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Cincinnati, Oh

Provided functional management and direction to multiple NPI test instrumentation technology teams, ensuring continual NPI test readiness, on-time technical support and test data quality for assigned GE Aerospace NPI test programs. Ensured needed organizational development and innovative collaboration throughout Test Systems Engineering to support test mission readiness.

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Provided technical and programmatic direction to team developing, designing, and assembling state of the art clearance probes for NPI jet engine development programs. During this time, also served as faculty advisor in GE’s Program Management University

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Led Unison engineering support to the Nacelle Engine Build-Up Kit design, assembly and qualification for the A320 NEO. Mentored Project Managers in program management practice and application.

Cincinnati, Oh

• Managed new product development programs for both integrated command and control shelters, and broadcast trailer markets, with full profit-loss responsibility.• Served as proposal manager for military and commercial new business ventures.• Managed financial health, on-time delivery, technical and contractual statement of work compliance of assigned programs with full profit-loss responsibility.• Briefed financial, delivery and development status of assigned programs, as well as new business opportunities to upper internal management.

Hollister, Ca

• Managed multiple DoD and commercial component development, test, qualification and manufacturing programs.• Interfaced with current and prospective customers to establish present and future requirements, ensure customer satisfaction, product line applicability and competitive edge for future revenue growth• Guided new business development efforts to meet customer needs and associated proposal activities ensuring on time proposal submittal, technical requirement compliance as well as pricing that is both competitive and ensures profitability. • Conducted contract negotiations for proposed programs and contract modifications of existing programs.• Defined structure of new programs by establishing manufacturing approaches, master schedules, labor and material budgets, and personnel assignments. • Managed financial health, on-time delivery, technical and contractual statement of work compliance of assigned programs with full profit-loss responsibility.• Initiated process improvement activities to reduce costs and increase gross margin of key programs.• Briefed financial, delivery and development status of assigned programs, as well as new business opportunities to upper internal management.• Managed assigned program teams ensuring effective communication of program objectives, individual tasking, and timely response to any issues affecting financial health or delivery.• Coordinated with functional organizations and suppliers to provide for support of current program requirements and future growth.

Seattle, Wa

• Served as the first Process Integration Manager for this highly esteemed organization of aircraft service providers• Interfaced with Boeing service providers, airline customers, and key suppliers to establish critical metrics, improvement possibilities and process integration strategy• Assembled the AOG Process Integration Team by hiring and core team members and coordinating additional support from functional organizations.• Structured the first Process Integration Program defining program objectives, master schedules and personnel assignments. • Contributed strategy for initial service offerings by the Boeing-Shanghai MRO startup operation.

Seattle, Wa

• Created and updated strategic roadmap for Maintenance Modification and Repair Technologies R&D Program based on predicted future requirements for 787 airliner and other internal customer organizations as well as the future state of on-going technology development efforts.• Established program objectives, success metrics, master schedules, budgets and resource requirements. • Provided day to day management of a multidiscipline and geographically diverse research and development team.• Briefed program financial and technical status using Earned Value Management to all levels of Boeing management and to internal customer organizations.• Mentored project leads on approaches for leadership of assigned project teams, customer engagement, and driving innovation. • Established and managed capital purchase requirements to support assigned program.• Coordinated with functional organizations for needed team member participation. • Contributed strategy based on research and development activities to Boeing proposal efforts to provide competitive advantage.

Seattle, Wa

• Provided input to program management for strategic road mapping and program planning based on customer requirements and feedback.• Initiated and guided brainstorming sessions as required to identify new approaches to meeting emergent customer needs and long range technology shortfalls. • Defined and tracked project research objectives, milestones metrics. • Managed day to day activities of multi-disciplined project team ensuring progress to defined milestones.• Tracked and reported on project technical and financial status.

Seattle, Wa

• Served as principal investigator on numerous research and development projects delivering patentable and trade secret protected innovation to numerous Boeing programs.• Served as consultant and customer advocate to Boeing programs, special projects and new business development efforts resulting in several special project procurement wins for Boeing totaling in excess of $130 million and resulting numerous requests by DoD personnel for continued participation. • Assembled diverse experiences related to the aerospace industry by supporting structural design and logistics development efforts for major DoD programs.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering

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