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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Responsible for program execution, financial profit/loss performance, strategic planning, internal investment, new business development, and customer and supplier relationships for Northrop's high energy laser business.• Exceeded revenue target by more than 10% in in both full years in role.• Developed and maintained relationships with key customer decision makers at Office of Under Secretary of Defense, Army, Navy, Air Force, Missile Defense Agency, DARPA, etc.• Shaped new directed energy business strategy based on customers’ stated mission objectives and published US government budgets.• Created technology roadmaps to ensure maturation of required technology to meet customer requirements and timelines.• Managed multimillion dollar internal investment budget in support of both technology development and capital improvements.• Led successful capture of >$100M in new business across directed energy technology development and weapon system programs.• Enhanced organizational culture of 80 person cross-functional team through regular all-handsmeetings, engagement activities, inclusion initiatives, etc.

Partnered with client leadership teams to develop strategy and planning and guide execution of strategic initiatives including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, organizational design, and business transformations.• Launched and led multiple integration and separation project governance and management efforts across various acquisitions and divestitures ranging from private equity portfolio transactions to Fortune 500 strategic transactions. Experience leading global project teams across various functional workstreams including finance, supply chain, sales and marketing, HR, and change management and communications.• Partnered with CFO and CHRO to direct the integration planning and execution of complex three company merger, including organizational design, value-driving initiatives, and quick-win synergies.• Advised CHRO and managed the HR, change management, and communications strategy and execution of a $600M divestiture of a semiconductor business.• Guided business unit executives through comprehensive separation strategy assessment and planning process in preparation for $5B+ planned divestiture of IT services business.• Led contracts workstream focused on disposition and separation of both vendor and customer/commercial agreements for $2B divestiture of digital marketing business.• Managed execution of corporate services separation workstreams (supply chain, legal, facilities, travel & expense, etc.) for $5B divestiture of medical services business.• Worked closely with PwC leadership in identifying business opportunities, developing pursuit strategies and proposal materials.• Coordinated PwC recruiting efforts for USC Marshall School of Business MBA graduates.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Led multidisciplinary engineering teams to execute complex air- and space-based programs and regularly interfaced with government customers to communicate program status and resolve technical issues.• Managed a department of 30 fluid systems engineers in design, development, manufacture and test of space-based propulsion and thermal systems.• Led the system test requirements development and planning for a $2B spacecraft program, including requirement documentation and tracking in DOORS and test procedure development.• Conducted joint-failure review board involving internal and customer management and technical experts to resolve very high-risk technical component issue on $6B spacecraft program. Successful resolution was commended by both Northrop Grumman and NASA management. • Partnered with NASA engineering and leadership team to plan and successfully execute cryocooler subsystem testing to meet spacecraft program integration and test critical path timeline.• Directed the redesign and verification of a critical path $4M technical component subcontract, partnered closely with subcontract team to save several months and millions of dollars from overall program schedule. • Coordinated with programs and other functional organizations to ensure appropriate program staffing.• Developed and implemented departmental initiatives that resulted in improving employee engagement survey scores each year, a Northrop Grumman management focus.

Delivered engineering expertise to a variety of air, space, and technology programs, including leading technical teams and directly interfacing with customers.• Coordinated with Air Force Test Directors and multi-company test team at Edwards Air Force Base to ensure safe and successful system test of technically complex and potentially hazardous airborne laser system.• Managed scheduling, work planning, and integration of chemical fluid systems onto airborne laser platform to safely meet critical program need dates. • Partnered with Air Force customer as onsite design liaison to ensure successful integration between Northrop Grumman and Boeing hardware at a remote integration facility. • Led a multi-company team of engineers in the generation and approval of over 300 integration drawings and plans to meet a major program milestone with associated contract incentive fee.• Executed systems engineering and test activities on aircraft and spacecraft programs, verifying requirements were fulfilled and hardware was flight-ready. • Regularly presented system test status and data reviews to internal and customer management teams.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Activities and Honors: Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society Dean's List Marshall Consulting and Strategy Club Challenge4Charity Volunteer.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Engineering

Activities and Honors: Dean's List Varsity Basketball Student Government Volunteer leader for new student orientation