• Review capital equipment requirements with Subject Matter Experts to evaluate machine specifications, compliance to P&W requirements and edit Specification Templates to reflect the requirements of the products being procured.• Maintain and track capital equipment project schedules.• Demonstrate proactive measures by ensuring stakeholders have reviewed and weighed in on machine specifications and requirements.• Coordinate any required meetings with suppliers after purchase order is issued to develop a detailed timeline for post purchase activities.

Contract Position with:TRIUMPH ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEMS• Analyze product BoMs to ensure manufacturer and manufacturer’s part number details are correct.• Upload updated BoM into Silicon Expert, component obsolescence database.• Identify suitable alternate components to replace those identified as obsolete.

Contract Position with:UNITED TECHNOLOGIES AEROSPACE • Windsor Locks, CT• Program coordination, scheduling and Earned Value• Oversee task execution• Engineering change execution

Contract position with:UNITED TECHNOLOGIES AEROSPACE • Windsor Locks, CT• Provided status of the savings incorporation to the War on Cost Team associated with each engineering change.• Update project milestones weekly.• Assist the SDE Cost Reduction Manager with the formulation of new tasks for EC incorporation.• Perform technical feasibility assessment of new Value Engineering event ideas.• Worked with the supplier, UTAS organization and external customer as required for task formulation.

Contract position with:UNITED TECHNOLOGIES AEROSPACE • Windsor Locks, CT• Provided project engineering support for engineering changes (EC) that have been funded and approved for SDE (supplier designed equipment) cost reduction of mechanical and electrical engine components:o NEO Exciter, alternate transformer and AV mountso Engine Harnesses, clarification of weight requirements, consolidation of ground bonding measurementso Supported alternate source development for temperature and vibration sensorso Investigated possible elimination of actuator fire blankets• Provided status of the savings incorporation to the War on Cost Team associated with each engineering change.• Update project milestones weekly.• Assist the SDE Cost Reduction Manager with the formulation of new tasks for EC incorporation and MS Project schedules.• Perform technical feasibility assessment of new Value Engineering event ideas.• Worked with the supplier's design and manufacturing personnel, UTAS organization and external customer as required for task formulation.• Completed training for Standard Work, DOORS, XClass

Contract position with:GEEM – GE ENERGY MANAGEMENTPRODUCT SUPPORT SPECIALIST • Via telephone, communicated with customer call ins.• Provided / ordered replacement product.• Initiated in-field repair.• Tracked number of complaints.

•Provided project management over large-scale, top-priority and complex technology initiatives.•Drove the high quality completion of Microsoft Excel and Project templates to calculate the ‘payback’ period for and moved the production of products from domestic suppliers to one in Sourcing Opportunity Countries.•Reviewed the gross margin and ‘cost to outsource’ of all products to determine the best candidates for cost reduction projects as well as developed action plans to support cost reduction projects. •Managed the full life cycle of outsourced projects.•Potential CoGS (cost of goods sold) reduction realized if project was approved was 30% with a payback period of less than one year.

•Analyzed product portfolios to identify candidates for cost reduction redesign projects, which aided in the analysis of various cost drivers such as labor content, component costs as well as component life expectancy. •Managed a Lean Six Sigma project as part of Green Belt training to analyze the Engineering Change Request / Order (ECR/ECO) process and achieved a reduced cycle time of 50%.•Identified improved assembly techniques to reduce labor content, elimination of discrete wiring, and an updated design to utilize SMT in lieu of through-hole technology and the utilization of PCB mount versus panel mount controls.•Partnered with various teams including Purchasing, Manufacturing and Design Services on projects.•Liaised with the Component Engineer to address obsolete component issues. Requests were investigated and viable alternates added to the Approved Vendor List (AVL).•Utilized an Obsolescence Management Tool such as Total Parts Plus to identify possible alternates.•Managed a Lean Six Sigma project as part of Green Belt training to analyze the Engineering Change Request / Order (ECR/ECO) process and achieved a reduced cycle time of 50%.

•Managed several groups within the Engineering and Manufacturing organizations, with a strong focus on process and procedure compliance for ISO 9001 and other nuclear industry quality codes.•Responsible for the development and maintenance of the various processes used throughout the Manufacturing Department, including automatic and semi-automatic component insertion, wave solder, in-circuit test (ATE) and test equipment calibration.•Ensured a smooth transition of new product designs from the Design Engineering Department to the Manufacturing Department. This includes the development and maintenance of automatic and manual test programs and procedures as well as the test fixtures required to support these procedures. •Established and maintained hardcopy and electronic documents used in the Manufacturing Department. These included assembly prints and procedures as well as the product Bill of Materials (BoM) entered into the MRP system.•Responsible for providing initial versions of new products and critiquing new designs by working closely with Design Engineering during product development. Built ‘special’ versions of standard products to meet specific customer requirements not met by Canberra’s standard catalog offerings.

•Successfully expanded the role and responsibilities of the Manufacturing Engineering Department with an eye toward long-term problem solving through improvements in processes and product design which allowed the Design Engineering Department to focus on new product development.•Acted as a liaison between the Manufacturing and Design Engineering departments to foster better communication during and after product designs.

•Responsible for driving the entire system development life cycle including the analysis of specifications, conceptual and physical design, implementation, production rollout, maintenance and support.•Designed new products employing digital and analog circuitry as well as microprocessor firmware.•Managed development projects executed by fellow engineers.