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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.

• 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.

• 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.