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Tucson, Az, Us

El Segundo, Ca, Us

Arlington, Va, Us

• STE CPTL for the Next Gen OPIR GEO, a high reliability space payload program• Responsible for $3M cross product team budget including labor management for 15 engineers • Managed IMS tasking and CPT budget using Earned Value Management (EVM) including activities such as BCR approvals, headcount reviews, and EAC reviews• Performed functional, programmatic and customer executive briefings• Ensured completion of STE designs, STE procurement, and Ground Support Equipment (GSE) certification and GSE post-delivery support

Arlington, Va, Us

• Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL) Rotation Program – Wave 15 Rotator• Selective two-year, four-rotation program that coaches high potential engineers in critical non-engineering functions essential to IPT Leadership and Program Management.• Rotation 4 – Deputy Program Manager, Advanced Aircraft Computing > Capture Manager for $6.1M obsolescence redesign program > Responsible for profit and loss for multiple programs with $2.3M total contract value• Rotation 3 – Material Program Manager, Special Capability Sensors > Managed program material and MRP Health Metrics with $9.2 million total material value > Participated in TINA compliant bidding for FOS Phase 3.5 Proposal• Rotation 2 – Financial Analyst, SeaVue Sustainment > Financial analyst for marine radar sustainment contracts with $27 million total contract value > Managed commission payments, bookings, invoice tracking, contract closures, monthly financial planning and quarterly EACs > Identified $1.1 million cash opportunity and coordinated across program management, operations, contracts, and billing to realize opportunity• Rotation 1 – Program Operations Manager, ATP Zion Program > Operations Lead for airborne passive electro-optical sensor program during transition between product development in California and factory manufacturing in Texas > Facilitated agile JIRA and CMES build management to communicate IMS objectives and reduce schedule lag between program management and build engineers > Managed line of balance, MIDAS demand and MRP load for the program’s three design configurations.

Arlington, Va, Us

• Materials and Processes (M&P) lead for high reliability space payload programs such as NuVision and Next Gen OPIR GEO through requirements, preliminary design, critical design, and manufacturing phases.• Owned program PMPCB tasks such as PMP control plans, As-Designed/As-Built and Material/Process Approval Requests. These tasks required weekly customer interaction and approvals.• Managed 7 M&P engineers in the PMP control plan compliance documentation for Next Gen OPIR’s 6 major subcontractors. The task required site visits and weekly meetings, and resulted in customer approval of over 100 SDRLs • Reviewed drawings and created standard drawing notes utilizing customer approved and qualified parts, materials, and processes• Lead MRB / FRB investigations to identify root cause and corrective actions that balance technical, schedule and cost concerns

Arlington, Va, Us

• Performed concept development for Patriot System including research into expansion of the current interface to guide future customer meetings• Six Sigma certified through Models Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) project