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Manage Dayton business development efforts for MEI Technologies’ DoD line of business. Involves identifying customers whose requirements align with corporate capabilities, cultivating relationships with those customers and identifying specific opportunities for pursuit, leading capture and proposal activities, and maintaining customer insight through the operational period. Also involves identifying opportunities for corporate investment in personnel and other resources that help to address specific customer challenges and concerns. Help diversify MEI Technologies’ business base resulting in DoD business being a more significant share of our corporate business base.

Business Manager and skilled aviation authority with 35 years of government and commercial program support. Trusted organizational leader/manager of program critical issues such as strategic planning, budget analysis, resources allocations, risk analysis and program execution. Extensive background and experience in: Program Management, Executive Management, Business Development, Operations Management, Financial Management and Planning, Contracting Services, Research & Analysis, Market Research and FAA Certification. Responsible for the staffing of qualified contractor personnel and subsequent availability to perform contract requirements. Responsible for top level oversight of task order project activities and communication/coordination between the appointed contractor task order project leaders/project teams, including front-end team organization, assistance in providing methodology and general project approach concepts, interim and final project reviews, overall management of cost, schedule, and performance of all projects/task orders. Responsible for identifying new business opportunities and leading business development efforts. Proposal manager, pricing and technical advisor.

Business Manager and skilled aviation authority with 35 years of government and commercial program support. Trusted organizational leader/manager of program critical issues such as strategic planning, budget analysis, resources allocations, risk analysis and program execution. Extensive background and experience in: Program Management, Executive Management, Business Development, Operations Management, Financial Management and Planning, Contracting Services, Research & Analysis, Market Research and FAA Certification. Responsible for the staffing of qualified contractor personnel and subsequent availability to perform contract requirements. Responsible for top level oversight of task order project activities and communication/coordination between the appointed contractor task order project leaders/project teams, including front-end team organization, assistance in providing methodology and general project approach concepts, interim and final project reviews, overall management of cost, schedule, and performance of all projects/task orders. Responsible for identifying new business opportunities and leading business development efforts. Proposal manager, pricing and technical advisor.

Responsible to manage business on Wright Patterson AFB, Air Force Material Command, Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) and all tenet units and respective customers. Responsible for the staffing of qualified contractor personnel and subsequent availability to perform contract requirements. Responsible for top level oversight of task order project activities and communication/coordination between the appointed contractor task order project leaders/project teams, including front-end team organization, assistance in providing methodology and general project approach concepts, interim and final project reviews, overall management of cost, schedule, and performance of all projects/task orders. Management director for 10 task orders and 33 acquisition professionals supporting over 20 aircraft weapons systems. Responsible for identifying new business opportunities and leading business development efforts to capture new task order work. Proposal manager and technical advisor to all BTAS work across the contentinal United States

Assisted primary program manager to manage CAPS contractor team, consisting of prime contractor and all subcontractors of the team. Responsible for the timely staffing of qualified contractor personnel and subsequent availability to support the task order Perfonnance Work Statement requirements. Provided top level oversight of task order project activities and communication/coordination between the appointed contractor task order project leaders/project teams. Providing overall management of cost, schedule, and perfonnance of all projects/task orders. Assisted in drafting proposal responses to answer government request for proposals. Provided advice and recommendations to TYBRlN upper level managcment on business development and customer support in and around the Dayton metropolitan area. Assisted inTYBRlN growth on WP AFB from 3 employees to over 100 in less than 3 years using CAPS and other contract vehicles at an estimated value of$38.0M. Allowed TYBRlN to expand business to support various programs at WPAFB, OC-ALC, WR-ALC, ESC, AFMC, AMC and ACC. Promoted TYBRIN at trade shows and supported other TYBRlN programs at other locations to brief the capabilities TYBRIN can provide.

Task Lead for 2 A&AS contracts at a value of $1. 7 million, supervising II engineering,configuration/data, contracting and acquisition managers. Manager of the technical evaluation process for the past 6 years of the Integrate Fleet Contract, providing support for II aircraft (C-32, C-40B/C's and C-3Ts). Train and support all acquisition, logistic, engineers and contract government personnel on FAR Part 12 commercial practices and initiatives. Program technical advisor on C-40B LAIRCM contract proposal. Assist FMS program manager for the Columbian VIP AircraftlIraqi Low Altitude Surveillance Aircraft acquisition and Iraqi VIP Aircraft acquisition. Program Manager of theMSW/CDSS Market Research Center. Conducted New and Used Large and small Jet aircraft and small turboprop studies. Performed studies on Paint, Engine Lease, Subscription Service of Communication Parts, Aircraft Lease, Aircraft Modifications, Helicopters, Heavy Maintenance, Aircraft Range and Performance, Damage tolerances, Avionics Upgrade and Global Air Traffic Management. Advisor for Boeing, Airbus, Gulfstream and other US manufactured aircraft. Supported program managers in the Full Communication upgrade of the C-32 Fleet. C-32 program manager advisor in the deactivation/repair and reactivation of auxiliary fuel. Conducted 6 aircraft trade-ins and the first sale of a military owned 727-100 aircraft back to the commercial world; transferring proceeds toward the acquisition of a new 737-700IGW. Aircraft Technical Advisory to the Commander and Chief Aircraft Replacement Program Source Selection Process resulting in lease/sustainment contract for Gulfstream G-V and acquisition/sustainment of 737-700 supporting foreign theater commanders and lease of National Guard Bureau C-40C's. Program Manager providing acquisition, technical, engineering and program management support to deliver 2 - ASTRA SPX (C-38A), 4 - 757 (C-32A) and 8 - G-V (C-37A) aircraft using mandated FAR Part.12 initiatives.

Maintained all 89th AW aircraft. Performed all acquisitions support to buy all aircraft currently being operated by Presidential Fleet. Maintain 707 fleet until new aircraft are procured. Performed studies on Paint, Engine Lease, Subscription Service of Communication Parts, Aircraft Lease, Aircraft Modifications, Helicopters, Heavy Maintenance, Aircraft Range and Performance, Damage tolerances, Avionics Upgrade and Global Air Traffic Management. Advisor for Boeing, Airbus, Gulfstream and other US manufactured aircraft. Supported program managers in the Full Communication upgrade of the C-32 Fleet. C-32 program manager advisor in the deactivation/repair and reactivation of auxiliary fuel. Conducted 6 aircraft trade-ins and the first sale of a military owned 727-100 aircraft back to the commercial world; transferring proceeds toward the acquisition of a new 737-700IGW. Aircraft Technical Advisory to the Commander and Chief Aircraft Replacement Program Source Selection Process resulting in lease/sustainment contract for Gulfstream G-V and acquisition/sustainment of 737-700 supporting foreign theater commanders and lease of National Guard Bureau C-40C's. Program Manager providing acquisition, technical, engineering and program management support to deliver 2 - ASTRA SPX (C-38A), 4 - 757 (C-32A) and 8 - G-V (C-37A) aircraft using mandated FAR Part.12 initiatives.