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Previously FKI Logistex and Crisplant Inc.Customer Support / Lifecycle Systems Support - 2011 to presentSortation / Major Systems 1999 to 2011Expertise in the areas of organizing, planning, coordinating, and conducting all activities throughout a projects life cycle. Responsible for managing complex and simultaneous world-wide material handling projects from contract receipt through final customer acceptance. Plans and directs activities of multiple engineering resources in the execution of major turnkey systems. Strong reputation in the organization and industry as a team leader with strong communication and interpersonal skills. Routinely presents the corporation to every level of the customers’ organization while looking to the future and building strong partnerships. Consistently maintains accurate financial records that are directly presented on a monthly basis to senior management.

• Responsible for managing the execution of major U.S. Army smoke and obscurants test programs from time of initial funding through issuing of equipment to units in the field. • Coordinated a variety of experimental and investigative activities during U.S. Army development testing, including experimental and evaluative analysis.• Identified alternate methods to obtain test data in a more timely and cost efficient manner.• Worked closely with other U.S. military organizations in developing innovative methods to streamline product development time.• Coordination of joint development program with the British Ministry of Defense resulting in a shared data agreement, thereby reducing total program test costs and schedule implementation.• Routinely presented project design, program status and test plans to senior members of U.S. military organizations.• Liaison responsibilities for environmental and health hazard technical areas.

• Responsibilities included organizing, planning, and coordinating all project activities, and providing quick turn around times for contractor engineering change proposals.• Maintained technical oversight to an U.S. Army chemical defense related production contract totaling more than $6 million.• Re-engineered various obsolete/sole source project parts making them more competitive and producible.