Lead Product Development Engineer & Test Engineer• Led the product development team leadership for bench product design, manufacturing, collaborate with multiple engineering groups, manufacturing, assembly and test crews. Estimates for manpower, schedule, resources, budget. Used effective communication skills, both written and verbal, facilitated timeliness of project completion, fostered cohesive engineering and manufacturing engineers to work as team• Led product test effort by assuming project and failed role of engineering consultant. Improved and modified product test approach, with creative thinking and problems solving skills, achieved final test success by making adjustments as necessary. New approach reduced testing from 6 month time frame to 1 month time frame. • Led product testing process for final production parts. Understanding of product and project requirements and specifications for project development and completion. Determine test objectives, maximize system facilities, resources and manpower. • Collaborate with multiple engineering groups, technicians and floor personel to effectively communicate final product outcome, manufacturing, as well as utilizing quick decision skills for in process testing troubleshooting.• Using Lean Manufacturing guidelines, investigated problematic design and testing imperfections and find creative solutions. • Creative and innovative approach to modify assembly production drawing led to 10% manufacturing assembly time. • Familiar with Microsoft Office Suite products, technical writing, conceptual pitch presentation skills and effective in communication skills (both written and verbal).

• Customer Relationship Focus - Created, built, nurtured and grew customer relationships in support of customer technical concerns with product. Resolved customer concerns, by effective, patient, focused, one on one customer communication. • Communication Skills - Excellent verbal as well as written abilities to address and resolve customer needs in a friendly approachable manner, with respect and consideration. • Training Instructor - Achieved a reputation as a good instructor of software to customers to instruct customer/user groups in the operation of the various software packages. Write, edit training manuals.

Contract Engineer•Lead engineer in main computer bay for the 767-400 aircraft. Foundation for vital communication skills create effective working relationships between engineering and manufacturing groups.•Participant in the full product development cycle associated with engineering processes. Recommended solutions for engineering to create lean process flow in manufacturing.

Contract Engineer•Coordinated and negotiated engineering efforts for flight testing with accelerometers for the F-22 fighter aircraft. Negotiations to promote, convince acceptable design solutions.•Engineering efforts further developed effective communication, negotiation, logic and nurturing of strategic alliances and relationships.

•Engineering environment created opportunities to hone communication skils, written communication and presentation skills to convince others of effective solutions. •Managed relationships with manufacturing to create a seamless working relationship between groups with different goals•Developed complimentary skills of communication, building relationships, creating working alliances, and negotiation skills along with daily engineering technical requirements.

•Established reputation as quick learner out of college. Lead design efforts in newly established CAD systems for overall aircraft design.•Recognized as up and comer and selected to Boeing Analysis Engineering group to oversee and proof out final engineering designs as meeting FAA requirements. •Person to person skills recognized as part of the position as close knit relationships and trust had to be fostered to know the interworkings of engineering designs•Selected as candidate for FAA DER responsibilities because of interpersonal skills, communication skills and presentation skills.