Projects move organizations forward and make life easier; they grow businesses, and they transform our world. They require flexibility and effort, and lead to better outcomes for us all. Observing trends, connecting people, challenging assumptions, sharing critical information, and finding consensus are key skills that have helped me inspire and achieve with project teams delivering successful outcomes to organizations throughout my career.I have worked many years in the Space and Defense, Commercial Aerospace, Fuel Cell, and Transportation Industries. I have extensive, hands-on experience working with people and complex systems, a gift for connecting with people at all levels, patience and understanding to listen to people, and for creating collaborative solutions to problems.Let's chat to learn how I might be able to help you!

Contract Project Engineer for Collins Aerospace in Windsor Locks, CT. IPT Lead for Reactor Assembly and Program SDE for Sabatier 2.0 NASA LEO Program.Assumed overbudget (117%) and underperforming (10 months late) Sabatier 2.0 Project taking on duties for Reactor Assembly IPT and SDE IPT and achieving iCDR Design Review early.Delivered significant recovery effort using SAP/Collins EVMS tools (ISAT, MS Project and MBWA) releasing 52 drawings, 3 specifications, 2 SOWs and one Customer MUA.Managed two IPT Teams consisting of Project, Systems, Thermal Systems, Design, Materials, PS&R, Manufacturing, Test, and Advanced Eng Lab personnel to create, draft, and release over 60+ drawings and related specification, memos, and analysis documents in support of current design.Lead efforts to increase team efficiency, teach and mentor new and experienced engineers, cut process recovery costs, reduce schedule impacts and deliver technical work faster than at any time during the Sabatier 2.0 Program POP. Made several significant recommendations to revolving Program Engineering Managers that were adopted to bring program back on sound footing.Expeditiously completed assigned work from high level management meetings and presentations to proprietary paper documents and everything in between utilizing Microsoft Teams, ZOOM, Office 365, MS Visio, MS Project, CREO/Windchill, SAP, and Collins Management Systems.

Collaboratively engaging my Project Manager/Consultant, Business Operations, Change Management, PMI Project Methodologies, Learning & Development, Intelligent Automation, and Collaboration & Communication talents, tools and processes to work with small businesses to improve their operations. Regularly used the complete Microsoft Office Suite to perform project and administrative tasks along with many other software tools.

Face and Voice of the company performing over 5,000 deliveries using 36'/48'/53' dry van tractor trailer trucks. Communicated directly with customers, sales, and operations to conduct routine and special deliveries to customer facilities in Southern Connecticut, New York and New England. Exceeded company goals for fuel mileage, speeding, and braking metrics while driving and safely operating truck/trailer on roads, at customer docks, and on-street deliveries using a motorized pallet jack and lift gate.Expeditiously completed required equipment safety and load safety inspections using Android cellphone based XRS electronic logs. Regularly coached and advised peer drivers on delivery locations, important details and road hazards such as low bridges, traffic accidents, weather, road flooding and complex deliveries. Operated 53’/48'/38' refrigerated van tractor trailer trucks on dedicated storeaccounts, delivering perishable food/non-perishable products to Domino's stores throughout New England and especially the five New York City Boroughs. Additionally drove 53’ refrigerated van semi-truck/trailers on dedicated customer accounts, mainly delivering perishable food and grocery products for Wal-Mart DC 7014 throughout New England to Wal-Mart stores.Performed driving duties in wide range of temperature conditions from -45 Deg. F to 115 Deg. F and all types of weather conditions from high wind and blinding snow, to heavy rain, snow, sleet, hail, dense fog, and a mini-cyclone. Operated vehicle in extreme environments from summer in the Mojave Desert, California to winter in Presque Island, Maine crossing the USA twice in one week. Drove 24/7, 365 days including every major holiday, day and night with 10- speed Fuller transmissions to Automatic 12-speed transmissions.

Bought and sold NASDAQ/AMEX/NYSE Equities, Exchange Traded Funds,; Securities including OTCQX, OTCQB, and OTC Pink issues. Collaborated using online trading tools and chat messaging to find and execute trading opportunities during Pre-Market, Market, and After-Market hours. Provided coaching, training and mentoring to new traders by sharing my own trading experiences with them. Performed research and data analysis on price, performance, and sector data to evaluate trends and conduct trading.Completed Gallup Organization StrengthsFinder Theme Report: My theme sequence is: 1. Focus 2. Empathy 3. Analytical 4. Deliberative 5. Includer 6. Command 7. Activator 8. Learner 9. Achiever 10. Discipline 11. Restorative 12. Strategic 13. Developer 14. Woo 15. Responsibility 16. Relator 17. Positivity 18-34 (Available upon request.)

Communicated directly with various internal customers while performing advanced engineering support, training and technology development for Fuel Cells and Fuel Cell Systems. Key tasks were reviewing materials selection, special operating environment constraints, 24/7 performance, test stand design and development, project management and contractor management with engineers, laboratory technicians and management stakeholders.Significantly increased laboratory testing capability for freeze start-up and cold weather testing with the addition of four single cell PEM test stands and 12 PAFC test stands capable of testing next generation PAFC sub-scale technology as well as modifying and improving both reliability and performance of 20/30 cell test stands and 3-cell test stands and environmental chambers installation and upgrades.Membership in the American Society for Quality and Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers

Supported multiple successful NASA (on-orbit ISS) & NAVSEA Development & Test Programs including Integrated Low Pressure Electrolyzer (ILPE), Pump and Flow Control System (PFCS) and Water Processor Oxygen Generator Assembly (WPOGA). Supported laboratory hardware testing at component, sub-assembly and final assembly levels for performance & qualification testing. Received security clearance from DSS for high level sensitive company work.Collaborated with multiple functional groups from Project, Design, Systems, Drafting and Maintenance to support aggressive thermal, vacuum, mechanical, and electrical testing of complex electro-mechanical parts and assemblies during performance and qualification testing in actual space conditions.Troubleshot test equipment, test rig, and test item failure modes for Program and NASA while working closely with technicians and support personnel. Performed testing using MIL-STD-1553 communications bus and implemented ANSI C/C++ project to resolve major communication issue with UUT. Performed Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), Hazard Analysis, Root Cause and Corrective Action, and 5S/6S Quality Initiatives while working with Semi-conductor grade Anhydrous Ammonia.Supported aggressive thermal, vacuum, mechanical, and electrical testing of complex electro-mechanical parts and assemblies and systems. Wrote very detailed, large document testing procedures and documentation using Adobe Frame Maker and Pro/Engineer. Designed and fabricated test tools and test fixtures using in-house resources.Established extensive test rig maintenance and spare parts and operator training initiative to resolve inadequate test rig maintenance processes, impacting schedule early in program.Volunteered/Worked for ISO 9001 Internal Audit and Compliance Team.

Employed advanced manufacturing methods including rolling, coining, stabbing, brazing, and advanced inspection methods on various inconel alloys used to manufacture aircraft engine sectors, assemble into compressor stages on military and commercial jet engines for CFM International Sector Assembly on CFM56-2, CFM56-5A/B/C and CFM56-7 engines. Identified and worked with plant staff to resolved plant-wide scheduling issue causing frequent late deliveries to customers. This Business Process Improvement allowed the Hooksett plant to go from chronic late deliveries to making 17 straight weeks of on-time delivery after I identified this root cause of late deliveries. Identified several sources of poor quality including running the wrong machining version program to resurface dies and worked to determine root cause and correct problems. Regularly applied Six Sigma tools using Microsoft Excel and Minitab along with numerous process mapping methodologies to critical manufacturing processes throughout plant to reduce scrap cost, rework and cycle time.Updated and maintained manufacturing and training documentation using Microsoft Word, making several recommendations for new capital equipment and process improvements while working closely with individual technicians to improve various brazing and welding processes.Supported Single Braze Six Sigma Project and Lean Manufacturing Projects on numerous shop floor processes. Introduced D4 tool steel to plant management as a cost-effective solution to current machine shop resource shortages caused by frequent die resurfacing required by the softer D2 tool steel dies.

Assigned to High Volume Production of finished software kits and media sub-assemblies for Digital customers and third-party vendors and limited production of electronic hard disk drives for Salem, NH assembly plant. Participated and supported entire process including order receipt, order picking, planning, carousel builds, assembly, packaging, and shipping. Additional duties included warehousing auditing, internal processing of analog/digital storage media, computer entry/bar code verification, material handling and administrative duties to support customer and meet cost, schedule and service goals while attending at University of Lowell(transfer credits only) Part-Time.

Operated exterior house painting franchise in North Kingstown, RI(1992), Portsmouth, RI(1993) and Nashua, NH(1996). Sold and booked over $200k in revenue painting over 100 homes, achieving profitability, outstanding quality and earning the 1992 College Pro Painters Quality Award while attending the University of Rhode Island Full-time.Hired over 20 painters to work on various crews. Managed painting projects, trained crew leaders and painters, supervised job quality, job budgets, weekly seasonal payroll, and customer payments. Responsible for Financial Reports and Profit and Loss Results.Responsibilities included advertising, marketing and proposal writing, in-person selling, job estimating, sales presentations, dealing with customer objections and asking for order/business, safety management, payroll, financial management, customer service, quality control, hiring, training, and management of multiple painting crews and equipment.

Established over 20 new accounts for Dharma Integrator Database SQL software product.Pitched OEM sales agreements to Software Product Managers of PC Reporting Tool Developers involved with data integration in a cross platform, client/server environment.Developed sales contacts through cold calling, direct response and lead generation at targeted database/SQL user group meetings around USA.Provided weekly ideas for improving product marketing from the customer's perspective.Learned Relational Databases, Legacy databases, SQL, and about Database Querying and Reporting Applications.

Sold extruded aluminum above ground pools and decks, vinyl siding, replacement windows, and roofing services to customers in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Closed deals with customers in their homes using an in-home person to person sales process.

Establishing small network marketing business selling security devices, consumer electronics, and health and wellness products. Implemented direct marketing strategies for several products and recruited people into my network while attending the University of Rhode Island Full-time.

Provided customer service, sales prospecting, customer user success story documentation, and follow-up communication in support of Design for Manufacturing & Assembly Software, Tools, and Training while attending the University of Rhode Island Full time.

Retail customer service associate. Helped customers solve hardware and home improvement problems, proposed solutions, located merchandise within store, stocked shelves from warehouse using cars and pallet jacks, and performed clean-up and maintenance throughout store. Operated cash register at checkout handling money, receipts, processing returns and providing checkout support and delivery to customer's vehicles while attending the University of Rhode Island Full-time.

Performed various help desk functions at the University of Rhode Island Computer Academic Computing Center related to supporting customers, students, and faculty of the University of Rhode Island using Mainframe IBM/Prime Legacy Systems while attending the University of Rhode Island Full-time.

Performed system troubleshooting, wiring, electrical components soldering, connector repair, lighting troubleshooting and repair and maintenance on helicopter electrical and avionic systems for all Army helicopters, either on-site or remotely in USAREUR theater.Performed troubleshooting using system drawing electrical schematics, multimeters, and specialized test equipment. Also performed mechanical assembly and disassembly work using various shop toolbox hand tools, safety wire, and torque wrenches.Lead/Supervised team of six skilled technicians as Shops NCO. Managed day to day operations and work flow as well as performing routine supervisory duties, including: training, mentoring, counseling, written evaluations, fitness, motor pool, and field activities.Additional special duties included Communications and Calibration NCO, Barracks NCO and Munitions Security Detail.Held high level security clearance for security work at NCO level. Completed NCO Academy Bad Tölz, Germany.