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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.

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.

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.

• 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.