John Cino Email & Phone Number

Palo Alto, Ca.

For that last 6 years I have been moved into various management roles with the intent of bringing under-performing departments to efficient, high functioning, highly collaborative groups. My success in turning around these groups is evident in the confidence SSL management has in continuing this practice.My current role is managing a group of Responsible Engineers for the overall mechanical structural design of the spacecraft. This assignment was specifically targeted at improving on-time performance of engineering deliverables and facilitating cross-functional training and promoting an agile workforce across the department. I have been successful, so far, in achieving a 63% improvement in on-time performance and a significant improvement in cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders in both the design/product development phase as well as the manufacturing customers. I’ve also been able to increase the internal communication, morale, and sense of accountability with my direct reports. Much of this success was driven through implementation of new communication, scheduling, and reporting tools, developing metrics, increasing transparency, and automating functions while increasing autonomy and innovation. I am also responsible for managing manpower needs and forecasting, scheduling resources and project schedules, assessing/managing risks and conflicts, and continuous improvement.In addition to my management role, I continue to lead and contribute to many cross-functional improvement projects within the company. Some of these include developing a visual management board for engineering, an enterprise level scheduling process, and new product development. This is typically done through techniques such as Agile/Scrum, brainstorming, etc.

Palo Alto, Ca

Manage a group of mechanical engineers in the development and design of the highest performing satellite antennas on the market. This is expected to be a short term assignment to help organize the group and foster collaboration with other department. Responsibilities include:-cross-functional collaboration meetings to improve concurrent design processes-Use of Microsoft Project in creating a standard workflow that incorporates cost and manpower forecasts as well as scheduling-Managing a diverse group of engineers at various levels of experience and ability, motivating them and providing tools to achieve their highest performance-Using Pro-Engineer (3D CAD) and Teamcenter (PLM) software to review and approve engineering-coordinate walk-in work from other internal departments-managed both flight equipment design and procurement along with environmental and RF test tooling design

Manage a section of Engineers responsible for the mechanical configuration, component layout, and interconnect design of commercial satellites. This includes:- Facilitating several very complex multi-discipline design projects simultaneously- Fostering collaboration and new ideas while maintaining the extremely high reliability required in the satellite industry- chosen to work on several enterprise level improvement teams including schedule integrity and formal mentoring-Manage cost account and schedule for multiple projects simultaneously: earned value, manpower forecasts, NRE and RE cost management-Experience with DFM, DFMEA, BOM management, yellow belt projects

Palo Alto, Ca

Initially assigned to help develop a new spacecraft platform. When that project ended after a year, my main role was a Responsible Engineer on many satellite projects over the years. This required me to oversee a satellite's overall mechanical design which included payload component layout, interconnect design, engineering generation and release, and assembly oversight from the lowest modules to the top level assembly. I would generally lead a team of up to 3 other engineers in the effort and hold weekly meetings to collaborate with all other subsystems. The responsibility in this role covered all aspects of the project, from schedule to budget to quality assurance.

El Segundo, Ca.

Mba, Managing Innovation

Activities and Societies: Finance Connexion - Inter-Network Council

Bs, Aeronautical Engineering