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Electrical Engineering and Technical Design responsibility for process, products, and Control Account Management (CAM) for HII – Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, MS, and Avondale, LA. Programs include LHD, LHA, LPD, DDG 1000, USCG Deepwater NSC, and DDG 51/113 Classes encompassing Power Generation and Distribution, Lighting, and Controls Systems. Budget, estimating, planning, and scheduling of the Electrical Engineering portion of proposed contracts as well as performance of trade and compatibility studies in support of systems selections are performed by Group personnel. Responsible for the production, review, and approval of all electrical and electronics related technical design products, including Technical Specifications, Vendor Procurement Documents, Contract Deliverable Requirements List (CDRL) Items, and Technical Detail Design Drawings (System One-Lines, Cable Block Diagrams, and Wiring Connection/hook-up Lists/Sheets), required for the installation and design-integration of all Electrical Systems into the aforementioned platforms.

Personally established the Techmatics, Inc., Field Office in 1990 to support the overall effort of the AEGIS Test Team, whose mission is the installation, integration, and test of the AEGIS Weapon Systems and other Combat Systems in both TICONDEROGA CG47 and ARLEIGH BURKE DDG51 class warships. Provided management and technical direction for this office, which grew to seven full-time Techmatics, Inc. Employees, as well as six full-time Logicon-Syscon Corporation employees in a unique subcontracting relationship performing AEGIS Combat and Weapon Systems Configuration Management and Information Management Systems tasking in support of Naval Surface Weapons Center-Dahlgren Division. Other projects included shipboard trial card technical responses, MK41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) Integration, Combat Systems configuration management, alignment engineering, and training coordination for the Japanese FMS Cases. Provided technical consultation to Lockheed Martin Corporation in monitoring of ship readiness to support Combat Systems operation and test, as well as analysis of ship change and its impact on Combat Systems operation and test scheduling.

Responsible for all local Company support for the Naval Sea Systems Command and Supervisor of Shipbuilding. Provided management and technical direction to a diverse group of approximately 40 engineers, naval architects, technicians, and support personnel, primarily involved with the AEGIS Shipbuilding Program. Tasks included Engineering Analysis, Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) processing, Contract Deliverable Requirements List (CDRL) tracking, Post Shakedown Availability (PSA) planning/execution, SNAP II/Zenith computer operation and maintenance, Aviation Systems certification, and Financial Accounting. Varying levels of technical support were additionally provided to the WASP LHD 1 Class Amphibious Assault Ship Construction Program in similar areas.