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Fort Worth, Tx, Us

Falls Church, Va, Us

• Responsible for planning, execution strategy, and management of +$150M production program portfolio supporting the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. • Managed customer, supplier, and NG leadership through program re-baseline after 12-month slip of tier 1 supplier. Strategic planning allowed zero cost growth to program estimated cost at completion.• Led team through successful redesign, retrofit, and delivery of critical hardware with 8 months turn around to support multiple aircraft carriers. All hardware delivered ahead of schedule.• Worked with critical suppliers to mitigate supply chain delays caused by pandemic and achieve 95% on time delivery in 2021.

Falls Church, Va, Us

• Responsible for engineering cost, schedule, and technical performance for Transmit/Receive Module and Power Hardware• Managed tiger team including engineering, production, and supplier to address Transmit/Receive Module production defects and poor test yield. Resulted in 40% yield improvement and recovery of customer delivery schedule.• Led migration of engineering production test facility and software upgrades for Power Hardware. Resulted in total test time reduction and improved throughput to support program transition from low rate to full rate production.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

• Responsible for cost, schedule, and technical performance for $7M program portfolio including internal and customer funded R&D, Capital, Low Rate Production, and Sustainment• Manage customer relationships and communication to executive management• Lead preparation of Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) proposals for F-15EX open systems processor and MQ- 25/T-X open systems processor test stations

Melbourne, Florida, Us

• Responsible for executive level presentations for monthly/weekly reports to management for Program Reviews and Return to Green Meetings• Lead T&M proposal for system integration and FFP IDIQ proposal for follow-on production• Lead Cost Plus (CP) program planning and startup for EMD phase of program

Melbourne, Florida, Us

• Develop harmonized tools, processes, and training for Should Cost modeling• Lead enterprise FY18 Annual Operation Plan (AOP) strategy to address $100M in supply chain spend with Should Cost modeling• Lead enterprise FY19 Strategic Growth Plan (SGP) strategy to address $525M in supply chain spend with Should Cost modeling over next 3 years • Brief operations and supply chain senior leadership on enterprise and business unit Should Cost progress• Support engineering and supply chain collaboration efforts in Value Engineering, Product Teardowns, and Early Supplier Engagement

Melbourne, Florida, Us

• Design of 100W multiple input multiple output power supply CCA (Circuit Card Assembly) with digital I2C interface for status and control • Schematic capture using Cadence Allegro and PWB layout support• Test plan development and hands on design verification testing and circuit troubleshooting • Low power switching regulator and linear regulator design and analysis

Columbus, Ohio, Us

• Modeling PCBs using Ansys Q3D Extractor to reduce stray inductance in PCB traces and minimize voltage overshoot on power switching devices (MOSFET, IGBT, etc.)• Modeling and power loss calculations of a bus bar for three phase inverter using Ansys Q3D Extractor • Design and analysis of both planar and traditional transformers using Ansys Maxwell 3D• EMI testing of high power inverter using MIL-STD-461 to complete conducted emissions test• Analysis of common mode noise in power electronics converters• Assembly and circuit troubleshooting of three phase multilevel inverter• Routing and PCB schematic updating using Altium Designer

Orlando, Fl, Us

• Updated CAD wiring models for aircraft deicers and tow bar tractors using Siemens NX 7.5• Deicer joystick failure mode analysis, redesign, and standardization for all deicer models • Updated deicer and tow bar tractor electrical wiring harness schematics

• Assembled, tested, and analyzed high-power bidirectional dc/dc converter for hybrid vehicles • Product management and improving manufacturing techniques for X-90 solar battery charger

Master Of Science (M.S.), Power Electronics

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering