Last contract work at Collins Aerospace marks the beginning of full retirement. Best of luck to my LinkedIn associates!

Retired again, traveling, camping and enjoying life. Doing a little consulting at B/E Aerospace, now Collins Aerospace.

Project management, Outsource management, obsolescence management, NPI support, supplier qualification, cost reduction.

Consulting for Proposals, manufacturing Transition to Production , and related areas of electronics manufacturing.

Prepared the manufacturing portion of proposals: including technical approach and costing supported fact-finding and negotiations. Supported the generation and review of technical and cost volumes in cooperation with other functional groups. Participated in Government Agency RFI (Request For Information) teaming agreements and bid-no bid process. Operations Program activity includes migration products from development to production. Projects include ownership of multiple products including management of: budget, Contract Manufacturing partners, and suppliers on time deliveries and quality & contract compliance. Successfully interfaced with end customers, government agencies and government inspection teams. Products include various types of electronic encryption devices and end units. Successfully lead space qualification production & engineering teams.

Responsible for start up of a second source contract manufacturer on a new electronic encryption device, led operations team in end of life and obsolete component mitigation in high volume production device, including development of special laser welding process and qualification of the new design with government agency. Wrote detailed SOW (Statement of Work) documents for contract manufacturers to bid on turnkey production for new encryption units. Created the format and content for operations off-site goal setting meetings.

Responsible for management Operations functional groups including Production, Purchasing, Mfg Eng, Test Eng, local and off shore Contract Manufacturers, fulfillment centers in Europe and US . Managed constant reduction in cost of goods and cost per unit. Supported manufacturing software selection and migration projects.

Directed the production team through supervisors and leads to meet customer deliveries of a variety of network units. Worked closely with engineering and Quality to achieve successful migration of products from development to production. Production supported field service branch with products and repairs. Supported finance and accounting with reports and analysis.

Provided small business & IBM compatible computers to Novell and others. Directed contract manufacturers and interfaced with worldwide customer base. managed assembly, test, quality and contract manufacturers/suppliers

Provided Leadership , managed budgets and capital equipment acquisition for Test Engineering, IT, Repair Center and Short Run Production

Provided design, troubleshooting and support for Computer systems Test Equipment, Procedures, ICT programming and Fixture design. Supported Production test and system integration teams on equipment and diagnosis of hardware & software problems

Crystal Filter technician for military SSB Radio

Antisubmarine electronics technician, worked on various radar, target acquisition, and crypto gear. Active duty for 3+ years, supported training of reserves on their weekend drills and two week active duty missions at various naval air stations.