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Kansas City, Mo, Us

United States

Independence, Missouri, United States

Currently serving as a Staff Engineer for the Cab Electronics group, as well as for the PowerView product line.

Overland Park, Ks

Currently manage program activities for the Family of Systems (VORTAC) contract, acting as the primary interface and point of contact with the customer (USAF). Responsibilities include managing program deliverables in accordance with customer's program schedule, preparing/presenting periodic status internally and externally, meeting with the customer via teleconference and face-to-face, addressing customer issues as they arise, identifying additional work and preparing change orders, managing… Show more Currently manage program activities for the Family of Systems (VORTAC) contract, acting as the primary interface and point of contact with the customer (USAF). Responsibilities include managing program deliverables in accordance with customer's program schedule, preparing/presenting periodic status internally and externally, meeting with the customer via teleconference and face-to-face, addressing customer issues as they arise, identifying additional work and preparing change orders, managing program risks, and forecasting program costs. Show less

Lenexa, Kansas

Served as Senior Project Manager, leading several engineering development projects simultaneously from concept through production. This position involved coordination of multiple engineering disciplines across several locations, as well as continual contact with internal supply chain and operations in the U.S. and internationally. This position included regular communication with customers of every product being developed.

Independence, Mo

Served as project manager for the Electrical Systems department, leading multiple R&D NPI projects for N. American and International customers from concept through initial production. This position involved coordination of multiple engineering teams, as well as continual interaction with suppliers and customers.

Led many cross-functional R&D project teams (from 10-50 people each) to add and update hardware and firmware in the ElectroLogIXS, GE's flagship railroad signaling and crossing controller, as well as the VHLC, EC4, and EL-1A, GE's mature interlocking and signaling products. These additions and modifications enhanced GE's railroad signaling product portfolio to assist in capturing long-term purchase agreements with several of the major North American freight railroads, as well as contracts… Show more Led many cross-functional R&D project teams (from 10-50 people each) to add and update hardware and firmware in the ElectroLogIXS, GE's flagship railroad signaling and crossing controller, as well as the VHLC, EC4, and EL-1A, GE's mature interlocking and signaling products. These additions and modifications enhanced GE's railroad signaling product portfolio to assist in capturing long-term purchase agreements with several of the major North American freight railroads, as well as contracts with major railroads in South America. In the past several years my team applied transactional lean to our organizational software development process and was able to cut development time by 30% using prototyping, iterative development, and an independent test team. Show less

Led global cross-functional R&D engineering team to add functionality to the VHLC (a safety-critical railroad signaling programmable logic controller) that included a 4-month UK bubble assignment to manage a CMM Level 3 and CENELEC 50128 software development effort, completing project ahead of schedule with two-thirds the planned budget, and enabling company to meet contractual obligations with a North American transit agency. Also led global R&D engineering team to develop the Logic… Show more Led global cross-functional R&D engineering team to add functionality to the VHLC (a safety-critical railroad signaling programmable logic controller) that included a 4-month UK bubble assignment to manage a CMM Level 3 and CENELEC 50128 software development effort, completing project ahead of schedule with two-thirds the planned budget, and enabling company to meet contractual obligations with a North American transit agency. Also led global R&D engineering team to develop the Logic Station software package used to create/update applications for the VHLC and ElectroLogIXS railroad signaling products. Piloted several process improvement initiatives, leveraging a new electronic peer review process and an enhanced top-down safety approach to simplify transactions between geographically separated team members. Show less

Responsible for management of several projects, for software process improvement initiatives that contributed to the organization achieving CMM Level 2, and for compiling development documentation and safety analysis for the VHLC Safety Case to CENELEC certify the VHLC in the UK (50126, 50128, etc.). Also responsible for adding functionality, including new communication protocols, to various VHLC code system software packages and the VHLC application logic simulator. Developed all software for… Show more Responsible for management of several projects, for software process improvement initiatives that contributed to the organization achieving CMM Level 2, and for compiling development documentation and safety analysis for the VHLC Safety Case to CENELEC certify the VHLC in the UK (50126, 50128, etc.). Also responsible for adding functionality, including new communication protocols, to various VHLC code system software packages and the VHLC application logic simulator. Developed all software for the Harmon Switch Controller. Show less

Responsible for design, implementation, and test of hand-held GPS products and Boeing 777 satellite communications test software.

Responsible for design, implementation, and test of F-111 aircraft navigation software using MIL-STD-2167 based development process.

Responsible for design, implementation, and test of Trident II submarine navigation software using MILSTD-2167 based development process.