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Manages certification projects and leads the interface in Part 27/CS27/Chapter 527 rotorcraft certification authorities including FAA, EASA, and Transport Canada.

Torrance, California, Us

Oversees the planning, implementation, and tracking of specific medium size short-term development projects with the Department of Defense and as a subcontractor. Responsible for ensuring that all technical, cost, quality and delivery requirements are met. This includes meeting all recurring cost (RC) objectives, manufacturing, purchasing and maintenance.

Paris, Fr

• Responsible for and possesses authority for assuring project certification functions are performed in accordance with FAA regulations, policy, guidance, and directives. • Lead project certification related tasks, including supporting customer presentations and meetings, collecting action items and generating minutes.• Coordinate primary aspects of communication, including status update meetings, technical reports and presentations as the designated focal point between the company, regulatory authorities and customers.• Manages suppliers, subcontractors, consultants, and external project contributors to ensure project success and timely deliveries.• Developed, implemented and managed internal performance indicators (KPI) of Safran engineering deliverables.• Authority to sign and issue new/amended FAA Supplemental Type Certificates and Parts Manufacturer Approval supplements.• Manages the delegations and performance of engineering staff with authorized functions, including data approvals, test witnessing, and conformity.• Establishes conformity inspection requirements for prototype articles and installations.• Deployed and provided training for FAA ODA and Airbus programs.• Created and implemented engineering surveillance plan and annual audit program within the company and its external design suppliers.

Plaisir, Fr

• Responsible for managing certification efforts of the company’s Electrical Inserts division and maintaining FAA airworthiness of the company’s products.• Gathered, coordinated, and communicated the requirements for certification and means of compliance of projects.• Represented the company on matters of certification and continued airworthiness to regulatory agencies and type certificate holders.• Key team member that established company’s Quality System as a FAA Production Approval Holder for Part Manufacture Approval (PMA) and Technical Standard Order (TSO) Authorization.• Developed and maintained company processes for Major/Minor design changes, PMA, TSO, and Supplemental Type Certificate (STC).• Worked with multiple engineering disciplines to ensure certification/qualification documents are on schedule, conform to company standards, and meet the requirements as specified by the FAA and/or customer.• Regularly participated in industry committee meetings in developing certification standards (SAE, Airbus Qualification Harmonization, EASA ETSO-C184).

Arlington, Va, Us

- Responsible for interfacing and representing Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) to the FAA and Foreign Civil Aviation Authorities (FCAA) in matters of project management, type certification, foreign validation, export control, and design change approval.- Manages projects in the aspects of status, earned value, risk mitigation, scheduling, and issue resolution; reports to program management and stakeholders.- Defines the certification requirements for a specific project, leads engineering teams in the development of the proposal and the final negotiation of the certification basis, including resolution of issues with the regulators.- Provides expert industry insight by participating in industry/regulatory activities to develop proposals to meet project, customer and regulatory requirements (i.e. 14CFR Part 25, 33, 43, 121, Advisory Circulars, FAA Orders, EASA CS-25). - Familiar with reviewing and providing input to engineering documentation (drawings, analysis reports, Service Bulletins, etc) for regulatory approval.- Develops and delivers training in the use of new processes, tools, and procedures. - Detailed knowledge and working relationships with large foreign regulatory agencies including Canada (TCCA), European Union (EASA), Russia (IAC-AR), and Brazil (ANAC).- Familiar with the export compliance (e.g. ITAR, ECCN), Bilateral Agreements and Post-Type Validation Guidelines between the United States and foreign countries.- Provides instructor-led training at the Southern California Design Center of the design change process.

- Responsible for all projects within the Company's construction subdivision, AmeriBuilders.- Managed activities in the areas of property acquisition, project status, cost, engineering compliance, and contractual requirements.- Monitored and managed the activities of subcontractors and the supplier base.- Conducted meetings and negotiated with city planners and engineers to obtain regulatory approvals of selected sites. - Developed and implemented the Company's construction model to maximize profitability.- Sought out and evaluated new real estate development opportunities and acquisitions.

Thousand Oaks, Ca, Us

- Responsible for the development, support, and customer technical training for Teledyne's aircraft communications product line.- Interfaced with commercial, military, and private business jet operators and aircraft service centers for new installations, reconfigurations, and retrofits. Aircraft include Gulfstream, Boeing, Bombardier, Dassault, and Embraer models.- Worked with design engineering to prototype and validate new airborne communication systems and installations in an R&D laboratory environment or on a customer's aircraft.- Identified and designed optimal configurations of Teledyne's products to reduce aircraft down-time, ease of installation, and increase profitability.- Developed high-speed Internet configurations on business jets using SATCOM with air-to-ground communication systems based on customer/market input and requirements.- Provided Aircraft On Ground (AOG) emergency support of Teledyne's aircraft telecommunication equipment.

- Responsible for the generation and review of documentation (conformity and compliance) in support of FAA requirements, airworthiness standards and certification related to transport aircraft under 14CFR Part 25 contracted modification packages using Supplemental Type Certificates (STC) on Airbus, McDonnell Douglas, and general aviation aircraft.- Developed mechanical engineering designs/drawings in support of contracted aircraft modifications.

- Design engineer for Environmental, Powerplant, and Hydromechanical systems for legacy McDonnell Douglas aircraft.- Participated in establishing, monitoring, and integrating project elements, including scope, work statements, schedules, resources, and product configuration to meet company business objectives- Provided engineering coordination and management between outside vendors/suppliers and McDonnell Douglas Modification Services.

Masters, Business Administration

Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering

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