Christopher L. Email & Phone Number

- Program leader responsible for managing the development, qualification, and production of a strategic sub-system used in a strategic Inertial Measurement System.- Managed a program team of 32 full-time equivalent heads with multiple scrum teams utilizing agile framework.- Profit & loss responsibility over control account budget of $53.4M; $15M in annual sales.

- Program leader deployed on special assignment to Boston, MA to recover a challenged optical component qualification needed to support production on a missile defense program.- Managed a team of 50 members comprised of supplier, enterprise, and customer resources chartered to redesign, test, build, and deliver a critical optical component to prevent missile production delays.- Managed sub-contract requirements and scope totaling $13M.- Successfully completed component redesign, qualification, and first article inspection.- Successfully delivered the first lot of redesigned production hardware and prevented a production gap.

- Civil aviation product line leader with profit & loss responsibility of $25M in annual sales and awards.- Managed a cross functional, geographically dispersed program team of 50 full-time equivalent heads.- Coordinated and managed all international and domestic customer activities, including new production orders, overhaul and repairs, and Federal Aviation Administration audits.

Woodland Hills, California

- Managed program technical requirements, development, qualification, and production of Fiber Optic Gyroscope sensors for missile defense and military programs. - Utilized cost account management expertise to establish program baseline and manage engineering cost and schedule performance. - Developed program engineering staffing plans and managed geographically dispersed cross-functional engineering teams of up to 15 full-time equivalent heads. - Utilized risk and opportunity management acumen to identify, monitor, and mitigate program risks. - Successfully completed portfolio of cost-plus-fixed-fee component obsolescence redesign contracts totaling $9.8M; all contracts were completed on time and on budget.

Woodland Hills, California

- Delivered optics engineering cognizance on multiple Aerospace and Defense programs based on Fiber Optic Gyroscope technology.

Pasadena, California

- Utilized knowledge of Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) design to fabricate, evaluate, and optimize FBG production for use in ultra-stable low noise fiber lasers. - Accountable for final testing and quality assurance of laser controller motherboards and laser system power supplies. - Managed and trained technicians in activities spanning product lifecycle from component level fabrication to final assembly and acceptance testing.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Leadership And Managing Organizational Change

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electrical Engineering