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Melbourne, Fl, Us

Palm Bay, Florida, United States

Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States

Melbourne, Florida, United States

• Lead development and production programs supporting DoD contracts averaging $3M.• Developed and implemented processes and incorporated project management principles, reducing cost of poor quality by 53% and improved quality and efficiency of EAC and quarterly reporting of project and business financials.• Led rapid-turnaround $6.1M contract, supplying MIL std structural system, in support of DoD urgent need (8 months from a new design).• Rebuilt the supply base and procurement strategy, resulting in 12% cost reduction across all products, including significant mechanical and structural content.• Leading an active contract with NASA to provide, as the first line of defense, identification and tracking of drones and other airborne targets at Kennedy Air Force Base.

Houston, Texas Area

• Provided Project Management, Operations, and Financial consulting services.• Developed and implemented cost control and financial reporting procedures, standardized project proposal methods and tools to improve the quality of proposals. • Developed business plans addressing actions to improve operations, recommended investments in equipment and infrastructure, and refocused sales strategy to achieve desired growth target of 40% in 2

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Led specialty chemical company engaged in mining, oil/gas, and construction, establishing $10M annual revenue within first year and managed team of 6 direct reports.• Built infrastructure, including construction of storage, blending, and loading terminals, to support annual sales growth from $4M to $10M within 2 years.• Achieved a 96%+ operational success rate for the delivery of products via rail, barge, and tanker truck to move over 10MM gallons of chemical annually to customers including US Steel, Dominion Energy, and Duke Energy.• Designed, built, and tested custom, mechanical product application tools and systems for application of product to permit companies to comply with new OSHA standards. Achieved sales growth of 100% in 1 year.• Served as organization’s main Capture Lead. Responsible for analyzing construction market, defining product and technology roadmaps, supporting field sales, tradeshows, and other events.• Implemented cost coding to permit cost tracking, financial forecasting, and profitability analysis.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Defined scope and managed construction projects for midstream compressor stations and pipelines, including site construction, remediation and storm water management, and road construction and repair. • Designed a financial system including processes and metrics to improve consistency and predictability of all financials all for the PA office.• Led the procurement / contracts / subcontracts manager functions to issue and manage all PO’s, invoices, and authored and negotiated subcontracts and master service agreements (MSAs). • Served as the road bonds and permitting manager to obtain and manage all required permits with the DOT and local towns, holding regular meetings with officials, and as the civil and regulatory permitting manager to oversee the inventory of permits for all compressor stations and pipelines, achieving timely closeout of permits to minimize costs.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Led the proposal team through preparation and negotiations of a $420MM contract to perform system integration for a Positive Train Control system for MTA, resulting in contract award.• Managed subcontracts for major integration partners with values exceeding $200M. Created business case to replace under-performing partner during the early stages of the project that saved the project $5M. • Managed 10 team members, including those engaged in quality control and project scheduling/administration, and an additional 40-member large matrixed team.• Developed the WBS resulting in an integrated, cost-loaded schedule that supported Earned Value Management.• Implemented a single / common communication and document management system for all stakeholders, utilizing SharePoint.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Delivered a first-of-a-kind project for the replacement of a feed ring inside the steam generators at the Surry Nuclear Station. Led the project throughout its complete lifecycle and delivered on schedule and with an 11% improvement of profit margino Included construction of a full-scale mock-up of a steam generator at the plant to perform the work scope and prove out all installation and safety procedures prior to performing the work during the outage on site.• Led the proposal and negotiations for a large international contract, resulting in a $136M contract award spanning 4 years.• Designed and led the Project Office for nuclear plant design, build and maintenance, establishing project plans, work breakdown structure, baseline scheduling and cost structure compliant with DOE requirements for a $2BUSD nuclear reactor design & build program (SMR).• Implemented staffing plan and mentored over 20 direct reports including project managers, scheduling, cost/accounting, safety, and quality. Authored project plan for the SMR program and managed the proposal to the DOE to secure $500M funding for the program.• Improved the success rate for commercial viability of R&D investment by 150% through the development and implementation of a detailed stage gate evaluation and management process for R&D projects (including 4 criteria, 9 stages, with 3 stage gates). • Managed an $8MUSD government-funded program to create a simulated nuclear reactor environment in collaboration with five national laboratories, five universities, a utility partner, and multiple consultants.• Developed procedures and performed training, at the group and project levels, for integrated project scheduling and earned value management.

Managed DOD contracts to design and build electric propulsion system and propulsion control system software for the DDG1000 Destroyer, Contracted with Northrup Grumman and Raytheon for $180M for the propulsion system and $5M for the control software. The software was mission critical and USN platform that would be applied across future ship buildsImproved or maintained, as appropriate, project margin by effectively implementing a project structure that satisfied EVMS standards. Led subcontractor procurement and managed subcontractors after selection, including vendor response management, evaluation and selection, and contract management.Created, received DOD approval for, and implemented a contractor selection process.Developed a standardized WBS on a company-wide basis as a leader on the SAP deployment team

Coordinated all aspects of projects from the bid/proposal, execution, through close out in accordance with contract and business requirements. Delivered all projects on schedule and on budget. Projects included $120M+ contract with Kawasaki Rail Car to design and manufacture a propulsion system for 162 commuter railcars for New City Transit Authority. Equipment included traction inverters, motor and gear sets, regenerative brake resistors, and control software.Lead the interface with headquarters in Montreal after Bombardier purchase of US operations from Daimler Chrysler to ensure execution of internal working agreement for bids and proposals was seamless.Utilized six sigma tools and methods to lean manufacturing on projects to control costs, increase throughput, reduce injury/fatigue, and improve quality.Lead the drives organization that designed and built large traction motors and gear units for the transit and rail industries. Organization consisted of 3 external manufacturing facilities in PA, NY, OH with over 100 people and 12 direct reports serving in engineering, quality, and admin.Redesigned the supply base/solution for internally designed and externally manufactured products, utilizing license and supply agreements and outsourcing. Moved all production from company-controlled manufacturing to third party’s in 14 months while achieving 100% delivery for all customer orders.Transferred low profit scope to 3rd party via license agreement, sold manufacturing facilities and/or equip to existing suppliers to assume full production of equipment while locking in long term exclusive supply agreements with fixed pricing.

Mba, Strategic Planning, Finance

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Epsilon Pi