Gary Stephens Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

Lewisville, TX

• Work with program management and sales during project bid phase to ensure adequate engineering budgets are requested.
• Generated drawing lists, budgets and schedules to ensure that all project milestones are met.
• Created tracking tools to capture technical percent complete of engineering drawings based on allocated budget over the project duration to ensure engineering drawings aren’t critical path.
• Perform yearly performance reviews based on company goals and objectives.
• Hold weekly department meetings to discuss ongoing training, current project, bidding projects and general company status.

Dallas, TX

• Manage the day to day activities between the Stress, Mechanical, Electrical, Systems Engineering groups on a 747-8 aircraft VVIP interior completion project.
• Responsible for coordinating all engineering support for our various Outside Vendors to ensure the project stays on schedule and we maintain continuity between AAC and its OSV’s.
• Work with operations, planning and supply chain to ensure engineering is released and all long lead items are purchased to be on the floor when operations is ready to start work.
• Work with the engineering leads to establish proper engineering budgets and engineering release schedules that support the overall project schedule through delivery.
• Managed all engineering disciplines from the ITCM meeting through Initial Release of all drawings on an Airbus A330 aircraft.
• Developed SOW’s for Vendors.

Austin, TX

• Indianapolis Jet Center – Lead Mechanical Designer on a complete Challenger 601 aircraft interior engineering package from assembly to installation.
• Provided all levels of liaison coverage for the completion center during build and installation into the aircraft and into final FAA approvals.
• Worked closely with Certification, DER’s and DAR to help Indy Jet acquire their first Interior STC.
• Worked on the modeling effort for the A321 Aircraft structure.

Denton, TX

• Duties included reviewing and coordination of sales orders with production and vendors for all models of the 379, 387, 362 to ensure all requested components were compatible; drive shaft lengths and angles; tire and.

• Lead Designer – Challenger – Created 3d models of various cabinets; Galley; Wardrobe Closets Fwd / Aft; Side ledges; Divan end cabinet. Liaison engineering during construction and installation phase to maintain.
• Responsible for reviewing all concept drawings from the designer for accuracy.