Specialties: • The Questions We Ask• Middle Class America, No Minimums• Strategies that give each subaccount a job (rather than just creating a truck load of cash)• A 401k or IRA can be more and do more than a 401k/IRA -- if you know how• Tax Strategies• Risk Reduction Strategies• Saving and Investing for Pre & Post Retirement Goals and Needs

* Wrote Element Level Test Cases and Test Procedures for the next generation of GPS satellites* Managed over 400 Discrepancy Reports (DRs) for a test team of 40 engineers* Prioritized DR work off for planning iterative sprint builds

Monitor progress, productivity, forecast of Software Development.The GPS-OCX satellite system will control 40 satellites. The system has over 11,000 Configuration Item Requirements, and 1.3 million lines of code! * Currently (or I should say once again) writing Analysis and Inspection Reports (AIRs) to verify that requirements have been met -- including all the research that goes into the "analysis"!!!* Created metrics to predict progress of Increment and Segment Integration* Collected and evaluated software metrics and status* Conducted power analysis for over 21 racks of equipment.

The Joint Polar Satellite System will increase output by 5,000% (legacy system only produces 90 GB). JPSS processes 4.5 terabytes of data per day -- from across the globe – creates products and disseminates to multiple countries, for a multitude of uses. • System Engineering, Integration, and Transition (SEIT) Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) Lead: * Calculated over 45 Engineering Estimates and Proposals, per year, valued at over $25M * Liaison between Control Account Managers (CAMs) from 4 engineering disciplines, and 4 other Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to estimate impacts to cost, schedule and resources * Confirmed, updated, and/or created Cost Estimating Relationships (CER) and bid model processes and tools * Improved accuracy and speed of estimates (especially via advanced Excel) by 25% * Briefed senior management on impacts of proposed technical changes and new scope * see http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/jpss/ * Raytheon's JPSS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YuLxfMAZWc&app=desktop * NASA Missions: http://npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/jpss.html * How Satellites Predict Weather: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fANl8nUvDz4

The GPS-OCX satellite system will control 30 satellites. The system has over 11,000 Configuration Item Requirements, and 1.3 million lines of code! • System Engineering, Integration, and Test (SEIT) Metrics Lead: * Delivered organization, accuracy, consistency and 100% on time monthly delivery * Created “Requirements Management Tool” which cut time for leaders to access their data by over 100% * Cut data collection time by 30% * Coordinated and performed monthly trend assessment of 15+ metrics from 20+ team leads; e.g. requirements volatility * Assisted Program Engineer in facilitating monthly internal metrics review• Board Chair for SE Working Process Group; e.g. over 70 SE work instructions, enablers, desk instructions etc. • Managed SE Management Plan as the primary process document for managing technical effort, all engineering disciplines: * Extreme liaison effort with over 30 Subject Matter Experts to update the SEMP, governing over 500 engineers http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/rtnwcm/groups/gallery/documents/digitalasset/rtn_198018.pdf

• Designed and implemented the “Mission Experience Library and Network (MEL)” (a software tool): a corporate wide approach to improve investment efficiency by gaining mission and requirements understanding though overtly leveraging the expertise of Raytheon Intelligence Agency and military veterans; * Oversaw six upgrades of MEL’s software * In 2009 MEL assisted nearly $6 billion in new business opportunities. • Created “Mission Context Engagement (MCE)” as an approach to gain mission understanding of requirements from/with customers (works at any point in life cycle, is scalable and customizable)• Arranged dialogs with Customers/End Users; i.e. webinars, and national symposiums • Led a team of key engineers to develop an enterprise process “Mission Understanding Thread” – to exceed requirements and enhance the mission (without scope creep) • Repeatedly mapped current state, to develop and implement improvements

Human Factors / End-User Experience Enthusiast / Business Analyst support to BDMsLiaison between engineers, business development, and customers/end-users of our products/services. My goal is to elicit requirements from users, but to ensure we not only meet those requirements, but also enhance the capability of the end-user. Believe it or not, those two things are not always in synch! This work frequently involves the creation or modification of a Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and translating end user requirements into engineering speak. It also touches on Human Factors Engineering (HFE) and Human Systems Integration (HSI).

• Research & Development for environmental monitoring & prediction for Africa & Arctic continents• Quantified and engaged over 20 new customers/opportunities world wide• Identified capabilities/solutions and coordinated collaboration between 6 business units • Conducted market research and created strategic plans See an article at:www.raytheon.com/news/technology_today/archive/2011_i2.pdfAn example report on this complex topic is at: http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/071105_ageofconsequences.pdf

Raytheon does not use the DMAIC model but rather our own six steps:VisualizeCommitPrioritizeCharacterizeImproveAchieveSome personal examples:• Led cross Business teams in “Military Think Tanks (MTT)” to leverage user experience to understand their requirements; resulted in additional $17 million in annual bookings plan – with a new customer in a new market (MTT received corporate award) • Led analysis that reduced software bid estimate errors by 69% – improving probability of winning contracts • Coached and qualified 21 Six Sigma Specialists; trained over 100 people in numerous training sessions

* Improvements: * Led corporate level team to developed improvements for contract closure across all functional departments * Reduced turn-around-time of repairs by 27% in 4 months * 100% on time delivery for the past 26 consecutive months * Participated in CCB/ERB for FLIR, and F-16 and Modular Mission Computer assembly* Coordinated customer repairs, retrofits, recalls, upgrades, and production requirements planning

Forward looking infrared (FLIR) is an imaging technology that senses infrared radiation. Since FLIRs use detection of thermal energy to create the "picture" assembled for the video output, they can be used to help pilots and drivers steer their vehicles at night, and in fog, or detect warm objects against a cold background when it is completely dark (such as a cloudy, moonless night). The wavelength of infrared that FLIRs detects differs significantly from that of Night vision, which operates in the visible light and near infrared ranges.* Efficiency Gains: * Delivered prototypes for the Predator UAV (Unmanned Air Vehicle in 1st Gulf War) * Lead Mfg. Eng. for largest contract within product line ($104 mil/18 month project) * Achieved and maintained 100% on-time-delivery (increased previous production rates by 33% per month)* Conducted daily production team meeting, coordinated, monitored and resolved part shortages and the flow of product See also http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/mts/

Steel fabrication of Heat Recovery Steam Generators

Inspected road and bridge construction, installation of water and sewer lines, sewer rehabilitation, et al.

M60A3 and M1A1 Abrams Tank, West Germany, also served as Training NCOM1A2 Abrams Tank in Fort Riley, KS also served in battalion S2 (Security and Intelligence)

81mm Mortar FDC, Wayne, NEM48 and M60A1 tanks, McCook, NEM109 SP Howitzer FDC, Yankton, SDDemolitions Specialist, Rapid City, SD