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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Lakeville, Minnesota

At Post Consumer Brands, I am executing Post Consumer Brands Commercialization process, governed by Stage Gate methodology. Implementing standardization between projects, I was fortunate to pilot these new processes with the launch of the June 2019, and January 2020 products.● Lead cross-functional commercialization team with the development and execution of standard commercialization tools and templates to include the project Charter and Stage Gate Scorecards, MS Project Plans and checklists.● Define and report standard project milestones which align to the Project Charter, MS Project Schedule, and SharePoint dashboards. ● Ensure projects are on track by ensuring all team members are aligned with project milestones within the project schedule.● Utilize risk management to foresee project issues, balance risk versus develop mitigation plans

● Responsible for managing all aspects of projects, from charter development through project closure, and into production. Types of projects include: Research, Technology development, Firmware development, Product development, Operational/Cost savings, Continued engineering.● Develop comprehensive project plans, which identify objectives, strategy, risk/risk mitigation, budget, effort estimates and schedule for new projects.● Drive agile best practices using: product backlog, sprint planning, sprint execution, visual management, sprint retrospectives● Lead activities across numerous functions to meet the objectives of a given project including: scope, budget, and schedule. ● Coordinate presentation materials that review project scope, schedule, issues, risks and status with the engineering management team.● Coordinate and facilitate weekly executive level resource and project meetings, with timely and accurate meeting minutes and action items.● Engage with multiple contract manufacturers, local and abroad, to meet program production release date.

Kent, Wa

• Apply system engineering processes, methodologies and principles to drive customer product quality. • Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, and procedures for regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, and usability.• Test system modifications to prepare for implementation.• Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers.• Identify, analyze, and document problems with program function, output, online screen, and content.• Drive process improvement to increase productivity and reduce time and cost.• Design, develop and facilitate training curriculum and courseware for international customer, adhering to Boeing Instructional Design Standards (ISD).• Conduct in-flight mission system operations for the international derivative of the Boeing aircraft. • Execute engineering procedures to ensure mission systems are compliant with required specifications.• Determine mission system functionality and performance while conducting ground and flight operations. • Revise and edit technical flight manuals, to ensure export compliance and accuracy.• Evaluate mission systems and recommend changes to design based on previous military operational considerations. • Recognized as the Boeing acoustic subject matter expert for all international demonstration activities.

Kent, Wa

• Consulted with subject matter experts and stakeholders to conduct needs analysis and develop appropriate learning interventions.• Research appropriate technical material to ensure quality and accuracy of training content. • Organize and develop technical content materials to satisfy learning objectives established through interactions with the customer.

Minneapolis/St. Paul

• Generated new business through a wide variety of client development processes including marketing lead generation, presentations, and representing the company at industry trade shows.• Successfully maintained long-term customer relationships and generated exceptional levels of loyalty by providing high-level customer support and high-quality technical expertise and facilitation.

Global

• United States Navy P-3 Orion acoustic sensor one fleet instructor.• Aviation Warfare Systems Operator performed general flight crew duties.• Over 1500 flight hours supporting multiple overseas campaigns and successfully completed two deployments, earning four Combat Air Medals for supporting Operation Iraqi and Enduring Freedom.• Trained, facilitated, and supervised aircrew, utilizing flight simulator instruction and oral review boards, classroom instruction, and on- the- job training. • Managed the financial budget for all aircrew flight gear purchases on-board (CVN-70) Aircraft Carrier. • Supervised and coordinated drills for Aircraft Carrier anti-torpedo defense system.

Master'S Degree, Project Management, 4.0

The program curriculum was developed entirely by certified PMPs®, the recognized global standard for project management knowledge.

Ba, Public Service And Leadership

Liberal arts degree program focused on refining critical thinking and writing skills. Coursework provided opportunities to expand.