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Monrovia, California, United States

North Hollywood

Directed daily operations for Special Processing (Thermal Processing and Paint Shop), Assembly, Check and Straighten, Fabrication, and Lip Skin Production areas. Efficiently led production of sheet metal, machined details and assemblies for OEM aerospace companies including Boeing, Lockheed, Airbus, UTAS, ULA, Raytheon, Honeywell and Gulfstream.Operations Leadership – Consistently ensured on-time delivery, top quality, enhanced productivity of 10% and continuous improvements to meet – and often exceed – performance goals.Safety – Delivered sustained Zero Reportable Incidents for optimal employee safety for a year. Conducted 5Ys for any accident investigations focused on environmental, health and safety of personnel.Staff Leadership – Proactive in cross-training, on-going education and pursuit of certifications to foster personal growth and performance for teams.

North Hollywood, California

Capably led programs for the production of sheet metal assemblies for Lockheed, Airbus, UTAS, ULA, Raytheon, Honeywell, Gulfstream, and Embraer.Production Management – Well-organized and detail-oriented leader for planning, scheduling and successful delivery of products customized to client specifications in the contract including delivery date and quality special requests.Program Manager – Successfully built and delivered missile fuselage meeting payment and delivery schedule.Client Liaison – Key contact with the customer for all contracts, legal issues, manufacturing and supply chain. Proactive in identifying areas of opportunity for new business with clients.Product Reviews - Presented annual program reviews with status of all deliveries, quality, shop capacity, any particular issues and recommendations for correction of sub-par situations.

North Hollywood, California

Directed the Revolutionary Approach to Time Critical Long-Range Strike (RATTLRS) Program with oversight of design, build, and final production.Production Management – Led build of three complete welded fuselage assemblies from Inconel 718 and 625 with machined and sheet metal details as part of Engineering Team between Lockheed Martin Skunk Works design team and Klune’s.Integrated Team Lead – Delivered onsite and offsite project leadership to Integrated Product Team (IPT) with oversight of Engineering, Quality, Production Control, and Manufacturing to ensure product quality, on-time delivery and within budget costing and control.

Costa Mesa, California, United States And North Hollywood, California

Managed planning, Production control and safety for the production of the 727, DC-9, and 737 Thrust Reverser Stage 3 Hush Kits with oversight of staffing and resource allocation to support manufacturing and repair programs.Production Control Leadership – Capably led daily operations for issuance, processing and tracking of purchase orders, generation of bills of materials and shop routings to generate the Part Master File data.Collaboration – Ensured interface with Production, Engineering and Quality Control to resolve any production issues and collaborated with Engineering to achieve FAA Part Manufacturing Authority on replacement parts for MD80, DC-9 and 737 aircraft.Safety – Ensured optimal employee safety and conducted accident investigations focused on environmental, health and safety of personnel.Client Relations – Communicated with clients for cost estimates, quotations or status reports.Efficiently managed research, development, and FAA Certification and production for Boeing 737 Thrust Reverser Stage 3 Hush Kits with oversight of data entry and maintenance of Part Master Data and Bill of Materials.Production Control – Established sequential order for shop routings in collaboration with engineering and production staff. Developed and maintained shop routings for details and assemblies, generated purchase orders, and collaborated with vendors to resolve any issues to meet production requirements.Certification Packages – Led compilation of certification packages for 1st article and FAA Part Manufacturing Authority.

Downey, California, United States And El Segundo, Callifornia

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