Capital Projects Engineering ManagerLead large cross functional teams in the deployment of capital equipment projects and programs. Directs multiple projects as project manager, leading a team of internal staff and external vendors in delivering business solutions.Create project plans to fit stakeholder and customer needs and deliver with-in budget on desired outcomes: full accountability for project results.Define project roles and responsibilities in close collaboration with internal stakeholders, including project scope and objectives to ensure a cross-functional understaning amongst project team members.Perform project tracking through status reports and budgetary reviews; identify risks, potential issues, and track progress against commitmentsLearn from recent projects to identify and recommend improvements, cost savings initiatives, and substitutions to positively impact current and future project budget or schedule.

Lead a team of 12 mechanical and electrical design engineers to develop, test, and deliver a new seating platformManage schedule for design and deliverables to successfully complete Airbus phase gate reviews with passing ratingReduce and track weight and cost to improve sales target and marketability of new seat platformCreate Engineering BOM’s for required program deliverables to conduct design reviews and certification testingAct as engineering liaison during IPT meetings to update status of engineering release for production readiness

Working as a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer at General Dynamics.

Use customer inputs and industrial design team specifications to create a certifiable seat designCreate from scratch, design criteria surfaces based off of industrial design sketches and modelsLead team to design all parts on new seat back video systems and present finalized concept to customerRedesign carbon fiber composite frame to reduce weight, complexity, and failure rate for certificationUse Top Down Design Methodology to design new aircraft seating productsStrong aptitude for new product design and work with surfacing/plastics/compositesIntegrate new materials and manufacturing processes to reduce cost, weight and assembly time.Work directly with industrial design team to design ergonomic and aesthetically pleasing seats.Advanced user in CAD design using advanced surfacing and advanced motion simulation.Pass off completed designs using PLM software to production design teams to begin mass production for customers.Plan, design, schedule, and conduct new component reliability testing and report out results and recommendations.Facilitate DFMA for new product development and report out results.Conducted lean training on new design review process to aid communication pre- and post-meeting.

Lead a team of multidisciplinary design engineers to design a flight worthy Espresso MakerGenerate product design schedule, product specification, and qualification test requirementsCreate, prepare, and modify CAD models and drawings for parts, subassemblies, and top assembliesCreate and build prototype to analyze part selection and conduct endurance testing Design and build functional mock ups for sales/marketing shows and conferencesSustain current products through AS 9100/ISO 9001 proceduresRedesign current products to function for different applications

Developed a foundational understanding of the SAP ledger system to assist in billing processPerformed account reconciliations for multiple accounts Assisted in working on 2008 Florida Audits by creating documents and checking accuracyScanned and Indexed archived files that were to be used in SAP System

Obtained an FAA Secret clearance to work on a FAA/DOD flight analysis projectWorked with a team of engineers to develop technical concepts and parameters for the projectIntegrated Google Maps and Google Sketch Up to construct a virtual 3D model of the projectPreviewed new technology and analyzed usefulness towards team environmentGate Group - Gate Gourmet