Christopher Smith Email & Phone Number

United States

Project Management of multiple high visibility projects including Innovation, Upgrades and M&A.

Remote

Consultant to Smithfield Foods EPMO

Springdale, Arkansas, United States

• Strategic oversite of a $300M Program deploying 3rd party automated poultry debone systems. • Tactical and strategic management of a $100M Program deploying the Tyson proprietary robotic TED systems.• Technical Project Management for the development of the Next Generation TED system.• Daily and weekly interaction with key internal stakeholders including the Engineering teams, Engineering Leadership, Business Unit Leadership, Executive PMO and Tyson Executive Leadership including the C-Suite.• Daily and weekly interactions with external partners for the design, fabrication, assembly and deployment of TED systems.

Springdale, Arkansas, United States

Automation PMO

Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States

Reporting to the VP of Account and Program Management and overseeing a dedicated Customer Focus Team, I was directly responsible for leading all aspects of contract manufacturing and business interaction for a $5M/yr portfolio of customers including Aerospace, Medical and consumer products.

San Antonio, Texas Area

Reporting to the CFO, I led all Procurement, Outsourcing, Manufacturing, Quality Control, Warehouse and Order Fulfillment activities. Under my leadership the company grew 27% YoY in product delivery for FY19, resulting in company record revenue.

Austin, Texas Area

Responsible for project requirements definition, scoping, testing and execution for GMIT customer related projects including the Lead Pipe and Policy Spend projects. Daily interaction with Business and IT partners and leadership to accomplish project objectives. Led the divestiture work of the European Customer Contact Center associated with the sale of Opel-Vauxhall to PSA.

Round Rock, Texas

Dell Digital Business Services, a business and IT consulting organization. Customer relationships are key. Technical knowledge, while critical, is not enough. I spend as much time with the executive leaders and business owners as I do in the technical weeds. I am on-site at the customer location the majority of the time. Key engagements:Lead Analyst, Regulatory Archiving & Warehousing for a major global financial institution:Technical and business assessment of over 160 client applications to determine overlaps, gaps and feasibility of transitioning from a 3rd party data archiving and warehousing vendor to an internal capability. Assessed internal archival systems against business applications requirements to develop a decision framework and guidance document to guide the selection of appropriate records archival systems to satisfy regulatory and business requirements. Established requirements for appropriate records retrieval, reconstruction and reporting activities. Project Lead for a national financial institution based in Mexico City:Lead the installation, configuration & testing of 3 new BI environments and the associated Oracle and Informatica tools. Established appropriate data warehousing requirements and set in motion the future development activities for the corporate BI system. Lead requirements identification and documentation for MDM system to integrate with multiple domains, 3rd party data enhancement systems and the corporate data warehouse. Authored the Technical Specifications and assisted in the preliminary system design. Assisted client in RFP preparation and vendor selection process.Project Manager, Business Objects OS migration for an international rental company.

Austin, Texas Area

Direct report to the Product Line Manager (PLM)Directly accountable for cost, schedule and performance of NetStreams engineering development projects Traditional waterfall and agile project management techniques.BOM preparation, verification, costing and updatingChange management including DCNs, ECNs and ECOsFrequent interaction with overseas manufacturing facilityAssist in authoring user manuals and marketing documents

Direct report to the Strategic Operating OfficerDirected tech support teams in Austin Texas, Salt Lake City, Utah and Hong Kong.Directly accountable for customer satisfaction and department performanceEnabled work load leveling through metrics creation and implementationReduced call back frequency through cross functional technical training and improved call routingReduced RMA backlog by 80%Reduced new RMA creation by 10%

Front line technical support of highly complex entertainment and communications systems.Daily interation with certified installers in the identification and resolution of techncial problems involving IP networking of High Definition Audio and Video distribution systems and state of the art voice conferencing systems.

Involvement in all phases of development from early stage prototyping to final manufacturing.Directed acquisition and rework of electrical and mechanical prototypes.BOM preparation, verification and updating.Lead and participated in cross functional teams to ensure manufacturability and marketability.Costing and sourcing of components, sub-assemblies, and finished goods.Authored and implemented Work Instruction.ECN/ECO initiation, implementation and documentation.Daily interaction with overseas Manufacturers (Singapore).Daily interaction with Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Product Support and Training.Weekly interaction with Executive management (CEO, CFO, COO).Over-site of off-site Finished Goods Warehousing Contractor.Fulfillment management.Internal shipping and receiving – International and Domestic.Shipment tracking and verification.RMA logging and routing.

Management of a team of 15 Electronics Technicians.Design and implementation of custom test fixtures.Workload management of repair, return and rework inventories.Inventory management.Authored and implemented Work Instruction.Manufacturing Defect reduction.Process improvements utilizing JIT, Kaizan and Lean Manufacturing techniques.Relocation of Manufacturing activities from London to Austin.Implementation of EU Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS) as it applies to electronic devices.Costing and sourcing of components and sub-assemblies.Electronic prototyping.ECN/ECO initiation, implementation and documentation.Sustaining Engineering activities.Work Instruction initiation and production.R&D support including wire harness design, component testing and qualification.

Original Master Electrician and in-house Lighting Designer for the state-of-the-art Spencer Theater near Ruidoso, NM.

Radar Signature data acquisition and analysis.Radar Cross Section (RCS) reduction and analysis.RCS testing analysis.Acquisition Program Manager for a $20 million test radar.Implementation and test oversight of numerous assets including the F-117A Stealth Fighter.During these assignments I carried a TS/SBI (Cleared to SAR Level V) security clearance. Implementation of long term funding initiatives, capital expenditures and improvement initiatives. Squadron Performance tracking and reporting.I left government service as a GS-12 step 4.

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Ba, Technical Theater