Christopher Ouellette Email & Phone Number

Bath, Maine

The position is responsible for actively and visibly, providing leadership and direction for the Continuous Improvement program. The program office is responsible for enacting the CI framework and moving the company down the maturity path for continuous improvement. The office works with the company executive team and the divisional leadership teams to set improvement goals, promote CI culture and, drive value to the organization. A key function is also ensuring CI efforts and projects align with the executive team’s business strategy and the divisional leadership’s objectives. The office utilizes a strategic planning process to identify projects that directly target leader’s objectives and ensure the alignment to company strategy. Another responsibility of the office is to maintain the training curriculum and to train employees based on the Lean Six Sigma Body of Knowledge for Champions/Sponsors, Green and Yellow belts. Improvement projects that cross divisional boundaries, are highly complex and may require financial investment are lead by the office’s black belts.The CI office also manages the company wide employee suggestion program. It aims to encourage improvement ideas from the individuals doing the work about their specific work. The office sets expectations for how the suggestion program runs and ensures those expectations are being met throughout the company. This is done in various ways including by monitoring the collection system, auditing the process and engaging individuals on their ideas. The office’s communications plan includes objectives and goals for the program, successes of projects, promotion of the employee suggestion program and focused messaging around CI culture. Change agents within each division are responsible for promoting CI culture, facilitate, screen and remove barriers for employee suggestions to be implemented and engage leadership teams to ensure improvements align to division’s objectives and company strategy.

Bath, Maine

Concurrent with Water Front Support. Control System Engineer responsible for training ship operators, troubleshooting, documenting activation issues and supporting the testing of DDG1000. This role comprised of several competing priorities: 1) On site support during testing to validate system operations2) Coordinating testing results and data with vendor equipment and software to determine required fixes while managing system requirements and contractual requirements. 3) Documenting issues with enough clarity and information for vendors to complete fixes without needing to witness testing4) Report out to various managing groups all technical issues and resolutions with the system5) Train ship operators on utilizing the control system for ship operation

Bath, Maine

Concurrent with Control Systems EngineerRole required constant flexibility and endurance. Plans changed by the hour in many cases as equipment became available or unavailable which required constant communications with multiple organizations to ensure tests could be completed, documented and witnessed. Managed several long testing events which included understanding the scope of the tests, personnel required, equipment required, developing the execution plans/schedule, communication of those plans/schedule, reporting on the schedule, documenting and resolving discrepancies with the tests and engaging multiple organizations to resolve testing/equipment issues. Role also included acting as a liaison with Engineering to ensure issues were communicated clearly (not just technically but also urgency), the appropriate personal were notified and further troubleshooting could be scheduled.

Bath, Maine

Member of a special team of 8 to detail schedule the test and activation of the first in class DDG 1000 Zumwalt Destroyer. This involved using my knowledge of the various integrated systems on the ship and their dependencies on one another. It required scheduling to the specific piece of equipment level and the activities required to ensure the piece of equipment was tested to support follow on activities. It also required the development of several tools to ensure the knowledge gained could be utilized on follow on ships. The result of this assignment will be a completely integrated construction, Test and Activation schedule.

Bath, Me

I worked on a small team to implement the Deltek Suite of Integrated Program Management software. I participated in the define phase creating process maps and providing details to configure the software as required. I was a member of the go-live team which ensured that people were trained and the tools were ready for users. I was lead for PM Compass and was the lead tester for three major software updates. I documented over 100 bugs and communicated our requirements to Deltek to ensure the software worked as required.

Bath, Maine

As Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, lead various improvement projects using the DMAIC process. Assisted in the development of a company wide Lean Six Sigma training program. Taught Lean Six Sigma principles. Major projects include creating electronic processes for formally paper processes, Development of Root Cause training, documentation and sustainment, software system integration, process mapping various company wide processes from manufacturing, engineering, human resources etc. Participate in steering committee meetings to determine which projects to work.

Bath, Maine

Rotational development program that stressed interactions between the Engineering department and other areas of the company. Rotations lasted 3 - 6 months. Rotations in Procurement as a subcontract manager, LEAN Six Sigma, Electrical Design Supervisor, Material Control Manager, Quality control engineer.

Bath, Maine

Lead engineer for power system and propulsion system software controls. Managed customer requirements, interface requirements and vendor requirements. Lead customer status meetings, lead change orders to completion. Reviewed various software documents, tests and results. Critical link between software vendors and customer. Managed integration issues to resolution.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), General Studies

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Engineering And Management

The degree focused on an engineering discipline (in my case Computer Engineering) while also providing basic management classes.