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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Direct project management initiatives from conceptualization through development, implementation and management of innovative software solutions and expert services for public transportation. • Ownership of the project objectives, scope and identify stakeholders while ensuring proactive communication with stakeholders.• Create, manage and prioritize tickets for client incidents.• Manage the project budget and schedule (deliverables, milestones, supplier’s responsibilities).• Monitor and control the project (specifications, costs, billing, schedule, quality).• Identify and assess risks; propose solutions to avoid or reduce their impacts.• Communicate resource requirements to the project sponsor.• Coordinate the activities with key stakeholders to identify and execute cross-functional goals.• Negotiate change requests made to the clients while considering the project scope.• Create progress reports and monitor project data to assess efficiency.• Build strong relationships through exceptional client service and serve as the primary point of contact for client communications.

Kirkland, Quebec, Canada

• Responsible for aligning and leading an international multi-site team to support all sites in Safran Cabin to successfully meet milestones. • Successfully developed common processes, procedures, and best practices to reduce time and cost.• Coordinated and managed the work of the highly skilled engineers to successfully achieve product certification objectives. • Supported development of new capabilities and validated methodologies within the team.• Actively worked with the engineering disciplines to ensure that modeling and simulation is utilized to support product development and risk reduction activities to meet performance requirements. • Forecasted, managed, and maintained costs. Monitored schedules and team resources to meet business objectives and goals. • Worked closely and constructively with other departments within the organization to gain consensus on the best strategy for in-service issues. • Assist in recruiting, hiring, training, developing, and evaluating staff.

Kirkland, Quebec, Canada

• Managing the Research and Technology department and led Engineering support for continuous improvement and cost reduction. Involved in business unit innovation. • Managed Research and Technologies projects to align roadmaps for business unit innovations. • Led and collaborated in projects to reduce engineering costs, hours and material cost.• Led Six Sigma Green Belt project resulting in a cost reduction of $45 000 in engineering design hours. • Key player in Green Belt project aimed at reducing material waste leading to direct savings of $125000.• Ensured product reliability by creating and implementing engineering processes and monitor adherence to those processes to deliver a high-quality product. • Coaching, mentoring and guiding Project Engineers to empower and elevate their leadership to reach their professional goals and objectives.• Involved in industry networking to recognize, create and act upon business opportunities, share information and seek potential partners for ventures.• Supported Sales, Service and customers regarding warranty issues and field service.• Resolved conflicts inside a team and maintain harmony between team members.• Performed team evaluations, goal setting and personal development plans.• Assist in recruiting, hiring and training staff.

Kirkland, Quebec, Canada

• Managed the Certification Department for the business jet interiors division. Led a team of 20+ M&P, Flammability and Stress analysts to ensure compliance to TCCA/FAA/EASA regulations. • Managed work schedules, linking resources to tasks and achieving milestones.• Assessed risks and managed change following engineering changes.• Utilized key performance indicators (KPIs) daily to expose issues or obstacles to instantly to rectify them.• Appointed as Zodiac Aerospace’s Technical Expert in Certification.• Technical support for problem solving and root cause analysis with Lean tools. • Oversee engineering outsourcing, including qualifying and contract negotiating.• Ensured adequate visibility of project status to stakeholders.• Maintained effective communication and collaboration with teams, both local and remote, to improve operations via a work breakdown structure (WBS) and supporting best practices.• Responsible for providing employee leadership, training and development, performance reviews, hiring, counseling and/or termination of employment.

Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada

• Ensured design and certification compliance to meet Transport Canada and FAA regulations.• Successfully coordinated a cross-functional team to meet certification requirements.• Responsible for product certification including schedule management, testing and issuing test reports. • Assisted weights and stress teams in the planning and execution of reports towards certification.

Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada

• Designed interiors for Challenger 604 business jets.• Coordinated with production and support team to problem solve engineering issues.• Responsible for design improvement.