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Boulder, Co, Us

Boulder, Co

• Managed complete product lifecycle from proposal through closure and customer support including budgets, work plans, product design specifications, acceptance plans, training, documentation, delivery, installation and internal/external communication for custom machine vision applications integrating software, mechanical, electrical and optical components. • Directed more than 90% of company revenue; responsible for scope, schedule, fee, and financials.• Primary contact between… Show more • Managed complete product lifecycle from proposal through closure and customer support including budgets, work plans, product design specifications, acceptance plans, training, documentation, delivery, installation and internal/external communication for custom machine vision applications integrating software, mechanical, electrical and optical components. • Directed more than 90% of company revenue; responsible for scope, schedule, fee, and financials.• Primary contact between customer and organization as well as between management and technical team; coordinated and led weekly+ reviews with clients and HW/SW teams to develop requirements document, provide program progress, and eliminate gaps between customer expectations and technical capabilities.• Led teams and coordinated all program activities; installed more than 20 custom machine vision systems into high-volume manufacturing environments within defined scope, timeline and budget. • Implemented templates, checklists and procedures to enhance bandwidth to fulfill role across 5+ programs simultaneously, maximizing team efficiency to realize on-time deliveries from former multi-year delays and reduce first-pass system defects by more than 4x.• Developed, implemented and provided training for new company-wide document storage system.• Specified and implemented company-wide Project Management software, reducing month end labor reporting from days to real time. Show less

Boulder, Co

Project Manager and customer technical contact in the development of prototype products composed of glass, metals, crystals, and mechanical assemblies utilizing mills, grinders, polishers, saws, coating chambers and bonding techniques. • Managed integrated product teams composed of 5+ Engineers, Technicians and Production Managers in conjunction with Customer Representatives and Sales Managers in the development and successful delivery of more than 50 first-time optical products from… Show more Project Manager and customer technical contact in the development of prototype products composed of glass, metals, crystals, and mechanical assemblies utilizing mills, grinders, polishers, saws, coating chambers and bonding techniques. • Managed integrated product teams composed of 5+ Engineers, Technicians and Production Managers in conjunction with Customer Representatives and Sales Managers in the development and successful delivery of more than 50 first-time optical products from precision prisms to multi-element assemblies, utilizing lean principles while defining all aspects of the manufacturing package including Raw Material, Fabrication, Coating, Assembly, Metrology, Tooling, Planning, Scheduling, Failure Analysis, Measurement Uncertainties, Contingency Plans, Documentation, Lessons Learned, and Packaging. Show less

Led Metrology Activities and established Error Budgets and schedules for the Thirty Meter Telescope Engineering and Manufacturing Phase 2 Demonstrator (TMT EMD2); utilized MATLAB-based Subaperture Stitching Interferometry. Designed, wrote and performed procedures for the Alignment and Test of the E200 Spaceborne Telescope including the Tertiary Mirror, Alignment Reference Device, Star Trackers, Inertial Reference Unit, Focal Plane Array, Fold Mirror and Fast Steering Mirror. Wrote Test Plans,… Show more Led Metrology Activities and established Error Budgets and schedules for the Thirty Meter Telescope Engineering and Manufacturing Phase 2 Demonstrator (TMT EMD2); utilized MATLAB-based Subaperture Stitching Interferometry. Designed, wrote and performed procedures for the Alignment and Test of the E200 Spaceborne Telescope including the Tertiary Mirror, Alignment Reference Device, Star Trackers, Inertial Reference Unit, Focal Plane Array, Fold Mirror and Fast Steering Mirror. Wrote Test Plans, Reviews, Procedures and Reports.• Managed, developed and performed the Alignment, Integration and Test processes for the spaceborne Flip Assembly (a remote lightpath switch) and its components, including Boresight, Optical Path Length, Wavefront Error and Repeatability Specifications. Assembly performance surpassed requirements by 10X.• Directed and Implemented processes incorporating Laser Trackers and Theodolites to successfully perform the Alignment, Integration and Test of the multi-element Calibration Lens Assembly – Flight Hardware, including interferometric testing of components. Assembly performance surpassed requirements by 3X.Senior Product Engineer 2 YearsDesigned the E200 lightweight, high precision, large aperture, aspheric primary mirror manufacturing process including shaping, grinding, polishing, ion beam figuring, handling equipment, analysis, demonstrator models, metrology, cost, scheduling and project management.• Program Manager for the development of grinding, shaping, polishing and Abrasive Water Jet (AWJ) processes and techniques for volume production of next generation spaceborne ultra-lightweight mirrors. Show less

Developed alignment strategies, production fixtures, and test processes for the manufacture of Electro-Optical Switches. Provided product engineering, vendor development and technician training.• Achieved greater than 50% alignment time reduction by integrating data analysis and parametric correlation for process optimization and product upgrades.• Attained 50% increase in component reliability through instituting in-process controls and Preventive Maintenance (PM) schedules.

Defined, implemented and maintained the Optical Wavelength Router (OWR) manufacturing tooling and process. Managed team of 10+ multi-disciplined engineers to the successful development and qualification of the OWR production line ($15M budget). Designed and integrated automated production fixtures and test processes for submicron alignment and characterization of components and assemblies. • Decreased subassembly scrap by 20% and increased production throughput by 25% via instituting… Show more Defined, implemented and maintained the Optical Wavelength Router (OWR) manufacturing tooling and process. Managed team of 10+ multi-disciplined engineers to the successful development and qualification of the OWR production line ($15M budget). Designed and integrated automated production fixtures and test processes for submicron alignment and characterization of components and assemblies. • Decreased subassembly scrap by 20% and increased production throughput by 25% via instituting process controls, yield / scrap analysis, failure mode analysis, in-process data collection and statistical analysis to enhance product and process development. Show less

Led team of 5+ multi-disciplined engineers in the design of automated production tooling. Designed, built, calibrated, documented, qualified and supported precision tooling for the alignment, test and characterization of optical, electro-optical, mechanical and electrical components and subassemblies for low-mid volume automated production of state-of-the-art laser-based Electronic Prepress Systems. Developed and implemented alignment philosophies, calibration standards, test plans… Show more Led team of 5+ multi-disciplined engineers in the design of automated production tooling. Designed, built, calibrated, documented, qualified and supported precision tooling for the alignment, test and characterization of optical, electro-optical, mechanical and electrical components and subassemblies for low-mid volume automated production of state-of-the-art laser-based Electronic Prepress Systems. Developed and implemented alignment philosophies, calibration standards, test plans, statistical analyses, work instructions, PM and operator training requirements to optimize tooling functionality and precision.• Designed and implemented the Clean Beam Spin Motor, Laser Diode Module (LDM) and Collimated LDM alignment tools resulting in throughput increases of 100%, 250% and 400%, respectively. Show less

Master Of Science (Ms), Optics

Hughes Aircraft Company Masters Fellowship

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Optics

BS in Optics awarded with High Distinction Phi Beta Kappa Tau Beta Pi