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Plano, TX, US

• Manage all business functional areas (Contracts, Engineering, Operations, Logistics, Finance, and HR/Business Management)
• Process and manage A/P, A/R, and payroll.
• Manage revenue forecasting models providing better visibility into P&L positions.
• Oversaw employee benefits implementation (Health, Dental, Vision, Long and Short-Term disability, and Life Insurance)
• Implement new CPA and Bookkeeping partnerships that significantly improved financial reporting accuracy and visibility for shareholders
• Manage staff to ensure timely execution of program and project activities

• L3Harris Technologies, Plano, TXSenior Program Manager (Principle Program Manager)
• Delivered and deployed the first militarized production FVR-90 Tactical UAVs to a U.S. Army customer in role as Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS) business area Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (FTUAS).
• Manage the dynamic FTUAS $10M Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Delivery Order
• Project Executive providing construction project management for a 54,000 square foot new construction building (interior, exterior, IT, and site brand construction). Worked directly with General Contractor, Landlord.
• Collaborated across multiple Business Areas as Execution Program Manager on $14M Advanced Technology Capital Investment Project (Planar Near Field Test facility, Far Field Antenna Test facility, and Compact Antenna.
• Provide direction and oversight for a $5M Customer Research and Development (CRAD) technology demonstration program focused on next generation radio frequency seeker technology

Arlington, VA, US

• Provide direction and oversight for an International Special Mission Aircraft (SMA) Radar Integrated Product Team (IPT), which performs development, integration and tests of sensor payloads to include RADAR and Electro.
• Provide direction and oversight for the Global Hawk (GH) development efforts associated with the Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite (EISS) for the GH Republic of Korea program
• Maintain IPT and program total cost responsibility, accountability and authority (RAA) for direct labor, internal research and development, capital expenditures and material dollars in the amount of $90M EAC (estimate.

Falls Church, VA, US

• Provide strategic direction and tactical oversight for the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Mission Systems (MS) Integrated Product Team (IPT), which performs development, integration and testing of payload.
• Directly responsible as IPT leader for the successful cross-country ferry of three UAs and first sensor flight.
• Maintain MS IPT total cost responsibility, accountability and authority (RAA) for direct labor and material in the amount of $200M ETC (estimate to complete) and of greater than $850M EAC (estimate at completion)
• Create strategy and action plan for MS IPT risk mitigations and opportunity realization
• Develop and implement corrective action plans when deviations from budgets and/or schedules are evident
• Manage MS IPT Interim Functional Capability (IFC) product development life cycle

Falls Church, VA, US

• Develop and execute goals and strategic direction of assigned programs, which include a major and several minor programs that span the entire program lifecycle
• Coordinate with all business functional areas (Contracts, Engineering, Operations, Logistics, and Business Management) on issues pertaining to requirements, changes, interpretations, and financial conditions of the.
• Accountable for all schedules, quality, profit & loss and customer satisfaction on programs
• Develop and implement corrective action plans when deviations from budgets and/or schedules are evident.
• Develop, prepare and present briefings to both executive management and the customer related to program status, direction, marketing and performance
• Formally identify, assess, monitor and mitigate risk throughout program life cycle

Falls Church, VA, US

• Manage engineering development effort for a multi-million dollar electronics program
• Track and ensure compliance with engineering schedules, project deliverables and expense budgets
• Coordinate with program management and customer on business and technical matters
• Develop engineering metrics, statements of work, project schedules and system specifications
• Ensure design requirements are implemented at the system, sub-system, and component level
• Direct supplier activities on test station development efforts

Falls Church, VA, US

• Managed Vehicle Intercommunications System (VIS) Time and Materials Contract
• Interfaced directly with US Army (PM-DCATs, TACOM) to resolve technical concerns
• Directed suppliers’ activities for new VIS interconnect cabling and loudspeaker designs
• Designed electronic packaging, interconnecting cabling, mounting brackets and hardware for the integration of vehicular intercommunications equipment into tracked and wheeled combat vehicles including all variants of.
• Performed vehicle surveys and created vehicle installation kits and production level drawing packages for more than 15 US Army vehicle platforms (MRAPs, FMTV, M1114s)
• Performed numerous technical evaluations of Engineering Change Proposals

• Manage all facets of the membership experience for our 4000 global members
• Member of the Society’s Executive Committee and appointee to Society’s Board of Governors
• Increase IEEE VTS membership by recruiting new members, retaining current members and recovering members in arrears
• Provide efficient and timely communication to all management levels of interests and concerns over membership trends, changes, and problems
• Managing Editor of the “VTS Mobile World”, an e-newsletter distributed worldwide on a monthly basis to VTS members

• Managed satellite business operations for three person team (budget and project status reporting)
• Worked on multi-national multi-company team supporting vehicle electronics system integration and test
• Integrated Volkswagen Telematics (GPS, Cellular telephone and vehicular diagnostics) into Golf, Jetta and Passat vehicles
• Interfaced with Volkswagen of America’s executives as member of the VW Product Forum, an executive level strategic planning committee

US

• Technical liaison to Original Equipment Manufacturers (Ford, Infiniti, and General Motors) supporting system integration of Universal Hands Free systems into numerous vehicle platforms
• Performed FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis) investigation on thermal overloads during vehicular operation
• Developed vehicle road noise level profiles in order to understand in-vehicle embedded microphone reception issues

• Business development manager and project engineer located on-site at Audi AG headquarters in Ingolstadt, Germany
• Integrated Audi Telematics (GPS, Cellular telephone and vehicular diagnostics) into A4, A6 and A8 vehicles
• Performed test and integration activities in support of Controller Area Network (CAN) vehicle diagnostics test station

• Maintained SAE J1850 Class II vehicle communications bus message lists
• Compliance tested vehicle electronic control units to SAE J1850 Class II vehicle communications bus standard
• Maintained General Motors H-Body electrical wire and frame development test beds

Master Of Business Adminstration, Leadership And Change Management

Post-Masters Certificate, General Management

Master Of Science, Electrical And Computer Engineering

Bachelor Of Science In Engineering, Electrical And Computer Engineering

Associate Of Applied Science, Avionics Systems Technology