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Significant application experience and skills in Management, Business Development, Strategy, Team Building, and Leadership. Strong business development professional educated in Electrical Engineering; Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering; and Applied Mathematics from Southern Illinois University.For more information, please visit our company web site at www.mjstrategiesinc.com.
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PresidentM&J Strategies, Inc. Aug 2017 - Present -
Executive Vice PresidentM&J Strategies, Inc. Jun 1999 - Jul 2017Predominant work performed in integrated weapon, sensor, aircraft, and ship systems; Worked on-site in facilities from coast-to-coast – Corporate office based in Plano, Texas Helped numerous aerospace companies propose, win, and execute major programs. Some of these are multi-billion programs. These programs include: - Advanced Low Cost Munitions Ordnance Program - Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) - HARM Modified Control Section (HCSM) - Multi-Stage Super-Sonic Targeting (MSST) System - Bullet Factory Modernization (0.50Cal, 5.56-7.62mm) - Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) - Mid-Range Munition (MRM) - Precision Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM) - Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) - Excalibur 1B - Sub-Sonic Aerial Target (SSAT) System - Spider Mines - Ballistic Trajectory Extended Range Munition (BTERM) - Future Combat Systems (FCS) - Objective Force Warrior (OFW) - Land Warrior - Laser Integrated Targeting System (LITES) - Maverick upgrade - Low Cost Joint Stand-Off weapon (JSOW) - Paveway-II production - Tactical Tomahawk program audit - Apache TADS/PNVS - JSOW/HARM Australian proposal (F-111 Integration) - Target Acq. & Designation Sights, Pilot Night Vision System - Maneuver Support Vessel - Light (MSV-L) - Special Access ProgramsProvided corporate strategy, formal training, and long-term execution management in several areas:• Significant process and cultural improvements• Formally trained IMP/IMS Development, Risk/Opportunity Management, Cost/Schedule Management, and How to Set Up and Manage IPTs at most firms supported• Formally trained Risk/Opportunity Management to Navy and Army – became a basis for formal DoD guidelines• Physically and extensively managed (relatively long-term) several programs for companies, as a consultant -
Senior Acat-I Program ManagerTexas Instruments Jan 1995 - Jan 1999Dallas, Tx, UsLed all facets of the Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW) program, over $500M development, and new business development. Efforts included:•System requirements, simulations and modeling, aerodynamics, guidance and control, GPS and inertial navigation, electrical, mechanical, software, reliability, logistics, quality assurance, manufacturing, and system safety.•Drafting, the factory, tooling and test equipment, test and evaluation, aircraft integration (F/A-18 C/D and E/F, F-15E, F-16, F-111, F-117, B-1B, B-2, B-52), mission planning (AFMSS, TAMPS, and then JMPS)•Contracts and legal, marketing, data and configuration management, security, C/SCS accounting, program office, program organization, proposals and department strategy•Managed the multi-missile factory transition of all interdiction weapons department (IWD at that time) to Tucson (completed in July, 1999 then left Raytheon).Performance results:•Completed EMD program at >$10M below budget and delivered to fleet one year ahead of schedule•Transitioned to production and completed LRIP on time and doubled projected profit margin•Received Milestone C decision to enter Full Rate Production (just prior to leaving Raytheon) -
Jsow/Usaf Program ManagerTexas Instruments Jan 1993 - Jan 1995Dallas, Tx, UsLed a $36M TechEval program to make JSOW “Joint” by integrating a USN lead program into the USAF infrastructure. Efforts included: •F-16C/D, F-15E, B-52, and B-2 integration•Anti-armor payload (BLU-108) dispenser development•AFMSS mission planning and USAF logistics / supportability planningPerformance results:•Completed ahead of schedule, 15% below budget, all contract deliveries on-time (more than 200, mostly CDRLs)•Generated sales and revenue in excess of $100M for the USAF JSOW E&MD program -
Tssam Deputy Program Manager And Jsow Flight Test ManagerTexas Instruments Jan 1988 - Jan 1993Dallas, Tx, UsLed the Tri-Service Standoff Attack Missile (TSSAM) Program Management Office (PMO), Navigation Set integration, and managed the JSOW pre-proposal flight test program. Efforts included:•TSSAM Navigation Set software development / hardware integration•TSSAM PMO team leader: contracts, data and configuration management, security, finance (C/SCS), scheduling•JSOW (1991), development and flight test management of the very 1st missile (critical to winning E&MD)Performance results:•Coordinated, delivered, and negotiated over 80 TSSAM proposals (large backlog when I got there)•Completed the TSSAM GPS/INS based navigation software development and hardware/software integration per plan (technology and software was then largely reused in JSOW)•1st JSOW missile / flight beat world class competition (McDonnell Douglas/Hughes and Boeing). All cost (IR&D) and schedule goals were achieved. We won the program. -
Project ManagerTexas Instruments Jan 1983 - Jan 1988Dallas, Tx, UsManaged all execution aspects of a $14M Special Access demonstration program (multiple airborne target tracking system). Efforts included:•Development and integration of a passive direction finding wide beam interferometer and narrow beam phased array antennae, RF / IF / video / digital processing systems into the leading edge flaps of an F-16.•I had developed the original conceptual design for the digital processing architecture and hardware/software integration and instrumentation tools to support the system development.Performance results:•Program was technically successful and transitioned to programs under different names -
Hardware/Software Design EngineerTexas Instruments Jun 1979 - Jan 1983Dallas, Tx, UsJoined TI out of college as an Electrical Design engineer. I was given the opportunity to design, develop, and integrate several systems. In most cases I developed both the hardware and software for the following:•RF sensor, digital control section and printed wiring board test sets for amplitude/phase RF sensor systems with associated video/digital electronics and software•An air vehicle flight control digital processing system•A voice prompting system for Stinger weapons•An acoustic signal processing system•Video instrumentation for a multi-sensor assembly•A multiple radar target emulation system for TI’s High speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM)•Digital processing architecture, hardware/software integration and instrumentation tools for a passive wide beam interferometer and narrow beam phased array signal processing system
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Mike Hecker Education Details
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Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleElectrical Engineering; Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering; Applied Mathmatics
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Mike Hecker works for M&j Strategies, Inc.
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Mike Hecker's current role is President of M&J Strategies, Inc. - Program Management Excellence.
What schools did Mike Hecker attend?
Mike Hecker attended Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
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Mike Hecker has skills like Leadership, Management, U.s. Department Of Defense, Team Building, Project Management, Aerospace, Program Management, Business Development, Change Management, Systems Engineering, Strategic Planning, Integration.
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