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• Operations Lead for Global Positioning Satellite, OPIR, and Military Support Programs Manufacturing & Test - Space Flight Hardware• Oversee manufacturing, assembly, and test for flight hardware from pre-production phase through delivery to customer• Manage operations cost, schedule, and technical for twenty space vehicles worth of electromechanical and Battery hardware• Generate ETC reports to facilitate CAM with EVM & EAC analyses• Act as Liaison between Production Management and Program Management, keeping each accountable• Develop support & touch estimates for proposals in area of Production Operations• Assist IMS upkeep and help drive critical path while capturing risks & opportunities• Lead interdisciplinary and cross-functional teams to execute flight hardware deliverables

Grand Prairie, Texas, United States

· Led weekly Root Cause & Corrective Action collaboration meeting.· Facilitated and led Mechanical Shop’s efforts for high-profile projects, including coordinating product line validation activities with program office for most effective time of customer visit.· Mentored and coached peers, including those in other departments, on LM MFC processes and perspectives to lead to long-term goals rather than focused only on immediate firefighting. · Leveraged knowledge of downstream processes and internal customers to remove unnecessary efforts and provide insight to certain requirements as part of bringing team members to better understand needs· Analyzed and developed operations, identified equipment, and instituted steps for new or existing processes.

Grand Prairie, Texas, United States

Creation of development, production, and sustainment proposal documents.

Grand Prairie, Texas

Senior Manufacturing Engineer and Control Account Manager (CAM) for Productions Operations. In this role I am working to push Design for Manufacturing and producibility improvements earlier in the design processes.· Coached and trained multiple Manufacturing Engineers and Operations Engineers on general and specific processes/topics manufacturing floor processes.· Facilitated conversations between Engineering and Operations to meet team goals.· Established and fostered effective relationships with Program Managers, Integrated Product Team leads and Chief Engineers to ensure development team goals are met. Designated delegate to lead meetings while they were out.· Led and/or acted as subject matter expert in 6 Design and Process FMEA events.· Utilized rapid prototyping and 3D printing to flush out potential and actual issues early.· Identified and proposed resolutions during the respective programs' Risk & Opportunity Boards.· Performed and relayed Design for Manufacturing analyses to Engineering and Production Operations leadership throughout all stages of development.

Lufkin, Texas

Support production and continuous improvement of circuit card assembly manufacturing. Collaborate with internal customers to simplify and streamline integration of electronic assemblies.

Pineland, Tx

Under direction from the plant manager, support and improve upon all 3 mills (saw, stud and planer) on the plant site. Support mill quality engineers in data analysis and standardization.Later assigned to a specific sawmill production crew to perform quality inspections, troubleshoot optimizing soft/hardware and assist production supervisor while out of the office.

Orem, Ut

Design/redesign, build and test semi-automated production equipment. Helped contribute to winning the Shingo Award.

Provo, Utah Area

We work with tourist attractions to utilize both crowd-sourcing and QR technologies to help improve their business and customer satisfaction.

Provo, Utah And Storrs, Connecticut

Developing an automated optimization method for gas turbine engine pre-diffusers with a team of BYU and University of Connecticut students.Building parametric models of single-pass and multi-pass pre-diffusers in multi-user CAD environment (NX Connect), meshing sensitive 3D geometry, and setting boundary conditions and solution methods for computational fluid analysis in Fluent.

I collected and disposed of (or prepared for disposal of) all regulated waste on BYU campus, including biohazard, chemical and radioactive waste. I am fully trained for HAZMAT situations according to HAZWOPER standards. I have a fairly good understanding of DOT and EPA regulations concerning most of these wastes.

Master Of Science - Ms, Manufacturing Systems Management

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Manufacturing Engineering And Technology

Activities and Societies: SME chapter official, SAMPE chapter member