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Specialty Engineering and Logistics Manager for SBIRS Program.

Hiring manager for the PTDS Program for assignment in War Zone in support of Persistent Threat Detection System.

2006My team consisted of 120 engineers. This team provided Hardware Engineering, Manufacturing and Logistics Support throughout the Delaware Valley campus. While providing functional support to this organization, I also was selected to lead the SEIT Speciality Engineering and Logistics proposal efforts for the TMOS Proposal. I supported this effort for 6 months; Areas of responsibilities included: Life Cycle Cost analysis, SORAP trades, Logistics Trades, RMA analysis. Upon contract award, I also functioned as CAM for SEIT Specialty Engineering.Accomplishments:Successfully integrated VF Specialty Engineering personnel into the San Jose based SEIT and Logistics teams.Established relationship with Geoscout program to utilize VF logistics organization for training, helpdesk, and material tracking services.Negotiated depot work-share agreements between Government Depots and Lockheed Martin.Developed and implemented facilities plans to create SCIF work areas in Endicott as well as creation of SCIF for F22 in VF.Lead 2004 Technology Change Management Working Group selection committee.Functioned as Department staffing POC in 2003.

Provide functional engineering management support for the STIL Program. Lead the Operations and Support Integrated Product Team for the STIL Program. Responsible for all Site Operations at the Arnold facility as well as Support Design Team in Valley Forge. Accomplishments:Successfully completed Phase 2 and 3 IRR, PDR, and CDR.Identified, hired, and interviewed site staffLed Training and Manual development for Phase 2-3.Successfully managed CAM responsibilities within schedule and budget.Remotely managed STIL datacenter operationsLed Failure Review BoardCoordinated site outages with customerDeveloped support plans and negotiated vendor service agreementsEstablished Tier 2 support team

Provide functional engineering management support for the STIL Program. Lead the Operations and Support Integrated Product Team for the STIL Program. Responsible for all Site Operations at the Arnold facility as well as Support Design Team in Valley Forge. Accomplishments:• Successfully completed Phase 2 and 3 IRR, PDR, and CDR.• Identified, hired, and interviewed site staff• Led Training and Manual development for Phase 2-3.• Successfully managed CAM responsibilities within schedule and budget.• Remotely managed STIL datacenter operations• Led Failure Review Board• Coordinated site outages with customer• Developed support plans and negotiated vendor service agreements• Established Tier 2 support team

My team consists of 131 employees supporting both IDMO Infrastructure development and operations support across a number of customer sites. Development activities include updating of Service Layer, build and distribution tools, design and implementation of new infrastructure technologies. Operations support includes installation and management of hardware, software, database administration. as well as managing a $20 M yearly material budget. The operations group also provides Level 1 and 2 helpdesk support to factory and operational sites.Accomplishments:Consolidated Operating Procedures between two programs into a single "best" practice.Addressed staffing issues as a result of a stop work. Have been successful in consolidating teams that exhibit synergistic effects.Developed GFY 2008 staffing and upgrade plan that meets program and customer expectations.Enhancing process for documenting configurations, planning upgrades, and providing inputs into spend plan.

Managing an organization of 35 customer support engineers, working with clients deployed worldwide and providing emergency flyaway repair (65 sites), help desk support, training, technical manuals, and repair operations. Functioned as O& S IPT Lead for the DDSIV Program. Coordinated with customer, product upgrades and led the development of a web-based customer support system, allowing customers to order spare parts, obtain access to technical documentation, schedule training, and receive computer-based training via the website. I also provided support for FPS, PSP, and P600 ILS programs. Directed the customer support integrated product team on the Dissemination Element contract with an annual budget in excess of $2,000,000. In addition, managed a specialty engineering function overseeing the reliability, human factors, maintainability, and safety engineering aspects of M&DS system designs. Established expertise within the organization to develop parametric cost models used to estimate software development and maintenance costs for large COTS intensive programs. Accomplishments:Contract Negotiation: Led the proposal team, wrote technical volume, and negotiated a $2,300,000 Option Year 4 proposal for the Defense Dissemination System contract, receiving the M&DS Prestige Award for excellence in effort. Was a key contributor to the Dissemination Element Support and Sustainment contract award, obtaining a five-year, $100,000,000 contract.Program Development: Implemented process enhancements to the DE Help Desk that resulted in Customer Award Fee recognition. Evaluated several commercially available parametric cost estimation models and provided recommendations to senior management. Developed proposal, negotiated proposal, and supported the hiring of LMTO personnel to provide DE operators at twelve sites. Managed on-site efforts and have been recognized in DE award fee briefing for excellent performance.

Directed quality engineering, process control engineering, and metrology functions, managing 65 employees for the Valley Forge Astrospace facility. Established a metrics program used to monitor the process quality of satellite manufacturing. Specific processes included mechanical sheet metal fabrication, microelectronics hybrids, solar array panel fabrication, electronics assembly, and system integration/test. Held responsibility for administering the failure analysis laboratory, metrology department, and configuration verification. Supported the GPS IIR, Landsat, and EOS programs.Accomplishments:Program Development: Working with United States Government Defense/Contractor Administration Services, developed a characteristic verification program that eliminated ineffective inspections and created a system to encourage operator/peer inspections. Results included a 27% decline in total rework labor, a 33% reduction in defects per 100 hours touch labor, and a 50% cut in scrap dollars.Project Recognition: Received the Management Incentive Award for preparing the Valley Forge facility for major corporate and NASA audits. Was awarded the Management Incentive Award for implementing calibration process improvements. Participating in the process proofing initiative program, obtained the Milestone Award for support provided to the Procurement/Contractor Administration Service.

Established and managed an incoming quality assurance organization that consolidated purchased materials quality inspection for all facilities on the East Coast into the Camden plant. Managed a product assurance organization program that provided logistics support and quality assurance functions for all GCSD business areas. The logistics support functions included the development of a logistics support plan and reliability analyses for the Space Station Communications subsystem. Developed an Extra-Vehicular Activity scenario for communications subsystem support.

Led a team of three engineers in the development and implementation of the reliability and human engineering program for the Army TACJAM system. Conducted FMECA, fault tree, and reliability/maintainability analyses.

Reliability Supported failure reporting and developed logistics data for a Navy submarine program. Performed availability analysis for the Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN) and held responsibility for verifying the conformance of material to specifications in the printed circuit board facility.

Mba, Business

M.B.A

Bs, Chemistry

B.S, Chemistry