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Charleston, South Carolina, Us

Charleston, South Carolina, Us

Charleston, South Carolina, Us

Charleston, Sc, Us

• Develop Business Intelligence models to support business P&L and resource goals• Manage Hub level business analytics tool supporting leadership team from proposals to delivery• Responsible for planning, motivating, and empowering Agile project teams to deliver business value to clients while achieving high levels of quality and performance within a fast-paced environment• Blend Agile software development approach with traditional project management practices to ensure completion of enterprise-level technology projects• Define and manage Agile project management process and champion continuous process improvements to ensure best practices are met• Perform project management activities - project scope definition and schedule, project status and delivery, risk management• Manage Product Backlog across scrum team to provide required business value to client for each sprint development cycle to include epic and story decomposition

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• Implemented Balanced Scorecard to control strategy execution and measure key metrics driving root cause analysis across facility• Managed R&D project budgets & EVM across all internal R&D projects (~$3M) including performing financial analysis and scheduling• Led effort to identify, scope, design, and execute changes necessary to support business processes with continuous improvement goal and problem solving approach• Performed process analysis activities including as-is process identification, to-be process design and gap analysis/resolution• Provided project management for execution of process improvement projects• Served as a liaison between the business and technology to translate tactical and strategic objectives into workable solutions• Advocated solid business knowledge to define system scope and requirements resulting in workflow queue time savings of 60%• Deployed Earned Value Management tool in MS Project to project managers• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training

• Managed staff of up to 15 in design, development, testing and release of vehicle configuration for competitive contract for Australian government (~$10M)• Led engineering team based in US, UK & Australia for completion of Engineering CDRL’s• Owned engineering budget ($4M) across entire project• Implemented design release processes to baseline Ocelot vehicle platform & PTC Windchill PLM at European division• Ensured completion of all project development activities including schedule, budget & resource management• Developed parametric project estimating model for project NPV worksheets

• Managed staff of up to 10 in design release & manufacturing support of Cougar vehicle production for US Joint Program Office (~$28M)• Incorporated Oshkosh/FPI TAK-4 Independent Suspension System & modernization upgrade packages into production build• Hired engineering staff for design and systems engineering activities• Trained staff of business processes and documentation standards• Responsible for identifying customer & contract needs and translating into specific project development &/or customer requirements• Interfaced with internal & external organizations including Program Management, Manufacturing & Finance

• Successfully led on-time & under budget deployment of enterprise-wide PLM Project to improve integrated business systems using PTC’s Windchill PLM system (~$4M)• Identified, designed & deployed numerous business processes centering around program, engineering project & change and configuration management• Managed entire project lifecycle, budget, scope including shared engagement structure with Accenture & PTC consultants & developers (~8 teammates)• Involved in contract negotiation for software procurement, engagement structure & implementation expenses• Led initiative to optimize enterprise cycle time for engineering release process• Created business processes with various departments for product development including Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement & Logistics and Support• Secured funding from executive leadership team for project’s procurement & implementation for Windchill PDMLink 9.1 & ProjectLink

• Pioneered Engineering BOM structure/ system software for Engineering Dept• Reduced development process cycle time by ~80% for design release to MRP• Coordinated work with design partners on Wolfhound Tactical Support Vehicle project for UK’s Ministry of Defense• Invented process to manage armor intellectual property with suppliers• Assisted in development of business case for enterprise replacement of existing ProductCenter PDM with PTC Windchill 9.1 PLM

• Designed & drafted engineering projects for armored military vehicles• Obtained US Patent #D563,272 for Iraqi Light Armor Vehicle capsule design• Interacted with manufacturing on design related production issues• Develop external/internal armor kits for integration with vehicle platforms• 5,400 hours in SolidWorks CAD• Studied at Blodgett’s Welding Design School held by Lincoln Electric• Attended Fundamentals of Armor Protection Course held by Cranfield University (UK)

• Owned rescue body design projects from sales bid to final inspection• Configured designs for heavy duty & medium duty rescue vehicle bodies• 4,500 hours in CATIA V5 CAD; V5 CAD dept mentor/trainer• Detailed design drawing packages using standard GD&T principles• Handled standardization of rescue body into Freightliner IMACS MRP system

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), International Business Concentration

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering