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Cambridge, MA

Responsible for deploying new process control, improvements to maintenance best practices, and component redesign based upon predictive algorithms and data analysis developed from live/historical operational data.To improve reliability and reduce the cost of operating Shell’s zero emissions hydrogen mobility refueling infrastructure globally.

Bowling Green, MO

• Product Owner of Field Solutions applications for staking design, asset mapping, and outage management concurrently engaging users, developers, and technology partners in use assessments, functional ideation, and.
• Introduced agile software methodologies and raised development velocity over 300% and implemented unit and system testing of software resulting in a 10X reduction in post implementation emergencies.
• Managed SOA integrations to enable: Mobile Field Service at locations and Smart Meter connects and disconnects in CIS process flows for account turnover, meter change, prepay notifications, and automated disconnects.
• Provide engineering model and peak load analytics examination tools to key customers and identified spatial asset management requirements for smart systems decision support.

St. Louis, MO

• Boeing Phantom Works advanced planning and optimization subject matter expert for the Joint Strike Fighter Distributed Information System contributed to the Dynamic Resource Manger invention at the heart of Autonomic.
• Created iCapture Mobile solution with prognostic workflows for crew and maintainer debrief; and implemented mobile problem capture in over eight heavy maintenance and modification centers resulting in multimillion.
• Initiated a condition assessment process in the aging KC-135 Tanker Fleet and provided process flow diagrams, data structures, and requirements to Boeing Sustainment Data Systems for application development.
• Led Boeing Global Support and Services - Business Process Management Team in implementing performance based logistics workflows for managing engineering dispositions and changes to technical publications and worldwide.

St. Louis, MO

• Became responsible for Customer Service, Distribution, Logistics, and Production Planning and Control for refrigeration and HVAC flow controls and system protector supply chains.
• Implemented part approval processes to integrate key suppliers into the product design resulting in a reduction of new product introduction cycle from 7 to 2 years.
• Converted push production to flow lines. Reduced floor space by 25% and increased throughput 20%. Awarded Champion’s role in the Lean Business Initiative
• Planned hedge inventories, and supported job moves to Mexico. Developed a distribution site and trained materials group to support plant growth from 100 to 500 people.

St. Louis, MO

• Facilitated a staff of 30 in identifying customer needs, product, and process improvements raising profitability by 61%.
• Implemented a FRACAS system to reduce CNC machining defect rate from 45% to 0.02% in 10 weeks.

St. Louis, MO

• Designed and developed sense and control avionics hardware and software for missile guidance; and missile interface units for two way secure communication with fielded weapons.
• Defined and automated the extraction, translation and loading of weapon system production and field performance test data for the Tomahawk Missile Flight Critical Items Investigation and performed reliability and.

St. Paul, MN

• Tested power systems products to failure for product development and to specified limits for product qualification.
• Defined and developed a database to track, analyze, and report test data; and applied statistical methods to evaluate reliability growth.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Operations And Finance

Bachelor Of Science, Applied Physics And Mathematics