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 Certified the F414-INS6 Engine, reducing cycle to closure by 50% Certified the F414-39E Engine for the Saab made Gripen Direct ownership of all Turbofan Turbojet small military NPI product offerings and development requiring customer interaction with the US Navy (Enhanced Engine), Turkey (TF-X), Korea (KF-X), US Air Force (TX Trainer), India (INS6), Sweden (39E) Develop and executed multiple proposal for new engine applications Staff of 13 direct reports and 130 indirect reports distributed through 8 teams  Deployed a Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) framework to execute multiple NPI programs

 Managed a $2000M Lynn site wide engineering R&D budget to within 1% of target Built and managed a new team of 6 black belts focused on process improvement across the GE Aviation Enterprise Supported the certification of GE’s second flying test bed and implemented a modern digital Engineering Work Order process improvement in Victorville CA Developed experience in Agile and Scrum to complete process and design improvements Designed new NPI process for GE Aviation- Engine Systems Leader

 Managed a $50M engineering R&D budget to within 1% of target Managed the engineering operations for a staff of 200 design engineers on NPI and legacy engine lines Coordinated and staffed a team of 22 engineers do complete turbine and mechanical system design of the Passport 20 engine

 Coordinated cost out efforts across a team of 1,300 global engineers to meet cost reduction goals on GE Aviation Turbomachinery on Legacy and NPI products. Exceeding the goals for both in 2012.

 Managed a team of 13 principal engineers, engineers-in-the-shop and lead engineers across 5 global locations Responsible for the sustaining engineering support of all GE Aviation rotating parts and bearings, seals and drives across a global supply chain Developed strong multitasking skills and organizational capability 2014 Materials & Manufacturing Award – leadership of Titanium Benching Safety Enterprise Effort

 Cost reduction focal for all Lynn designed airfoils (F414, F404, J85, CT7, T700) 2011 Young Engineers Award - $18M in product cost out over 5 years

 New Product Introduction (NPI) design of GE38 Stage 4 compressor vanes Sustaining design ownership of all F414-400 cold and hot section airfoils Introduced first low Rhenium turbine airfoils to a military application Lead multiple CIP programs consisting of cross-functional teams

6 month rotating assignment as a design engineer in:- Edison Engineering Development Program 2003o F414 Military Inlet and Exhaust Systems Owned sustaining and Continuous Improvement Programs (CIP) for the US Navy Experience in incompressible fluid flowo Turbofan Turbojet Lynn Assembly and Test Organization Built and developed the planning for GE’s first 2 UCAV engines Experience with engine assembly and test as well as hourly workforceo F404 USMC Field Rep Miramar CA On site GE representative to the USMC with MALS 11 and VMFA 232 Developed customer relationship and understanding of end user experienceo Turbine Airfoils Center of Excellence Designed and delivered CT7-8 turbine blades for endurance testing Manufacturing and sustaining engineering experience