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Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

* Manage weekly, monthly, and quarterly goals for leaders across seven functions (manufacturing, planning, quality, supply chain, facilities, manufacturing/test engineering, customer support).* Forecasting and cost control of $13.5M yearly operating budget supporting $350M government value stream.* Organized and facilitated grounds-up construction process of $35M / 116,000sf facility in less than two years at the Houston Spaceport. Executed all pre-construction, construction, activation, and move activities while managing operations of multiple NASA contracts.* Support Collins Aerospace Sensing, Space, and Controls business unit Product Safety Board and Product Safety Integrity Team while leading local Product Safety Review Board. Five years of successful leadership through multiple AS9100 and OSHA VPP Star certifications including recertification activities post facility move.

Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas Area

* Manage/evaluate product launch activities across the end-to-end value chain. Ensure order ability, supply chain readiness, forecasting of constrained parts/assurance of supply, delivery, and integration customer experience is to the highest satisfaction. Work with World Wide teams in monitoring performance and customer satisfaction issue resolution while supporting root cause analysis/process improvements.* Definition and execution of SDCG long term strategies at the corporate, business, and regional levels. Manage large, cross functional program teams to conduct rigorous, data driven analysis of business performance.* Drive efficiency improvements of the SDCG BU policies, processes, tools, and resources by deploying needed innovation to improve offerings and customer experience. Collaborate across business functions and regions to align strategy and directions with multiple stakeholders.* Manage solution experience needs across product generations, sales processes, fulfilment activities, and support cycles while delivering operational capabilities and processes across HPE partner organizations to enable the SDCG Business Plan.* Develop and lead the implementation of complex business and value chain strategies and capabilities. Lead cross functional and cross regional teams to design and implement end-to-end business capabilities based on new product introduction and new business opportunities.

Houston, Texas

* Manage World Wide factory startup programs from design to execution in China, Mexico, and the Czech Republic supporting the HPE Cloudline Server business with Foxconn leading to $4M+ Supply Chain Savings.* Responsible for managing World Wide Hyperscale Strategic Initiatives Program. Program consists of 42 deliverables across five individually managed work streams. Daily interface with work stream project managers across the entire value chain (Engineering, Procurement, Operations, Finance, Warranty). * Program goals and results include $200M in yearly procurement/engineering savings, 60% reduction in turnaround times (TAT) in product development, pre-quote and quoting process, post-sale services, and invoicing. Implementation of strategic supply base partner program and multiple cost accuracy process improvements.

Houston, Texas Area

* Manage 24 direct reports comprised of Industrial Engineers, Solution Specialists, and Technical Writers specializing in Configure to Order (CTO) Server and Solutions Technical Validation, and Factory Order Release.* Utilize HP Factory Express Tools to deliver configured, customized and integrated solutions built, tested, and integrated to customer’s exact specifications. Validate and release over 10,000 Custom Server/Blade Orders and 500 Racked Solutions per month. Deliver $2M in yearly service revenue on $4B of hardware.* Provide leadership, development and mentoring to a multi-cultural staff ranging from Houston to Puerto Rico over three shifts in four factories supporting 24/7 operations.

Houston, Texas Area

* Manage 26 direct reports comprised of Industrial Engineers, Logistics Specialists and Operations Personnel specializing in managing manufacturing/production operations including production planning, labor scheduling, inventory management, and material procurement.* Successfully direct Operations, Planning, and Logistics for $140,000,000 Extravehicular Activity Integrated Product Team contract. Responsible annual budget of $2,300,000. Experience in SOW, Contract Pricing, and Government Negotiation.* Coordinate department activities to obtain operational efficiency within program. Responsible for inventory/materials control and future use planning. Maintain build schedules and component rotation plans. Utilize Lean Six Sigma (L6S) tools to optimize operational capability.* Responsible for managing the flow of all operations to ensure operating schedules, processing, and procedures are met and staff is properly trained. Coordinated multidiscipline manifesting process team improving NASA program logistics and inventory support.

Houston, Texas Area

* Manage 15 direct production reports and supervise operations for flight and training hardware processing activities.* Manage work authorizing documentation and processing flows of hardware processing and manufacturing requirements. Maintain production area Personnel Protection Equipment and Hazardous Communication requirements.* Responsible for technician qualification and certification training. Support daily turnover meetings to maintain job priorities and schedule continuity. Publish and distribute daily work status, discrepancy reports, and technical product sheets.

* Manage schedule and train 23 operations/planning engineers, while ensuring proper implementation of technical issues. Reduced operations training time from 8 weeks to 6 with no loss of defined objectives.* Responsible for analytical integration of planning inputs from internal customer base. Balance constraints, priorities, and resources to ensure future Program scope as well as the fulfillment of schedule requirements.* Train, mentor, and evaluate Engineering personnel in operations.* 02/02-05/02 and 12/03-03/04 assignments in Moscow, Russia - Technical planning and communications specialist between Russian and US Control Centers.

Astronaut Trainer for International Space Station Mechanisms and Maintenance Group.

Masters Of Science, Technical Management

Bachelors Of Science, Applied Experimental Psychology (Human Factors/Ergonomics)

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