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Carlsbad, California, United States

• Responsible for management of FAA, EASA, and CAAC Engineering Certification Projects to install and deliver satellite communications systems and equipment for in-flight Wi-Fi airline connectivity.• Provide direct program management (scope, change control, risk management, close out and reporting) to support commercial airline customers, including United, Delta, Sichuan, and EL AL Israel Airlines.• Manage work and communications between internal and external team members, including customers, subcontractors, and regulatory agencies to meet program deliverables. • Ensure technical requirements for the integration of satellite communications equipment on aircraft platforms meet industry specifications and are verified through the requisite ground and in-flight tests prior to returning to flight.

• Manage medium to large international proposal efforts strategic to the businesses growth and success.• Develop proposal schedules, task volume owners, and manage the proposal process from RFP receipt through submission.• Brief senior management and executive leadership on key proposal products prior to customer submission.

Poway, Ca

• Conceptualized and established the Customer Engagement Division within Strategic Business Development (Global Marketing & Sales Group) at GA-ASI.• Developed processes, workflow, tools (SharePoint), resources and charter for a new, fully functioning division in support of corporate strategic growth objectives. • Lead and manage Customer Engagement division and staff of four responsible for curating and managing all domestic and international customer engagements, strategic events, and flight and aircraft demonstrations.• Set protocol and standards for international customer visits, including UK, France, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.• Manage special projects on behalf of the CEO and SVP of Strategic Development; including o Intranet Manager – manage daily communications and content for GA-ASI homepage, managed two intranet redesigns; including scope, schedule, stakeholder communications, and delivery. Improved user interface and employee communications by implementing taxonomy standards and homepage slider.o Quality Management System SME – identify procedural vacancies within Strategic Development; task authors, stakeholders and schedule reviews for establishing new GA-ASI procedures; institutionalized three corporate-wide procedures to date.o Microsoft Dynamics CRM SME – Acted as tiger team lead to integrate sales force and customer relationship networks into government cloud.o Policy Improvement – Within Strategic Development, identified outdated policies, research applicable laws and regulations, and rewrote department policy. Briefed CEO and senior leadership on revisions, resulting in corporate-wide CEO memorandums and policy addendums.

Poway, Ca

• Supported the management and construction of GA-ASI’s Flight Test & Training Center in Grand Forks, ND; $30M capital project, built 16,000 sq.ft. of flight operations and training space. o Ran daily stand-ups, developed and managed work breakdown structure (WBS) and project schedule, monitored and tracked progress for all support organizations: Facilities, Contracts, Finance, Capital Assets, IT, Security, and HR. o Project successfully completed on time and budget in early 2017.• Designed and managed grand opening ceremony, attended by over 120 individuals, including speaking engagements conducted by Senator Hoeven, Congressman Cramer and Governor Dalrymple.

Greater Seattle Area

• Managed multiple facility and tenant improvements projects for Boeing manufacturing plants ($1k - $5M).o Worked with stakeholders to identify, validate, and document project requirements and deliverables, including construction, network, mechanical, and electrical.o Developed work breakdown structures (WBS), Microsoft Project schedules, and financial execution plans.o Managed projects and resources to support critical path objectives while assessing trade-offs, mitigating risks and optimizing savings opportunities.o Delivered completed all projects on or ahead of schedule ensuring implementation met established quality, cost, and regulatory requirements.• Hand-picked by Boeing Leadership to support 777X new prototype wing development facility, $3M project.o Facility was used to build and test new prototype composite wings for the 777X, Boeing’s latest-long-range, wide-body commercial aircraft.

Greater Seattle Area

• Collaborated with project managers and senior leadership to effectively develop and implement the process standardization of major project reporting.o Standardization was implemented site-wide for all projects >$10M, increasing program review efficiency allowing for an additional 20% of project reviews. • Worked within a matrixed organization to collect, analyze, assess and report on project performance reviews to Boeing leadership. Developed, documented, and tracked remediation/mitigation plans.• Collected, analyzed, and reported on quantitative earned value metrics (EVMS) to identify project risks, issues, and/or opportunities.

Greater San Diego Area

• Managed and led four separate professional services teams in support of US Navy (SPAWAR) and US Air Force (Air Education and Training Command) programs.• Hired, developed, trained, and managed staff of 20 personnel.• Reported individual project status, issues, business trends, and impacts to senior management.• Achieved maximum profitability on individual programs by closely monitoring profitability variables, managing budgets, and taking corrective actions when necessary.• Maintained successful working relationships with customers and staff by providing focused relationship management; increased customer satisfaction ratings on CPARS. • Managed bid and proposal efforts, responded to request for proposals (RFP). Served as primary interface with senior management, technical staff, subcontractors, contracts and pricing.• Participated in Annual Operating Planning process by forecasting department and program budgets.

Greater San Diego Area

• Managed, monitored, and controlled program master schedule & financials for the Pfizer Global Research & Development Information Technology Transformation Program ($27M).• Project completed under budget and ahead of schedule, effectively transferring or closing all required IT systems in order to close down three Pfizer R&D facilities. • Coordinated project schedules with internationally located colleagues and senior management to ensure the successful and timely delivery to Pfizer Global Research & Development.• Planned, implemented, analyzed, and reported on 50 integrated program/project schedules.• Monitored and maintained each project and resource loaded network (RLN) through program delivery, ensuring RLNs were complete, compliant, and reflective of the actual execution status.• Worked with finance to develop cost analysis, completion estimates, and analyze earned value.• Provided weekly, monthly and ad hoc status reporting for Pfizer and SAIC.

Greater San Diego Area

• Operated the C4I Program Management Office (PMO) by providing contract & account management for the US Navy (SPAWAR Systems Center); managed eight contracts valued at a total of $242M. • Integrated functions and activities of the staff necessary to accomplish contract execution. • Developed methodologies and disciplines to improve business processes within the PMO; ensuring that all proposals submitted on or ahead of scheduled due date.• Managed multiple, weekly competitive proposals by directing the project team and coordinating proposal scheduling, pricing, basis of estimate (BOE), writing, editing, and submission. • Experienced with government contracting process, FARS, DFARS, and DCMA regulations and practices.• Served as primary contact with internal & external cross-functional staff and customers to ensure contract compliance, provide issue resolution, and manage deliverables.

Master'S Of Science Degree, Information Systems

Bachelor'S Of Business Administration Degree, Marketing