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Tucson, Az, Us

Tucson Az

➢ Responsible for all aspects of domestic & international program execution for a product portfolio with yearly sales of $660M+➢ Owns strategy development & customer-based insights to capture of domestic & foreign growth opportunities➢ Led capture of first Foreign Sale ($215M+) to NATO country through parallel process prioritization & critical chain management➢ Actively champion the development of program leaders by providing opportunities to close experiential gaps & established active mentor/coaching relationships with program leaders falling under DE&I categories➢ Driving 100% on-time delivery of contract requirements and customer satisfaction by leading key stakeholder collaboration

Tucson, Arizona Area

➢ Drove 5X bookings growth ($15M to $700M) within 5 years by translating growth strategy to actionable execution objectives➢ Established innovative program infrastructure to execute several multimillion-dollar government contracts, including building a new supply chain with international partners & domestic technology transitions➢ Accelerated system integration by 50% (24 months to 12 months) & conducted successful flight test within 19 months of award➢ Defined clear role responsibility, prioritization, & direct accountability, & held end-to-end responsibility for the program; strategically allocated resources to high-impact priorities as a leader & teacher across the organization➢ Employed comprehensive data analysis & cross-functional collaboration to uncover opportunity & mitigate risk➢ Established portfolio Culture Club focused on establishing a positive, diverse & inclusive culture to which top talent is attracted➢ Grew the program markets by 58% in two years through strategic proposal development & negotiations➢ Exceeded Annual Operating Plan Bookings by 40% & achieved over $80M in yearly sales for the program

Tucson, Arizona Area

➢ Responsible for execution of several Production Programs & associated cost, schedule, quality & technical requirements➢ Drove team performance efficiency resulting in reduction of 2015 execution cost by 10% ($12M)➢ Captured $80M+ Transition to Production (TTP) contract & $110M+ Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract➢ Managed 10 team members responsible for $163M+ of labor & material budget➢ Achieved $12M incentive award fee through 100% on time payload delivery averaging 30+ days ahead of contract

Tucson, Arizona Area

➢ Liaison between Operations & the Program Office, responsible for removing barriers affecting Operation’s ability to meet schedule, cost, technical & quality goals➢ Implemented metrics-based schedule recovery, process improvement, cost control & quality improvement tools for $71M+ scope & budget➢ Directed successful production readiness review for critical flight test & production restart➢ Increased supplier output by 200% using LEAN/6σ methods such as mix management, defect prevention & rapid escalation tools

Tucson, Arizona Area

➢ Managed 5 value stream managers with 60 bargaining unit & 30 support employees responsible for complex electro-mechanical assemblies from integration factories in several states➢ Reduced order average age from 90 to 30 days by establishing threshold triggers & blitz cleanup efforts➢ Improved hourly labor performance 10% through measurement of key driving metrics & visual scorecard tool

Tucson, Arizona Area

The Value Stream Manager (VSM) is responsible for the daily management and direction of a multi-shift, hourly touch workforce and the salaried engineering support team surrounding an electro-mechanical factory value stream. The VSM is responsible for the execution of the value stream's production schedules within Cost and Quality requirements. Further, the VSM is tasked with producibility improvements, surge readiness, lean implementation, material planning, product quality and collaboration with functional management.

Tucson, Arizona Area

Supported factory value stream as manufacturing engineer for major electronic RF sub-system. Led project team responsible for transitioning legacy program from competitor to Tucson factory floor. Coordinated transition to production team for two major sub-assemblies and final integration at Camden, AR sister facility.

Tucson, Arizona Area

Acted as primary liaison between IT organization and Operations for factory required IT systems: shop floor computers, paperless work instruction system, software maintenance, system redundancy and downtime prevention. Set up licensing, training and expert user support for software tools utilized to maintain the paperless work instruction system for the Manufacturing Engineering functional organization.

Tucson, Arizona Area

Supported Manufacturing Engineering functional homeroom through systems projects benefiting 400 person organization. Participated on project team updating a DOS based shop floor computer infrastructure to a Windows based computer image specifically developed for the factory. Participated on project team responsible for the design and deployment of an paperless work instruction system for the factory floor.

Bsie, Industrial And Systems Engineering

Activities and Societies: Sigma Nu

Mba, Finance

Liberal Arts Magnet Program