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League City, Tx, Us

Webster, Tx

• Responsible for Project Management process development and implementation supporting multiple contracts• Provide support to Program and Project Managers on Project Management processes, • Lead the team responsible for facilitating the project initiation, prioritization, specification development, and planning• Responsible for Project Management Team’s cost, technical, and schedule performance• Provide guidance and review of project deliverables including initial cost estimate, deliverables (i.e. Project Management Plans, requirement specifications, design reviews, hardware, documentation, etc…)• Chair Design Review Board for major project milestone reviews• Provide technical oversight and guidance to Project Management and Engineering teams• Primary Customer Interface• Chief Engineer for the KBR HELO division, also continue to retain Engineering Manager authority • Responsible for technical risk management and mitigation• Current project portfolio includes several major Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Test Systems to be used for the testing and performance validation of the Exploration Spacesuit Systems – the GSE is being developed for NASA/EC5 under the Health and Human Performance Contract (HHPC)

Webster, Tx

• Manage sustaining EVA engineering operations for USA in support of the One EVA programManage and develop 20+ direct reports comprising of engineers, engineering associates, and technical writers specializing in spacesuit and EVA tools/crew aids technical operations • Manage EVA Flight, Training, and GSE hardware design/development, maintenance, fabrication, troubleshooting, and testing, spacesuit sizing, crewmember training support, and mission supportResponsible for implementation and execution of technical requirements associated with hardware assembly and maintenance• Responsible for team development in support of action planning/implementation and issue resolution• Develop key customer relationships • Responsible for departmental budget performance • Provide technical support for EVA requirements integration to ensure program requirements compliance• Project management & execution (from proposal/project inception to customer delivery) associated with EVA space flight hardware IDIQ and baseline contract changes• Responsible for Materials & Processes engineering and drafting operations• Continued to work closely with Operations Integration & Logistics manger and team members, providing guidance & expertise as well as support with tool development • Responsible for technical risk management and mitigation**Position originally accepted with United Space Alliance, Contract transitioned to SGT, then to KBR.

• Strategic program planning and development in support of customer and contractual requirements• Plan multi-organization resource utilization consisting of multi-disciplined Engineers, Computer Science, Logistics, Operations, Business Management, and Technicians at both local and remote locations• Earned value management (EVM) control account manager (CAM) for CSSS technical and logistics WBS control accounts responsible for technical and logistics operations cost and schedule performance• Develop key customer relationships • Responsible for team development in support of action planning/implementation and issue resolution• Responsible for effective root cause/corrective action implementation of process escapes and anomalies• Support the CSSS hardware design for operability • CSSS concept of operations and logistics plans development• Core team support and customer interface for the new business proposal development for the Extravehicular Space Operations Contract

Webster, Tx

• Manage Space Shuttle assets (Flight Crew Equipment (FCE)/Space Program Operations Contract (SPOC)) closeout• Responsible for transition of the FCE SPOC assets and records to Lockheed/CMC, Boeing, and NASA

Webster, Tx

• Build efficiencies into Planning and Logistics to maintain program support during workforce reduction• Responsible for EVA hardware planning, allocation, work authorization document (WAD) generation, and logistics/manifesting

•Technical support for CSSS Proposal (2007-2009 concurrent with management responsibilities)- Provided technical support to Oceaneering International, Inc. (OII) for the development of the CSSS technical baseline, suit and life support concepts, and concepts for operation and management of the CSS program for the CSSS proposal- Performed technical writing, technical assessment development , and resource estimating with basis of estimate (BOE) development • Managed sustaining EMU engineering operations for USA in support of the One EVA program, responsible for service, testing, and operation of $200M of government inventory• Managed and developed 20 direct reports comprising of multi-disciplined engineers, engineering associates, and technical writers specializing in spacesuit technical operations / technical operations includes hardware maintenance, troubleshooting, assembly, testing, spacesuit sizing, crewmember training support, and mission support• Responsible for departmental budget performance Responsible for process improvements, Utilize Lean Six Sigma (L6S) tools to optimize operational capability / Sponsor for multiple Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Green Belt projects• Provided technical support for EMU requirements integration and spacesuit maintenance and test procedure development to ensure program requirements compliance• Managed key customer relations consisting of internal, prime contractor, and NASA program office customers• Responsible for technical risk management to include effective root cause/corrective action implementation of process escapes and anomalies • Maintained safe working environment

• Provided technical support for EMU Life Support Sub-assembly (LSS) and Space Suit Sub-assembly (SSA) processing, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair• Provided technical support for EMU requirements integration and processing procedural development• Provided technical support for crewmember training in both flight and training EMU hardware (i.e. Neutral Buoyancy Lab, 1-g Shuttle Orbiter and International Space Station (ISS) training mockups, Orbiter and ISS airlock vacuum chamber training)• Performed EMU spacesuit sizing, • Provided technical support for EMU to Orbiter checkout at KSC• Provided real time mission support• Provided EMU problem resolution team (PRT) member support and hardware failure resolution support• USA representative to the NASA EMU Panel and NASA Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Configuration Control Board• Daily interaction with NASA’s EVA program office and engineering directorate customers• EMU Phase VI glove proposal technical resource lead

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Mba, Business Administration

39 of 54 credit hours completed. (GPA 3.78)

Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering

Bs, Mechanical Engineering