James Brown Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Agile Team Technical Lead for Tooling Maintenance- Responsible for scrum meetings, JIRA items, and PI Planning- Developing Functional Specs and Conversion Documents

• Leader of Production Risk and Opportunity Management Board• Manage monthly Production Operations Performance Management metrics and analysis for three manufacturing sites and four major programs• Leader of Process Mapping initiative for Aero Functions• Leader or 2022 Capital and Indirect Cost Budgeting Process for Production Operations

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Manage Strategic Initiatives and Operations Excellence Projects in support of production rate increases

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Six Sigma Black Belt - Training Wave 103Process and Quality Improvement projects in Integrated Operations.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Utilizing project management and Lean 6-Sigma continuous improvement techniques to lead offload manufacturing and plant transition projects to on-time and on-budget completion.Strategic Planning • Developing Strategic Capacity Plan for all Bell Helicopter Facilities in North America. • Created current state analysis with expected life of facilities, assets and infrastructure. • Created Risk Scores for individual assets and prioritized replacement / upgrade plan. Analytics• Developing predictive maintenance program utilizing data from NC machines via Freedom interface.• Optimizing spares management to reduce inventory holding costs.• Analyzing machine utilization to increase through put.Warehouse Consolidation and Optimization, $4.1 M Budget, 15 month timeline• Reduced warehouse space from 700k sq ft to 340k sq ft. • Rework of existing warehouse and acquisition of an adjacent space• $10 million annual operating savings. • Pick rate improved 10%• Supervised 35 union personnel for duration of warehouse consolidation.Operations, Production, and Process Improvement • Created Blue Streak manufacturing line for part rework and one-off production. $900,000 budget resulting in estimated $1.5 million annual savings.• Improved tool obsolescence process and reduced tool storage from 100,000 unique part numbers down to 45,000 in 15 months.• Developed outsource tool repair program utilizing underrepresented/minority/veteran companies.• Lead individual V-22 cost reduction initiative projects that modified existing designs to reduce production costs, installation times, and improve durability.• Developed and tracked metrics/key performance indicators• Business case development for product/process improvement projects.

Arlington, Tx

Major: Operations Management Minor: Decision Science, Operations ResearchDissertation Title: Effects of Operations and Innovation Strategy Fit on Company PerformanceStatistical analyses utilized: Cluster Analysis, Regression, ANOVA, CART, Network Analysis, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)Software Used: SAS, Stata, R, SPSS, Programing Languages Used: Python, Java, SQL, and Matlab

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Managed entire new product introduction process from initial concept creation through product launch which included customer design reviews, prototyping, functional testing, process and manufacturing layout, supplier selection, and transition into full rate production. Responsible for ensuring product meets design requirements, cost targets, and launch date through effective management of schedule, project risk, and budget. Daily customer contact to ensure customer satisfaction and expand business relationship. Responsible for project portfolio of combined budgets of $2.5 million.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Manage staff in US office (15) and in Hyderabad, India (35) to complete offshore work for Vought Aircraft. Responsible for developing and meeting recovery plan to regain customer confidence, assuring technical design of composite and aircraft assembly tooling met Vought requirements. Responsible for tracking and reporting burn rate to Butler management. Process redesign of engineering workflow to reduce cycle time and reduce mistakes. Designed parts for AAL wing tip using Catia V5 when project needed extra design support.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Lead special projects with up to 7 engineers to design mechanical equipment used to service/construct F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for the Department of Defense through Lockheed Martin. Identify customer objectives and develop comprehensive technical specifications. Create and execute project plans. Prepare technical and project documentation, to include Statements of Work, testing scenarios, RFPs, project schedules, and interface control materials. Oversee equipment and parts procurement as well as ongoing production. Design support equipment using Catia V4 from initial concept to final assembly drawings.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Designed tubing and duct assemblies and details as well as liaison support for fluid/electrical systems in F-16, F/A-22, and F-35 using Catia V4, and PDM. Analyzed defects to identify root causes and to resolve production/design problems. Managed project schedules to ensure on-time delivery of high-quality systems. •Served as technical design expert on Autonomic Logistics team supporting F-35 weight reduction; prepared comprehensive reliability and performance analyses and weight change impact assessments. •Redesigned duct assembly design that facilitated use of single-bent duct that slashed lead times from 6 months to 3 weeks.•Redesigned main weapons bay systems routing for F/A-22

Fort Worth, Tx And Schwabisch Hall, Germany

Directed five person team in all aspects of engineering, production, procurement, contract management, and after-market initiatives for aircraft seat program. Served as technical representative at client design and quality reviews/inspections. Managed actions required from client review process to ensure high-quality resolution within specified time constraints. Created service bulletins for field operations.

Greater Seattle Area

Design aircraft structural parts using Catia V4.Analyzed repaired parts for safety and remaining service life by hand calculations and FEA analysis.

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

Conducted lab experiments to verify software predictions for crash damage to DOE cargo.

Greater Chicago Area

Designed and conducted heat transfer experiments for Advanced Photon Source emergency beam shut-down system.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Operations Management And Operations Research

Dissertation Title: Effects of Operations and Innovation Strategy Fit on Company Performance

Mba, Finance

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Education record