J. Derrick Lloyd Email & Phone Number

Poway, Ca, Us

Primary role of leading development, scheduling and organization of an aircraft utility hydraulic system for an unmanned carrier based aircraft platform. Main tasks include:- Subsystem requirements definition derived from customer requirements and industry standards- Leading hydraulic development by flowing down subsystem requirements as a basis for design- Writing and reviewing component level technical specifications- Leading supplier discussion and visits. Proper communication of issues between company and supplier engineering teams.- Communication and collaboration with other engineering teams affected by hydraulic design including mechanical systems, electrical, software, systems integration, mass properties and reliability.- Facilitating engineering design decisions by developing trade studies- Subject matter expert of hydraulic system

Poway, Ca, Us

I am part of the landing gear design team, primarily working on the Improved Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft. Key tasks include design and analysis of landing gear components while keeping factors such as strength, weight and clearances in mind; organizing tests to ensure components and assemblies meet design requirements; external force and dimensional analysis to ensure gear can handle dynamic movement while in taxi, takeoff and/or landing; working with out side suppliers for testing and design collaboration.

Laguna Properties LLC is a real estate investment company. Laguna Properties focuses on purchasing distressed properties in need of rehab, updating the properties, and holding the properties as rental units. Current market is St. Louis, Missouri.Accomplishments:- Have purchased 12 investment properties totaling $1.5M in value- Manage a portfolio of 6 rental investment properties consisting of 5 SFRs and 1 Quad- Have managed 4 projects targeted as flips, including the analysis, procurement, financing, project management, and dispositioning- Developed a system for analyzing properties and dispositioning properties as potential flips or rehab and holds- Developed checklists and standard operating procedures for various tasks within the business- Developed a strong network of contractors, property managers, real estate agents, inspectors, wholesalers, conventional lenders, and private and hard money lenders from the ground up- Mentor other aspiring investors and manage a monthly mastermind group for professional development

Hawthorne, California, Us

• Investigated SpaceX parts with issues dispositioned as use as is and caused by the vendor. Worked with supplier quality team to resolve problems on the vendor side or with engineering and design teams to change drawings (opening up tolerances, fixing errors, etc.) to prevent reoccurrence. 68 issues (14% of targeted issues) were solved through this effort, reducing time spent by teams to appropriated pass the issues through the issue system.• Investigated receiving and precision inspection escapes, non-conforming parts that made it through inspection even though the non-conformances should have been found. Determined root cause of all issues marked as receiving and precision inspection escapes in 2014 and assigned permanent fixes to teams at fault.• Worked with Air Force contractors to provide supplier certifications and documentation in preparation for EELV audit. This was done to help secure an air force contract with SpaceX.• Assisted Materials Review Board with processing of non-conforming avionics parts when their was nobody to fill this position. Ensured that parts continued to move through the issues review process and got sent to the appropriate locations after being closed out.• Audited suppliers with supplier quality team. Wrote supplier corrective action reports when necessary.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Preformed hands-on peer-to-peer trails of Windows 8 with UCLA students.Reached a total of 1300 trails total each year of the program.Created events such as free giveaways on Facebook and guitar hero contests

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Liquid Bead Research:-Designed and built a structure for researching bead formation on liquids cooled on a single filament wire.-Created and performed test operations to ensure system was working properly.-Finalizing design to have project running before the end of the year.Heat Transfer Enhancement of Swirl Flow:-Assisted in building fluid heater system by welding thermocouples and connecting outputs to data acquisition circuits.-Assist in running tests with varying input powers, pump pressure, pre-heater, and primary flow.-Collect raw data from LabView for each run.-Created an Excel template to analyze data and calculate values such as Reynolds number, heat transfer coefficient, and heat flux.-Researched and applied equations and theorems to analyze heat transfer data and determine if tangential injection is a viable enhancement to heat transfer.-Compared heat transfer gain versus extra pumping power for system to determine effectiveness of the system.-Repaired heat exchangers and piping.

Maintained and ensured quality of professional lighting Used GrandMA console to test all functions of automated lighting using DMXRepaired, disassembled, and upgraded parts on moving lightsEnsured proper equipment was going out and coming back from shows.

Annapolis, Md, Us

-Performed system tests and smoke tests of NAV Builder Inside, a software development kit used by programmers who want to include location based services in their applications.-Worked with BREW, Android, iOS, and RIM operating systems.-Communicated with development team, server team, and other members of the quality assurance to resolve bugs, perform tests, and provide assistance.-Worked with Putty and Xcode to access servers and edit scripts.-Lead Quality Assurance tester for iOS.-Developed daily and system tests based on requirement documentation for iOS. Tests were saved on Bugzilla and used by co-workers.

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

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