExperienceHeld variety of positions in the following fields: Component Engineering (including Statistical Process Control), Test Equipment Engineering (Hardware and Software), and Systems Engineering.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Activities and Societies: IEEE