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Uniondale, New York, Us

Manage multi-million dollar, multi-year military and space programs with emphasis on on-time, on-budget hardware delivery. Utilize technical background of power electronics and systems to materialize customer contractual requirements into successful program plans. Main Point of Contact for customer accounts (Northrop Grumman, L3Harris, BAE, Boeing, Lockheed Martin); representing the business for all facets: contracts, proposals, engineering, manufacturing, operations. Driving internal activities to satisfy contract requirements. ● Create and manage program schedules. ● Develop and track program budget and earned value. ● Interface periodically with customers to report status and foster technical collaboration. ● Formulate pricing proposals to develop new accounts and new opportunities with existing customer base. ● Lead organizational departments to drive program plans to success.

Louvain-La-Neuve, Be

Led multidiscipline and multisite engineering team to design electron-beam accelerator systems used in industrial and sterilization applications. Administered engineering design requirements, review and release of new designs to meet project schedules. Scheduled engineering department tasks for new projects, R&D, and customer service support. Defined, estimated and executed engineering department budgets. Assisted sales and marketing with cost estimates and design schedules for new products and projects.• Reduced cost by standardization of subsystems and components for new products and product upgrades. Coached engineers to reduce material & manufacturing labor costs. As a measured performance metric, reduced overall custom designs.• Managed implementation of ISO9001 engineering processes by authoring ISO documents for process definition, flow charts, conducting trainings for engineering department and conducting internal audits. Ultimately leading team to pass both internal and formal ISO audits with no flags.• Increased efficiency and saved redesign costs by implementing document control and configuration control system / software. Guided engineers on proper documentation revision control, added clarity to downstream workflows, and facilitated project management involvement with drawing & design review processes prior to document release.• Increased department efficiency and throughput by managing training programs for all engineering disciplines. Equipped engineers to begin work on design assignments with less oversight. This effort led to better product and documentation quality and design ownership.• Oversaw transition to new MRP / ERP system by engaging in discussions with SAP experts both in NY and headquarters. Created written training materials and process diagrams for engineering department, conducted training and prepared team for going live.

Led electrical and mechanical design of custom high voltage transformer, capacitors, pulse forming networks and power supplies for high voltage military, commercial, industrial and medical applications. Lead engineer for 3 different product lines; Pulsed-power technology, magnetics, and capacitors. Served as project manager for new products, beginning with customer supplied specifications, to first piece prototype delivery, to high volume production schedule completion.• Delivered qualified magnetic and capacitor designs for pulsed-power applications by acting as main technical point of contact for prototyping department, validating new designs were built to technical, scope and quality requirements.• Developed formal test procedures during prototype testing to capture required methodology. Documented and managed quality test department processes along with creation of high level documentation for customer approval. Led first piece testing, ensuring performance was in accordance with project requirements.• Assisted marketing accuracy and increased sales of high voltage pulsed-power products by creating cut sheets and technical write-ups for brochures. Attended trade shows, visited new and existing customers to build satisfaction and generate new business. • Increased sales on competitive price quotation requests and reduced costs by implementing refined costing methodology improving cost accuracy and efficiency.

Reading, Pennsylvania, Us

Designed high voltage electrical products for partial discharge analysis systems including high voltage corona-free capacitors and magnetics. Oversaw manufacturing and testing of critical designs. Analyzed customer returns and determined root cause failure. Served as Lead Sourcing Project Manager for purchased components, vendor and product evaluation. Determined new materials or products for design implementation with focus on reliability and cost reduction.• Supported multimillion dollar system contracts by managing and reporting on technical scope of project requirements, organizing final technical documentation for customer approval, and designing test protocol per specifications. • Reduced costs of standard power assemblies by 25%. Served on continuous improvement, environmental safety and technical Kaizen project teams. Improved manufacturing processes and product costs by replacing custom solutions with standard parts, and reconfiguring manufacturing techniques and tooling.• Reduced electrical safety incidents by 75% after 1 year by researching, writing and implementing facility safety guidelines for handling of HV capacitor assemblies. Led and organized training seminars for all staff members.

Responsible for the design of electrical and electronic magnetic components for military ground and aerospace systems and subsystems. Accomplishments:Design of mechanical packages for electrical and magnetic components.Overseeing and verifying first piece production runs.Creating quality control documents and processes for customer acceptance tests.Creating and organizing CAD / CAM system for production.Creating electrical and mechanical CAD drawings for production.Analyzing customer returns and determining root cause failure analyses.

Responsible for the design of electrical and electronic magnetic components for high voltage military applications. Accomplishments:Electrical and mechanical design of high voltage transformers, capacitors, pulse forming networks, and power supplies for military, commercial and industrial applications.Transformer types: Power, pulse, high frequency and flyback.Capacitor types: Recon mica and film / foil.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration; Operations Management - Quality System Management

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Electrical Engineering