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Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska

Order processing for a telecomm customer.

Anchorage, Alaska Area

• Created Control Philosophies and Narratives, Engineering and Construction Scopes of Work.• Participated in procurement of materials. Worked with vendors to choose best-fit instruments and equipment.• Developed and tracked Material Requisition schedules to ensure materials arrived on schedule.• Designed discipline project scopes and budgets. Tracked progress and managed hours.• Created comprehensive instrument and equipment tracking database for project & client use.• Assisted in the creation of client instrument specifications and Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams.• Specified instruments and created datasheets. Determined PLC requirements.• Revised Cause & Effect Diagrams and Truth Tables.

Anchorage, Alaska

• Managed and oversaw multi-disciplined project teams from FEL-2 through Detail Design.• Defined scope, schedule, and budgets for client proposals. Developed Project Execution Plans.• Coordinated with engineering and design leads to write successful bid proposals for projects.• Oversaw client program, managing contract compliance and non-project deliverables.• Managed project schedules. Developed PERT and man-loaded Gantt charts.• Managed project budgets, proactively intervened to ensure CPI remained in established parameters.• Negotiated project change notices for scope, schedule, and budget changes.• Maintained project documentation per client and internal quality requirements.• Chaired project meetings. Designed and implemented project communication plans.• Developed project recovery plans to restart halted projects or address major scope changes.• Cultivated business relationships. Collaborated with client to revise business cases as projects progressed.• Coached project specialists to take over program coordination.• Established and oversaw project risk management plans to mitigate schedule and budget risk.

Anchorage, Alaska

• Prepared and published project and work order status reports on a weekly basis.• Formulated Project Management and Controls budgets.• Monitored project hours to ensure projects stayed within budget.• Tracked deliverables and action items to ensure they were completed on schedule.• Prepared project change notices for project scope changes and trends.• Administered the day-to-day activities of the project. Participated in client meetings.• Drafted reports and project plans. • Coordinated deliverable packages. Reviewed deliverables prior to issue.• Ensured all review comments were addressed in final issued packages.

• Engineered Phase Lock Loop (PLL) for multiple generations of the Xbox 360 CPU.• Designed and analyzed circuitry used for a programmable cascaded PLL design.• Analyzed and designed the I/Q clock path between the PLL and the IO. This work required close collaboration with team members to ensure an integrated whole.• Served on the organizational committee and participated in the internal IBM PLL design conference.• Created test plans and managed testing schedules.• Tested power supplies and power subsystems for low-end and midrange servers. • Conducted function tests of prototype equipment. Patents/Publications:• US7173482: CMOS Regulator for Low Headroom Applications (Katherine Lobb)• CN11188421A: Method and Apparatus for Distributing Charge Pump Current and Voltage for PLL Circuits. (US patent pending.)