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Glendale, Az, Us

United States

Technical/Program ManagerLeading the development, certification, and program execution for a family of ‘connectivity’ Wifi/Cellular products that moves data on and off air transport category aircrafts and the Pilatus PC12/24. Face to the customer in defining the requirements, integration testing, and functional deliveries that align with agreed to milestones.

Seattle, Washington

Senior Systems Development Engineer (Contracting) Aircraft and Avionics Systems requirement development, Verification and Validation for the Mitsubishi MRJ aircraft. Working with the Nagoya Japan Systems, Certification, and Safety teams in developing an ARP4754a compliant requirements, validation and verification artifacts. DO-297 Task 4 integration for the Rockwell Collins Proline Fusion Avionics System.

Clearwater Fl

Senior Staff Engineer/Technologist 2015 – 2016Research and Development lead for the Controls Interface Product System (Data Concentrator Unit with ability to host utility functions) product line. • Developed a scalable product architecture that minimized cost of change, thus achieving recurring and non-recurring cost targets.• Led an initiative driving a common solution that spanned multiple product lines that significantly reduced development cost and time.

Clearwater Florida

Lead Senior Avionics Systems Engineer 2013 – 2015Multiple roles in driving the growth of GE’s integrated avionics systems portfolio.• Proposed integrated systems avionics solutions and architectures for major airframe manufacturers (Airbus, Gulfstream). • Provided technical proposals and trade studies identifying optimal solutions to meet customer Critical To Quality (CTQ’s). • Key contributor to the advance technology organization working on future generations of avionics systems, focusing on technologies that reduce Size, Weight, Power and Cost, and human factors that are intuitive, easily interactive thus reducing pilot training.

Shanghai City, China

On assignment in China standing up a GE and AVIC joint venture (AVIAGE SYSTEMS).• Created the Tier One Avionics Systems Team (TOAST) that led to AVIAGE SYSTEMS being rated as the number one supplier to COMAC for consecutive years.• Created and staffed the Advance Technology Organization for AVIAGE SYSTEMS.• Led the negotiation with COMAC in standing up their C919 aircraft Applications team.• The liaison between COMAC and the AVIAGE SYSTEMS engineering organizations to clearly communicate each other’s technical and non-technical needs.• Gained the trust with COMAC where I led technical coordination between them and Tier Two Avionics Suppliers.

Glendale Arizona

Responsible for the management of a set of product lines across multiple avionics electronic businesses.• Created a detailed business plan for Honeywell’s Air Transport and Business Aviation products lines that included the road map for the development of functionalities which were of value to targeted customers.• Identified investment strategies and timing to execute to the road map. • Led a team in defining and executing a process addressing component obsolescence that allowed us to continue delivering on our customer commitments.• Instrumental in developing a strategy where functionalities were developed as core/common.

Glendale Arizona

Technical lead for resolving customer issues on five product lines. • Created and managed program plans that drove more than five product teams for a successful execution meeting customer commitments on budget and schedule.• Root cause analysis and trouble shoot testing in identifying difficult to re-reproduce in service failures.• Led a team to define processes and metrics that improved software quality, and proactively identify issues early enough to minimize impacts on the program.• Drove cultural changes at our customer to ensure timely and accurate requirements that minimized customer requested changes. • Created processes between Honeywell and Embraer to limit scope creep.• Key presenter at our customer program and technical coordination meetings.• Worked closely with the product groups to mitigate obstacles for a timely completion of their committed functionalities.

Glendale Arizona

Customer point of contact for developing and resolving issues dealing with the Displays System on the Embraer 170/190 family of aircraft’s. • Generated system level specifications for the Primary Flight Display System, Engine Indication and Crew Alerting System, and Synoptic Pages for seven aircraft utility systems. • Testing of such systems prior to delivery of final product to the customer.• Coordinated with the customer and the certification authorities (JAA, FAA, CTA) to demonstrate compliance with the certification requirements.• Generated the certification documentations that were submitted to the customer and the certification authorities that defined the means of compliance.

Glendale Arizona

Provided technical leadership and management of a multi-disciplined group of engineers. • Delivered the system safety analysis and formal validation and verification (V&V) testing for the automatic flight controls systems for seven different Business Jets, Regional Jets, and Helicopter programs. • Coordinated with external suppliers in order to achieve our cost and schedule objectives. • Presented and coordinated with the certification authorities (FAA and JAA) to insure acceptable means of certification of the Primus EPIC™ Flight Controls System.• Coordinated with Honeywell legal department that identified licensing technologies.• Responsible for employees’ development and performance evaluations, including assistance with salary planning and promotional considerations.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), And Mba

Activities and Societies: Tau beta Pii

B.S. Mathematics